Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-08-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-28

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $362.69/cwt on 26 head, down $71.02 from the prior sale. That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits −79.95 against this barn's trailing median of $442.65.

Average price

$362.69

▼ 71.02 vs prior sale

26 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,026

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$160

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

$28.48/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.70

vs TN average

−8.31 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	559	365.98	2,045	23
Medium and Large 2	558	337.50	1,884	3thin

One grade step is worth $28.48/cwt here — about $160 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

7 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $477.97, low $362.69, median $442.65 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 sale26 hd

362.69

—

TN average14 barns · 427 hd

363.39

−0.70

National average153 barns · 5,891 hd

371.00

−8.31

This barn, trailing median7 sales

442.65

−79.95

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

39 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	200–250	225	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	743	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,430	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	540	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,723	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	336.97/cwt	335.00–341.00	1,314	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	486	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,604	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,798	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,831	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,681	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	857	301.62/cwt	290.00–304.50	2,585	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	744	311.42/cwt	309.00–318.00	2,317	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,721	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,007	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	452	407.00/cwt	407.00–407.00	1,840	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	659	331.81/cwt	331.00–333.00	2,187	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	2,057	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,392	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	612	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	1,885	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	505	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,730	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,017	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	747	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,443	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	555	378.50/cwt	356.00–401.00	2,101	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	505	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,626	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	785	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,277	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,498	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	486	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,725	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	646	325.50/cwt	325.50–325.50	2,103	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	545	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,853	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,960	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	490	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,593	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	825	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	2,401	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	830	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	2,341	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	653	350.51/cwt	341.00–353.50	2,289	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	770	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,272	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	690	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,967	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	755	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	2,122	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	600–650	605	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,900	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,531	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,021	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	644	307.69/cwt	305.00–308.00	1,982	9

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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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
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	225	330.00	330.00
3	350–400	390	335.00–341.00	336.97
2	400–450	430	332.50	332.50
4	450–500	486	330.00	330.00
2	500–550	540	319.00	319.00
4	550–600	578	311.00	311.00
9	600–650	644	305.00–308.00	307.69
5	650–700	670	307.00	307.00
6	700–750	735	275.00	275.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	600–650	612	308.00	308.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	490	325.00	325.00
1	500–550	505	322.00	322.00
1	600–650	605	314.00	314.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	486	355.00	355.00
12	500–550	545	340.00	340.00
9	600–650	646	325.50	325.50
11	750–800	770	295.00	295.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	690	285.00	285.00
1	750–800	755	281.00	281.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	435.00	435.00
2	350–400	378	405.00	405.00
1	400–450	415	405.00	405.00
1	450–500	465	370.00	370.00
3	500–550	527	347.50	347.50
6	550–600	583	346.00	346.00
1	600–650	610	329.00	329.00
15	650–700	659	331.00–333.00	331.81
11	700–750	744	309.00–318.00	311.42
1	800–850	830	282.00	282.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	452	407.00	407.00
14	550–600	555	356.00–401.00	378.50
21	650–700	653	341.00–353.50	350.51
13	700–750	747	327.00	327.00
5	850–900	857	290.00–304.50	301.62
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	425	352.50	352.50
1	500–550	505	342.50	342.50
2	550–600	585	335.00	335.00
1	750–800	785	290.00	290.00
2	800–850	825	291.00	291.00

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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