Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-04-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-03

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $477.97/cwt on 56 head, up $27.15 from the prior sale. That ranks 6 of 6 comparable sales and sits +31.23 against this barn's trailing median of $446.73.

Average price

$477.97

▲ 27.15 vs prior sale

56 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,650

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$430

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

$49.19/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.01

vs TN average

−5.21 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	480.60	2,674	53
Medium and Large 2	520	431.41	2,243	3thin

One grade step is worth $49.19/cwt here — about $430 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale56 hd

477.97

—

TN average15 barns · 659 hd

477.98

−0.01

National average169 barns · 10,003 hd

483.18

−5.21

This barn, trailing median6 sales

446.73

+31.23

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

38 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	600–650	620	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,232	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	447	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,079	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	367	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	1,890	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,112	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,151	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1000–1050	1,020	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	3,111	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	400–450	425	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	2,231	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	480	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,352	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	451	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,075	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	505	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,020	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	395	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	2,192	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	725	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,538	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	700–750	715	369.50/cwt	369.00–370.00	2,642	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	431.41/cwt	425.00–445.00	2,243	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	652	434.00/cwt	434.00–434.00	2,830	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	557	488.00/cwt	488.00–488.00	2,718	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	700–750	728	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,220	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	626	353.10/cwt	352.50–355.00	2,210	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	463	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	2,523	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	395	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,896	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	835	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,797	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	860	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,795	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	559	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	2,242	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	600–650	638	408.00/cwt	408.00–408.00	2,603	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	746	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,551	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	775	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,868	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,572	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	636	379.04/cwt	361.00–382.00	2,411	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	553	433.00/cwt	433.00–433.00	2,394	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	900–950	933	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	3,172	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,177	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	467	482.50/cwt	482.50–482.50	2,253	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	785	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,708	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	492.50/cwt	492.50–492.50	2,354	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	640.00/cwt	640.00–640.00	2,413	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1000–1050	1,015	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,842	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	639	399.00/cwt	399.00–399.00	2,550	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,522	7

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 Apr 3, 2026

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

Receipts 322Last week 447Year ago 377

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	367	515.00	515.00
3	400–450	447	465.00	465.00
6	450–500	478	450.00	450.00
5	500–550	528	400.00	400.00
1	600–650	620	360.00	360.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	451	460.00	460.00
1	500–550	505	400.00	400.00
7	550–600	559	401.00	401.00
3	700–750	728	305.00	305.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	480.00	480.00
4	600–650	626	352.50–355.00	353.10
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
14	450–500	467	482.50	482.50
33	550–600	553	433.00	433.00
21	600–650	636	361.00–382.00	379.04
12	700–750	746	342.00	342.00
1	1000–1050	1,015	280.00	280.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
12	450–500	463	545.00	545.00
39	550–600	557	488.00	488.00
34	650–700	652	434.00	434.00
26	750–800	775	370.00	370.00
1	800–850	835	335.00	335.00
2	900–950	933	340.00	340.00
1	1000–1050	1,020	305.00	305.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	425	525.00	525.00
1	450–500	480	490.00	490.00
2	600–650	638	408.00	408.00
4	700–750	715	369.00–370.00	369.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	555.00	555.00
3	500–550	520	425.00–445.00	431.41
1	700–750	725	350.00	350.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	377	640.00	640.00
7	400–450	431	505.00	505.00
14	450–500	478	492.50	492.50
7	500–550	531	475.00	475.00
7	550–600	578	445.00	445.00
7	600–650	639	399.00	399.00
1	750–800	785	345.00	345.00
1	850–900	860	325.00	325.00

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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