Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-02-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-06

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $394.82/cwt on 28 head, up $19.06 from the prior sale. That ranks 5 of 7 comparable sales and sits +7.60 against this barn's trailing median of $387.22.

Average price

$394.82

▲ 19.06 vs prior sale

28 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,182

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$146

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

$25.13/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.12

vs TN average

−36.72 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	553	402.00	2,224	20
Medium and Large 2	551	376.88	2,078	8thin

One grade step is worth $25.13/cwt here — about $146 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

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 sale28 hd

394.82

—

TN average10 barns · 220 hd

396.94

−2.12

National average145 barns · 12,920 hd

431.54

−36.72

This barn, trailing median7 sales

387.22

+7.60

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

30 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	450–500	478	404.83/cwt	395.00–410.00	1,935	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	361	457.50/cwt	457.50–457.50	1,652	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	1,809	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	488.60/cwt	477.50–500.00	1,881	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	449	497.50/cwt	497.50–497.50	2,234	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	562	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,585	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	490	487.50/cwt	487.50–487.50	2,389	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	590	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,360	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	600–650	638	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,393	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	650–700	660	341.24/cwt	340.00–342.50	2,252	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	2,044	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,112	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,876	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	700–750	720	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,304	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	650–700	664	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,158	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	553	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,101	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	400–450	415	487.50/cwt	487.50–487.50	2,023	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,139	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	759	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	2,713	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	863	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,891	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	500	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,200	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	950–1000	960	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,592	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	556	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,224	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,917	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	768	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,534	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	646	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,196	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	467.51/cwt	465.00–470.00	2,258	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,052	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	465	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,046	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	649	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,661	8

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 Feb 6, 2026

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

Receipts 179Last week 421Year ago 325

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	361	457.50	457.50
3	450–500	478	395.00–410.00	404.83
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	475	395.00	395.00
1	500–550	540	355.00	355.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	550–600	553	380.00	380.00
3	650–700	664	325.00	325.00
1	700–750	720	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	465	440.00	440.00
1	500–550	500	440.00	440.00
19	550–600	556	400.00	400.00
26	600–650	646	340.00	340.00
23	750–800	768	330.00	330.00
1	950–1000	960	270.00	270.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	540.00	540.00
2	350–400	385	477.50–500.00	488.60
3	400–450	432	475.00	475.00
2	450–500	483	465.00–470.00	467.51
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	449	497.50	497.50
6	550–600	562	460.00	460.00
8	600–650	649	410.00	410.00
14	750–800	759	357.50	357.50
22	850–900	863	335.00	335.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	415	487.50	487.50
1	450–500	490	487.50	487.50
1	550–600	590	400.00	400.00
2	600–650	638	375.00	375.00
4	650–700	660	340.00–342.50	341.24
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	560.00	560.00
1	400–450	440	480.00	480.00
1	450–500	460	465.00	465.00

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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