Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-08-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-22

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $391.61/cwt on 33 head. That ranks 1 of 6 comparable sales and sits −55.13 against this barn's trailing median of $446.73.

Average price

$391.61

33 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,160

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$98

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

$17.92/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.76

vs TN average

−8.28 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	394.32	2,175	28
Medium and Large 2	552	376.40	2,077	5thin

One grade step is worth $17.92/cwt here — about $98 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 sale33 hd

391.61

—

TN average17 barns · 849 hd

388.85

+2.76

National average156 barns · 7,040 hd

399.89

−8.28

This barn, trailing median6 sales

446.73

−55.13

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	350–400	371	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,651	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,659	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	375.92/cwt	367.50–378.00	1,801	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	733	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	2,331	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	363.50/cwt	363.50–363.50	1,937	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,059	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	834	326.41/cwt	321.00–327.50	2,722	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	447	414.00/cwt	414.00–414.00	1,851	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	648	397.00/cwt	397.00–397.00	2,573	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	840	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,898	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,643	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	398.00/cwt	398.00–398.00	1,950	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,037	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	763	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,785	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	642	366.50/cwt	366.50–366.50	2,353	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	743	353.73/cwt	348.00–354.00	2,628	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	356.09/cwt	340.00–364.50	2,350	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	678	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	2,454	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	647	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,070	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	749	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	2,741	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	562	378.00/cwt	378.00–378.00	2,124	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,833	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	657	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	2,319	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,229	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	753	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,553	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	643	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	2,238	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	893	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,813	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,899	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	555	414.00/cwt	414.00–414.00	2,298	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	469	435.99/cwt	428.00–439.00	2,045	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	480	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,016	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	383.00/cwt	383.00–383.00	2,049	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	495	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,832	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	563	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	2,094	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	445	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,602	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	445	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	1,722	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,838	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.

Tennessee feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

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

Fri Aug 22, 2025

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

Receipts 349Last week 996Year ago 248

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	371	445.00	445.00
5	400–450	431	385.00	385.00
5	450–500	479	367.50–378.00	375.92
8	500–550	533	363.50	363.50
14	550–600	580	355.00	355.00
30	600–650	647	320.00	320.00
5	700–750	733	318.00	318.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	480	420.00	420.00
18	550–600	562	378.00	378.00
15	650–700	657	353.00	353.00
14	750–800	753	339.00	339.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	360.00	360.00
1	450–500	495	370.00	370.00
1	500–550	535	355.00	355.00
2	550–600	570	322.50	322.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	450.00	450.00
3	400–450	447	414.00	414.00
1	450–500	490	398.00	398.00
11	500–550	529	385.00	385.00
8	550–600	579	385.00	385.00
30	600–650	642	366.50	366.50
3	650–700	660	340.00–364.50	356.09
22	700–750	743	348.00–354.00	353.73
6	800–850	834	321.00–327.50	326.41
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	469	428.00–439.00	435.99
9	550–600	555	414.00	414.00
13	600–650	648	397.00	397.00
2	650–700	678	362.00	362.00
32	700–750	749	366.00	366.00
5	750–800	763	365.00	365.00
6	800–850	840	345.00	345.00
2	850–900	893	315.00	315.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	387.00	387.00
3	450–500	470	390.00	390.00
2	500–550	535	383.00	383.00
3	550–600	563	372.00	372.00
7	600–650	643	348.00	348.00

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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