Hardin County Stockyard Market Report

Savannah, Tennessee · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, November 11, 2020

1,731 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $139.13/cwt +5.06 vs last sale · ≈ $878/hd at 631 lb · 129 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $127.34/cwt +3.28 vs last sale · ≈ $625/hd at 491 lb · 112 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $139.35/cwt +5.35 vs last sale · ≈ $719/hd at 516 lb · 83 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,731	560	980
Feeder cattle	1,551	453	866
Slaughter cattle	134	66	65
Replacement cattle	46	41	49

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to the same sale last week, Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Steers under 450 lbs 4.00 to 12.00 higher, over 450 lbs mostly steady. Heifers under 500 lbs steady, over 500 lbs 2.00 to 7.00 higher. Bulls mostly steady. Quality poor to fancy. Demand moderate to good.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	162.50	$162.50	$479	+2.50
300–345	328	10	155.00–175.00	$165.92	$544	+12.64
360–395	375	17	150.00–165.00	$159.66	$599	+6.44
405–445	419	44	144.00–159.00	$152.56	$639	+3.26
456–498	476	34	135.00–150.00	$141.17	$672	-0.99
500–545	516	83	130.00–142.50	$139.35	$719	+5.35
555–595	575	11	127.50–135.00	$132.48	$762	-0.02
597 value added	597	31	136.00	$136.00	$812	—
628 value added	628	83	143.25	$143.25	$900	+8.25
600–649	637	45	127.50–135.00	$132.17	$842	+4.67
645	645	1	110.00	$110.00	$710	-17.50
654 value added	654	38	128.00	$128.00	$837	—
661–698	676	17	122.50–130.00	$127.63	$863	+4.64
700–748	737	36	115.00–125.00	$118.49	$873	—
753–777 value added	767	45	125.00–128.00	$126.76	$972	—
870–890	880	2	105.00–112.50	$108.71	$957	-1.29

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220–225	223	2	155.00–162.50	$158.79	$354	+8.79
270–295	282	3	142.50–155.00	$147.37	$416	+12.37
305–342	327	6	132.50–155.00	$141.39	$462	-1.11
375–395	384	10	132.50–147.50	$142.02	$545	—
410–435	424	6	132.50–140.00	$135.05	$573	+0.27
455–490	473	6	122.50–137.50	$129.97	$615	+3.82
505–520	513	2	120.00–121.00	$120.49	$618	-2.01
550–585	568	4	112.50–127.50	$119.30	$678	—
615–645	626	16	100.00–120.00	$109.51	$686	-3.95
652–690	668	7	102.50–120.00	$114.95	$768	+2.95
705–710	708	2	106.00–109.00	$107.51	$761	+5.01

