Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-05-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-09

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $308.30/cwt on 53 head. That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits −78.92 against this barn's trailing median of $387.22.

Average price

$308.30

53 head · 566 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,745

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$129

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

$17.09/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−13.27

vs TN average

−24.52 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	567	309.59	1,755	49
Medium and Large 2	556	292.50	1,626	4thin

One grade step is worth $17.09/cwt here — about $129 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

7 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $423.83, low $374.30, median $387.22 across 7 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 sale53 hd

308.30

—

TN average17 barns · 825 hd

321.58

−13.27

National average172 barns · 12,542 hd

332.82

−24.52

This barn, trailing median7 sales

387.22

−78.92

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

37 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	300–350	345	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,173	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,386	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,749	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,782	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	332.17/cwt	310.00–340.00	1,574	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	586	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,758	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	505	311.42/cwt	307.00–320.00	1,573	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	800–850	815	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,956	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	400	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	1,352	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	505	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,553	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,682	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	850–900	865	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,990	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	750–800	795	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,266	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	650	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	2,259	25
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	562	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,804	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	566	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,755	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,971	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	600–650	622	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,866	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	650–700	690	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,829	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,073	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	573	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,647	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,065	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,609	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	645	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	2,090	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	465	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,907	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	472	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,676	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	738	302.20/cwt	291.00–303.00	2,230	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	754	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,337	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	766	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,030	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	838	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,346	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	570	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	2,180	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	722	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	2,029	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	900–950	935	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	2,122	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	879	280.50/cwt	280.50–280.50	2,466	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	644	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,228	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	486	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,835	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	646	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,770	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	646	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,873	38

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 May 9, 2025

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

Receipts 393Last week 377Year ago 450

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	340.00	340.00
1	400–450	420	330.00	330.00
4	450–500	474	310.00–340.00	332.17
1	500–550	530	330.00	330.00
4	550–600	586	300.00	300.00
5	600–650	646	274.00	274.00
1	650–700	660	270.00	270.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	505	307.50	307.50
3	550–600	573	287.50	287.50
1	650–700	690	265.00	265.00
1	800–850	815	240.00	240.00
1	850–900	865	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	472	355.00	355.00
44	550–600	566	310.00	310.00
38	600–650	646	290.00	290.00
35	700–750	722	281.00	281.00
31	750–800	766	265.00	265.00
2	900–950	935	227.00	227.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	400	338.00	338.00
3	500–550	505	307.00–320.00	311.42
1	550–600	570	295.00	295.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	562	321.00	321.00
3	600–650	622	300.00	300.00
1	750–800	795	285.00	285.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	465	410.00	410.00
12	550–600	570	382.50	382.50
5	600–650	645	324.00	324.00
25	650–700	650	347.50	347.50
35	750–800	754	310.00	310.00
28	850–900	879	280.50	280.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	486	377.50	377.50
6	500–550	529	372.50	372.50
6	550–600	568	365.00	365.00
13	600–650	644	346.00	346.00
15	700–750	738	291.00–303.00	302.20
7	800–850	838	280.00	280.00
3	1050–1100	1,065	245.00	245.00

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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