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Sweetwater Livestock Auction

Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-10-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-10-16

Feeder Cattle · Sweetwater, Tennessee · Fri, Oct 16

● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2073

← Sep 18Oct 16latest

Receipts

667 head

▲ 38 vs last sale 629▲ 20 vs year ago 647 · +3.1%

Also sold hereRegular saleWed Oct 28, 2026 Graded Holstein Steer SaleFri Oct 9, 2026 Replacement Cattle Sale (Seasonal)Fri Apr 24, 2026

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Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $381.20/cwt on 81 head, up $11.82 from the prior sale. That ranks 3 of 8 comparable sales and sits −56.98 against this barn's trailing median of $438.18.

Average price

$381.20

▲ 11.82 vs prior sale

81 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,128

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$169

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

$28.26/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.09

vs TN average

−51.09 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	559	385.74	2,156	68
Medium and Large 2	556	357.48	1,986	13thin

One grade step is worth $28.26/cwt here — about $169 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 900–1000 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale81 hd

381.20

—

TN average16 barns · 525 hd

371.11

+10.09

National average190 barns · 30,929 hd

432.29

−51.09

This barn, trailing median8 sales

438.18

−56.98

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

8 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $477.97, low $362.69, median $438.18 across 8 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot, as filed

50 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers28 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	320	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,456	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	384	442.69/cwt	435.00–445.00	1,700	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	432	447.50/cwt	447.50–447.50	1,933	13
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	444	434.84/cwt	430.00–450.00	1,931	8
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Value Added	476	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,999	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	480	409.59/cwt	382.50–417.50	1,966	13
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	483	394.35/cwt	370.00–420.00	1,905	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	529	396.38/cwt	367.50–400.00	2,097	18
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	537	369.80/cwt	330.00–400.00	1,986	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	563	394.50/cwt	394.50–394.50	2,221	28
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	564	352.00/cwt	330.00–362.50	1,985	9
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	578	365.87/cwt	350.00–367.50	2,115	22
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	620	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,093	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2Value Added	624	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,059	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	640	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,182	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	652	349.37/cwt	337.50–350.00	2,278	21
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	656	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,362	54
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	661	325.00/cwt	321.00–326.00	2,148	5
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	724	320.74/cwt	320.00–321.00	2,322	4
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	739	328.32/cwt	324.00–331.00	2,426	23
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Value Added	751	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	2,508	69
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	756	321.22/cwt	321.00–322.00	2,428	9
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	832	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,588	3
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Value Added	847	320.25/cwt	320.25–320.25	2,713	26
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 2Value Added	857	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,700	5
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1Value Added	953	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	2,802	3
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 2Value Added	970	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,522	1
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1,005	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,915	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	368	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,251	6
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	372	346.70/cwt	335.00–352.50	1,290	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	418	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,379	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	443	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,495	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2Value Added	457	357.77/cwt	334.00–368.00	1,635	10
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Value Added	459	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	1,703	10
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	463	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,482	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	485	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	1,712	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	526	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,775	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	545	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	1,924	16
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	547	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,865	27
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	1,832	10
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	560	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,680	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	581	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	1,906	12
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	616	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,027	4
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2Value Added	632	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,890	4
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	643	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	2,148	23
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	643	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,968	15
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	660	339.15/cwt	323.00–340.00	2,238	59
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	662	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	2,026	3
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	732	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,196	5
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Value Added	756	309.50/cwt	309.50–309.50	2,340	32

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 Oct 16, 2026

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

Receipts 667Last week 629Year ago 647

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	368	340.00	340.00
2	400–450	418	330.00	330.00
5	450–500	485	353.00	353.00
7	500–550	526	337.50	337.50
12	550–600	581	328.00	328.00
15	600–650	643	306.00	306.00
3	650–700	662	306.00	306.00
5	700–750	732	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	459	371.00	371.00
27	500–550	547	341.00	341.00
23	600–650	643	334.00	334.00
59	650–700	660	323.00–340.00	339.15
32	750–800	756	309.50	309.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	457	334.00–368.00	357.77
10	550–600	550	333.00	333.00
4	600–650	632	299.00	299.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
16	500–550	545	353.00	353.00
4	600–650	616	329.00	329.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	372	335.00–352.50	346.70
2	400–450	443	337.50	337.50
2	450–500	463	320.00	320.00
1	550–600	560	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	384	435.00–445.00	442.69
13	400–450	432	447.50	447.50
13	450–500	480	382.50–417.50	409.59
18	500–550	529	367.50–400.00	396.38
22	550–600	578	350.00–367.50	365.87
1	600–650	620	337.50	337.50
21	650–700	652	337.50–350.00	349.37
23	700–750	739	324.00–331.00	328.32
3	800–850	832	311.00	311.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	476	420.00	420.00
28	550–600	563	394.50	394.50
1	600–650	640	341.00	341.00
54	650–700	656	360.00	360.00
69	750–800	751	334.00	334.00
26	800–850	847	320.25	320.25
3	950–1000	953	294.00	294.00
1	1000–1050	1,005	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	320	455.00	455.00
8	400–450	444	430.00–450.00	434.84
2	450–500	483	370.00–420.00	394.35
4	500–550	537	330.00–400.00	369.80
9	550–600	564	330.00–362.50	352.00
5	650–700	661	321.00–326.00	325.00
4	700–750	724	320.00–321.00	320.74
9	750–800	756	321.00–322.00	321.22

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	624	330.00	330.00
5	850–900	857	315.00	315.00
1	950–1000	970	260.00	260.00

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.