Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-06-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-06-05

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $442.65/cwt on 58 head, down $20.90 from the prior sale. That ranks 3 of 6 comparable sales and sits −4.09 against this barn's trailing median of $446.73.

Average price

$442.65

▼ 20.90 vs prior sale

58 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,440

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$301

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

$44.03/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.86

vs TN average

−16.54 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	553	447.96	2,477	51
Medium and Large 2	539	403.93	2,175	7thin

One grade step is worth $44.03/cwt here — about $301 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 sale58 hd

442.65

—

TN average16 barns · 746 hd

438.79

+3.86

National average164 barns · 12,433 hd

459.19

−16.54

This barn, trailing median6 sales

446.73

−4.09

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

43 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 2Value Added	350–400	385	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,733	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	700–750	700	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,188	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,762	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	350	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,523	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	760	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,375	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	600–650	633	370.84/cwt	370.00–373.00	2,347	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	2,107	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	561	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	2,042	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	495	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,153	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,233	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	500	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,175	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	650–700	660	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,063	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	478	437.00/cwt	437.00–437.00	2,089	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	786	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,523	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1000–1050	1,045	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	3,266	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	670	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,412	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	900–950	945	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,882	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	455	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,684	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	489	459.00/cwt	459.00–459.00	2,245	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	427.00/cwt	427.00–427.00	2,455	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,944	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	550	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	2,241	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	873	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	2,994	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	600–650	620	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,938	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	645	398.00/cwt	398.00–398.00	2,567	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,618	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	652	377.13/cwt	376.00–378.00	2,459	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	557	461.00/cwt	461.00–461.00	2,568	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	730	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,281	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	648	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,274	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	350.27/cwt	345.00–378.00	2,557	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	436.00/cwt	436.00–436.00	2,298	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,838	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	558	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	2,159	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	850	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,848	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	751	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,636	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	475	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,351	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	1,913	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	2,046	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	411.00/cwt	411.00–411.00	1,977	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	447.50/cwt	447.50–447.50	1,589	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,125	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	440	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	1,837	3

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 Jun 5, 2026

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

Receipts 353Last week 406Year ago 507

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	450.00	450.00
1	450–500	495	435.00	435.00
1	500–550	500	435.00	435.00
2	550–600	550	407.50	407.50
7	600–650	633	370.00–373.00	370.84
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	435	405.00	405.00
1	450–500	455	370.00	370.00
3	500–550	530	397.50	397.50
1	550–600	580	385.00	385.00
1	650–700	670	360.00	360.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	475	495.00	495.00
28	550–600	557	461.00	461.00
32	600–650	645	398.00	398.00
29	750–800	751	351.00	351.00
13	850–900	873	343.00	343.00
2	1000–1050	1,045	312.50	312.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	375	490.00	490.00
3	400–450	432	450.00	450.00
4	450–500	489	459.00	459.00
13	500–550	527	436.00	436.00
10	550–600	575	427.00	427.00
16	650–700	652	376.00–378.00	377.13
6	700–750	730	345.00–378.00	350.27
4	750–800	770	340.00	340.00
1	850–900	850	335.00	335.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	550–600	561	364.00	364.00
1	600–650	620	312.50	312.50
1	650–700	660	312.50	312.50
1	700–750	700	312.50	312.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	435.00	435.00
1	750–800	760	312.50	312.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	478	437.00	437.00
25	550–600	558	387.00	387.00
25	600–650	648	351.00	351.00
1	700–750	730	312.50	312.50
17	750–800	786	321.00	321.00
2	900–950	945	305.00	305.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	355	447.50	447.50
3	400–450	440	417.50	417.50
6	450–500	481	411.00	411.00
11	500–550	527	363.00	363.00
7	550–600	573	357.00	357.00
3	600–650	625	340.00	340.00

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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