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Sweetwater Livestock Auction

Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-05-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-20

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Sweetwater, Tennessee · Wed, May 20

● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2067

← May 13May 20May 27 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

74 head

▼ 23 vs last sale 97▲ 25 vs year ago 49 · +51.0%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

44 head

▲ 6 vs last sale 38▼ 5 vs year ago 49 · −10.2%

Replacement Cattle receipts

10 head

▲ 6 vs last sale 4▲ 5 vs year ago 5 · +100.0%

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 $378.60/cwt on 5 head, down $47.53 from the prior sale (only 11 head in that comparison). That ranks 5 of 8 comparable sales and sits +8.13 against this barn's trailing median of $370.47.

Average price

$378.60

▼ 47.53 vs prior sale

5 head · 529 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,004

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$115

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$33.99/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−49.18

vs TN average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	520	400.00	2,080	1thin
Medium and Large 2	515	395.00	2,034	1thin
Small 1	537	366.01	1,965	3thin

One grade step is worth $33.99/cwt here — about $115 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

378.60

—

TN average15 barns · 378 hd

427.79

−49.18

This barn, trailing median8 sales

370.47

+8.13

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	—	High	1,753	224.53	3,937	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,196	183.92	2,200	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,386	182.64	2,532	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	985	162.26	1,598	5thin
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,253	160.87	2,015	7thin

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	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	—	$2,675	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	—	$2,500	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$2,125	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	—	$2,000	1thin

Every lot, as filed

41 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Small 1	355	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,722	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	370	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	2,017	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	420	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,100	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,490	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2Value Added	600	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,460	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2Full	315	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,355	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2Value Added	340	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,513	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	358	440.10/cwt	435.00–445.00	1,576	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	406	472.44/cwt	465.00–475.00	1,918	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	477	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,956	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Value Added	497	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,087	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,995	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	575	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,128	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	620	355.16/cwt	350.00–360.00	2,202	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Small 1	290	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,421	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	365	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,916	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	435	491.42/cwt	480.00–505.00	2,138	6
Bulls	450–500	Small 1	460	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,794	1
Bulls	500–550	Small 1	513	367.76/cwt	350.00–385.00	1,887	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	515	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,034	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	520	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,080	1
Bulls	550–600	Small 1	585	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	2,121	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	623	378.82/cwt	350.00–400.00	2,360	6
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	685	374.89/cwt	360.00–390.00	2,568	2
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 1	873	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,313	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,722	218.37/cwt	217.00–220.00	3,760	3
Bulls	—	—	1,800	233.78/cwt	231.00–238.00	4,208	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	940	150.76/cwt	149.00–153.00	1,417	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	990	168.13/cwt	166.00–170.00	1,664	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,065	173.50/cwt	173.50–173.50	1,848	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,150	179.63/cwt	171.00–184.50	2,066	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,200	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	2,304	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,288	192.49/cwt	188.00–197.00	2,479	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,407	181.60/cwt	174.00–189.00	2,555	9
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Cows2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,083	153.86/cwt	150.00–156.00	1,666	3
Dairy Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,380	166.12/cwt	161.00–169.00	2,292	4
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	—	2,800.00/head	2,800.00–2,800.00	2,800	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	2,550.00/head	2,550.00–2,550.00	2,550	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	—	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	—	2,125.00/head	1,850.00–2,400.00	2,125	2
Bred Cows	—	Small and Medium 1-2	—	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	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 May 20, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 74Last week 97Year ago 49

Slaughter CattleReceipts 44Last week 38Year ago 49

Replacement CattleReceipts 10Last week 4Year ago 5

No market trends available due to limited comparable receipts.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,407	174.00–189.00	181.60
1	—	1,200	192.00	192.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	990	166.00–170.00	168.13
1	—	1,065	173.50	173.50
2	—	940	149.00–153.00	150.76

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,150	171.00–184.50	179.63
2	—	1,288	188.00–197.00	192.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,380	161.00–169.00	166.12
3	—	1,083	150.00–156.00	153.86

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,800	231.00–238.00	233.78
3	—	1,722	217.00–220.00	218.37

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	358	435.00–445.00	440.10
4	400–450	406	465.00–475.00	472.44
3	450–500	477	410.00	410.00
3	500–550	525	380.00	380.00
1	550–600	575	370.00	370.00
2	600–650	620	350.00–360.00	355.16

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	497	420.00	420.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	430.00	430.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	445.00	445.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	490.00	490.00
1	450–500	460	390.00	390.00
2	500–550	513	350.00–385.00	367.76
1	550–600	585	362.50	362.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	525.00	525.00
6	400–450	435	480.00–505.00	491.42
6	600–650	623	350.00–400.00	378.82
2	650–700	685	360.00–390.00	374.89
2	850–900	873	265.00	265.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	515	395.00	395.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	520	400.00	400.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	485.00	485.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	545.00	545.00
1	400–450	420	500.00	500.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	600	415.00	415.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	600	410.00	410.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	—	1,850.00–2,400.00	2,125.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	2,500.00	2,500.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	—	2,800.00	2,800.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per head · n/c wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	—	2,550.00	2,550.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	—	2,000.00	2,000.00

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.