Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-09-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-19

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $368.82/cwt on 68 head. That ranks 1 of 6 comparable sales and sits −77.91 against this barn's trailing median of $446.73.

Average price

$368.82

68 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,053

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$111

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

$16.21/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.02

vs TN average

−35.82 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	370.49	2,064	61
Medium and Large 2	551	354.29	1,954	7thin

One grade step is worth $16.21/cwt here — about $111 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale68 hd

368.82

—

TN average16 barns · 669 hd

379.85

−11.02

National average165 barns · 10,728 hd

404.64

−35.82

This barn, trailing median6 sales

446.73

−77.91

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

58 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	750–800	783	344.50/cwt	344.50–344.50	2,697	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	463	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,713	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	318	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,113	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	448	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	1,848	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	459	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,698	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	600–650	641	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,244	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	569	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	1,957	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,978	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	434	330.74/cwt	330.00–331.00	1,435	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	622	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	2,221	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	870	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	2,897	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	424	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,463	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	374	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,337	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	750–800	770	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,541	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	461	390.14/cwt	381.00–395.00	1,799	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	600–650	633	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,899	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	515	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,591	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	700–750	740	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,442	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	400–450	449	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	1,509	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,424	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	610	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,784	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	467	338.68/cwt	334.00–341.00	1,582	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	528	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	1,943	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	756	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,079	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	367	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,358	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	440	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,500	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	1,688	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	733	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,016	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	885	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	2,102	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	900–950	930	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	2,009	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	762	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	2,377	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,651	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,345	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	835	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	2,530	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	923	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	2,751	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,261	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,053	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,790	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	858	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	2,634	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,940	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	637	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,147	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	322	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,320	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	741	348.86/cwt	345.00–351.00	2,585	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	650	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	2,399	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,521	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	1,756	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,901	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	775	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	2,395	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	844	339.00/cwt	333.00–341.75	2,861	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	950–1000	950	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	2,860	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	655	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,194	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	1,899	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	647	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	2,032	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	334.50/cwt	334.50–334.50	1,749	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	800–850	825	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	2,673	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	562	316.84/cwt	309.00–318.00	1,781	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	559	389.50/cwt	389.50–389.50	2,177	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	2,057	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	564	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,946	23

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 Sep 19, 2025

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

Receipts 670Last week 349Year ago 800

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	448	412.50	412.50
34	550–600	559	389.50	389.50
38	650–700	650	369.00	369.00
70	700–750	741	345.00–351.00	348.86
12	750–800	783	344.50	344.50
89	800–850	844	333.00–341.75	339.00
1	850–900	870	333.00	333.00
10	950–1000	950	301.00	301.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	318	350.00	350.00
1	350–400	365	390.00	390.00
4	400–450	424	345.00	345.00
2	450–500	463	370.00	370.00
1	600–650	620	319.00	319.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	461	381.00–395.00	390.14
3	500–550	528	368.00	368.00
4	550–600	569	344.00	344.00
4	600–650	641	350.00	350.00
3	700–750	740	330.00	330.00
2	750–800	770	330.00	330.00
1	800–850	825	324.00	324.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	600–650	622	357.00	357.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	322	410.00	410.00
4	350–400	390	390.00	390.00
7	400–450	426	387.50	387.50
14	450–500	476	369.00	369.00
13	500–550	529	359.00	359.00
14	550–600	579	335.00	335.00
26	600–650	637	337.00	337.00
8	650–700	671	337.00	337.00
6	700–750	735	319.00	319.00
5	750–800	762	312.00	312.00
1	800–850	835	303.00	303.00
2	850–900	858	307.00	307.00
2	900–950	923	298.00	298.00
3	1050–1100	1,053	265.00	265.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
16	450–500	459	370.00	370.00
23	550–600	564	345.00	345.00
32	650–700	655	335.00	335.00
21	750–800	775	309.00	309.00
1	900–950	930	216.00	216.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	374	357.50	357.50
4	400–450	434	330.00–331.00	330.74
3	450–500	467	334.00–341.00	338.68
1	600–650	610	292.50	292.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	449	336.00	336.00
1	500–550	515	309.00	309.00
8	550–600	562	309.00–318.00	316.84
3	600–650	633	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	367	370.00	370.00
6	400–450	440	341.00	341.00
3	450–500	485	348.00	348.00
12	500–550	523	334.50	334.50
8	550–600	576	330.00	330.00
16	600–650	647	314.00	314.00
8	650–700	655	314.00	314.00
2	700–750	733	275.00	275.00
7	750–800	756	275.00	275.00
1	850–900	885	237.50	237.50

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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