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Sweetwater Livestock Auction

Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-08-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-05

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Sweetwater, Tennessee · Wed, Aug 5

● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2067

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Feeder Cattle receipts

59 head

▼ 18 vs last sale 77▼ 75 vs year ago 134 · −56.0%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

51 head

▼ 4 vs last sale 55▼ 55 vs year ago 106 · −51.9%

Replacement Cattle receipts

3 head

▼ 3 vs last sale 6▼ 10 vs year ago 13 · −76.9%

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

Compared to last week, slaughter cows sold 1.00 to 4.00 higher with no comparisons available for slaughter bulls or feeder classes 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 $389.00/cwt on 4 head, down $17.68 from the prior sale (only 10 head in that comparison). That ranks 6 of 8 comparable sales and sits +18.53 against this barn's trailing median of $370.47.

Average price

$389.00

▼ 17.68 vs prior sale

4 head · 529 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,058

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+17.80

vs TN average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	529	389.00	2,058	4thin

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 sale4 hd

389.00

—

TN average15 barns · 336 hd

371.20

+17.80

This barn, trailing median8 sales

370.47

+18.53

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	1,649	219.74	3,624	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,506	183.57	2,764	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,182	181.30	2,143	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,100	160.67	1,768	11

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	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	—	$2,250	1thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	(<2 yrs)	—	$2,000	1thin

Every lot, as filed

34 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	550–600	Medium and Large 1	550	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,200	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	688	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,477	2
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	735	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,426	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	790	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,587	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	375	374.73/cwt	370.00–380.00	1,405	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	482	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,856	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	515	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,803	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	595	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,993	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	673	324.81/cwt	315.00–335.00	2,186	2
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	728	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,330	2
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	840	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,394	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	320	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,312	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	464	353.92/cwt	350.00–365.00	1,642	4
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	529	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	2,058	4
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	650	343.75/cwt	335.00–352.50	2,234	2
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	735	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	2,212	1
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	770	282.95/cwt	280.00–285.00	2,179	5
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	450–500	Small 4	490	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,005	1
Dairy Steers	500–550	Small 4	510	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,071	1
Dairy Steers	550–600	Small 4	570	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,197	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—Light Weight	1,075	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	2,096	1
Bulls	—	—	1,725	221.84/cwt	215.00–230.00	3,827	5
Bulls	—	—	1,845	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	4,317	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,027	153.14/cwt	151.00–154.00	1,573	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,050	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,890	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,126	176.32/cwt	170.00–186.00	1,985	6
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,139	161.14/cwt	155.00–169.00	1,835	7
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,241	192.84/cwt	191.00–194.00	2,393	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,280	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	2,112	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,355	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	2,290	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,448	195.99/cwt	195.00–198.00	2,838	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,535	181.51/cwt	172.00–190.00	2,786	11
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	—	2,250.00/head	2,250.00–2,250.00	2,250	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	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 Aug 5, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 59Last week 77Year ago 134

Slaughter CattleReceipts 51Last week 55Year ago 106

Replacement CattleReceipts 3Last week 6Year ago 13

Compared to last week, slaughter cows sold 1.00 to 4.00 higher with no comparisons available for slaughter bulls or feeder classes 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
3	—	1,448	195.00–198.00	195.99
1	—	1,355	169.00	169.00
11	—	1,535	172.00–190.00	181.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,139	155.00–169.00	161.14
1	—	1,050	180.00	180.00
3	—	1,027	151.00–154.00	153.14

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,280	165.00	165.00
6	—	1,126	170.00–186.00	176.32
4	—	1,241	191.00–194.00	192.84

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,725	215.00–230.00	221.84
1	—	1,845	234.00	234.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,075	195.00	195.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Small 4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	490	205.00	205.00
1	500–550	510	210.00	210.00
1	550–600	570	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	410.00	410.00
4	450–500	464	350.00–365.00	353.92
4	500–550	529	389.00	389.00
2	650–700	650	335.00–352.50	343.75
1	700–750	735	301.00	301.00
5	750–800	770	280.00–285.00	282.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	550	400.00	400.00
1	700–750	735	330.00	330.00
1	750–800	790	327.50	327.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	650–700	688	360.00	360.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	375	370.00–380.00	374.73
3	450–500	482	385.00	385.00
1	500–550	515	350.00	350.00
2	550–600	595	335.00	335.00
2	650–700	673	315.00–335.00	324.81
2	700–750	728	320.00	320.00
1	800–850	840	285.00	285.00

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
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	2,250.00	2,250.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 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.