Hardin County Stockyard Market Report

Savannah, Tennessee · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, October 21, 2020

739 head sold ·Official USDA report

This is an archived report. See the latest Hardin County Stockyard report →

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $141.80/cwt +14.20 vs last sale · ≈ $911/hd at 643 lb · 79 head

light 7-weight M&L 1-2 steers $138.00/cwt +0.98 vs last sale · ≈ $978/hd at 709 lb · 66 head

light 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $115.18/cwt -9.24 vs last sale · ≈ $483/hd at 419 lb · 19 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	739	1,298	1,081
Feeder cattle	623	1,166	923
Slaughter cattle	60	90	98
Replacement cattle	56	42	60

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to the same sale last week, Slaughter cows and bulls steady. Steers under 500 lbs steady to 3.00 lower, over 500 lbs steady to 8.00 lower. Heifers under 500 lbs 5.00 to 10.00 lower, over 500 lbs steady to 5.00 lower. Bulls steady to 10.00 lower. Quality fair to good. Demand moderate.

New to these tables? Plain-English explainers ↓

Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	1	160.00	$160.00	$448	+10.00
350–380	370	9	147.50–153.00	$151.09	$559	-2.55
420–435	428	6	132.50–147.50	$137.19	$587	-3.91
460–490	469	6	134.00–145.00	$138.96	$652	+2.04
510–545	529	6	127.50–130.00	$129.00	$682	-8.70
540	540	1	112.50	$112.50	$608	-25.20
550–580	565	2	125.00–129.00	$126.95	$717	-8.36
625–630	628	2	112.50–117.50	$114.99	$722	-12.61
643 value added	643	77	142.50	$142.50	$916	—
709 value added	709	66	138.00	$138.00	$978	-0.30
805	805	1	100.00	$100.00	$805	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–280	274	5	137.50–140.00	$139.54	$382	-1.49
300–345	329	8	132.50–145.00	$136.99	$451	-3.01
410	410	1	135.00	$135.00	$554	+5.03
510–520	515	2	122.50–127.50	$125.02	$644	-0.88
635	635	1	95.00	$95.00	$603	-10.00

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	138.00	$138.00	$469	-0.60
435	435	1	127.50	$127.50	$555	—
440	440	1	115.00	$115.00	$506	—

↑ Back to top

Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	130.00	$130.00	$377	-6.62
322–325	324	4	122.50–130.00	$125.64	$407	-11.78
355–395	370	4	120.00–124.00	$122.24	$452	-7.12
400–445	419	18	110.00–117.50	$115.47	$484	-9.31
425	425	1	110.00	$110.00	$468	-14.78
450–485	465	12	108.00–117.50	$113.73	$529	-5.77
490	490	1	110.00	$110.00	$539	-9.50
515–530	523	2	105.00–106.00	$105.49	$552	-9.48
515–540	530	11	107.50–116.00	$114.16	$605	-0.81
550–585	569	6	100.00–114.00	$108.73	$619	-1.99
610	610	1	100.00	$100.00	$610	+15.00
600–635	621	7	105.00–111.00	$108.21	$672	+4.59
629 value added	629	8	111.00	$111.00	$698	—
657–690	666	8	95.00–108.00	$103.63	$690	-1.46
695	695	1	80.00	$80.00	$556	-25.09
700–741	729	6	97.50–107.00	$104.10	$759	+11.60

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–335	323	2	115.00–122.50	$118.60	$383	+6.10
360–380	371	5	110.00–117.50	$113.52	$421	-6.02
425–440	433	6	102.50–112.00	$107.99	$468	-9.01
455–495	473	5	100.00–110.00	$106.67	$505	-6.28
520–525	521	4	92.50–100.00	$96.25	$501	-10.73
550–590	570	3	92.50–98.00	$95.20	$543	-8.46
695	695	1	94.00	$94.00	$653	-0.78

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	115.00	$115.00	$334	—
305–345	325	2	105.00–115.00	$109.69	$356	—
375	375	1	115.00	$115.00	$431	—
410–430	423	4	100.00–112.50	$108.09	$457	-9.41
470–485	478	2	102.50–103.00	$102.75	$491	-12.25
515–520	518	2	95.00–100.00	$97.51	$505	-12.49

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360	360	1	112.50	$112.50	$405	—
535	535	1	90.00	$90.00	$482	—

↑ Back to top

Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415–445	428	4	127.50–138.00	$133.22	$570	-4.76
462–490	467	10	130.00–140.00	$135.78	$634	+8.55
520–530	525	3	110.00–122.00	$115.64	$607	-9.10
560–588	579	7	107.50–115.00	$111.03	$643	-4.53
605–625	615	2	97.00–105.00	$100.93	$621	-9.98
660	660	1	92.50	$92.50	$610	-11.49
725	725	1	87.50	$87.50	$634	-6.40

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–432	420	7	117.50–126.00	$121.03	$508	+0.38
465–497	489	4	108.00–117.50	$110.26	$539	-8.38
515–530	520	3	102.50–111.00	$106.96	$556	-4.93
585	585	1	102.50	$102.50	$600	-4.95
600–630	615	2	95.00–97.50	$96.22	$592	-8.93
660–680	670	2	90.00	$90.00	$603	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425	425	1	117.50	$117.50	$499	-3.27
470	470	1	117.50	$117.50	$552	+15.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	1	112.50	$112.50	$501	—

↑ Back to top

Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1085–1130	1107	80-85%	3	43.00–45.00	$44.33	$491	—
955–1470	1201	80-85%	17	47.00–52.00	$50.19	$603	—
1110–1375	1243	80-85%	2	54.00–57.00	$55.66	$692	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
875–1245	999	85-90%	10	39.00–46.00	$43.06	$430	-0.38

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1110–1700	1402	75-80%	9	48.00–54.00	$50.21	$704	—

↑ Back to top

Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1190–1825	1508	2	64.00–72.00	$68.84	$1,038	-3.16
1225–2015	1720	5	74.00–80.00	$78.22	$1,345	—

↑ Back to top

Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1065	1065	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	825.00	$825.00
1175–1275	1209	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	720.00–750.00	$735.63
1315	1315	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	735.00	$735.00
1310–1350	1330	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	750.00–850.00	$799.25

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1015–1075	1045	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	650.00–700.00	$674.28
1235	1235	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	650.00	$650.00

↑ Back to top

Bred Heifers

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
717	717	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	650.00	$650.00

↑ Back to top

Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1125–1280	1148	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	8	925.00–1,120.00	$1,064.43	-210.57

↑ Back to top

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.