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Sweetwater Livestock Auction

Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-02-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-11

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Sweetwater, Tennessee · Wed, Feb 11

● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2067

← Feb 4Feb 11Feb 18 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

114 head

▲ 63 vs last sale 51▲ 79 vs year ago 35 · +225.7%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

57 head

▲ 14 vs last sale 43▲ 28 vs year ago 29 · +96.6%

Replacement Cattle receipts

8 head

▼ 33 vs last sale 41▲ 7 vs year ago 1 · +700.0%

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 market trends available due to limited comparable 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 $380.00/cwt on 5 head. That ranks 5 of 8 comparable sales and sits +9.53 against this barn's trailing median of $370.47.

Average price

$380.00

5 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,114

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$249

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$43.75/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−39.14

vs TN average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	388.75	2,163	4thin
Small 1	555	345.00	1,915	1thin

One grade step is worth $43.75/cwt here — about $249 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 sale5 hd

380.00

—

TN average14 barns · 383 hd

419.14

−39.14

This barn, trailing median8 sales

370.47

+9.53

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	1,721	201.62	3,470	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,272	172.59	2,195	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,470	172.56	2,536	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,053	152.47	1,605	11
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,473	157.04	2,313	2thin

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)	—	$2,500	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	—	$3,850	2thin

Every lot, as filed

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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	500	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,075	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	545	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	2,085	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	680	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	2,431	1
Steers	700–750	Small 1Value Added	715	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,520	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Value Added	335	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,508	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	370	451.71/cwt	450.00–455.00	1,671	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	385	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,925	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	390	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,502	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	438	439.28/cwt	420.00–445.00	1,924	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	450	402.50/cwt	400.00–405.00	1,811	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Value Added	460	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	2,013	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	535	398.16/cwt	390.00–402.50	2,130	4
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	650	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	2,226	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	658	341.07/cwt	330.00–343.00	2,244	7
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	735	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,279	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	765	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,295	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1	255	720.00/cwt	720.00–720.00	1,836	1
Bulls	300–350	Small 1	339	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,661	3
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	345	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	1,932	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	378	580.77/cwt	560.00–595.00	2,195	3
Bulls	400–450	Small 1	410	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,456	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	412	524.17/cwt	485.00–560.00	2,160	3
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	465	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	1,848	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	475	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,900	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	476	436.17/cwt	420.00–455.00	2,076	4
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	523	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,275	2
Bulls	550–600	Small 1	555	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,915	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	590	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,036	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1Full	590	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,006	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	635	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,000	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	682	332.62/cwt	320.00–345.00	2,268	3
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	763	316.23/cwt	315.00–320.00	2,413	4
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1Value Added	838	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,472	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—Light Weight	1,150	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	2,277	1
Bulls	—	—	1,842	200.03/cwt	195.00–204.00	3,685	3
Bulls	—	—	1,930	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	4,053	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,047	156.24/cwt	149.00–162.00	1,636	8
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,068	142.43/cwt	141.00–143.00	1,521	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,199	167.70/cwt	162.00–172.00	2,011	7
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,399	181.16/cwt	176.00–190.00	2,534	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,440	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	2,203	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,448	172.09/cwt	161.50–179.00	2,492	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,585	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	3,075	1
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Cows1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,473	157.04/cwt	156.00–158.00	2,313	2
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	—	3,850.00/head	3,850.00–3,850.00	3,850	2
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	—	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	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 Feb 11, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 114Last week 51Year ago 35

Slaughter CattleReceipts 57Last week 43Year ago 29

Replacement CattleReceipts 8Last week 41Year ago 1

No market trends available due to limited comparable receipts.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	339	490.00	490.00
1	400–450	410	355.00	355.00
1	550–600	555	345.00	345.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	255	720.00	720.00
1	300–350	345	560.00	560.00
3	350–400	378	560.00–595.00	580.77
3	400–450	412	485.00–560.00	524.17
4	450–500	476	420.00–455.00	436.17
2	500–550	523	435.00	435.00
3	650–700	682	320.00–345.00	332.62
4	750–800	763	315.00–320.00	316.23

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	800–850	838	295.00	295.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	465	397.50	397.50
1	600–650	635	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	475	400.00	400.00
1	550–600	590	345.00	345.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	590	340.00	340.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	500.00	500.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	370	450.00–455.00	451.71
7	400–450	438	420.00–445.00	439.28
2	450–500	450	400.00–405.00	402.50
4	500–550	535	390.00–402.50	398.16
1	650–700	650	342.50	342.50
1	750–800	765	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	450.00	450.00
1	450–500	460	437.50	437.50
7	650–700	658	330.00–343.00	341.07
1	700–750	735	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	385.00	385.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	715	352.50	352.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	500	415.00	415.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	680	357.50	357.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	545	382.50	382.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,399	176.00–190.00	181.16
7	—	1,199	162.00–172.00	167.70

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,440	153.00	153.00
1	—	1,585	194.00	194.00
4	—	1,448	161.50–179.00	172.09

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,047	149.00–162.00	156.24
3	—	1,068	141.00–143.00	142.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,842	195.00–204.00	200.03
1	—	1,930	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,150	198.00	198.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,473	156.00–158.00	157.04

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	—	3,850.00	3,850.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	—	2,500.00	2,500.00

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.