Hardin County Stockyard Market Report

Savannah, Tennessee · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, April 14, 2021

1,103 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $132.46/cwt +4.46 vs last sale · ≈ $891/hd at 672 lb · 151 head

heavy 7-weight M&L 1-2 steers $135.29/cwt +1.16 vs last sale · ≈ $1,059/hd at 783 lb · 71 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $134.23/cwt -8.22 vs last sale · ≈ $703/hd at 523 lb · 27 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,103	1,161	367
Feeder cattle	920	991	311
Slaughter cattle	139	96	37
Replacement cattle	44	74	19

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to the same sale last week, Slaughter cows 2.00 lower. Slaughter bulls steady. Steers under 400 lbs steady, over 400 lbs steady to 5.00 lower. Heifers steady to 7.00 lower. Bulls under 550 lbs 3.00 to 10.00 lower, over 550 lbs steady. 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
220–245	235	3	192.50–200.00	$194.84	$458	-4.72
255–285	270	2	190.00–202.50	$195.90	$529	-6.60
310–345	323	4	180.00–197.50	$188.83	$610	+4.92
360–395	379	4	175.00–180.00	$177.47	$673	-3.90
405–420	410	6	167.50–180.00	$174.14	$714	+6.64
455–490	473	2	158.00–170.00	$163.78	$775	-7.76
520	520	1	142.50	$142.50	$741	-15.67
500–545	526	21	147.50–162.50	$154.61	$813	-3.56
550	550	1	160.00	$160.00	$880	+5.41
605–640	626	9	137.50–148.00	$141.40	$885	-2.03
660–675	663	8	132.50–143.00	$138.51	$918	+2.10
670–671 value added	671	16	140.00–143.50	$142.19	$954	+1.04
710	710	1	132.50	$132.50	$941	-5.43
746 value added	746	6	138.00	$138.00	$1,029	—
774 value added	774	24	136.00	$136.00	$1,053	-2.00
755–788	787	47	131.00–135.00	$134.92	$1,062	+12.42
805–820	817	5	123.50–128.00	$124.39	$1,016	-2.67
912	912	2	110.00	$110.00	$1,003	—
918 value added	918	9	115.00	$115.00	$1,056	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	1	187.50	$187.50	$431	+4.33
285–290	287	3	170.00–192.50	$179.24	$514	+2.31
300–340	320	5	170.00–180.00	$175.48	$562	+5.46
360–390	374	5	160.00–175.00	$167.99	$628	+1.92
410–445	422	3	147.50–165.00	$156.41	$660	-2.63
470	470	1	152.50	$152.50	$717	-4.50
505–525	515	3	132.50–147.00	$137.33	$707	-6.66
550–585	561	4	137.50–150.00	$143.06	$803	-1.34
630	630	1	137.50	$137.50	$866	—
680	680	1	127.50	$127.50	$867	-5.50
700	700	1	127.00	$127.00	$889	—
815–845	830	2	107.50–111.00	$109.28	$907	-8.22

