Hardin County Stockyard Market Report

Savannah, Tennessee · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, October 28, 2020

756 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 7-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $119.86/cwt +15.76 vs last sale · ≈ $882/hd at 736 lb · 77 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $109.35/cwt +0.62 vs last sale · ≈ $622/hd at 569 lb · 19 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 1-2 steers $138.68/cwt -12.41 vs last sale · ≈ $526/hd at 379 lb · 16 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	756	739	1,031
Feeder cattle	588	623	940
Slaughter cattle	94	60	61
Replacement cattle	74	56	30

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to the same sale last week, Slaughter cows and bulls steady. Steers under 500 lbs 2.00 to 9.00 lower, over 500 lbs steady to 5.00 higher. Heifers under 500 lbs steady to 5.00 higher, over 500 lbs steady. Bulls under 500 lbs steady to 7.00 lower, over 500 lbs steady to 4.00 higher. Quality poor to good. Demand moderate.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–275	264	7	142.50–147.50	$146.82	$388	-13.18
330–345	337	3	137.50–145.00	$141.72	$478	—
355–390	379	16	132.50–145.00	$138.68	$526	-12.41
405–445	424	5	130.00–145.00	$140.32	$595	+3.13
450–495	472	11	125.00–136.00	$131.10	$619	-7.86
500–545	510	8	122.50–136.00	$131.12	$669	+2.12
530	530	1	115.00	$115.00	$610	-14.00
550–560	554	6	127.50–131.00	$129.66	$718	+2.71
570	570	1	100.00	$100.00	$570	-26.95
612–645	623	3	117.50–123.00	$121.10	$754	+6.11
650–695	681	7	112.50–122.00	$118.38	$806	—
710	710	2	102.50–118.00	$110.25	$783	—
795	795	4	106.00	$106.00	$843	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225–230	228	2	147.50–152.50	$149.97	$342	—
260–295	278	2	132.50–140.00	$136.49	$379	-3.05
305–340	326	4	130.00–140.00	$134.43	$438	-2.56
360–395	374	5	125.00–132.50	$127.98	$479	—
495	495	1	125.00	$125.00	$619	—
545	545	2	102.50–107.50	$105.00	$572	-20.02
555–595	573	3	107.50–122.50	$112.47	$644	—
615–620	618	2	102.50	$102.50	$633	+7.50
695	695	1	107.50	$107.50	$747	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	1	127.50	$127.50	$427	-10.50
350	350	1	132.50	$132.50	$464	—
490	490	1	117.50	$117.50	$576	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365	365	1	127.50	$127.50	$465	—
505	505	1	112.50	$112.50	$568	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250	250	1	130.00	$130.00	$325	—
300–345	325	8	122.50–130.00	$126.99	$413	+1.35
355–390	370	8	120.00–132.50	$125.93	$466	+3.69
400–440	420	8	115.00–122.50	$118.45	$497	+2.98
450–490	474	11	112.00–122.50	$115.72	$549	+1.99
495	495	1	112.50	$112.50	$557	+2.50
500–545	523	14	107.50–115.00	$112.68	$589	+7.19
550–585	568	18	102.50–116.00	$109.70	$623	+0.97
580	580	1	103.00	$103.00	$597	-5.73
605–640	623	8	101.00–110.00	$105.10	$655	-3.11
625	625	1	100.00	$100.00	$625	-8.21
659–670	661	5	104.00–107.00	$106.39	$703	+2.76
700–745	709	11	97.00–102.00	$98.05	$695	-6.05
740 value added	740	66	123.50	$123.50	$914	—
800–840	827	3	89.00–98.00	$91.90	$760	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	125.00	$125.00	$362	—
315–345	330	2	110.00–122.50	$116.53	$385	-2.07
360–395	375	3	102.50–120.00	$112.49	$422	-1.03
420–440	428	3	110.00–112.50	$111.64	$478	+3.65
450–490	469	7	105.00–112.50	$109.03	$511	+2.36
500–535	516	4	100.00–110.00	$105.01	$542	+8.76
550–595	564	4	92.00–102.50	$98.39	$555	+3.19
615–640	634	4	92.50	$92.50	$586	—
650–675	663	2	82.50–87.50	$84.95	$563	-9.05
750–765	758	2	85.00–92.00	$88.53	$671	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310	310	1	102.50	$102.50	$318	—
375	375	1	100.00	$100.00	$375	-12.50
470–485	478	2	92.50–95.00	$93.77	$448	—
525	525	1	92.50	$92.50	$486	+2.50
580	580	1	82.50	$82.50	$478	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205	205	1	115.00	$115.00	$236	—
255	255	1	122.50	$122.50	$312	+7.50
415	415	1	112.50	$112.50	$467	+4.41
470	470	1	87.50	$87.50	$411	-15.25

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–435	419	4	127.50–140.00	$133.27	$558	+0.05
450–490	473	7	122.50–133.00	$127.72	$604	-8.06
500–540	521	6	112.50–128.00	$119.62	$623	+3.98
550–590	567	10	107.00–120.00	$113.93	$646	+2.90
600–635	616	4	102.50–112.50	$105.79	$652	+4.86
685	685	2	92.50–99.00	$95.75	$656	+3.25
715–728	725	5	97.00–99.00	$97.39	$706	+9.89

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–440	425	4	112.50–120.00	$115.54	$491	-5.49
455–495	480	9	107.50–120.00	$115.04	$552	+4.78
505–545	522	6	107.50–115.00	$111.26	$581	+4.30
565–587	582	4	102.50–111.00	$108.94	$634	+6.44
610–640	619	5	92.50–106.00	$95.18	$589	-1.04
675–695	687	3	92.50–107.50	$99.10	$681	+9.10
820	820	1	82.50	$82.50	$676	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410	410	1	115.00	$115.00	$472	-2.50
465–475	470	2	110.00–112.50	$111.26	$523	-6.24
520–525	523	2	102.50–112.50	$107.52	$562	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1625	1625	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	1,350.00	$1,350.00	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
515	515	1	92.50	$92.50	$476	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1025–1255	1128	80-85%	3	40.00–44.00	$42.05	$474	-2.28
790–1470	1228	80-85%	27	46.00–54.00	$49.85	$612	-5.81
1275	1275	80-85%	1	54.00	$54.00	$688	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
855–1065	960	85-90%	2	33.00–40.00	$36.88	$354	—
880–1295	1064	85-90%	16	40.00–47.00	$43.86	$467	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1095–1685	1383	75-80%	11	50.00–52.00	$50.90	$704	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1070–1595	1281	5	64.00–74.00	$69.06	$885	—
1755–1830	1793	2	78.00–80.00	$79.02	$1,417	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1035–1150	1093	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	775.00–825.00	$801.32
1090–1150	1135	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	1,000.00–1,225.00	$1,170.98
970–1248	1159	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	900.00–1,250.00	$1,084.71
1170–1262	1230	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	800.00–825.00	$816.49
1220–1275	1248	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	950.00–1,075.00	$1,013.88

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
900–985	943	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	600.00–635.00	$618.29
1045	1045	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	775.00	$775.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
925	925	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	760.00	$760.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
905	905	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	725.00	$725.00
970–1205	1055	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	800.00–1,050.00	$907.69

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
865	865	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	650.00	$650.00
985	985	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	650.00	$650.00

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
875	875	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	710.00	$710.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1065–1230	1133	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	850.00–1,150.00	$974.19	-90.24
1075–1225	1152	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,025.00–1,250.00	$1,121.49	—
1175–1400	1255	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	920.00–1,100.00	$994.06	—

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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.