Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-03-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-06

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $450.82/cwt on 47 head, up $17.52 from the prior sale. That ranks 4 of 6 comparable sales and sits +4.09 against this barn's trailing median of $446.73.

Average price

$450.82

▲ 17.52 vs prior sale

47 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,474

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$121

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

$7.90/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−16.15

vs TN average

−24.74 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	554	453.18	2,510	33
Medium and Large 2	537	445.28	2,389	14thin

One grade step is worth $7.90/cwt here — about $121 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale47 hd

450.82

—

TN average15 barns · 650 hd

466.97

−16.15

National average177 barns · 11,580 hd

475.56

−24.74

This barn, trailing median6 sales

446.73

+4.09

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

44 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 1	600–650	629	389.30/cwt	385.00–390.00	2,449	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	418.54/cwt	410.00–420.00	2,381	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1000–1050	1,023	279.98/cwt	270.00–290.00	2,864	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	681	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,554	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	950–1000	985	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,758	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	870	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,654	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	492.50/cwt	492.50–492.50	2,133	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	457	467.50/cwt	467.50–467.50	2,136	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	459	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	2,433	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	751	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	2,674	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	487.50/cwt	487.50–487.50	2,579	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	398	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	2,269	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	722	374.96/cwt	356.00–379.00	2,707	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	646	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,713	28
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	508	448.47/cwt	430.00–505.00	2,278	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	463	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,806	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	562	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,248	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	500.81/cwt	495.00–502.00	2,354	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	860	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,752	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	556	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,530	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,365	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	418	383.53/cwt	350.00–420.00	1,603	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	2,010	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	777	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,409	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	560	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	2,226	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	750–800	774	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	2,651	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	800–850	837	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	2,628	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	550	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,475	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	350–400	380	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	2,204	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	658	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	2,296	38
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,067	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	400	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,980	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	600–650	643	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,977	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	480	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,424	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	700–750	710	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	2,432	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	750–800	760	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,204	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	650–700	666	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,464	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	350–400	377	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	2,149	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	361	451.60/cwt	410.00–460.00	1,630	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	437.83/cwt	395.00–445.00	2,071	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	434	428.47/cwt	400.00–435.00	1,860	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	632	328.75/cwt	325.00–330.00	2,078	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	593	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	2,147	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	505	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	2,083	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 Mar 6, 2026

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

Receipts 447Last week 179Year ago 581

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	600.00	600.00
2	350–400	398	570.00	570.00
4	400–450	433	492.50	492.50
6	450–500	470	495.00–502.00	500.81
6	500–550	529	487.50	487.50
7	550–600	569	410.00–420.00	418.54
7	600–650	629	385.00–390.00	389.30
1	850–900	870	305.00	305.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	380	580.00	580.00
12	450–500	459	530.00	530.00
20	550–600	556	455.00	455.00
28	600–650	646	420.00	420.00
4	650–700	681	375.00	375.00
66	700–750	722	356.00–379.00	374.96
10	750–800	751	356.00	356.00
26	850–900	860	320.00	320.00
2	1000–1050	1,023	270.00–290.00	279.98
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	377	570.00	570.00
4	450–500	480	505.00	505.00
4	500–550	508	430.00–505.00	448.47
9	550–600	550	450.00	450.00
7	650–700	666	370.00	370.00
1	700–750	710	342.50	342.50
4	750–800	774	342.50	342.50
3	800–850	837	314.00	314.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	400	495.00	495.00
1	500–550	530	390.00	390.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
12	450–500	457	467.50	467.50
18	550–600	562	400.00	400.00
38	650–700	658	349.00	349.00
43	750–800	777	310.00	310.00
1	950–1000	985	280.00	280.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	463	390.00	390.00
9	550–600	560	397.50	397.50
11	600–650	643	307.50	307.50
2	750–800	760	290.00	290.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	420.00	420.00
2	400–450	418	350.00–420.00	383.53
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	361	410.00–460.00	451.60
5	400–450	434	400.00–435.00	428.47
7	450–500	473	395.00–445.00	437.83
1	500–550	505	412.50	412.50
3	550–600	593	362.00	362.00
4	600–650	632	325.00–330.00	328.75

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.

Feeder Cattle — prices, barns, and planning

Fed Cattle — the cash market and what quality pays

Beef & Retail — from the box to the grocery shelf

Feed & Hay — the cost side, cash not futures

Cows & Bred Stock — the rebuild market

More

Sweetwater Livestock Auction