Hardin County Stockyard Market Report

Savannah, Tennessee · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, November 4, 2020

560 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $123.86/cwt +17.47 vs last sale · ≈ $841/hd at 679 lb · 79 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $109.80/cwt +0.45 vs last sale · ≈ $625/hd at 569 lb · 14 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $108.73/cwt +4.20 vs last sale · ≈ $672/hd at 618 lb · 11 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	560	756	1,326
Feeder cattle	453	588	1,195
Slaughter cattle	66	94	101
Replacement cattle	41	74	30

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to the same sale last week, Slaughter cows and bulls steady. Steers and bulls under 500 lbs 9.00 to 12.00 higher, over 500 lbs steady to 4.00 higher. Heifers under 500 lbs 4.00 to 8.00 higher, over 500 lbs steady to 3.00 higher. Quality fair 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
215–245	228	3	152.50–167.50	$159.78	$364	—
270	270	1	160.00	$160.00	$432	+13.18
300–345	324	4	147.50–157.50	$153.28	$497	+11.56
370–390	380	3	145.00–157.50	$153.22	$582	+14.54
405–440	421	4	142.50–155.00	$149.30	$629	+8.98
455–485	470	6	136.00–155.00	$142.16	$668	+11.06
510–535	520	5	130.00–137.50	$134.00	$697	+2.88
585	585	1	132.50	$132.50	$775	+32.50
618 value added	618	7	135.00	$135.00	$834	—
630	630	1	127.50	$127.50	$803	+6.40
660–665	663	2	120.00–126.00	$122.99	$815	+4.61
700 value added	700	5	127.50	$127.50	$892	—
785	785	1	110.00	$110.00	$864	+4.00
845	845	1	105.00	$105.00	$887	—
875	875	1	110.00	$110.00	$962	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	1	150.00	$150.00	$345	+0.03
295	295	1	135.00	$135.00	$398	-1.49
325	325	1	142.50	$142.50	$463	+8.07
410–435	423	2	127.50–142.50	$134.78	$570	—
460–485	474	4	117.50–131.00	$126.15	$598	+1.15
515–530	523	2	122.50	$122.50	$641	+17.50
605–645	621	5	110.00–120.00	$113.46	$705	+10.96
695	695	1	112.00	$112.00	$778	+4.50
705	705	1	102.50	$102.50	$723	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365	365	1	122.50	$122.50	$447	-10.00
565	565	1	102.50	$102.50	$579	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
555	555	1	110.00	$110.00	$610	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210–230	217	3	140.00–155.00	$147.27	$320	—
355–375	365	3	128.00–132.50	$130.19	$475	+4.26
405–435	425	3	125.00–130.00	$126.59	$538	+8.14
450–490	473	6	120.00–132.00	$124.06	$587	+8.34
515–540	526	8	107.50–119.00	$114.82	$604	+2.14
550–585	561	4	100.00–105.00	$102.76	$576	-6.94
552–595	572	10	105.00–118.00	$112.61	$644	+2.91
603 value added	603	4	116.00	$116.00	$699	—
615–645	625	3	97.50–102.50	$99.96	$625	-0.04
610–645	629	4	105.00–115.00	$108.05	$680	+8.05
660–695	673	7	97.50–103.00	$101.87	$686	-4.52
680 value added	680	72	126.00	$126.00	$857	—
700–730	715	2	98.00–106.00	$102.08	$730	+4.03
763	763	3	100.00	$100.00	$763	—
765	765	1	100.00	$100.00	$765	—
855–870	863	2	95.00	$95.00	$820	—
945	945	1	88.00	$88.00	$832	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	142.00	$142.00	$341	—
265–290	274	4	127.50–135.00	$131.26	$360	+6.26
340	340	1	127.50	$127.50	$434	+10.97
415–430	422	3	114.00–116.00	$114.99	$485	+3.35
455–480	465	3	107.50–113.00	$111.04	$516	+2.01
545	545	1	100.00	$100.00	$545	-5.01
575	575	1	107.50	$107.50	$618	+9.11
610–620	613	3	92.50–105.00	$99.20	$608	+6.70
655	655	1	92.50	$92.50	$606	+7.55
700	700	1	97.50	$97.50	$682	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425	425	1	107.50	$107.50	$457	—
495	495	1	92.50	$92.50	$458	-1.27

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	1	112.50	$112.50	$495	±0.00
515	515	1	108.00	$108.00	$556	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415	415	1	132.50	$132.50	$550	-0.77
465–475	472	3	136.00–145.00	$140.30	$662	+12.58
525–535	530	2	117.50	$117.50	$623	-2.12
560–595	578	6	113.00–122.50	$117.19	$677	+3.26
600–645	617	7	102.50–113.00	$108.55	$670	+2.76
665–675	673	4	97.50–105.00	$102.49	$690	+6.74
700–720	710	3	96.00–103.00	$99.69	$708	+2.30
805–810	808	2	97.50–99.00	$98.25	$794	—
900	900	1	97.00	$97.00	$873	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–440	417	3	122.50–137.50	$132.58	$553	+17.04
500–540	522	6	110.00–117.50	$113.30	$591	+2.04
565–580	570	5	107.50–112.50	$110.61	$630	+1.67
610	610	1	104.00	$104.00	$634	+8.82
720–730	725	2	97.00–97.50	$97.25	$705	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
470	470	1	120.00	$120.00	$564	+8.74
535	535	1	112.50	$112.50	$602	+4.98

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1140–1245	1181	80-85%	5	44.00–48.00	$45.38	$536	—
955–1540	1234	80-85%	21	48.00–54.00	$51.75	$639	+1.90

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
800–1320	1058	85-90%	12	40.00–48.00	$44.72	$473	+0.86
1105	1105	85-90%	1	38.00	$38.00	$420	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1155–1810	1420	75-80%	7	48.00–52.00	$50.67	$720	—
1350–1590	1470	75-80%	2	56.00	$56.00	$823	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1170–1745	1370	6	65.00–73.00	$68.71	$941	—
1120–2310	1705	5	75.00–82.00	$79.04	$1,348	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1145	1145	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	550.00	$550.00
1215–1540	1378	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	700.00–850.00	$783.85
1265–1505	1385	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	900.00–1,000.00	$945.67

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1270–1545	1408	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	600.00–720.00	$665.86
1420	1420	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	750.00	$750.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1085	1085	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	650.00	$650.00

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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
1210	1210	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,025.00	$1,025.00	—

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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.