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Sweetwater Livestock Auction

Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-03-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-05

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Sweetwater, Tennessee · Wed, Mar 5

● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2067

← Feb 26Mar 5Mar 12 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

98 head

▼ 29 vs last sale 127▼ 31 vs year ago 129 · −24.0%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

51 head

▼ 5 vs last sale 56▼ 10 vs year ago 61 · −16.4%

Replacement Cattle receipts

12 head

▲ 6 vs last sale 6▲ 7 vs year ago 5 · +140.0%

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.

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 $288.08/cwt on 13 head. That ranks 1 of 9 comparable sales and sits −86.91 against this barn's trailing median of $374.98.

Average price

$288.08

13 head · 530 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,526

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$493

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

$95.42/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.58

vs TN average

−16.94 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	529	295.42	1,563	12thin
Small and Medium 1	535	200.00	1,070	1thin

One grade step is worth $95.42/cwt here — about $493 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale13 hd

288.08

—

TN average15 barns · 1,240 hd

289.66

−1.58

National average185 barns · 16,988 hd

305.02

−16.94

This barn, trailing median9 sales

374.98

−86.91

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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,300	133.96	1,741	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,169	133.16	1,557	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	995	118.00	1,174	1thin
Dairy Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,598	127.97	2,045	3thin
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,430	126.00	1,802	2thin
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,127	116.76	1,315	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	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,400	$2,825	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,000	$2,550	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,317	$2,225	3thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,200	$1,950	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,150	$1,775	2thin
Stock Cows	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,052	$1,773	3thin
Stock Cows	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,150	$1,495	1thin

Every lot

47 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	450–500	Medium and Large 1	470	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,633	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	503	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,761	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	525	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,890	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	573	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,874	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	630	291.24/cwt	290.00–292.50	1,835	2
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Value Added	775	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,093	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	280	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	868	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	315	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,047	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	353	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,165	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Value Added	385	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,405	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Value Added	418	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,484	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	435	323.37/cwt	305.00–340.00	1,407	10
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	465	308.12/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,433	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	297.75/cwt	294.00–310.00	1,563	10
Heifers	500–550	Small and Medium 1	535	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,070	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	545	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,512	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	555	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,610	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	610	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,342	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Full	625	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,438	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	643	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,608	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	670	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,591	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1	270	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,094	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	373	375.49/cwt	360.00–397.50	1,401	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	410	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,681	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	478	326.96/cwt	315.00–340.00	1,563	5
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	490	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,887	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	533	303.77/cwt	302.50–305.00	1,619	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	567	311.26/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,765	4
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	625	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,688	2
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	660	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,782	2
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	450–500	Large 4	485	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	1,006	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	995	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,174	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,153	130.46/cwt	127.00–136.00	1,504	8
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,235	143.95/cwt	143.00–145.00	1,778	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,300	133.96/cwt	129.00–140.00	1,741	5
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Cows5 lots · lightest first
Dairy Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,098	119.41/cwt	116.00–123.00	1,311	5
Dairy Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,198	110.12/cwt	106.00–113.00	1,319	2
Dairy Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,430	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,802	2
Dairy Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,575	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,906	1
Dairy Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,610	131.45/cwt	126.00–137.00	2,116	2
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,000	2,550.00/head	2,550.00–2,550.00	2,550	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,150	1,775.00/head	1,625.00–1,925.00	1,775	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,200	1,950.00/head	1,950.00–1,950.00	1,950	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,317	2,225.00/head	1,850.00–2,425.00	2,225	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,400	2,825.00/head	2,825.00–2,825.00	2,825	1
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,052	1,772.84/head	1,575.00–2,010.00	1,773	3
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,150	1,495.00/head	1,495.00–1,495.00	1,495	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 Mar 5, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 98Last week 127Year ago 129

Slaughter CattleReceipts 51Last week 56Year ago 61

Replacement CattleReceipts 12Last week 6Year ago 5

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.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	470	347.50	347.50
2	500–550	503	350.00	350.00
2	550–600	573	327.00	327.00
2	600–650	630	290.00–292.50	291.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	525	360.00	360.00
1	750–800	775	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	385	365.00	365.00
2	400–450	418	355.00	355.00
1	550–600	555	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	310.00	310.00
1	300–350	315	332.50	332.50
4	350–400	353	330.00	330.00
10	400–450	435	305.00–340.00	323.37
3	450–500	465	300.00–320.00	308.12
10	500–550	525	294.00–310.00	297.75
2	600–650	643	250.00	250.00
1	650–700	670	237.50	237.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small and Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	535	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	610	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	545	277.50	277.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	625	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	270	405.00	405.00
3	350–400	373	360.00–397.50	375.49
1	400–450	410	410.00	410.00
5	450–500	478	315.00–340.00	326.96
2	500–550	533	302.50–305.00	303.77
4	550–600	567	300.00–315.00	311.26
2	600–650	625	270.00	270.00
2	650–700	660	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	490	385.00	385.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	485	207.50	207.50

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,000	2,550.00	2,550.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,200	1,950.00	1,950.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,400	2,825.00	2,825.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,150	1,625.00–1,925.00	1,775.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,317	1,850.00–2,425.00	2,225.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,150	1,495.00	1,495.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,052	1,575.00–2,010.00	1,772.84

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	995	118.00	118.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,153	127.00–136.00	130.46
2	—	1,235	143.00–145.00	143.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,300	129.00–140.00	133.96

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,098	116.00–123.00	119.41
2	—	1,198	106.00–113.00	110.12

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,430	126.00	126.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,610	126.00–137.00	131.45
1	—	1,575	121.00	121.00

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.