Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-08-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-01

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $393.27/cwt on 153 head. That ranks 1 of 6 comparable sales and sits −53.46 against this barn's trailing median of $446.73.

Average price

$393.27

153 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,190

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$176

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

$32.82/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+18.12

vs TN average

+11.59 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	399.28	2,222	125
Medium and Large 2	558	366.46	2,046	28

One grade step is worth $32.82/cwt here — about $176 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale153 hd

393.27

—

TN average13 barns · 576 hd

375.15

+18.12

National average143 barns · 4,821 hd

381.68

+11.59

This barn, trailing median6 sales

446.73

−53.46

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

59 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 1	500–550	536	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,117	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	557	350.60/cwt	325.00–351.00	1,953	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	464	446.01/cwt	420.00–447.00	2,069	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	700–750	735	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,955	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	600–650	620	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,736	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	564	380.47/cwt	372.50–384.00	2,146	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	383	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,494	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	661	379.54/cwt	355.00–382.00	2,509	97
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	762	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	2,217	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	473	384.00/cwt	384.00–384.00	1,816	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	379	437.00/cwt	437.00–437.00	1,656	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	650	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,178	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,806	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	373.40/cwt	317.50–380.00	2,162	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,659	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	1,897	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	1,972	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	811	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,595	35
Heifers	Small 1	400–450	438	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,150	2
Heifers	Small 1	600–650	618	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,638	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	343	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,338	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	743	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,444	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	581	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,888	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	558	408.00/cwt	408.00–408.00	2,277	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	900–950	936	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,911	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	736	347.61/cwt	328.00–349.00	2,558	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	657	318.21/cwt	311.00–319.00	2,091	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,724	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	743	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,229	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	595	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,800	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	583	362.02/cwt	315.00–377.50	2,111	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	529	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,904	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,958	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	548	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,863	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	819	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,547	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	471	386.78/cwt	331.00–430.00	1,822	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	675	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,890	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	700–750	715	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	2,166	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	723	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,916	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,717	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	652	354.26/cwt	332.50–355.00	2,310	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	553	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	1,814	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	474	335.38/cwt	315.00–350.00	1,590	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	650–700	660	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,848	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,750	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	750	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,408	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	600–650	628	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,229	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	900–950	900	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	2,723	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	650–700	658	360.70/cwt	324.00–372.00	2,373	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	400–450	438	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,566	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	454	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,703	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	633	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	2,285	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	387	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,451	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	450	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,710	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	580	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,856	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	390	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,560	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	480	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,716	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	543	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,721	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	800–850	800	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	2,424	1

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 Aug 1, 2025

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

Receipts 996Last week 507Year ago 1,473

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	379	437.00	437.00
2	400–450	430	420.00	420.00
13	450–500	478	412.50	412.50
28	500–550	536	395.00	395.00
21	550–600	579	317.50–380.00	373.40
63	650–700	652	332.50–355.00	354.26
36	700–750	743	329.00	329.00
9	800–850	819	311.00	311.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
28	450–500	464	420.00–447.00	446.01
76	550–600	558	408.00	408.00
97	650–700	661	355.00–382.00	379.54
79	700–750	736	328.00–349.00	347.61
35	800–850	811	320.00	320.00
8	900–950	936	311.00	311.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	454	375.00	375.00
2	500–550	548	340.00	340.00
10	550–600	564	372.50–384.00	380.47
2	600–650	628	355.00	355.00
13	650–700	658	324.00–372.00	360.70
1	700–750	715	303.00	303.00
1	800–850	800	303.00	303.00
1	900–950	900	302.50	302.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	390	400.00	400.00
2	400–450	440	445.00	445.00
7	450–500	471	331.00–430.00	386.78
8	500–550	529	360.00	360.00
8	550–600	583	315.00–377.50	362.02
6	600–650	633	361.00	361.00
1	750–800	750	321.00	321.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
30	450–500	473	384.00	384.00
66	550–600	557	325.00–351.00	350.60
78	650–700	650	335.00	335.00
37	750–800	762	291.00	291.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	438	357.50	357.50
5	450–500	480	357.50	357.50
3	500–550	543	317.00	317.00
14	550–600	553	328.00	328.00
1	600–650	620	280.00	280.00
3	650–700	660	280.00	280.00
3	700–750	735	266.00	266.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	343	390.00	390.00
4	350–400	383	390.00	390.00
4	400–450	431	385.00	385.00
17	450–500	479	360.00	360.00
20	500–550	533	356.00	356.00
34	550–600	581	325.00	325.00
31	650–700	657	311.00–319.00	318.21
6	700–750	743	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	438	262.50	262.50
2	600–650	618	265.00	265.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	387	375.00	375.00
6	450–500	474	315.00–350.00	335.38
5	500–550	525	327.00	327.00
1	550–600	595	302.50	302.50
1	600–650	625	280.00	280.00
1	650–700	675	280.00	280.00
2	700–750	723	265.00	265.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	450	380.00	380.00
5	550–600	580	320.00	320.00

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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