Hardin County Stockyard Market Report

Savannah, Tennessee · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, March 24, 2021

951 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 2-3 steers $157.88/cwt +11.82 vs last sale · ≈ $765/hd at 485 lb · 90 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $141.73/cwt +4.72 vs last sale · ≈ $653/hd at 461 lb · 87 head

light 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $143.51/cwt +7.49 vs last sale · ≈ $609/hd at 425 lb · 28 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	951	788	635
Feeder cattle	839	623	516
Slaughter cattle	74	68	95
Replacement cattle	38	97	24

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to the same sale last week, Slaughter cows and bulls steady. Steers under under 550 lbs steady to 7.00 higher, over 550 lbs steady. Heifers ranged steady to 7.00 higher, mostly 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Bulls 2.00 to 7.00 higher. Quality fair to good. Demand good.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215–235	225	2	157.50–162.50	$160.11	$360	+2.61
260–275	267	3	162.50–175.50	$167.67	$448	+17.67
300–340	324	4	157.50–180.00	$168.47	$546	—
370–390	383	5	142.50–162.50	$154.58	$592	+11.19
400–445	428	8	145.00–155.00	$149.73	$641	+3.29
433 thin fleshed	433	3	153.00	$153.00	$662	—
465–485	475	2	152.50	$152.50	$724	+6.44
485 value added	485	88	158.00	$158.00	$766	—
510–520	518	6	132.50–137.50	$136.68	$708	+7.17
560–595	583	3	127.50–140.00	$134.39	$783	+8.11
615	615	3	119.00–132.00	$123.67	$761	-3.85
705	705	1	122.50	$122.50	$864	+10.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230–240	234	4	177.50–205.00	$188.10	$440	—
250–270	260	2	187.50–195.00	$191.11	$497	+11.71
315–335	332	12	180.00–192.50	$182.24	$605	-6.44
350–385	367	5	167.50–177.50	$170.94	$627	+3.11
370 fancy	370	1	187.50	$187.50	$694	—
400–440	424	16	155.00–165.00	$159.55	$676	—
450–495	460	9	157.50–160.00	$159.70	$735	+7.20
473	473	5	150.00	$150.00	$710	-2.50
500–545	513	10	142.50–151.00	$148.01	$759	+13.01
555–585	561	8	145.00–150.00	$147.98	$830	—
582 value added	582	4	148.00	$148.00	$861	-0.50
605–625	617	3	122.50–127.50	$124.98	$771	-12.52
605–645	626	5	132.50–142.50	$136.93	$857	-0.57
617–636 value added	631	7	145.00	$145.00	$915	—
651 value added	651	3	137.50	$137.50	$895	—
650–685	667	5	127.50–140.00	$133.18	$888	—
700–725	712	9	120.00–132.50	$127.00	$904	—
714	714	4	114.00	$114.00	$814	—
770	770	1	115.00	$115.00	$886	—
815–835	828	3	105.00–110.00	$108.32	$897	—
865	865	1	102.50	$102.50	$887	—
935	935	1	102.50	$102.50	$958	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	1	147.50	$147.50	$398	—
325	325	1	162.50	$162.50	$528	+21.40
365–390	380	3	145.00–155.00	$149.27	$567	-2.01
395	395	1	131.00	$131.00	$517	-20.28
430–445	438	2	132.50–152.50	$142.33	$623	—
485–497	493	3	140.00–147.50	$142.46	$702	+4.96
520	520	1	140.00	$140.00	$728	—
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
235–245	242	3	170.00–185.00	$177.40	$429	+34.90
250–260	255	4	165.00–177.50	$172.48	$440	+24.98
300–345	331	4	137.50–157.50	$146.33	$484	—
365–385	376	8	137.50–152.50	$144.32	$543	+6.60
420	420	2	130.00–135.00	$132.50	$556	-4.12
408–434 thin fleshed	422	13	149.00–150.00	$149.45	$631	—
415–445	428	13	135.00–142.50	$139.26	$596	+2.64
458 value added	458	72	142.00	$142.00	$650	—
450–490	471	12	135.00–147.50	$143.27	$675	+7.54
480–490	485	3	122.50–132.50	$129.20	$627	-6.53
500–545	518	14	130.00–143.00	$136.33	$706	+2.95
540	540	1	122.50	$122.50	$662	-10.88
560	560	1	110.00	$110.00	$616	-18.17
560–595	578	3	127.50–132.50	$129.98	$751	+1.81
609–612 value added	610	10	128.00–132.00	$131.20	$800	—
610–620	615	2	120.00–128.00	$124.03	$763	+12.80
625	625	1	102.50	$102.50	$641	-8.73
650	650	1	112.50	$112.50	$731	+5.11
700–726	720	4	105.00–110.00	$106.22	$765	—
770	770	1	97.50	$97.50	$751	—
855	855	1	92.50	$92.50	$791	—
865 value added	865	8	92.50	$92.50	$800	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210–235	218	3	142.50–160.00	$152.60	$333	—
255	255	2	140.00–145.00	$142.50	$363	+12.50
305–330	318	4	132.50–140.00	$135.66	$431	+2.31
365–390	381	8	132.50–140.00	$136.00	$518	+5.97
400–420	411	5	130.00–132.50	$131.99	$542	+2.53
450–495	472	11	125.00–135.00	$130.65	$617	+4.39
525–545	533	7	112.50–127.00	$119.53	$637	-4.16
550–595	575	3	112.50–125.00	$121.01	$696	—
643	643	6	116.00	$116.00	$746	—
770–780	775	2	90.00–92.50	$91.26	$707	—
800	800	1	87.50	$87.50	$700	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	142.50	$142.50	$342	—
255–290	275	3	132.50–140.00	$134.82	$371	—
305–325	315	2	137.50–142.50	$139.92	$441	—
405–430	422	3	122.50–132.50	$129.10	$545	—
455–490	473	2	125.00	$125.00	$591	-1.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	1	122.50	$122.50	$545	—
465	465	1	115.00	$115.00	$535	-2.50

