East Tennessee Livestock Center Market Report, Sweetwater, TN

Sweetwater, Tennessee · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, December 10, 2025

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Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	85	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
603 value added	603	3	350.00	$350.00	$2,110	—
645	645	1	340.00	$340.00	$2,193	—
658–670	662	3	335.00	$335.00	$2,218	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
580	580	1	360.00	$360.00	$2,088	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
464	464	5	365.00	$365.00	$1,694	—
540 value added	540	1	325.00	$325.00	$1,755	—
580	580	1	320.00	$320.00	$1,856	+25.00
580 value added	580	3	335.00	$335.00	$1,943	—
615–620	618	2	300.00–320.00	$309.96	$1,916	+17.64
670–685	678	2	285.00	$285.00	$1,932	—
700	700	1	280.00	$280.00	$1,960	—
745	745	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,862	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400	400	1	345.00	$345.00	$1,380	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
595	595	1	270.00	$270.00	$1,606	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	1	440.00	$440.00	$1,408	—
380	380	1	420.00	$420.00	$1,596	—
435	435	1	390.00	$390.00	$1,696	—
450	450	3	413.00	$413.00	$1,858	+43.00
500	500	1	310.00	$310.00	$1,550	—
580–590	583	4	335.00–362.50	$355.54	$2,073	—
605	605	1	295.00	$295.00	$1,785	—
660	660	1	260.00	$260.00	$1,716	—
655–670	663	4	295.00–315.00	$303.76	$2,014	—
735	735	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,838	—
760	760	1	280.00	$280.00	$2,128	—
820	820	1	275.00	$275.00	$2,255	—
830	830	1	235.00	$235.00	$1,950	—
875	875	1	240.00	$240.00	$2,100	—
1000	1000	1	230.00	$230.00	$2,300	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	2	350.00	$350.00	$1,558	+22.50
645	645	1	245.00	$245.00	$1,580	—
655	655	1	280.00	$280.00	$1,834	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
520	520	1	312.50	$312.50	$1,625	—
770	770	1	285.00	$285.00	$2,194	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1185–1430	1329	80-85%	6	148.50–157.50	$153.54	$2,041	—
1375	1375	80-85%	1	166.00	$166.00	$2,282	—
1410	1410	80-85%	1	134.50	$134.50	$1,896	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1105	1105	75-80%	1	146.50	$146.50	$1,619	—
1300–1625	1488	75-80%	4	157.00–159.50	$157.87	$2,349	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
935–1450	1124	85-90%	4	124.00–138.00	$129.20	$1,452	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1335	1335	1	176.00	$176.00	$2,350	—
1705–2065	1916	4	187.00–199.50	$193.90	$3,715	—
2010–2035	2023	2	205.00–208.00	$206.49	$4,177	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1050–1350	1163	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	2,000.00–2,700.00	$2,337.50
1300	1300	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,050.00	$2,050.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
900	900	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,375.00	$1,375.00

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Reading this report

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.