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East Tennessee Livestock Center Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

Sweetwater, Tennessee · USDA-reported Auction Livestock (Special Graded)

Sale of Friday, June 6, 2025

461 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $313.61/cwt +4.45 vs last sale · ≈ $1,739/hd at 554 lb · 61 head
heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $348.23/cwt -28.44 vs last sale · ≈ $1,980/hd at 569 lb · 55 head
heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $340.16/cwt -7.34 vs last sale · ≈ $2,217/hd at 652 lb · 52 head
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Head itemized in priced lots 461

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Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
445 445 1 352.50 $352.50 $1,569
460 value added 460 15 411.00 $411.00 $1,891 +1.00
450–478 472 8 350.00–380.00 $376.43 $1,777 -1.07
529 529 11 342.50 $342.50 $1,812 -30.00
563 value added 563 39 352.50 $352.50 $1,985 -30.00
550–584 582 16 335.00–338.00 $337.82 $1,966 -27.18
637 value added 637 5 320.00 $320.00 $2,038 -4.00
647 647 29 315.00 $315.00 $2,038 -31.00
650–683 value added 651 47 318.00–344.00 $342.84 $2,232 -4.66
658 658 5 315.00 $315.00 $2,073
720–748 743 48 304.00–305.00 $304.18 $2,260 +1.98
830–839 838 19 288.00–290.00 $288.21 $2,415 +8.21
943 value added 943 2 280.00 $280.00 $2,640
1040 1040 1 275.00 $275.00 $2,860
Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
475 value added 475 4 375.00 $375.00 $1,781
557 value added 557 6 337.00 $337.00 $1,877 +16.00
605–620 613 2 300.00 $300.00 $1,839
643 value added 643 3 307.50 $307.50 $1,977 +7.50
670 value added 670 2 300.00 $300.00 $2,010
765 value added 765 3 292.50 $292.50 $2,238 +7.50

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Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
330 330 1 384.00 $384.00 $1,267 +44.00
358–370 360 7 347.50–384.00 $378.64 $1,363
430–432 432 9 341.00–342.50 $342.33 $1,479 +12.33
461 value added 461 15 351.00 $351.00 $1,618 -4.00
471 471 6 331.00 $331.00 $1,559 -1.17
525 525 9 313.00–316.00 $315.33 $1,655 -14.67
551 value added 551 54 317.00 $317.00 $1,747 +7.00
581 581 7 287.50 $287.50 $1,670 -12.50
649 value added 649 44 304.00 $304.00 $1,973 +14.00
664 664 8 275.00 $275.00 $1,826 +5.00
767 value added 767 22 264.00 $264.00 $2,025 -1.00
Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
375 375 2 325.00 $325.00 $1,219
405 405 1 327.50 $327.50 $1,326
455 value added 455 1 327.50 $327.50 $1,490
559 value added 559 6 310.00 $310.00 $1,733 +22.50
620–640 value added 630 2 287.50 $287.50 $1,811
660 value added 660 1 287.50 $287.50 $1,898 +22.50

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What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.