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Sweetwater Livestock Auction

Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-10-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-16

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Sweetwater, Tennessee · Wed, Oct 16

● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2067

← Oct 9Oct 16Oct 23 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

137 head

▲ 5 vs last sale 132▼ 80 vs year ago 217 · −36.9%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

79 head

▲ 26 vs last sale 53▼ 8 vs year ago 87 · −9.2%

Replacement Cattle receipts

3 head

▲ 0 vs last sale 3▼ 17 vs year ago 20 · −85.0%

Also sold hereGraded Feeder Cattle SaleFri Oct 16, 2026 Graded Holstein Steer SaleFri Oct 9, 2026 Replacement Cattle Sale (Seasonal)Fri Apr 24, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cows gauging 2.00 to 4.00 lower overall, with no comparisons available for slaughter bulls and feeder classes due to limited comparable receipts, but a lower undertone was noted for feeder heifers.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $232.77/cwt on 12 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −137.71 against this barn's trailing median of $370.47.

Average price

$232.77

12 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,279

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−5.51

vs TN average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	549	232.77	1,279	12thin

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

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale12 hd

232.77

—

TN average13 barns · 415 hd

238.28

−5.51

This barn, trailing median8 sales

370.47

−137.71

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

8 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $433.51, low $330.49, median $370.47 across 8 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,693	150.53	2,548	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,417	119.39	1,692	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,187	114.97	1,364	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,025	104.98	1,076	8thin
Dairy Bulls	—	Average	1,970	142.50	2,807	1thin
Dairy Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,435	107.67	1,545	3thin
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,041	95.01	989	7thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	800	$1,140	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	900	$1,100	1thin

Every lot

45 lots · USDA AMS · East Tennessee Livestock Center - Sweetwater, TN

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	315	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,047	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	393	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,140	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	490	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,240	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	525	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,360	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	628	230.40/cwt	226.00–232.50	1,447	6
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	332	238.20/cwt	232.50–242.50	791	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2Value Added	383	241.96/cwt	239.00–245.00	927	6
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	387	240.53/cwt	230.00–244.00	931	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	433	223.08/cwt	219.00–230.00	966	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	481	226.71/cwt	221.00–237.00	1,090	7
Heifers	500–550	Small and Medium 1Full	500	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	900	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	520	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,191	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Full	555	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,179	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	610	211.05/cwt	202.50–219.00	1,287	4
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	685	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,288	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	730	190.07/cwt	180.00–195.00	1,388	3
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	790	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,383	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	310	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	922	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	413	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,074	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	476	251.14/cwt	240.00–281.00	1,195	8
Bulls	450–500	Small and Medium 1	485	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,019	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	511	230.20/cwt	219.00–239.00	1,176	4
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	515	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,354	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	574	232.40/cwt	221.00–238.00	1,334	6
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1Full	590	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,269	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	625	216.81/cwt	210.00–225.00	1,355	7
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	650	211.00/cwt	208.00–214.00	1,372	2
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1Full	665	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,343	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	715	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,466	1
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 1	875	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,619	1
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	875	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,575	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,693	150.53/cwt	150.00–151.50	2,548	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,025	107.21/cwt	102.00–113.00	1,099	6
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,025	98.28/cwt	96.50–100.00	1,007	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,120	105.52/cwt	104.50–106.00	1,182	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,198	116.54/cwt	108.50–124.00	1,396	18
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,381	116.64/cwt	108.50–124.50	1,611	8
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,563	130.41/cwt	127.50–133.00	2,038	2
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Bulls	—	—	1,970	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	2,807	1
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Cows4 lots · lightest first
Dairy Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	984	91.64/cwt	89.00–96.00	902	5
Dairy Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,100	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,155	1
Dairy Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,183	103.43/cwt	102.00–105.00	1,224	2
Dairy Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,603	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	1,747	2
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Small and Medium 1-2	800	1,140.00/head	1,140.00–1,140.00	1,140	1
Bred Cows	—	Small and Medium 1-2	900	1,100.00/head	1,100.00–1,100.00	1,100	1

This sale against other markets

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 - Sweetwater, TN

Wed Oct 16, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 137Last week 132Year ago 217

Slaughter CattleReceipts 79Last week 53Year ago 87

Replacement CattleReceipts 3Last week 3Year ago 20

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	515	263.00	263.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	850–900	875	180.00	180.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	590	215.00	215.00
1	650–700	665	202.00	202.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	297.50	297.50
2	400–450	413	260.00	260.00
8	450–500	476	240.00–281.00	251.14
4	500–550	511	219.00–239.00	230.20
6	550–600	574	221.00–238.00	232.40
7	600–650	625	210.00–225.00	216.81
2	650–700	650	208.00–214.00	211.00
1	700–750	715	205.00	205.00
1	850–900	875	185.00	185.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small and Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	485	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	332.50	332.50
2	350–400	393	290.00	290.00
1	450–500	490	253.00	253.00
6	600–650	628	226.00–232.50	230.40

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	525	259.00	259.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	332	232.50–242.50	238.20
5	350–400	387	230.00–244.00	240.53
3	400–450	433	219.00–230.00	223.08
7	450–500	481	221.00–237.00	226.71
1	500–550	520	229.00	229.00
4	600–650	610	202.50–219.00	211.05
1	650–700	685	188.00	188.00
3	700–750	730	180.00–195.00	190.07
1	750–800	790	175.00	175.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small and Medium 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	500	180.00	180.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	383	239.00–245.00	241.96

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	555	212.50	212.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,970	142.50	142.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	984	89.00–96.00	91.64
2	—	1,183	102.00–105.00	103.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,603	109.00	109.00
1	—	1,100	105.00	105.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,025	96.50–100.00	98.28
6	—	1,025	102.00–113.00	107.21

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,120	104.50–106.00	105.52
18	—	1,198	108.50–124.00	116.54

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,381	108.50–124.50	116.64
2	—	1,563	127.50–133.00	130.41

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,693	150.00–151.50	150.53

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per head · estimate wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	800	1,140.00	1,140.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	900	1,100.00	1,100.00

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.