Sale reports / Tennessee / Sweetwater Livestock Auction / 2025-11-05

Sweetwater Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Sweetwater, Tennessee · Wed, Nov 5
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2067
Feeder Cattle receipts
89 head
▼ 11 vs last sale 100▲ 89 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
42 head
▼ 6 vs last sale 48▲ 42 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
3 head
▼ 7 vs last sale 10▲ 3 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $328.50/cwt on 5 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −41.97 against this barn's trailing median of $370.47.
Average price
$328.50
5 head · 555 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,822
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−8.08
vs TN average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1555328.501,8225thin
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
328.50
—
TN average15 barns · 411 hd
336.58
−8.08
This barn, trailing median8 sales
370.47
−41.97
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
448404360316median 370.4703/2507/0808/1910/2110/28
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—High1,802195.783,5274thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,551156.742,4316thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,259156.421,9706thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,060133.251,4127thin
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%Average1,283129.121,6572thin

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 $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)—$3,0501thin

Every lot, as filed

35 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1430372.50/cwt372.50–372.501,6021
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1680330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,2443
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1788315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,4822
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1235356.67/cwt350.00–360.008383
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1328325.27/cwt320.00–330.001,0672
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1370320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,1841
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1418326.03/cwt315.00–335.001,3634
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1474326.26/cwt310.00–350.001,5466
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1510295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,5051
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1590286.70/cwt282.50–295.001,6923
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1660300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,9802
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1780235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,8332
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1235430.11/cwt425.00–435.001,0112
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1275400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,1001
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1388385.10/cwt380.00–390.001,4942
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1423350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,4813
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1479360.04/cwt350.00–370.001,7254
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy485330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,6012
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2490330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,6171
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1505337.50/cwt337.50–337.501,7041
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1567326.25/cwt325.00–330.001,8504
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1628303.80/cwt282.50–315.001,9088
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1720260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,8722
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1823243.75/cwt240.00–245.002,0064
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1890235.00/cwt235.00–235.002,0921
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1905230.00/cwt230.00–230.002,0821
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,695187.04/cwt180.00–194.003,1702
Bulls——1,908204.52/cwt204.00–205.003,9022
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,060133.25/cwt126.00–144.001,4127
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,075136.50/cwt136.50–136.501,4671
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,258167.67/cwt166.00–169.002,1093
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,353149.51/cwt145.00–154.002,0232
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,551156.74/cwt149.50–162.502,4316
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Cows1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Cows—Lean 85-90%1,283129.12/cwt124.00–135.001,6572
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—3,050.00/head3,050.00–3,050.003,0501

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.