Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-03-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today's offerings included the following load lot: 1 load ML 1 preconditioned Heifers, 651 lbs., $255.50 per cwt., medium flesh, appx. 90 percent black/bwf and 10 percent Continental.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $325.09/cwt on 93 head. That ranks 1 of 6 comparable sales and sits −121.65 against this barn's trailing median of $446.73.

Average price

$325.09

93 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,795

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$110

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

$10.68/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.61

vs TN average

−24.19 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	329.10	1,837	58
Medium and Large 2	542	318.43	1,727	35

One grade step is worth $10.68/cwt here — about $110 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale93 hd

325.09

—

TN average16 barns · 1,055 hd

332.69

−7.61

National average172 barns · 12,998 hd

349.28

−24.19

This barn, trailing median6 sales

446.73

−121.65

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

45 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	850–900	875	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	2,021	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	653	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,584	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	543	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,434	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	318.15/cwt	312.50–320.00	1,225	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	374	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,197	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	753	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,788	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	653	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	2,018	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1000–1050	1,025	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	2,388	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	463	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,713	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	860	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	2,086	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	556	300.94/cwt	300.00–305.00	1,673	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	754	269.50/cwt	269.50–269.50	2,032	41
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	650–700	657	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,971	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	541	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,758	24
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	850–900	851	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	2,110	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	428	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,487	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	615	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,661	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,778	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	863	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	2,166	33
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	474	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	1,759	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	562	333.67/cwt	315.00–336.00	1,875	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	800–850	833	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,916	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	463	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	1,509	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	900–950	948	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	2,038	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	563	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,666	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	651	255.50/cwt	255.50–255.50	1,663	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	756	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,845	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	242.75/cwt	242.50–243.00	1,500	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	395	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,383	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	538	314.81/cwt	314.00–315.00	1,694	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	756	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,928	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,477	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,352	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	283	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,019	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	1,505	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	495	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,634	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	638	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,863	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	554	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,648	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	700–750	723	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,728	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	233	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	839	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	700–750	744	250.50/cwt	250.50–250.50	1,864	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	1,676	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	517	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,616	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	460	323.04/cwt	313.00–324.00	1,486	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	600–650	645	253.50/cwt	253.50–253.50	1,635	17

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 Mar 7, 2025

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

Receipts 581Last week 325Year ago 683

Today's offerings included the following load lot: 1 load ML 1 preconditioned Heifers, 651 lbs., $255.50 per cwt., medium flesh, appx. 90 percent black/bwf and 10 percent Continental.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	385	312.50–320.00	318.15
3	500–550	543	264.00	264.00
2	550–600	568	260.00	260.00
2	600–650	618	242.50–243.00	242.75
2	650–700	653	242.50	242.50
4	750–800	753	237.50	237.50
1	850–900	875	231.00	231.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	200–250	233	360.00	360.00
2	250–300	283	360.00	360.00
6	350–400	374	320.00	320.00
2	500–550	520	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
24	450–500	460	313.00–324.00	323.04
24	550–600	554	297.50	297.50
17	600–650	645	253.50	253.50
2	700–750	723	239.00	239.00
3	800–850	833	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
12	450–500	463	326.00	326.00
32	550–600	563	296.00	296.00
78	650–700	651	255.50	255.50
32	750–800	756	244.00	244.00
3	900–950	948	215.00	215.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	463	370.00	370.00
45	550–600	562	315.00–336.00	333.67
49	650–700	653	309.00	309.00
41	750–800	754	269.50	269.50
33	850–900	863	251.00	251.00
1	1000–1050	1,025	233.00	233.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	395	350.00	350.00
1	400–450	425	354.00	354.00
4	450–500	483	347.00	347.00
11	500–550	538	314.00–315.00	314.81
2	550–600	583	305.00	305.00
3	600–650	638	292.00	292.00
4	750–800	756	255.00	255.00
1	850–900	860	242.50	242.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	428	347.50	347.50
1	450–500	495	330.00	330.00
3	500–550	517	312.50	312.50
8	550–600	556	300.00–305.00	300.94
1	600–650	615	270.00	270.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	474	371.00	371.00
24	500–550	541	325.00	325.00
13	650–700	657	300.00	300.00
4	700–750	744	250.50	250.50
4	850–900	851	248.00	248.00

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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