Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-02-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-07

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $294.39/cwt on 19 head. That ranks 1 of 6 comparable sales and sits −152.35 against this barn's trailing median of $446.73.

Average price

$294.39

19 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,628

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$119

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1

$3.48/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−19.10

vs TN average

−47.99 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	583	297.50	1,734	2thin
Medium and Large 1	549	294.02	1,615	17thin

One grade step is worth $3.48/cwt here — about $119 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

6 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $477.97, low $433.30, median $446.73 across 6 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale19 hd

294.39

—

TN average15 barns · 709 hd

313.48

−19.10

National average187 barns · 18,766 hd

342.38

−47.99

This barn, trailing median6 sales

446.73

−152.35

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

36 lots · USDA AMS · East Tennessee Livestock Center Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - Sweetwater, TN

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,516	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	644	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,468	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	237.27/cwt	230.00–239.00	1,360	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,154	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	269.86/cwt	269.00–270.00	1,276	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	369	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,007	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	649	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,785	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	882	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	2,134	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	769	254.50/cwt	254.50–254.50	1,957	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	803	252.25/cwt	252.25–252.25	2,026	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	680	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,686	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	453	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,404	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	261.43/cwt	250.00–272.50	1,242	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,024	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	583	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,734	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	650–700	658	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,546	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1000–1050	1,022	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,248	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	546	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,747	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	266.68/cwt	245.00–290.00	1,275	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	282.78/cwt	260.00–294.00	1,456	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	242.34/cwt	237.50–252.50	1,527	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	757	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,771	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,513	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,134	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	445	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,168	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	775	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,767	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	485	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,377	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	644	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,597	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	558	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,495	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	700	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,680	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,283	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,401	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	914	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	260.50/cwt	260.50–260.50	1,362	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	366	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	886	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	250.21/cwt	240.00–260.00	1,196	4

How this sale compares

Tennessee weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Tennessee auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Tennessee feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

East Tennessee Livestock Center Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - Sweetwater, TN

Fri Feb 7, 2025

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Nashville, TN (LS-NV)

Receipts 325Last week 711Year ago 421

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	369	273.00	273.00
7	400–450	429	269.00	269.00
7	450–500	473	269.00–270.00	269.86
10	500–550	523	260.50	260.50
5	550–600	573	230.00–239.00	237.27
4	600–650	644	228.00	228.00
1	650–700	680	223.00	223.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	345	265.00	265.00
4	350–400	366	242.00	242.00
1	400–450	445	262.50	262.50
4	450–500	478	240.00–260.00	250.21
1	550–600	570	225.00	225.00
1	600–650	620	226.00	226.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	485	284.00	284.00
17	550–600	558	268.00	268.00
16	600–650	644	248.00	248.00
27	750–800	775	228.00	228.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	453	310.00	310.00
8	500–550	546	320.00	320.00
10	600–650	649	275.00	275.00
1	650–700	680	248.00	248.00
23	750–800	769	254.50	254.50
64	800–850	803	252.25	252.25
20	850–900	882	242.00	242.00
3	1000–1050	1,022	220.00	220.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	423	268.00	268.00
4	450–500	475	250.00–272.50	261.43
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	320.00	320.00
2	450–500	478	245.00–290.00	266.68
3	500–550	515	260.00–294.00	282.78
6	550–600	571	265.00	265.00
3	600–650	630	237.50–252.50	242.34
1	700–750	700	240.00	240.00
3	750–800	757	234.00	234.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	583	297.50	297.50
2	650–700	658	235.00	235.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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