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–425	416	5	150.00–157.50	$154.01	$641	+2.44
460–495	479	4	152.50–155.00	$154.35	$739	+11.85
530	530	1	132.00	$132.00	$700	-7.63
520–545	532	3	137.50–145.00	$141.62	$753	+1.99
550–595	565	5	130.00–140.00	$135.48	$765	+7.07
605–625	615	2	124.00–130.00	$126.95	$781	+5.27
700–745	723	2	102.50–112.00	$107.10	$774	—
800	800	1	100.00	$100.00	$800	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420–435	425	3	142.50–155.00	$150.03	$638	+17.53
455–490	462	7	132.50–150.00	$144.61	$668	+12.11
515–530	522	3	117.50–130.00	$124.12	$648	-5.94
570	570	1	112.50	$112.50	$641	-10.63
610–615	613	2	115.00–120.00	$117.49	$720	+4.01

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455	455	1	130.00	$130.00	$592	—
540	540	1	115.00	$115.00	$621	—
585	585	1	122.50	$122.50	$717	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
990–1410	1172	80-85%	3	45.00–50.00	$47.79	$560	—
990–1620	1203	80-85%	13	54.00–64.00	$59.06	$710	-6.84
1215–1335	1278	80-85%	4	64.00–66.00	$65.00	$831	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
910–1295	1095	85-90%	7	44.00–52.00	$47.33	$518	—
950–1270	1105	85-90%	6	41.00–45.00	$42.52	$470	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1000–1610	1336	75-80%	7	54.00–61.00	$56.16	$750	—
1615	1615	75-80%	1	54.00	$54.00	$872	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1395	1395	1	71.00	$71.00	$990	—
1785	1785	1	91.00	$91.00	$1,624	—
1510–2165	1819	7	79.00–88.00	$83.44	$1,518	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1090–1170	1130	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	950.00	$950.00
1238–1310	1253	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	860.00–1,025.00	$911.48
1275–1445	1360	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	750.00–900.00	$829.69

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1030	1030	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	800.00	$800.00
1150	1150	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	675.00	$675.00

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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.