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Sweetwater Livestock Auction

Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-02-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-12

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Sweetwater, Tennessee · Wed, Feb 12

● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2067

← Feb 5Feb 12Feb 26 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

35 head

▼ 111 vs last sale 146▲ 35 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

29 head

▲ 2 vs last sale 27▲ 29 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

1 head

▼ 13 vs last sale 14▲ 1 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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 limited comparable receipts.

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 $260.00/cwt on 1 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −110.47 against this barn's trailing median of $370.47.

Average price

$260.00

1 head · 535 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,391

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−13.35

vs TN average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	535	260.00	1,391	1thin

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 sale1 hd

260.00

—

TN average13 barns · 244 hd

273.35

−13.35

This barn, trailing median8 sales

370.47

−110.47

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	—	High	1,890	159.34	3,011	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,150	129.87	1,494	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,085	112.92	1,225	6thin
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,558	125.59	1,957	2thin
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	970	104.00	1,009	1thin

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 Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	900	$1,300	1thin

Every lot

24 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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	425	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,339	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	475	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,449	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	570	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,647	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 2	235	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	611	1
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	265	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	702	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	435	269.77/cwt	260.00–280.00	1,173	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	515	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,288	1
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	833	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,849	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	408	307.48/cwt	305.00–310.00	1,255	2
Bulls	400–450	Small and Medium 1	415	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,017	1
Bulls	450–500	Small and Medium 1	460	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,265	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	535	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,391	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	605	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,513	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1Full	635	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,461	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	700	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,610	1
Bulls	900–950	Medium and Large 1	940	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,777	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,830	156.28/cwt	152.50–160.00	2,860	3
Bulls	—	—	2,070	168.50/cwt	168.50–168.50	3,488	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	885	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	938	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,125	114.30/cwt	112.00–118.00	1,286	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,150	129.87/cwt	129.00–130.50	1,494	2
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Cows2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	970	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	1,009	1
Dairy Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,558	125.59/cwt	121.00–130.00	1,957	2
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	900	1,300.00/head	1,300.00–1,300.00	1,300	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 Feb 12, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 35Last week 146Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 29Last week 27Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 1Last week 14Year ago 0

No market trends available due to limited comparable receipts.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	435	260.00–280.00	269.77
1	500–550	515	250.00	250.00
2	800–850	833	222.00	222.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	235	260.00	260.00
1	250–300	265	265.00	265.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	635	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	408	305.00–310.00	307.48
1	500–550	535	260.00	260.00
1	600–650	605	250.00	250.00
1	700–750	700	230.00	230.00
1	900–950	940	189.00	189.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small and Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	415	245.00	245.00
1	450–500	460	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	425	315.00	315.00
1	450–500	475	305.00	305.00
1	550–600	570	289.00	289.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	900	1,300.00	1,300.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,070	168.50	168.50
3	—	1,830	152.50–160.00	156.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,150	129.00–130.50	129.87

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,125	112.00–118.00	114.30
1	—	885	106.00	106.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,558	121.00–130.00	125.59

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	970	104.00	104.00

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.