Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-08-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-07

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $433.71/cwt on 149 head, down $8.94 from the prior sale. That ranks 2 of 6 comparable sales and sits −13.02 against this barn's trailing median of $446.73.

Average price

$433.71

▼ 8.94 vs prior sale

149 head · 563 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,440

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$186

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

$26.47/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+16.04

vs TN average

+19.47 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	564	438.51	2,474	122
Medium and Large 2	555	412.04	2,288	27

One grade step is worth $26.47/cwt here — about $186 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale149 hd

433.71

—

TN average16 barns · 662 hd

417.67

+16.04

National average157 barns · 6,223 hd

414.24

+19.47

This barn, trailing median6 sales

446.73

−13.02

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

60 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
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	648	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,983	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	700–750	729	357.64/cwt	357.00–358.00	2,607	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	600–650	643	404.00/cwt	404.00–404.00	2,598	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	800–850	847	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	2,829	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	350–400	365	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,515	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	900–950	930	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,511	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	532	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,208	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	672	373.50/cwt	372.00–375.00	2,510	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	374.25/cwt	372.00–375.00	2,320	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	335	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,692	2
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	600–650	648	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	2,158	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	412	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,936	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	521	339.66/cwt	321.00–345.00	1,770	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	655	324.98/cwt	321.00–335.00	2,129	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	571	328.70/cwt	321.00–339.00	1,877	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	379	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,781	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	720	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,484	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	472	405.31/cwt	402.00–410.00	1,913	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	372	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,395	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	426	376.48/cwt	357.50–385.00	1,604	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	588	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,381	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	828	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,111	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	720	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	2,070	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	750–800	750	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,378	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	558	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,953	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	461	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,648	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	700–750	723	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,321	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	600–650	645	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,070	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	558	412.00/cwt	412.00–412.00	2,299	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	950–1000	950	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,993	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	638	423.45/cwt	422.00–424.00	2,702	109
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	687	413.50/cwt	413.50–413.50	2,841	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	774	362.59/cwt	353.00–373.00	2,806	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	829	338.67/cwt	337.00–339.00	2,808	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	468	487.00/cwt	487.00–487.00	2,279	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	734	379.05/cwt	375.00–379.75	2,782	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	564	446.00/cwt	446.00–446.00	2,515	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	465	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,953	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	653	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,286	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	642	363.75/cwt	350.00–368.50	2,335	105
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	554	406.21/cwt	387.50–407.50	2,250	94
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,001	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,628	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	744	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	2,559	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	419.00/cwt	419.00–419.00	2,418	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	486	440.97/cwt	440.00–445.00	2,143	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	761	331.89/cwt	312.00–335.00	2,526	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	657	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,234	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	732	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	2,372	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,117	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	439.00/cwt	439.00–439.00	2,327	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	817	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,631	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	634	402.55/cwt	401.00–407.50	2,552	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	651	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	2,611	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	397.46/cwt	395.00–398.00	1,876	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,097	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	828	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,443	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	447	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,877	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	613	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,090	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,619	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 Aug 7, 2026

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

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	600–650	648	306.00	306.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
20	550–600	558	412.00	412.00
16	600–650	643	404.00	404.00
16	700–750	729	357.00–358.00	357.64
7	800–850	847	334.00	334.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	335	505.00	505.00
4	350–400	379	470.00	470.00
3	400–450	412	470.00	470.00
12	450–500	472	402.00–410.00	405.31
5	500–550	532	415.00	415.00
2	550–600	588	405.00	405.00
4	600–650	620	372.00–375.00	374.25
4	650–700	672	372.00–375.00	373.50
1	700–750	720	345.00	345.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
19	450–500	468	487.00	487.00
80	550–600	564	446.00	446.00
109	600–650	638	422.00–424.00	423.45
47	650–700	687	413.50	413.50
80	700–750	734	375.00–379.75	379.05
35	750–800	774	353.00–373.00	362.59
24	800–850	829	337.00–339.00	338.67
4	950–1000	950	315.00	315.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	440.00	440.00
2	400–450	435	460.00	460.00
15	450–500	486	440.00–445.00	440.97
11	500–550	530	439.00	439.00
31	550–600	577	419.00	419.00
4	600–650	634	401.00–407.50	402.55
59	650–700	651	401.00	401.00
31	700–750	744	344.00	344.00
5	800–850	817	322.00	322.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	365	415.00	415.00
8	450–500	461	357.50	357.50
18	550–600	558	350.00	350.00
3	600–650	645	321.00	321.00
3	700–750	723	321.00	321.00
1	750–800	750	317.00	317.00
1	900–950	930	270.00	270.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	372	375.00	375.00
5	400–450	426	357.50–385.00	376.48
9	500–550	521	321.00–345.00	339.66
7	550–600	571	321.00–339.00	328.70
7	650–700	655	321.00–335.00	324.98
1	700–750	720	287.50	287.50
2	800–850	828	255.00	255.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
25	450–500	465	420.00	420.00
94	550–600	554	387.50–407.50	406.21
105	600–650	642	350.00–368.50	363.75
3	650–700	653	350.00	350.00
37	750–800	761	312.00–335.00	331.89
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	415.00	415.00
3	400–450	447	420.00	420.00
16	450–500	472	395.00–398.00	397.46
10	500–550	531	395.00	395.00
16	550–600	580	365.00	365.00
2	600–650	613	341.00	341.00
44	650–700	657	340.00	340.00
16	700–750	732	324.00	324.00
3	800–850	828	295.00	295.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	600–650	648	333.00	333.00

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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