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Sweetwater Livestock Auction

Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-09-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-17

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Sweetwater, Tennessee · Wed, Sep 17

● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2067

← Sep 10Sep 17Sep 24 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

196 head

▲ 73 vs last sale 123▲ 55 vs year ago 141 · +39.0%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

35 head

▼ 18 vs last sale 53▼ 16 vs year ago 51 · −31.4%

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 and bulls sold 5.00 to 15.00 lower overall with decreased demand noted. No comparisons available for feeder cattle due to limited comparable receipts, however higher-quality offerings were noted.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $350.29/cwt on 10 head. That ranks 1 of 4 comparable sales and sits −102.31 against this barn's trailing median of $452.60.

Average price

$350.29

10 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,892

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−25.75

vs TN average

−54.35 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	540	350.29	1,892	10thin

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 sale10 hd

350.29

—

TN average15 barns · 494 hd

376.05

−25.75

National average165 barns · 10,728 hd

404.64

−54.35

This barn, trailing median4 sales

452.60

−102.31

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

4 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $488.79, low $355.45, median $452.60 across 4 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	1,631	182.63	2,979	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,253	160.73	2,015	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,508	157.08	2,369	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,142	142.46	1,627	6thin
Dairy Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,823	164.46	2,998	2thin
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,445	152.00	2,196	1thin
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,133	142.37	1,613	2thin

Every lot, as filed

54 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	305	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,586	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	340	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,496	1
Steers	350–400	Small 1	385	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,482	1
Steers	400–450	Small 1	410	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,517	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	428	382.72/cwt	375.00–390.00	1,638	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	480	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,824	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	355.60/cwt	352.50–360.00	1,867	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	535	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,792	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	560	347.48/cwt	340.00–355.00	1,946	4
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	606	354.15/cwt	350.00–365.00	2,146	11
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2Value Added	615	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,076	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	628	338.40/cwt	335.00–340.00	2,125	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	655	365.83/cwt	360.00–368.00	2,396	15
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	685	337.50/cwt	330.00–345.00	2,312	2
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Value Added	787	324.04/cwt	320.00–325.00	2,550	10
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 1	220	379.32/cwt	370.00–390.00	835	2
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	320	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,280	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	377	365.34/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,377	5
Heifers	350–400	Small 1	395	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,086	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	440	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,474	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	445	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,357	1
Heifers	450–500	Small 1	465	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,442	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	470	337.10/cwt	325.00–350.00	1,584	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	522	315.01/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,644	5
Heifers	500–550	Small 1	535	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,552	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	570	321.86/cwt	320.00–322.50	1,835	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	589	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,062	15
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	645	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,903	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	709	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,205	7
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	823	240.11/cwt	235.00–245.00	1,976	2
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Value Added	878	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,019	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1	265	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,232	1
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	315	451.79/cwt	430.00–475.00	1,423	2
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	345	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,328	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 3	365	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,168	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	375	398.29/cwt	395.00–405.00	1,494	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	406	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,492	4
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	440	382.47/cwt	380.00–385.00	1,683	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	475	363.66/cwt	355.00–375.00	1,727	4
Bulls	500–550	Small 1	505	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,465	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	527	353.17/cwt	347.50–362.50	1,861	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	569	311.89/cwt	310.00–317.50	1,775	4
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	703	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,933	2
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers	900–950	Large 3	935	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,636	2
Dairy Heifers	1100–1150	Large 3	1,120	181.73/cwt	155.00–195.00	2,035	3
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—Light Weight	1,213	171.18/cwt	170.00–172.50	2,076	2
Bulls	—	—	1,840	188.35/cwt	180.50–195.00	3,466	4
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,142	142.46/cwt	136.00–147.00	1,627	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,230	156.11/cwt	151.50–162.00	1,920	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,300	169.98/cwt	169.00–171.00	2,210	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,508	157.08/cwt	150.00–165.00	2,369	5
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Cows3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,133	142.37/cwt	140.00–145.00	1,613	2
Dairy Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,445	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	2,196	1
Dairy Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,823	164.46/cwt	162.50–166.50	2,998	2

How this sale compares

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 Sep 17, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 196Last week 123Year ago 141

Slaughter CattleReceipts 35Last week 53Year ago 51

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	440.00	440.00
2	400–450	428	375.00–390.00	382.72
1	450–500	480	380.00	380.00
5	500–550	525	352.50–360.00	355.60
4	550–600	560	340.00–355.00	347.48
3	600–650	628	335.00–340.00	338.40
2	650–700	685	330.00–345.00	337.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	520.00	520.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	600–650	606	350.00–365.00	354.15
15	650–700	655	360.00–368.00	365.83
10	750–800	787	320.00–325.00	324.04

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	385.00	385.00
1	400–450	410	370.00	370.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	535	335.00	335.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	615	337.50	337.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	220	370.00–390.00	379.32
1	300–350	320	400.00	400.00
5	350–400	377	360.00–370.00	365.34
1	400–450	440	335.00	335.00
2	450–500	470	325.00–350.00	337.10
5	500–550	522	310.00–320.00	315.01
4	550–600	570	320.00–322.50	321.86
2	800–850	823	235.00–245.00	240.11

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
15	550–600	589	350.00	350.00
7	700–750	709	311.00	311.00
3	850–900	878	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	275.00	275.00
2	450–500	465	310.00	310.00
1	500–550	535	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	305.00	305.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	645	295.00	295.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	265	465.00	465.00
2	300–350	315	430.00–475.00	451.79
3	350–400	375	395.00–405.00	398.29
2	400–450	440	380.00–385.00	382.47
4	450–500	475	355.00–375.00	363.66
3	500–550	527	347.50–362.50	353.17
4	550–600	569	310.00–317.50	311.89
2	700–750	703	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	385.00	385.00
4	400–450	406	367.50	367.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	505	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	900–950	935	175.00	175.00
3	1100–1150	1,120	155.00–195.00	181.73

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,508	150.00–165.00	157.08

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,300	169.00–171.00	169.98
4	—	1,230	151.50–162.00	156.11

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,142	136.00–147.00	142.46

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,445	152.00	152.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,133	140.00–145.00	142.37

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,823	162.50–166.50	164.46

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,840	180.50–195.00	188.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,213	170.00–172.50	171.18

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.