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Sweetwater Livestock Auction

Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-03-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-12

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

● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2067

← Mar 5Mar 12Mar 19 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

112 head

▲ 14 vs last sale 98▲ 112 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

30 head

▼ 21 vs last sale 51▲ 30 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

7 head

▼ 5 vs last sale 12▲ 7 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 for feeder or slaughter classes 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 $344.44/cwt on 5 head. That ranks 2 of 8 comparable sales and sits −26.03 against this barn's trailing median of $370.47.

Average price

$344.44

5 head · 522 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,798

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+31.42

vs TN average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	522	344.44	1,798	5thin

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 sale5 hd

344.44

—

TN average14 barns · 396 hd

313.02

+31.42

This barn, trailing median8 sales

370.47

−26.03

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	1,930	170.00	3,281	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,520	145.00	2,204	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,108	138.90	1,539	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	870	125.00	1,088	1thin
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,003	118.43	1,188	3thin

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)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,400	$2,200	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,300	$2,050	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,400	$1,600	1thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,000	$2,250	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	—	$3,500	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$1,900	1thin

Every lot

49 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Small and Medium 1Fleshy	425	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,381	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Value Added	445	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,869	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	515	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,777	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	2,049	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	668	290.73/cwt	282.50–295.00	1,942	3
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,995	1
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	835	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,046	1
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	860	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,021	1
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Value Added	910	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,275	1
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	915	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,059	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	290	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	957	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	305	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	976	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	328	336.32/cwt	327.50–345.00	1,103	2
Heifers	350–400	Small and Medium 1	365	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,059	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	423	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,311	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	445	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,446	1
Heifers	450–500	Small and Medium 1Fleshy	455	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,297	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	480	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,536	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	517	294.24/cwt	287.50–297.50	1,521	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	570	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,767	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	621	255.82/cwt	255.00–260.00	1,589	6
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	692	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,668	3
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	709	241.49/cwt	241.00–242.50	1,712	3
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	713	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,711	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls	200–250	Medium and Large 2	200	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	750	1
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1	295	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,136	1
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	300	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,095	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	385	386.83/cwt	345.00–415.00	1,489	5
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	483	362.49/cwt	337.50–371.00	1,751	4
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	522	344.44/cwt	340.00–362.50	1,798	5
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	615	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,661	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	681	266.54/cwt	257.50–270.00	1,815	5
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	735	258.34/cwt	257.50–260.00	1,899	3
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	754	255.65/cwt	242.50–260.00	1,928	4
Bulls	900–950	Medium and Large 1	938	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,876	2
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	1050–1100	Small 4	1,080	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,944	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,930	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	3,281	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	860	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,084	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	870	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,088	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,120	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,669	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,155	139.46/cwt	132.00–143.00	1,611	5
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,520	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	2,204	1
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Cows1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,003	118.43/cwt	117.00–119.00	1,188	3
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,000	2,250.00/head	2,250.00–2,250.00	2,250	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,300	2,050.00/head	2,050.00–2,050.00	2,050	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,400	2,200.00/head	2,200.00–2,200.00	2,200	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,400	1,600.00/head	1,600.00–1,600.00	1,600	1
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	—	3,500.00/head	3,500.00–3,500.00	3,500	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,900.00/head	1,900.00–1,900.00	1,900	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 12, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 112Last week 98Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 30Last week 51Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 7Last week 12Year ago 0

No market trends available for feeder or slaughter classes 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	300–350	328	327.50–345.00	336.32
1	400–450	445	325.00	325.00
1	450–500	480	320.00	320.00
3	500–550	517	287.50–297.50	294.24
1	550–600	570	310.00	310.00
6	600–650	621	255.00–260.00	255.82
2	700–750	713	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	330.00	330.00
1	300–350	305	320.00	320.00
2	400–450	423	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	700–750	709	241.00–242.50	241.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small and Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	650–700	692	241.00	241.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small and Medium 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	455	285.00	285.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	515	345.00	345.00
1	800–850	835	245.00	245.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small and Medium 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	425	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	850–900	860	235.00	235.00
1	900–950	915	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	420.00	420.00
1	550–600	550	372.50	372.50
3	650–700	668	282.50–295.00	290.73
1	700–750	700	285.00	285.00
1	900–950	910	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Small 4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	1050–1100	1,080	180.00	180.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	200	375.00	375.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	385.00	385.00
1	300–350	300	365.00	365.00
5	350–400	385	345.00–415.00	386.83
4	450–500	483	337.50–371.00	362.49
5	500–550	522	340.00–362.50	344.44
1	600–650	615	270.00	270.00
5	650–700	681	257.50–270.00	266.54
3	700–750	735	257.50–260.00	258.34
4	750–800	754	242.50–260.00	255.65
2	900–950	938	200.00	200.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,003	117.00–119.00	118.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	870	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,520	145.00	145.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,120	149.00	149.00
5	—	1,155	132.00–143.00	139.46

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	860	126.00	126.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,930	170.00	170.00

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)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,000	2,250.00	2,250.00

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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,300	2,050.00	2,050.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,400	1,600.00	1,600.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,400	2,200.00	2,200.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	3,500.00	3,500.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	1,900.00	1,900.00

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.