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410–440	425	2	152.50–157.50	$154.91	$658	-4.51
461	461	4	155.00	$155.00	$715	-6.21
550	550	1	137.50	$137.50	$756	—
660	660	1	126.00	$126.00	$832	+6.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	160.00	$160.00	$392	-3.45
280–295	286	5	147.50–160.00	$155.51	$445	+6.87
325–345	335	3	142.50–155.00	$149.22	$500	-5.19
365–385	375	6	142.50–152.50	$146.27	$549	-5.06
380	380	1	140.00	$140.00	$532	+7.50
400–440	422	17	140.00–155.00	$144.04	$608	-4.41
455–498	476	12	135.00–152.50	$140.34	$668	-5.42
455–495	483	5	127.50–133.00	$130.13	$629	-7.37
500–529	511	3	130.00–132.50	$131.15	$670	-1.35
500–546	525	24	129.00–139.00	$134.62	$707	-8.39
557 value added	557	11	138.00	$138.00	$769	—
550–577	570	14	125.00–137.00	$132.42	$755	-6.29
600	600	1	110.00	$110.00	$660	-21.77
605–645	619	10	120.00–130.00	$125.76	$778	-6.01
655–680	666	11	120.00–124.00	$120.45	$802	-7.55
662–684 value added	673	140	131.50–135.25	$133.40	$898	+5.40
700–725	711	5	116.00–123.00	$120.49	$857	+2.40
753–785 value added	757	25	115.00–120.50	$119.82	$907	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–345	325	2	132.50–142.50	$137.19	$446	-4.77
360–370	363	3	140.00–147.50	$142.48	$517	+2.48
415	415	1	142.50	$142.50	$591	+4.50
455–480	467	7	132.50–140.00	$136.37	$637	-0.30
540–545	543	2	125.00–130.00	$127.49	$692	-0.75
550	550	1	125.00	$125.00	$688	-0.88
600–625	617	11	115.00–125.00	$122.74	$757	+10.24
670–695	691	6	110.00–116.00	$115.03	$795	-1.17
730	730	1	117.50	$117.50	$858	+5.97

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365–385	375	2	135.00–140.00	$137.43	$515	+14.93
425–430	427	3	122.50–139.00	$131.36	$561	+1.36

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430	430	1	120.00	$120.00	$516	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370–395	383	2	165.00–167.50	$166.21	$637	—
435–445	438	3	160.00–167.50	$163.31	$715	-10.43
455–495	465	14	157.00–165.00	$161.69	$752	-5.44
480	480	1	150.00	$150.00	$720	-17.13
515–540	522	19	142.50–150.00	$146.28	$764	-3.72
550–595	573	5	135.00–145.00	$141.45	$811	+18.95
600–645	622	14	132.50–142.50	$137.36	$854	-0.14
670–690	678	4	122.50–132.50	$127.48	$864	-0.02
740	740	1	127.50	$127.50	$944	+1.77
757	757	2	120.00	$120.00	$908	+1.23

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
475–485	480	3	142.50–147.50	$144.99	$696	-4.98
530	530	1	135.00	$135.00	$716	+3.79
560–570	565	3	130.00–140.00	$135.84	$767	—
615–640	630	3	125.00–130.00	$126.69	$798	-3.78

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415–445	430	2	142.50–165.00	$153.36	$659	—
455–485	470	2	147.50–152.50	$150.08	$705	—
575	575	1	142.50	$142.50	$819	+10.00
635	635	1	121.00	$121.00	$768	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
895–1395	1093	80-85%	8	51.00–62.00	$58.61	$641	—
845–1540	1144	80-85%	27	62.00–72.00	$66.51	$761	-1.58
1100–1445	1252	80-85%	11	73.00–79.00	$75.11	$940	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
795–1190	1011	85-90%	6	40.00–52.00	$45.23	$457	—
760–1195	1031	85-90%	17	48.00–60.00	$54.50	$562	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1205–1280	1243	75-80%	2	72.00–74.00	$72.97	$907	+2.92
1110–1740	1462	75-80%	17	62.00–71.00	$66.93	$979	—
1300–2005	1653	75-80%	2	62.00–66.00	$63.57	$1,051	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1215	1215	1	84.00	$84.00	$1,021	—
1515–1680	1610	3	94.00–103.00	$98.44	$1,585	—
1220–2250	1634	9	85.00–91.00	$88.96	$1,454	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
940	940	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	875.00	$875.00
1240	1240	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	950.00	$950.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
975–1025	1000	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	700.00–725.00	$712.19

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
865	865	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	750.00	$750.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
870	870	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	950.00	$950.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
770	770	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	750.00	$750.00

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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
880	880	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,200.00	$1,200.00	—
1000–1255	1128	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,300.00–1,325.00	$1,313.91	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1200	1200	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,060.00	$1,060.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
800	800	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,250.00	$1,250.00	—

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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.