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	1	155.00	$155.00	$512	—
405–440	423	2	127.00–132.50	$129.64	$548	—
455	455	1	140.00	$140.00	$637	—
600	600	1	105.00	$105.00	$630	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275–295	288	3	130.00–135.00	$133.29	$384	—
300–329	321	8	130.00–137.50	$134.03	$430	—
350–396	385	25	127.50–137.50	$133.73	$515	+3.54
400–445	423	34	124.00–130.00	$127.33	$539	+0.74
435	435	1	123.00	$123.00	$535	-3.59
485	485	1	120.00	$120.00	$582	-4.06
450–499	491	111	120.00–133.00	$127.41	$626	+3.35
500–545	512	35	115.00–128.00	$122.16	$625	+7.34
520	520	1	117.00	$117.00	$608	+2.18
550–595	572	34	112.00–122.50	$116.25	$665	+3.64
600–645	628	55	105.00–117.00	$114.84	$721	+6.79
650–690	665	36	103.00–120.00	$112.88	$751	+11.01
715–745	731	4	100.00–102.00	$100.49	$735	-1.59
800–820	804	5	97.50–102.50	$101.48	$816	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–290	277	5	122.50–130.00	$127.02	$352	-4.24
300	300	2	117.50–122.50	$120.00	$360	—
350–385	366	6	117.50–130.00	$124.05	$454	—
405–440	423	8	110.00–125.00	$118.49	$501	+3.50
460–495	486	9	113.00–122.00	$117.89	$573	+6.85
500–545	527	8	102.50–117.50	$112.29	$592	+12.29
550–595	574	4	105.00–116.00	$111.38	$639	+3.88
605–645	621	7	92.50–108.00	$101.45	$630	+2.25
695	695	1	103.00	$103.00	$716	—
710–735	723	2	92.50–100.00	$96.19	$695	-1.31
765	765	1	97.50	$97.50	$746	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	1	125.00	$125.00	$338	—
335	335	1	122.50	$122.50	$410	—
350	350	1	120.00	$120.00	$420	—
445	445	1	120.00	$120.00	$534	+7.50
460–495	473	3	113.00–122.50	$116.46	$551	—
500–510	505	2	102.50–111.00	$106.71	$539	-1.29
585	585	1	112.00	$112.00	$655	—
725	725	1	100.00	$100.00	$725	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	1	110.00	$110.00	$412	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–440	425	8	137.50–145.00	$142.01	$604	+9.51
450–496	476	16	132.00–145.00	$137.95	$657	-2.35
505–540	519	16	117.50–131.00	$126.02	$654	+8.52
565–595	581	10	112.50–120.00	$117.29	$681	+0.10
600–640	619	21	103.00–114.00	$107.27	$664	-1.28
665–695	679	6	102.50–108.00	$105.92	$719	+3.43
715	715	1	105.00	$105.00	$751	+5.31
785	785	1	102.50	$102.50	$805	—
860	860	1	101.00	$101.00	$869	—
960–965	963	2	87.50–96.00	$91.76	$884	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415–445	426	10	117.50–137.50	$129.96	$554	-2.62
460–495	480	4	112.50–122.50	$119.43	$573	—
510–540	526	7	110.00–120.00	$115.01	$605	+1.71
550–590	570	12	100.00–115.00	$108.39	$618	-2.22
610–630	624	4	102.50–105.00	$103.13	$644	-0.87
655–690	667	3	100.00–105.00	$102.67	$685	—
710	710	1	87.50	$87.50	$621	-9.75
750	750	1	97.00	$97.00	$728	—
800	800	1	87.50	$87.50	$700	—
950	950	1	85.00	$85.00	$808	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385	385	1	150.00	$150.00	$578	—
430	430	1	122.50	$122.50	$527	—
475–490	482	3	122.50–130.00	$124.97	$602	+4.97
590	590	1	112.50	$112.50	$664	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
785–1140	1026	80-85%	7	39.00–48.00	$45.13	$463	—
885–1760	1193	80-85%	39	48.00–58.00	$52.28	$624	+6.90
1205–1400	1317	80-85%	6	58.00–62.00	$59.64	$785	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
920	920	85-90%	1	42.00	$42.00	$386	—
800–1240	1040	85-90%	21	44.00–49.00	$46.30	$482	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1100–1395	1255	75-80%	4	58.00–62.00	$59.78	$750	—
1335	1335	75-80%	1	45.00	$45.00	$601	—
1245–1745	1464	75-80%	14	50.00–58.00	$53.48	$783	-2.52

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1190–1735	1490	5	64.00–75.00	$70.84	$1,056	—
1155–2020	1634	7	77.50–84.00	$80.64	$1,318	—
1890	1890	1	85.00	$85.00	$1,606	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1030–1265	1160	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	750.00–875.00	$799.96
1190	1190	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,075.00	$1,075.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1025	1025	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	725.00	$725.00
1105	1105	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	825.00	$825.00
1360	1360	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
875	875	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	620.00	$620.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
870–1060	938	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	800.00–825.00	$805.80
1060	1060	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	750.00–810.00	$780.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
815	815	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	550.00	$550.00
835–875	855	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	620.00–775.00	$699.31

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1135	1135	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	850.00	$850.00	—

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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.