Hardin County Stockyard Market Report

Savannah, Tennessee · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, March 17, 2021

788 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $148.50/cwt -5.28 vs last sale · ≈ $885/hd at 596 lb · 86 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $157.40/cwt +4.86 vs last sale · ≈ $833/hd at 529 lb · 74 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 bulls $139.63/cwt -2.21 vs last sale · ≈ $718/hd at 514 lb · 19 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	788	1,658	198
Feeder cattle	623	1,446	128
Slaughter cattle	68	143	54
Replacement cattle	97	69	16

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to the same sale last week, Slaughter cows and bulls steady. Steers under 350 lbs steady, over 350 steady to 2.00 lower. Heifers steady. Bulls 2.00 to 6.00 lower. 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
250–290	270	2	170.00–187.50	$179.40	$484	+4.51
310–335	322	6	182.50–195.00	$188.68	$608	+6.16
350–380	371	10	162.50–169.00	$167.83	$623	+2.47
455	455	1	152.50	$152.50	$694	-6.22
508–546 value added	529	73	157.50–158.00	$157.71	$834	—
535	535	1	135.00	$135.00	$722	-16.55
596 value added	596	86	148.50	$148.50	$885	-6.63
610	610	1	137.50	$137.50	$839	+0.66
1115	1115	1	90.00	$90.00	$1,004	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225	225	1	157.50	$157.50	$354	-12.50
280	280	2	142.50–157.50	$150.00	$420	-8.30
350–395	372	3	142.50–145.00	$143.39	$533	-6.31
415–445	432	7	132.50–157.50	$146.44	$633	+1.44
450–485	458	7	135.00–152.50	$146.06	$669	+4.78
500–545	518	3	122.50–142.50	$129.51	$671	-6.77
558 value added	558	11	121.00	$121.00	$675	—
590–595	593	2	120.00–132.50	$126.28	$749	+4.03
605–615	610	2	125.00–130.00	$127.52	$778	+4.73
660	660	1	117.50	$117.50	$776	-5.00
680 value added	680	4	128.00	$128.00	$870	—
715	715	1	112.50	$112.50	$804	-1.01
925	925	1	97.50	$97.50	$902	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–325	313	2	137.50–145.00	$141.10	$442	-5.08
350–370	360	2	150.00–152.50	$151.28	$545	-6.22
475	475	1	137.50	$137.50	$653	-5.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260	260	1	152.50	$152.50	$396	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225	225	1	142.50	$142.50	$321	-2.50
270	270	1	147.50	$147.50	$398	—
355–395	366	8	130.00–142.50	$137.72	$504	-0.54
400–445	422	10	130.00–145.00	$136.62	$577	+1.35
440	440	1	130.00	$130.00	$572	-5.27
475 fancy	475	1	146.00	$146.00	$694	—
465–495	481	7	130.00–142.50	$135.73	$653	+10.02
500	500	1	122.50	$122.50	$612	-6.69
500–505 thin fleshed	503	2	140.00	$140.00	$704	—
505–530	517	5	130.00–138.00	$133.38	$690	+4.19
550–595	571	6	125.00–132.00	$128.17	$732	+5.13
600–615	608	2	110.00–112.50	$111.23	$676	-6.67
650–680	665	2	102.50–112.50	$107.39	$714	-0.10

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280–295	288	2	130.00	$130.00	$374	-4.48
320–340	333	3	132.50–135.00	$133.35	$444	+3.35
355–370	362	3	127.50–132.50	$130.03	$471	+3.35
410–445	423	4	122.50–135.00	$129.46	$548	+7.15
480–490	485	2	125.00–127.50	$126.26	$612	+2.68
500–545	524	4	117.50–127.50	$123.69	$648	+4.76
605	605	1	102.50	$102.50	$620	-4.16

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365–390	382	3	130.00–135.00	$131.70	$503	+11.97
470	470	1	126.00	$126.00	$592	+1.48

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
395	395	1	122.50	$122.50	$484	+2.50
470	470	1	117.50	$117.50	$552	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–445	416	16	142.50–157.50	$151.57	$631	-3.54
450–495	469	5	140.00–145.00	$142.50	$668	-8.16
505–545	514	19	132.50–141.00	$139.63	$718	-2.21
550–582	578	16	127.50–132.50	$128.41	$742	-6.40
600–630	610	3	117.50–125.00	$121.68	$742	-6.01
665–670	668	2	120.00	$120.00	$802	+0.02

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425	425	1	132.50	$132.50	$563	-11.29
480–495	488	2	132.50	$132.50	$647	-6.28
500–535	516	5	122.50–132.50	$130.06	$671	—
560–580	569	4	120.00–127.50	$123.13	$701	+1.45
615–640	629	4	110.00–119.00	$113.48	$714	-7.78
650–690	670	2	107.50–115.00	$111.14	$745	-3.04
700–735	713	3	112.50–117.50	$114.71	$818	—
760	760	1	107.50	$107.50	$817	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420	420	1	132.50	$132.50	$556	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
880–1355	1075	80-85%	17	53.00–64.00	$58.88	$633	—
1075–1155	1113	80-85%	3	50.00–54.00	$52.02	$579	+4.44
1010–1335	1206	80-85%	7	65.00–67.00	$65.90	$795	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
750–1120	957	85-90%	13	44.00–54.00	$48.92	$468	—
835–1090	984	85-90%	5	39.00–42.00	$40.85	$402	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1310–1465	1368	75-80%	3	60.00–63.00	$61.31	$839	—
1710	1710	75-80%	1	68.00	$68.00	$1,163	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1360–1840	1600	2	66.00–75.00	$69.83	$1,117	—
1195–1825	1667	6	81.00–88.00	$83.65	$1,394	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
995	995	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	650.00	$650.00
1020–1260	1081	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	750.00–950.00	$836.04
1185	1185	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	750.00	$750.00
1320	1320	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	925.00	$925.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1085	1085	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	775.00	$775.00
1056–1305	1098	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	640.00–650.00	$641.98

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
730	730	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	625.00	$625.00

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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
935	935	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,000.00	$1,000.00	—
1035–1120	1076	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	9	1,025.00–1,250.00	$1,102.63	—
1150	1150	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,375.00	$1,375.00	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
850	850	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,025.00	$1,025.00	—
900	900	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,250.00	$1,250.00	—
910–1000	964	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	875.00–925.00	$906.12	—

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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.