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Sweetwater Livestock Auction

Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-09-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-24

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Sweetwater, Tennessee · Wed, Sep 24

● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2067

← Sep 17Sep 24Oct 1 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

108 head

▼ 88 vs last sale 196▲ 108 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

32 head

▼ 3 vs last sale 35▲ 32 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

Compared to last week, slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady overall, with no comparisons available for feeder cattle due to limited comparable receipts, but a higher undertone was noted.

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 $338.98/cwt on 17 head. That ranks 2 of 8 comparable sales and sits −31.49 against this barn's trailing median of $370.47.

Average price

$338.98

17 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,862

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$140

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

$26.11/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.09

vs TN average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	549	345.13	1,895	13thin
Medium and Large 2	550	319.02	1,755	4thin

One grade step is worth $26.11/cwt here — about $140 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale17 hd

338.98

—

TN average13 barns · 408 hd

336.89

+2.09

This barn, trailing median8 sales

370.47

−31.49

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	2,083	192.50	4,009	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,428	161.46	2,306	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,256	158.33	1,989	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,059	139.43	1,477	5thin
Dairy Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,625	156.00	2,535	1thin
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,085	128.00	1,389	1thin

Every lot, as filed

45 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	300–350	Small 1	335	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,290	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	370	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,517	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	450	402.50/cwt	395.00–410.00	1,811	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	500	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,825	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	679	343.80/cwt	340.00–345.00	2,334	4
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Value Added	858	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	2,686	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Small 1	378	347.42/cwt	335.00–360.00	1,313	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	410	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,312	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	433	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,591	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	463	344.86/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,597	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2Value Added	468	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,568	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	510	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,709	1
Heifers	500–550	Small 1	533	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,652	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	540	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,674	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	554	330.04/cwt	315.00–335.00	1,828	4
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	603	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,038	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	654	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,158	4
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	730	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,154	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	730	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,081	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Small 1	310	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	899	1
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	340	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,428	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	415	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,743	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	425	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,530	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	450	375.00/cwt	360.00–390.00	1,688	2
Bulls	450–500	Small 1	468	292.62/cwt	285.00–300.00	1,369	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	495	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,634	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	515	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,674	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	523	354.84/cwt	335.00–362.50	1,856	6
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	560	351.28/cwt	347.50–355.00	1,967	4
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	562	317.02/cwt	316.00–319.00	1,782	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	587	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,864	3
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	615	313.15/cwt	312.50–315.00	1,926	4
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	745	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,086	1
Bulls	800–850	Small 1	800	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,960	1
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1	815	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,201	1
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Heifers	550–600	Large 4	588	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,352	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,760	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	3,432	1
Bulls	—	—Heavy Weight	2,405	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	4,570	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,059	139.43/cwt	135.00–148.00	1,477	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,165	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,643	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,175	171.64/cwt	170.00–173.00	2,017	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,320	156.01/cwt	148.50–163.50	2,059	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,428	161.46/cwt	155.50–166.00	2,306	4
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Cows2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,085	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,389	1
Dairy Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,625	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	2,535	1

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 24, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 108Last week 196Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 32Last week 35Year ago 0

Compared to last week, slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady overall, with no comparisons available for feeder cattle due to limited comparable receipts, but a higher undertone was noted.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	420.00	420.00
1	400–450	415	420.00	420.00
2	450–500	450	360.00–390.00	375.00
6	500–550	523	335.00–362.50	354.84
4	550–600	560	347.50–355.00	351.28
4	600–650	615	312.50–315.00	313.15
1	700–750	745	280.00	280.00
1	800–850	815	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	290.00	290.00
2	450–500	468	285.00–300.00	292.62
1	800–850	800	245.00	245.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	587	317.50	317.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	425	360.00	360.00
1	450–500	495	330.00	330.00
1	500–550	515	325.00	325.00
3	550–600	562	316.00–319.00	317.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	410	320.00	320.00
1	500–550	540	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	433	367.50	367.50
2	450–500	463	340.00–350.00	344.86
1	500–550	510	335.00	335.00
4	550–600	554	315.00–335.00	330.04

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	603	338.00	338.00
4	650–700	654	330.00	330.00
1	700–750	730	295.00	295.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	378	335.00–360.00	347.42
3	500–550	533	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	730	285.00	285.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	468	335.00	335.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	385.00	385.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	850–900	858	313.00	313.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	450	395.00–410.00	402.50
1	500–550	500	365.00	365.00
4	650–700	679	340.00–345.00	343.80

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	410.00	410.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	588	230.00	230.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,175	170.00–173.00	171.64
4	—	1,320	148.50–163.50	156.01
1	—	1,165	141.00	141.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,059	135.00–148.00	139.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,428	155.50–166.00	161.46

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,085	128.00	128.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,625	156.00	156.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,405	190.00	190.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,760	195.00	195.00

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.