Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-04-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today's offerings included the following load lot: 1 load ML 1 preconditioned Steers, 781 lbs., $270.75, medium flesh, mostly black/bwf.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $369.73/cwt on 41 head. That ranks 1 of 6 comparable sales and sits −77.00 against this barn's trailing median of $446.73.

Average price

$369.73

41 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,045

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$303

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

$51.23/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+12.57

vs TN average

+0.72 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	554	382.23	2,119	31
Medium and Large 2	549	331.00	1,817	10thin

One grade step is worth $51.23/cwt here — about $303 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale41 hd

369.73

—

TN average14 barns · 634 hd

357.16

+12.57

National average168 barns · 11,835 hd

369.01

+0.72

This barn, trailing median6 sales

446.73

−77.00

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

51 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	400	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	1,610	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	350	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,365	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	647	271.70/cwt	250.00–282.50	1,758	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	383	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,455	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	400–450	440	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,496	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	781	270.75/cwt	270.75–270.75	2,115	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	658	324.48/cwt	303.00–327.50	2,135	33
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	850–900	853	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,962	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	650–700	665	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,935	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	900–950	945	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	2,339	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	300–350	328	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	1,402	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	1000–1050	1,005	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	2,186	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	750–800	755	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,888	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	455	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,729	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1050–1100	1,095	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	2,327	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	350–400	377	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	1,517	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	557	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,144	23
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	553	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,853	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	600–650	644	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,874	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	712	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,730	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,582	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,658	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,539	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	1,441	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	372	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,358	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	600–650	625	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,500	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	510	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,382	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	473	344.12/cwt	335.00–345.00	1,628	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	653	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,815	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	559	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	1,834	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,794	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	434	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,649	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,156	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	373.50/cwt	355.00–380.00	1,938	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	550	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,499	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	850–900	875	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,706	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	750–800	765	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,740	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	395.56/cwt	390.00–402.50	1,895	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	335	375.30/cwt	365.00–385.00	1,257	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	875	249.96/cwt	247.50–252.50	2,187	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	350–400	379	376.35/cwt	370.00–378.00	1,426	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	900–950	940	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,068	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	774	240.56/cwt	240.50–243.00	1,862	42
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	735	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,893	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,578	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	662	276.68/cwt	275.00–277.50	1,832	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	455	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,456	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	650–700	667	238.26/cwt	235.00–240.00	1,589	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	700–750	730	221.16/cwt	215.00–227.50	1,614	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	545	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,826	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	823	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	2,082	2

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.

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

Fri Apr 4, 2025

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

Receipts 377Last week 581Year ago 468

Today's offerings included the following load lot: 1 load ML 1 preconditioned Steers, 781 lbs., $270.75, medium flesh, mostly black/bwf.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	377	402.50	402.50
1	400–450	400	402.50	402.50
23	550–600	557	385.00	385.00
33	650–700	658	303.00–327.50	324.48
66	750–800	781	270.75	270.75
2	800–850	823	253.00	253.00
6	900–950	945	247.50	247.50
4	1050–1100	1,095	212.50	212.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	390.00	390.00
7	400–450	434	380.00	380.00
11	450–500	479	390.00–402.50	395.56
4	500–550	519	355.00–380.00	373.50
4	550–600	575	375.00	375.00
3	650–700	662	275.00–277.50	276.68
2	850–900	875	247.50–252.50	249.96
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	335	365.00–385.00	375.30
2	350–400	383	380.00	380.00
1	500–550	535	295.00	295.00
3	600–650	647	250.00–282.50	271.70
1	700–750	735	257.50	257.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	328	427.50	427.50
1	400–450	440	340.00	340.00
3	450–500	455	380.00	380.00
3	500–550	545	335.00	335.00
6	550–600	553	335.00	335.00
5	600–650	644	291.00	291.00
2	650–700	665	291.00	291.00
1	750–800	755	250.00	250.00
2	850–900	853	230.00	230.00
1	1000–1050	1,005	217.50	217.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	429	336.00	336.00
3	450–500	483	327.50	327.50
1	550–600	570	270.00	270.00
1	650–700	670	247.50	247.50
3	700–750	712	243.00	243.00
1	800–850	825	217.50	217.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	372	365.00	365.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	455	320.00	320.00
1	500–550	510	271.00	271.00
2	550–600	550	272.50	272.50
1	600–650	625	240.00	240.00
3	650–700	667	235.00–240.00	238.26
2	700–750	730	215.00–227.50	221.16
1	750–800	765	227.50	227.50
1	850–900	875	195.00	195.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	379	370.00–378.00	376.35
11	450–500	473	335.00–345.00	344.12
21	550–600	559	328.00	328.00
36	650–700	653	278.00	278.00
42	750–800	774	240.50–243.00	240.56
1	900–950	940	220.00	220.00

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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