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Sweetwater Livestock Auction

Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-12-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-04

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Sweetwater, Tennessee · Wed, Dec 4

● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2067

← Nov 20Dec 4Dec 11 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

109 head

▲ 35 vs last sale 74▼ 42 vs year ago 151 · −27.8%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

60 head

▲ 19 vs last sale 41▼ 46 vs year ago 106 · −43.4%

Replacement Cattle receipts

5 head

▲ 5 vs last sale 0▲ 0 vs year ago 5 · +0.0%

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

No market trends available due to reporter absence last week and 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 $246.00/cwt on 8 head. That ranks 1 of 9 comparable sales and sits −128.98 against this barn's trailing median of $374.98.

Average price

$246.00

8 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,364

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$228

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

$27.43/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.02

vs TN average

−37.32 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	559	249.43	1,393	7thin
Small and Medium 1	525	222.00	1,166	1thin

One grade step is worth $27.43/cwt here — about $228 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale8 hd

246.00

—

TN average13 barns · 713 hd

247.02

−1.02

National average190 barns · 29,311 hd

283.32

−37.32

This barn, trailing median9 sales

374.98

−128.98

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	1,643	155.75	2,558	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,621	121.67	1,972	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,189	119.19	1,417	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,100	94.00	1,034	2thin
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,345	108.48	1,459	4thin
Dairy Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,684	108.21	1,822	5thin
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,203	100.87	1,213	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)	1,200	$1,850	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	900	$1,275	1thin

Every lot

53 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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers	450–500	Small and Medium 1Value Added	495	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,238	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	545	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,602	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	575	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,587	2
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	720	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,692	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 2	240	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	732	1
Heifers	250–300	Small and Medium 1	260	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	728	1
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	285	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	876	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Value Added	355	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,127	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	373	289.53/cwt	285.00–298.00	1,080	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Value Added	403	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,169	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	420	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,168	1
Heifers	450–500	Small and Medium 1	470	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,090	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	472	281.99/cwt	270.00–288.00	1,331	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	505	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,389	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Full	515	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,210	1
Heifers	500–550	Small and Medium 1	525	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,166	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	578	247.20/cwt	246.50–250.00	1,429	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	605	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,410	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Full	610	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,281	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	615	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,476	6
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	650	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,495	3
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	720	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,541	2
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	833	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,674	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1	250	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	800	1
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	328	328.74/cwt	327.50–330.00	1,078	2
Bulls	350–400	Small and Medium 1	350	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	963	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	377	333.10/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,256	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	420	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,247	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	425	311.72/cwt	305.00–319.00	1,325	5
Bulls	400–450	Small and Medium 1	445	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,012	1
Bulls	450–500	Small and Medium 1	453	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,099	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	500	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,050	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	540	267.00/cwt	266.00–267.50	1,442	3
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	625	234.78/cwt	223.00–246.00	1,467	2
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	681	226.42/cwt	220.00–230.00	1,542	5
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	713	217.47/cwt	215.00–220.00	1,551	2
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	790	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,580	1
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1	815	198.07/cwt	192.00–204.00	1,614	2
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Heifers	500–550	Large 3	505	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	833	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,460	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	2,227	1
Bulls	—	—	1,825	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	2,902	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,073	135.77/cwt	129.00–142.00	1,457	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,100	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	1,034	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,208	118.01/cwt	112.00–126.00	1,426	12
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,246	106.17/cwt	104.00–109.00	1,323	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,621	121.67/cwt	112.00–127.00	1,972	6
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Cows5 lots · lightest first
Dairy Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,168	102.56/cwt	94.00–108.50	1,198	4
Dairy Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,228	90.42/cwt	90.00–91.00	1,110	2
Dairy Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,290	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,484	1
Dairy Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,345	108.48/cwt	105.00–112.50	1,459	4
Dairy Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,684	108.21/cwt	105.50–111.00	1,822	5
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Small and Medium 1-2	900	1,275.00/head	1,275.00–1,275.00	1,275	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,200	1,850.00/head	1,850.00–1,850.00	1,850	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 Dec 4, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 109Last week 74Year ago 151

Slaughter CattleReceipts 60Last week 41Year ago 106

Replacement CattleReceipts 5Last week 0Year ago 5

No market trends available due to reporter absence last week and limited comparable receipts.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	250	320.00	320.00
3	350–400	377	330.00–340.00	333.10
5	400–450	425	305.00–319.00	311.72
3	500–550	540	266.00–267.50	267.00
2	600–650	625	223.00–246.00	234.78
5	650–700	681	220.00–230.00	226.42
2	700–750	713	215.00–220.00	217.47
1	750–800	790	200.00	200.00
2	800–850	815	192.00–204.00	198.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	328	327.50–330.00	328.74
1	400–450	420	297.00	297.00
1	500–550	500	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small and Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	275.00	275.00
1	400–450	445	227.50	227.50
2	450–500	453	242.50	242.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	317.50	317.50
3	400–450	403	290.00	290.00
6	600–650	615	240.00	240.00
2	700–750	720	214.00	214.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	373	285.00–298.00	289.53
1	400–450	420	278.00	278.00
7	450–500	472	270.00–288.00	281.99
1	500–550	505	275.00	275.00
5	550–600	578	246.50–250.00	247.20
1	600–650	605	233.00	233.00
3	650–700	650	230.00	230.00
2	800–850	833	201.00	201.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small and Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	260	280.00	280.00
4	450–500	470	232.00	232.00
1	500–550	525	222.00	222.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	515	235.00	235.00
1	600–650	610	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	305.00	305.00
1	250–300	285	307.50	307.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	545	294.00	294.00
2	550–600	575	276.00	276.00
1	700–750	720	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small and Medium 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	495	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	505	165.00	165.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,684	105.50–111.00	108.21

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,345	105.00–112.50	108.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,168	94.00–108.50	102.56
2	—	1,228	90.00–91.00	90.42
1	—	1,290	115.00	115.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,100	94.00	94.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,208	112.00–126.00	118.01
4	—	1,246	104.00–109.00	106.17
4	—	1,073	129.00–142.00	135.77

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,621	112.00–127.00	121.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,460	152.50	152.50
1	—	1,825	159.00	159.00

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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	900	1,275.00	1,275.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · estimate wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,200	1,850.00	1,850.00

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.