Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-01-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-09

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $375.76/cwt on 60 head. That ranks 2 of 7 comparable sales and sits −11.46 against this barn's trailing median of $387.22.

Average price

$375.76

60 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,085

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$72

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

$2.20/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+14.27

vs TN average

−34.34 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	376.20	2,099	48
Medium and Large 2	542	374.00	2,027	12thin

One grade step is worth $2.20/cwt here — about $72 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

7 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $423.83, low $374.30, median $387.22 across 7 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 sale60 hd

375.76

—

TN average15 barns · 984 hd

361.48

+14.27

National average199 barns · 28,725 hd

410.10

−34.34

This barn, trailing median7 sales

387.22

−11.46

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

45 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	745	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,161	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	1,603	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,955	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,896	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,999	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,978	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	468	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,153	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	520	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,340	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	473	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,058	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,752	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	468	401.96/cwt	380.00–427.50	1,881	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	529	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	1,994	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	700–750	715	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,145	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	568	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	2,090	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	900–950	940	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,538	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,204	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	459.56/cwt	427.50–467.50	1,921	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,214	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	950–1000	980	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	2,279	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	450	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,519	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	600–650	645	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,103	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	836	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	2,784	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	748	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,693	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	393	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,024	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	350–400	383	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	1,599	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	650–700	653	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,129	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	600–650	635	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,286	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	900–950	945	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	2,665	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	476	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,190	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	760	329.50/cwt	329.50–329.50	2,504	32
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,139	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	705	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,309	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,137	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	844	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,574	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	900–950	949	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	3,037	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	564	439.95/cwt	400.00–445.00	2,481	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,206	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	632	375.98/cwt	370.00–385.00	2,376	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	2,048	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	648	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	2,540	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	740	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,498	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,700	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	561	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,118	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	649	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,207	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	466	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,190	11

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

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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	375	427.50	427.50
4	400–450	431	440.00	440.00
6	450–500	471	420.00	420.00
5	500–550	526	380.00	380.00
2	550–600	575	340.00	340.00
1	700–750	745	290.00	290.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	383	417.50	417.50
8	450–500	473	435.00	435.00
8	500–550	529	377.00	377.00
4	550–600	568	368.00	368.00
1	600–650	645	326.00	326.00
3	650–700	653	326.00	326.00
1	700–750	715	300.00	300.00
1	900–950	940	270.00	270.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	450	337.50	337.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	476	460.00	460.00
41	550–600	561	377.50	377.50
64	600–650	649	340.00	340.00
32	750–800	760	329.50	329.50
10	800–850	844	305.00	305.00
4	900–950	945	282.00	282.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	468	460.00	460.00
3	500–550	520	450.00	450.00
2	600–650	635	360.00	360.00
1	950–1000	980	232.50	232.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	385	455.00	455.00
3	450–500	468	380.00–427.50	401.96
1	500–550	515	415.00	415.00
1	550–600	575	385.00	385.00
1	600–650	620	345.00	345.00
1	700–750	705	327.50	327.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	340	500.00	500.00
2	350–400	393	515.00	515.00
5	400–450	418	427.50–467.50	459.56
4	450–500	479	427.50	427.50
6	500–550	519	425.00	425.00
4	550–600	565	390.00	390.00
10	600–650	632	370.00–385.00	375.98
1	700–750	740	337.50	337.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	466	470.00	470.00
36	550–600	564	400.00–445.00	439.95
36	600–650	648	392.00	392.00
32	700–750	748	360.00	360.00
12	800–850	836	333.00	333.00
4	900–950	949	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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