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Sweetwater Livestock Auction

Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-03-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-19

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Sweetwater, Tennessee · Wed, Mar 19

● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2067

← Mar 12Mar 19Mar 26 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

73 head

▼ 39 vs last sale 112▼ 79 vs year ago 152 · −52.0%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

30 head

▲ 0 vs last sale 30▼ 17 vs year ago 47 · −36.2%

Replacement Cattle receipts

7 head

▲ 0 vs last sale 7▲ 0 vs year ago 7 · +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 trends established due to limited 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 $298.20/cwt on 6 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −72.27 against this barn's trailing median of $370.47.

Average price

$298.20

6 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,620

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$120

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$23.04/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−19.22

vs TN average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	543	302.04	1,640	5thin
Medium and Large 2	545	279.00	1,521	1thin

One grade step is worth $23.04/cwt here — about $120 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 sale6 hd

298.20

—

TN average14 barns · 343 hd

317.42

−19.22

This barn, trailing median8 sales

370.47

−72.27

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	1,885	178.50	3,365	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,333	144.75	1,929	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,420	131.09	1,862	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,224	111.33	1,363	13

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)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,238	$1,938	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,100	$1,775	1thin

Every lot

46 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	450	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,496	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	520	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,742	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	545	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,586	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	625	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,938	1
Steers	1000–1050	Small 1Fleshy	1,000	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,600	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	385	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,386	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	387	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	1,304	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	432	314.38/cwt	312.50–315.00	1,358	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	475	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,520	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	480	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	960	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	518	293.86/cwt	290.00–298.00	1,522	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	565	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,667	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	575	265.04/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,524	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	620	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,717	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	645	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,516	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	650	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,706	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	288	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,210	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	350	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,400	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	415	388.78/cwt	387.50–390.00	1,613	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	420	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,596	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	461	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	1,696	7
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	483	339.76/cwt	335.00–350.00	1,641	3
Bulls	450–500	Small 1	495	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,312	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	543	302.04/cwt	275.00–312.00	1,640	5
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	545	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,521	1
Bulls	600–650	Small 1	615	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,368	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	655	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,664	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	665	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,829	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	674	269.50/cwt	269.50–269.50	1,816	5
Bulls	700–750	Small 1	705	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,650	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 2Full	715	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,716	1
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	765	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,897	1
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1	810	243.75/cwt	242.50–245.00	1,974	2
Bulls	900–950	Medium and Large 2	925	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	2,026	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,885	178.50/cwt	178.50–178.50	3,365	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	873	89.33/cwt	75.00–100.00	780	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,145	116.23/cwt	114.00–119.50	1,331	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,168	122.73/cwt	122.00–124.00	1,433	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,185	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,908	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,285	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,786	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,358	125.52/cwt	122.00–129.50	1,705	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,380	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	2,077	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,526	129.20/cwt	123.50–134.00	1,972	7
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,527	106.72/cwt	105.00–110.00	1,630	3
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,100	1,775.00/head	1,775.00–1,775.00	1,775	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,238	1,937.50/head	1,875.00–2,000.00	1,938	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 Mar 19, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 73Last week 112Year ago 152

Slaughter CattleReceipts 30Last week 30Year ago 47

Replacement CattleReceipts 7Last week 7Year ago 7

No trends established due to limited receipts.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	432	312.50–315.00	314.38
3	450–500	475	320.00	320.00
2	550–600	575	260.00–270.00	265.04
1	600–650	620	277.00	277.00
1	650–700	650	262.50	262.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	385	360.00	360.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	387	337.00	337.00
2	550–600	565	295.00	295.00
1	600–650	645	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	480	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	518	290.00–298.00	293.86

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	415	387.50–390.00	388.78
3	450–500	483	335.00–350.00	339.76
5	500–550	543	275.00–312.00	302.04
1	650–700	665	275.00	275.00
1	750–800	765	248.00	248.00
2	800–850	810	242.50–245.00	243.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	650–700	674	269.50	269.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	715	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	495	265.00	265.00
1	600–650	615	222.50	222.50
1	700–750	705	234.00	234.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	288	420.00	420.00
7	450–500	461	368.00	368.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	400.00	400.00
2	400–450	420	380.00	380.00
1	500–550	545	279.00	279.00
1	650–700	655	254.00	254.00
1	900–950	925	219.00	219.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	545	291.00	291.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	1000–1050	1,000	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	520	335.00	335.00
1	600–650	625	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	450	332.50	332.50

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · estimate wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,100	1,775.00	1,775.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,238	1,875.00–2,000.00	1,937.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,885	178.50	178.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,185	161.00	161.00
2	—	1,168	122.00–124.00	122.73
7	—	1,526	123.50–134.00	129.20

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,380	150.50	150.50
1	—	1,285	139.00	139.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,145	114.00–119.50	116.23
2	—	1,358	122.00–129.50	125.52
3	—	1,527	105.00–110.00	106.72
2	—	873	75.00–100.00	89.33

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.