Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-09-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-18

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $369.38/cwt on 96 head, up $6.69 from the prior sale. That ranks 2 of 7 comparable sales and sits −73.27 against this barn's trailing median of $442.65.

Average price

$369.38

▲ 6.69 vs prior sale

96 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,053

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$291

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

$42.03/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.32

vs TN average

−33.98 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	563	386.00	2,173	22
Medium and Large 1	557	374.26	2,084	50
Medium and Large 2	547	343.97	1,882	24

One grade step is worth $42.03/cwt here — about $291 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

7 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $477.97, low $362.69, median $442.65 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 sale96 hd

369.38

—

TN average15 barns · 784 hd

371.70

−2.32

National average167 barns · 12,243 hd

403.36

−33.98

This barn, trailing median7 sales

442.65

−73.27

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

55 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 2Value Added	700–750	715	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	2,102	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	490	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,960	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,539	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	600–650	636	342.76/cwt	318.00–344.00	2,180	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	300–350	333	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,515	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,989	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	775	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,403	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	850–900	875	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	2,573	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	538	344.95/cwt	339.00–381.00	1,856	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	437	394.87/cwt	390.00–420.00	1,726	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,460	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	466	390.73/cwt	390.00–392.50	1,821	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	350–400	392	452.50/cwt	452.50–452.50	1,774	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	543	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	1,781	25
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	556	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	1,907	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	408.95/cwt	385.00–420.00	1,554	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	700–750	713	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,260	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	333	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,399	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	505	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,793	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	563	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	2,173	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	457	441.00/cwt	441.00–441.00	2,015	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	590	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,770	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	465	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,023	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	650	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,983	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	563	380.26/cwt	370.00–381.00	2,141	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	563	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	1,982	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	648	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	2,287	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	600–650	624	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,028	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,806	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	483	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	1,734	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	653	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	2,168	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	747	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,323	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	425	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,562	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	350–400	386	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,428	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	844	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,532	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	727	327.51/cwt	319.00–330.00	2,381	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	965	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	2,663	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,988	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	468	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	1,699	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1000–1050	1,015	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,791	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	746	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	2,342	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	387	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	1,693	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	488	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,891	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,916	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,995	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	855	320.72/cwt	304.00–325.25	2,742	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	644	323.67/cwt	320.00–331.00	2,084	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	667	329.76/cwt	320.00–331.00	2,199	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	1,807	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,998	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	272	419.57/cwt	410.00–425.00	1,141	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	393	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,611	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	2,277	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	760	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	2,109	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,680	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 Sep 18, 2026

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

Receipts 629Last week 204Year ago 670

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	483	359.00	359.00
25	500–550	543	328.00	328.00
4	600–650	624	325.00	325.00
2	700–750	715	294.00	294.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	333	420.00	420.00
3	350–400	380	385.00–420.00	408.95
1	400–450	420	347.50	347.50
2	450–500	470	327.50	327.50
1	550–600	590	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	386	370.00	370.00
10	500–550	505	355.00	355.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	425	367.50	367.50
7	450–500	468	363.00	363.00
29	550–600	563	352.00	352.00
39	650–700	653	332.00	332.00
10	700–750	747	311.00	311.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	272	410.00–425.00	419.57
2	350–400	393	410.00	410.00
1	450–500	480	350.00	350.00
4	500–550	533	339.00	339.00
5	550–600	579	331.00	331.00
3	650–700	655	305.00	305.00
1	750–800	760	277.50	277.50
1	800–850	825	276.00	276.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	333	455.00	455.00
3	350–400	392	452.50	452.50
1	450–500	490	400.00	400.00
7	550–600	556	343.00	343.00
20	600–650	636	318.00–344.00	342.76
2	700–750	713	317.00	317.00
1	850–900	875	294.00	294.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	437	390.00–420.00	394.87
14	450–500	466	390.00–392.50	390.73
15	500–550	538	339.00–381.00	344.95
2	550–600	585	340.00	340.00
3	650–700	650	305.00	305.00
1	750–800	775	310.00	310.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	457	441.00	441.00
22	550–600	563	386.00	386.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	465	435.00	435.00
31	550–600	563	370.00–381.00	380.26
44	600–650	648	353.00	353.00
90	700–750	727	319.00–330.00	327.51
76	850–900	855	304.00–325.25	320.72
1	1000–1050	1,015	275.00	275.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	387	437.50	437.50
6	400–450	425	425.00	425.00
2	450–500	488	387.50	387.50
11	500–550	530	375.00	375.00
8	550–600	570	350.00	350.00
3	600–650	644	320.00–331.00	323.67
9	650–700	667	320.00–331.00	329.76
5	700–750	746	314.00	314.00
4	800–850	844	300.00	300.00
2	950–1000	965	276.00	276.00

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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