Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-10-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-17

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $391.00/cwt on 86 head. That ranks 1 of 6 comparable sales and sits −55.74 against this barn's trailing median of $446.73.

Average price

$391.00

86 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,170

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$124

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

$10.28/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.65

vs TN average

−78.04 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	392.91	2,194	70
Medium and Large 2	541	382.63	2,070	16thin

One grade step is worth $10.28/cwt here — about $124 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 800–900 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

6 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $477.97, low $433.30, median $446.73 across 6 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 sale86 hd

391.00

—

TN average17 barns · 671 hd

398.65

−7.65

National average176 barns · 29,227 hd

469.04

−78.04

This barn, trailing median6 sales

446.73

−55.74

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

Every lot, as filed

49 lots · USDA AMS · East Tennessee Livestock Center Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - 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
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	800–850	830	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,407	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	556	356.14/cwt	354.00–357.00	1,980	21
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	541	388.00/cwt	388.00–388.00	2,099	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	725	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,994	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	364.04/cwt	350.00–365.00	1,908	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,063	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,985	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,811	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	1,568	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,449	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	451	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,849	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	600–650	611	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,047	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	700–750	728	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	2,300	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	336	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,210	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	400.21/cwt	382.50–412.50	1,681	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	600–650	632	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,117	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	555	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,915	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,755	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	732	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,233	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	399.81/cwt	385.00–405.00	1,715	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1100–1150	1,100	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	2,393	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	845	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,451	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,779	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,333	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	503	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,710	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	559	423.00/cwt	423.00–423.00	2,365	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	476	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,880	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	779	351.50/cwt	351.50–351.50	2,738	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	461	409.00/cwt	409.00–409.00	1,885	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	644	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,190	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	658	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	2,540	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	653	351.50/cwt	320.00–355.00	2,295	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	558	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,065	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	473	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	2,046	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	505	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	2,058	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	744	327.78/cwt	320.00–330.00	2,439	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	645	323.86/cwt	313.00–325.00	2,089	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	534	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	2,024	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,060	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	2,608	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	337.05/cwt	329.00–339.00	1,955	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	368.44/cwt	356.00–369.00	2,137	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	780	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,496	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	379.75/cwt	375.00–380.00	1,804	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	845	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,712	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	750	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,475	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	364	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,456	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	434	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	1,688	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	857	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,751	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,538	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 Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - Sweetwater, TN

Fri Oct 17, 2025

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

Receipts 647Last week 670Year ago 777

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	451	410.00	410.00
14	500–550	541	388.00	388.00
4	600–650	611	335.00	335.00
1	800–850	830	290.00	290.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	380	412.50	412.50
5	400–450	420	382.50–412.50	400.21
1	450–500	465	377.50	377.50
1	500–550	525	345.00	345.00
1	550–600	555	345.00	345.00
2	600–650	625	330.00	330.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	473	432.50	432.50
1	500–550	505	407.50	407.50
27	550–600	559	423.00	423.00
13	650–700	658	386.00	386.00
59	750–800	779	351.50	351.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	410.00	410.00
16	400–450	434	389.00	389.00
19	450–500	475	375.00–380.00	379.75
19	500–550	534	379.00	379.00
23	550–600	580	356.00–369.00	368.44
51	650–700	653	320.00–355.00	351.50
9	700–750	744	320.00–330.00	327.78
23	750–800	750	330.00	330.00
1	800–850	845	321.00	321.00
7	850–900	857	321.00	321.00
1	1050–1100	1,060	246.00	246.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	476	395.00	395.00
21	550–600	556	354.00–357.00	356.14
13	600–650	632	335.00	335.00
3	700–750	728	316.00	316.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	336	360.00	360.00
1	400–450	420	345.00	345.00
2	500–550	503	340.00	340.00
1	600–650	630	315.00	315.00
1	700–750	725	275.00	275.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	364	400.00	400.00
8	400–450	429	385.00–405.00	399.81
2	450–500	465	382.50	382.50
15	500–550	524	350.00–365.00	364.04
15	550–600	580	329.00–339.00	337.05
20	600–650	645	313.00–325.00	323.86
8	700–750	732	305.00	305.00
1	750–800	765	305.00	305.00
2	800–850	845	290.00	290.00
3	1100–1150	1,100	217.50	217.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	461	409.00	409.00
37	550–600	558	370.00	370.00
41	600–650	644	340.00	340.00
38	750–800	780	320.00	320.00

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.

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