Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-06-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-06

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $346.42/cwt on 72 head. That ranks 1 of 6 comparable sales and sits −100.32 against this barn's trailing median of $446.73.

Average price

$346.42

72 head · 562 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,945

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$74

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

$10.27/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.60

vs TN average

−32.16 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	562	347.27	1,951	66
Medium and Large 2	557	337.00	1,877	6thin

One grade step is worth $10.27/cwt here — about $74 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 sale72 hd

346.42

—

TN average15 barns · 755 hd

358.02

−11.60

National average158 barns · 13,435 hd

378.58

−32.16

This barn, trailing median6 sales

446.73

−100.32

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 1Value Added	450–500	461	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	1,618	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	658	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,073	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	649	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,973	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	376.43/cwt	350.00–380.00	1,777	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	384.00/cwt	384.00–384.00	1,267	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,559	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	378.64/cwt	347.50–384.00	1,363	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	581	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,670	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	664	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,826	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	342.33/cwt	341.00–342.50	1,479	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	613	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,839	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	559	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,733	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,219	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	475	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,781	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	650–700	660	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,898	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	600–650	630	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,811	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	600–650	643	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,977	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	838	288.21/cwt	288.00–290.00	2,415	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	405	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,326	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	582	337.82/cwt	335.00–338.00	1,966	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	557	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	1,877	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	650–700	670	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,010	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	455	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,490	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	460	411.00/cwt	411.00–411.00	1,891	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	750–800	765	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	2,238	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	651	342.84/cwt	318.00–344.00	2,232	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	767	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	2,025	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	563	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,985	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	445	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,569	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,812	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	637	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,038	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,040	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,860	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	743	304.18/cwt	304.00–305.00	2,260	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	900–950	943	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,640	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	315.33/cwt	313.00–316.00	1,655	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	551	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,747	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	647	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,038	29

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 Jun 6, 2025

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

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
15	450–500	461	351.00	351.00
54	550–600	551	317.00	317.00
44	600–650	649	304.00	304.00
22	750–800	767	264.00	264.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	384.00	384.00
7	350–400	360	347.50–384.00	378.64
9	400–450	432	341.00–342.50	342.33
6	450–500	471	331.00	331.00
9	500–550	525	313.00–316.00	315.33
7	550–600	581	287.50	287.50
8	650–700	664	275.00	275.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	455	327.50	327.50
6	550–600	559	310.00	310.00
2	600–650	630	287.50	287.50
1	650–700	660	287.50	287.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	375	325.00	325.00
1	400–450	405	327.50	327.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	352.50	352.50
8	450–500	472	350.00–380.00	376.43
11	500–550	529	342.50	342.50
16	550–600	582	335.00–338.00	337.82
29	600–650	647	315.00	315.00
5	650–700	658	315.00	315.00
48	700–750	743	304.00–305.00	304.18
19	800–850	838	288.00–290.00	288.21
1	1000–1050	1,040	275.00	275.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	613	300.00	300.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	475	375.00	375.00
6	550–600	557	337.00	337.00
3	600–650	643	307.50	307.50
2	650–700	670	300.00	300.00
3	750–800	765	292.50	292.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
15	450–500	460	411.00	411.00
39	550–600	563	352.50	352.50
5	600–650	637	320.00	320.00
47	650–700	651	318.00–344.00	342.84
2	900–950	943	280.00	280.00

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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