Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-05-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-08

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $382.73/cwt on 43 head, down $41.09 from the prior sale. That ranks 3 of 7 comparable sales and sits −4.49 against this barn's trailing median of $387.22.

Average price

$382.73

▼ 41.09 vs prior sale

43 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,117

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−25.58

vs TN average

−45.17 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	553	382.73	2,117	43

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

7 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $423.83, low $374.30, median $387.22 across 7 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 sale43 hd

382.73

—

TN average15 barns · 851 hd

408.31

−25.58

National average182 barns · 12,459 hd

427.90

−45.17

This barn, trailing median7 sales

387.22

−4.49

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

42 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	700–750	740	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,627	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	639	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,268	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	765	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	2,555	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,522	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	469	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,134	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	900–950	940	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,679	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	486	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,381	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,679	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	660	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	2,459	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	581	453.98/cwt	420.00–462.50	2,638	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	560	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,660	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	753	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,843	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	464	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,390	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	840	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,940	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	636	386.18/cwt	375.00–390.00	2,456	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	2,284	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	950–1000	982	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	3,142	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	551	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,121	30
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	700–750	705	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,468	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	400–450	425	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,083	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	466	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,981	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	650–700	667	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,368	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	800–850	820	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,460	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	649	418.00/cwt	418.00–418.00	2,713	26
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	436	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,093	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,156	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	410	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,825	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	390	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,619	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,716	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	900–950	925	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,937	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,133	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	600–650	610	368.69/cwt	365.00–380.00	2,249	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	556	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,168	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	800–850	848	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,756	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	468	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,293	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	700–750	720	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,304	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,186	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	464.62/cwt	442.50–475.00	2,012	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,012	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,123	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	367	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,688	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,320	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 May 8, 2026

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

Receipts 406Last week 322Year ago 393

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	373	450.00	450.00
6	400–450	431	530.00	530.00
5	450–500	486	490.00	490.00
14	500–550	531	475.00	475.00
10	550–600	581	420.00–462.50	453.98
8	600–650	636	375.00–390.00	386.18
1	700–750	740	355.00	355.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	464	515.00	515.00
26	550–600	560	475.00	475.00
26	600–650	649	418.00	418.00
21	750–800	753	377.50	377.50
8	800–850	840	350.00	350.00
3	950–1000	982	320.00	320.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	425	490.00	490.00
2	450–500	468	490.00	490.00
4	550–600	556	390.00	390.00
4	600–650	610	365.00–380.00	368.69
1	700–750	705	350.00	350.00
2	800–850	848	325.00	325.00
1	900–950	925	317.50	317.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	365	470.00	470.00
5	400–450	436	480.00	480.00
2	450–500	490	440.00	440.00
1	500–550	540	395.00	395.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	367	460.00	460.00
7	400–450	433	442.50–475.00	464.62
6	450–500	477	445.00	445.00
6	500–550	533	377.50	377.50
7	550–600	579	377.50	377.50
10	600–650	639	355.00	355.00
1	700–750	725	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
16	450–500	469	455.00	455.00
30	550–600	551	385.00	385.00
36	650–700	660	372.50	372.50
31	750–800	765	334.00	334.00
1	900–950	940	285.00	285.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	466	425.00	425.00
3	650–700	667	355.00	355.00
1	700–750	720	320.00	320.00
1	800–850	820	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	415.00	415.00
1	400–450	410	445.00	445.00

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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