Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-11-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-14

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $346.87/cwt on 49 head. That ranks 1 of 6 comparable sales and sits −99.87 against this barn's trailing median of $446.73.

Average price

$346.87

49 head · 566 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,962

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$172

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

$33.94/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−13.96

vs TN average

−78.00 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	565	351.02	1,983	43
Medium and Large 2	571	317.08	1,812	6thin

One grade step is worth $33.94/cwt here — about $172 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale49 hd

346.87

—

TN average14 barns · 334 hd

360.82

−13.96

National average177 barns · 31,012 hd

424.87

−78.00

This barn, trailing median6 sales

446.73

−99.87

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

44 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	600–650	640	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,664	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,240	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	437	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,403	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	748	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,900	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	311.30/cwt	310.00–321.00	1,482	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,647	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	600–650	605	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,724	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	700–750	740	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,813	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	461	303.39/cwt	285.00–311.00	1,399	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	468	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,615	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,710	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	470	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,504	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,709	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,275	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	855	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	2,360	41
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	800–850	830	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,992	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	555	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,596	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	725	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,740	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	582	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,862	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	750–800	751	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	2,095	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	782	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,072	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	468	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,521	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,129	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,473	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	547	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,668	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	566	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	2,052	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	754	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	2,202	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	652	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,080	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	650–700	668	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,211	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	470	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,633	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	751	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,441	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	800	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,120	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	959	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,445	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	859	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,190	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	652	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,865	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1000–1050	1,020	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	2,570	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	654	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,700	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	342.69/cwt	330.00–345.00	1,638	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	581	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,923	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	1,299	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	289.69/cwt	283.00–291.00	1,521	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	663	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	2,307	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,607	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	1,795	6

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 Nov 14, 2025

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

Receipts 473Last week 647Year ago 675

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	373	332.50	332.50
5	400–450	437	321.00	321.00
8	450–500	476	310.00–321.00	311.30
12	500–550	525	283.00–291.00	289.69
9	550–600	578	285.00	285.00
2	600–650	640	260.00	260.00
15	650–700	654	260.00	260.00
5	700–750	748	254.00	254.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	470	320.00	320.00
1	600–650	605	285.00	285.00
1	700–750	740	245.00	245.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	305.00	305.00
5	450–500	461	285.00–311.00	303.39
1	550–600	555	287.50	287.50
1	700–750	725	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	468	325.00	325.00
15	500–550	547	305.00	305.00
11	650–700	652	286.00	286.00
44	750–800	782	265.00	265.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	340.00	340.00
1	400–450	415	355.00	355.00
3	450–500	468	345.00	345.00
1	500–550	530	322.50	322.50
1	550–600	570	300.00	300.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
26	550–600	566	362.50	362.50
57	650–700	663	348.00	348.00
67	750–800	751	325.00	325.00
41	850–900	855	276.00	276.00
2	1000–1050	1,020	252.00	252.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	470	347.50	347.50
4	550–600	582	320.00	320.00
3	650–700	668	331.00	331.00
5	750–800	751	279.00	279.00
1	800–850	830	240.00	240.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	370	351.00	351.00
6	400–450	423	380.00	380.00
13	450–500	478	330.00–345.00	342.69
6	500–550	531	338.00	338.00
11	550–600	581	331.00	331.00
15	650–700	652	319.00	319.00
13	750–800	754	292.00	292.00
1	800–850	800	265.00	265.00
6	850–900	859	255.00	255.00
4	950–1000	959	255.00	255.00

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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