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Sweetwater Livestock Auction

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

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Sweetwater, Tennessee · Wed, Dec 3

● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2067

← Nov 12Dec 3Dec 10 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

35 head

▼ 68 vs last sale 103▼ 74 vs year ago 109 · −67.9%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

44 head

▼ 4 vs last sale 48▼ 16 vs year ago 60 · −26.7%

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 due to no sale last week in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $318.33/cwt on 3 head. That ranks 1 of 9 comparable sales and sits −56.65 against this barn's trailing median of $374.98.

Average price

$318.33

3 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,746

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−21.85

vs TN average

−52.12 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	548	318.33	1,746	3thin

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 sale3 hd

318.33

—

TN average12 barns · 802 hd

340.18

−21.85

National average194 barns · 19,992 hd

370.45

−52.12

This barn, trailing median9 sales

374.98

−56.65

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

9 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $419.81, low $325.16, median $374.98 across 9 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	—	High	1,654	197.77	3,270	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,518	163.54	2,483	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,228	156.94	1,927	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,010	142.54	1,440	5thin
Dairy Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,860	164.00	3,050	1thin
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,380	154.00	2,125	1thin

Every lot, as filed

24 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	400–450	Small 1	430	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,591	1
Steers	450–500	Small 1	455	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,524	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	515	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,009	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	520	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,716	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	580	332.50/cwt	320.00–345.00	1,929	2
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	715	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,324	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Small 1	373	307.08/cwt	295.00–320.00	1,145	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	440	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,452	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	540	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,782	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	565	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,667	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	615	292.32/cwt	285.00–300.00	1,798	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	200–250	Medium and Large 2	220	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	924	1
Bulls	400–450	Small 1	425	327.50/cwt	310.00–345.00	1,392	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	475	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,758	1
Bulls	750–800	Small 1	760	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,786	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,641	195.83/cwt	192.00–199.00	3,214	7
Bulls	—	—	1,698	204.57/cwt	202.00–208.00	3,474	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	935	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,449	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,029	139.43/cwt	133.00–144.00	1,435	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,228	156.94/cwt	149.00–164.00	1,927	8
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,510	169.61/cwt	168.00–172.00	2,561	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,524	158.99/cwt	152.00–164.00	2,423	4
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Cows2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,380	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	2,125	1
Dairy Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,860	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	3,050	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 Dec 3, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 35Last week 103Year ago 109

Slaughter CattleReceipts 44Last week 48Year ago 60

No market trends available due to no sale last week in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	430	370.00	370.00
1	450–500	455	335.00	335.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	580	320.00–345.00	332.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	515	390.00	390.00
1	700–750	715	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	520	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	330.00	330.00
2	500–550	540	330.00	330.00
1	550–600	565	295.00	295.00
2	600–650	615	285.00–300.00	292.32

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	373	295.00–320.00	307.08

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	220	420.00	420.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	475	370.00	370.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	425	310.00–345.00	327.50
1	750–800	760	235.00	235.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,860	164.00	164.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,380	154.00	154.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,029	133.00–144.00	139.43
1	—	935	155.00	155.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,510	168.00–172.00	169.61
4	—	1,524	152.00–164.00	158.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,228	149.00–164.00	156.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,698	202.00–208.00	204.57
7	—	1,641	192.00–199.00	195.83

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.