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Sweetwater Livestock Auction

Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-11-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-20

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Sweetwater, Tennessee · Wed, Nov 20

● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2067

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Feeder Cattle receipts

74 head

▼ 38 vs last sale 112▼ 121 vs year ago 195 · −62.1%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

41 head

▲ 8 vs last sale 33▼ 36 vs year ago 77 · −46.8%

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

No comparisons available due to limited comparable receipts.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $229.50/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 1 of 9 comparable sales and sits −145.48 against this barn's trailing median of $374.98.

Average price

$229.50

4 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,265

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−11.60

vs TN average

−37.55 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	229.50	1,265	4thin

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 sale4 hd

229.50

—

TN average14 barns · 1,003 hd

241.10

−11.60

National average196 barns · 21,141 hd

267.05

−37.55

This barn, trailing median9 sales

374.98

−145.48

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

9 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $419.81, low $325.16, median $374.98 across 9 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	1,387	134.49	1,865	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,508	105.04	1,584	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,165	104.56	1,218	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	932	82.01	764	3thin
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,443	101.96	1,471	2thin

Every lot

39 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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	250	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	800	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	317	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,078	3
Steers	400–450	Small and Medium 1	420	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,302	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	490	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,446	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	570	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,511	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	655	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,624	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	280	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	728	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	380	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	960	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	415	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	975	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	424	258.81/cwt	247.50–265.00	1,097	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	483	249.55/cwt	240.00–259.00	1,205	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	495	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,079	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	500	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,200	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Full	555	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,232	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	575	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,311	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	628	225.49/cwt	225.00–226.00	1,416	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	660	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,452	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	705	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,481	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	375	316.42/cwt	310.00–322.50	1,187	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	405	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,094	1
Bulls	400–450	Small and Medium 1	445	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,068	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 3	500	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,050	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1Full	520	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,352	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,352	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	525	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,194	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	705	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,368	1
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1	803	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,486	2
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 2	820	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,484	1
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 1	875	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,531	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—Light Weight	1,135	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,544	1
Bulls	—	—	1,513	133.73/cwt	133.50–134.00	2,023	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	858	76.51/cwt	74.00–79.00	656	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,080	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	1,004	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,090	93.50/cwt	93.50–93.50	1,019	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,145	105.96/cwt	100.00–109.00	1,213	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,260	110.81/cwt	106.00–115.50	1,396	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,320	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,452	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%Heavy Weight	2,005	93.50/cwt	93.50–93.50	1,875	1
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Cows1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,443	101.96/cwt	98.50–106.00	1,471	2

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 Nov 20, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 74Last week 112Year ago 195

Slaughter CattleReceipts 41Last week 33Year ago 77

No comparisons available due to limited comparable receipts.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	520	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	525	227.50	227.50
1	800–850	820	181.00	181.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	500	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	375	310.00–322.50	316.42
1	400–450	405	270.00	270.00
1	500–550	525	257.50	257.50
1	700–750	705	194.00	194.00
2	800–850	803	185.00	185.00
1	850–900	875	175.00	175.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small and Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	317	340.00	340.00
1	450–500	490	295.00	295.00
1	550–600	570	265.00	265.00
2	650–700	655	248.00	248.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	250	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small and Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	420	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	260.00	260.00
4	400–450	424	247.50–265.00	258.81
2	450–500	483	240.00–259.00	249.55
1	500–550	500	240.00	240.00
2	550–600	575	228.00	228.00
2	600–650	628	225.00–226.00	225.49
1	650–700	660	220.00	220.00
1	700–750	705	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	252.50	252.50
1	400–450	415	235.00	235.00
1	450–500	495	218.00	218.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	555	222.00	222.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,135	136.00	136.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,513	133.50–134.00	133.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	858	74.00–79.00	76.51
1	—	1,080	93.00	93.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,090	93.50	93.50
4	—	1,145	100.00–109.00	105.96
1	—	1,320	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,260	106.00–115.50	110.81

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,005	93.50	93.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,443	98.50–106.00	101.96

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.