Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-06-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-06-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No market trends available due to limited comparable receipts.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $397.08/cwt on 12 head, down $9.13 from the prior sale (only 11 head in that comparison). That ranks 8 of 11 comparable sales and sits +22.10 against this barn's trailing median of $374.98.

Average price

$397.08

▼ 9.13 vs prior sale

12 head · 533 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,118

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$209

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

$40.45/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.00

vs TN average

−14.42 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	533	400.45	2,135	11thin
Medium and Large 2	535	360.00	1,926	1thin

One grade step is worth $40.45/cwt here — about $209 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

11 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $419.81, low $340.56, median $374.98 across 11 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale12 hd

397.08

—

TN average16 barns · 654 hd

391.08

+6.00

National average169 barns · 9,451 hd

411.50

−14.42

This barn, trailing median11 sales

374.98

+22.10

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

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	1,809	210.44	3,807	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,545	177.13	2,737	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,240	164.21	2,036	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,138	149.50	1,701	2thin
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,253	146.85	1,840	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
Bulls	N/A	(<2 yrs)	—	$3,700	2thin
Stock Cows	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	—	$2,350	3thin

Every lot, as filed

42 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	—	2,350.00/head	2,350.00–2,350.00	2,350	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Registered	—	—	3,700.00/head	3,700.00–3,700.00	3,700	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,310	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	290	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	1,494	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	900–950	930	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,790	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	505	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,869	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,243	162.37/cwt	156.00–168.50	2,018	10
Bulls	—	—	1,809	210.44/cwt	203.50–219.00	3,807	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	850–900	875	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,844	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,412	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,300	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	439.81/cwt	430.00–450.00	1,443	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	685	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,295	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	1050–1100	1,075	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	3,225	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	420	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,079	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	400	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,720	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,201	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,926	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	401.34/cwt	380.00–412.50	2,268	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	625	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,375	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	543	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	2,158	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	905	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,760	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	450	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,845	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	755	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,454	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	489.80/cwt	460.00–500.00	1,802	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	313	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,628	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	399	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	2,135	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,461	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	508	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	2,172	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	485	417.55/cwt	415.00–420.00	2,025	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,288	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,261	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	332.40/cwt	325.00–340.00	2,443	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	470	495.16/cwt	480.00–510.00	2,327	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	828	338.75/cwt	337.50–340.00	2,805	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	445	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,047	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,200	158.50/cwt	158.50–158.50	1,902	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,487	175.15/cwt	163.50–180.50	2,604	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,835	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	3,431	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,225	173.39/cwt	171.00–176.00	2,124	2
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,253	146.85/cwt	144.00–149.00	1,840	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,075	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	1,510	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 Jun 17, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 105Last week 51Year ago 109

Slaughter CattleReceipts 52Last week 39Year ago 48

Replacement CattleReceipts 4Last week 0Year ago 7

No market trends available due to limited comparable receipts.

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	—	2,350.00	2,350.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Registered$ per head · n/c wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	2	—	—	3,700.00	3,700.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	515.00	515.00
3	300–350	313	520.00	520.00
4	350–400	368	460.00–500.00	489.80
5	400–450	445	460.00	460.00
1	500–550	525	440.00	440.00
6	550–600	565	380.00–412.50	401.34
1	650–700	665	340.00	340.00
1	700–750	715	320.00	320.00
2	750–800	775	317.50	317.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	620	355.00	355.00
1	650–700	685	335.00	335.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	505	370.00	370.00
1	900–950	930	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	328	430.00–450.00	439.81
1	400–450	400	430.00	430.00
1	450–500	450	410.00	410.00
8	500–550	543	397.50	397.50
1	650–700	670	360.00	360.00
2	700–750	735	325.00–340.00	332.40
1	750–800	755	325.00	325.00
1	900–950	905	305.00	305.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	535	360.00	360.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	485	415.00–420.00	417.55
2	500–550	508	427.50	427.50
1	600–650	625	380.00	380.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	850–900	875	325.00	325.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	399	535.00	535.00
1	550–600	575	400.00	400.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	1050–1100	1,075	300.00	300.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	420	495.00	495.00
2	450–500	470	480.00–510.00	495.16
2	800–850	828	337.50–340.00	338.75

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,243	156.00–168.50	162.37
2	—	1,225	171.00–176.00	173.39
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,200	158.50	158.50
1	—	1,075	140.50	140.50
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,487	163.50–180.50	175.15
1	—	1,835	187.00	187.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,809	203.50–219.00	210.44
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,253	144.00–149.00	146.85

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.

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Sweetwater Livestock Auction

Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

East Tennessee Livestock Center - Sweetwater, TN

Replacement Cattle

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle