Hardin County Stockyard Market Report

Savannah, Tennessee · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, April 21, 2021

725 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $142.75/cwt +1.35 vs last sale · ≈ $884/hd at 619 lb · 29 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $149.91/cwt -10.09 vs last sale · ≈ $843/hd at 562 lb · 27 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $135.64/cwt -5.32 vs last sale · ≈ $918/hd at 677 lb · 18 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	725	1,103	684
Feeder cattle	563	920	554
Slaughter cattle	82	139	69
Replacement cattle	80	44	61

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to the same sale last week, Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Steers and bulls under 350 lbs 12.00 to 20.00 lower, over 350 lbs 3.00 to 9.00 lower. Heifers steady to 5.00 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
245	245	1	172.50	$172.50	$423	-22.34
250–255	253	2	172.50–175.00	$173.74	$440	-22.16
300–335	322	3	167.50–175.00	$170.93	$550	-17.90
360–393	386	9	167.50–176.00	$173.93	$671	-3.54
425–440	430	4	162.50–167.50	$163.74	$704	-10.40
440	440	1	160.00	$160.00	$704	-14.14
460–490	482	9	152.50–162.50	$160.58	$774	-3.20
505–520	514	8	147.50–151.00	$149.88	$770	+7.38
535	535	1	137.50	$137.50	$736	-17.11
553–568 value added	562	21	152.50	$152.50	$857	—
550–580	563	6	140.00–142.50	$140.85	$793	-19.15
617 value added	617	21	145.00	$145.00	$895	—
600–645	626	8	132.50–142.50	$136.86	$857	-4.54
650–695	672	5	122.50–132.50	$129.51	$870	-9.00
679 value added	679	13	138.00	$138.00	$937	-4.19
715	715	1	130.00	$130.00	$930	-2.50

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235–240	238	2	155.00–170.00	$162.42	$387	-25.08
335	335	1	157.50	$157.50	$528	-17.98
355–395	369	8	160.00–165.00	$162.80	$601	-5.19
408–435	414	6	152.50–162.50	$158.30	$655	+1.89
450–495	470	5	142.50–155.00	$151.48	$712	-1.02
550	550	1	136.00	$136.00	$748	-7.06
600–630	615	2	129.00–132.50	$130.71	$804	-6.79
745	745	1	119.00	$119.00	$887	—
780	780	1	125.00	$125.00	$975	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	1	150.00	$150.00	$428	—
305–335	318	3	152.50	$152.50	$485	—
360–390	375	5	140.00–157.50	$151.14	$567	—
435–440	438	2	137.50–142.50	$140.01	$613	-14.90
495	495	1	140.00	$140.00	$693	-15.00
500	500	1	142.50	$142.50	$712	—
550	550	2	130.00–137.50	$133.75	$736	-3.75

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335–345	340	2	142.50–152.50	$147.43	$501	-1.79
355–385	370	4	140.00–162.50	$146.76	$543	+0.49
405–440	430	11	135.00–148.00	$140.85	$606	-3.19
430	430	1	137.00	$137.00	$589	-7.04
455–495	475	13	132.50–149.00	$141.53	$672	+1.19
465–490	477	3	135.00–137.50	$136.19	$650	-4.15
490	490	1	130.00	$130.00	$637	-0.13
500–545	522	11	132.50–142.00	$138.39	$722	+3.77
570–595	584	4	130.00–137.50	$133.33	$779	+0.91
600–648	627	9	115.00–127.50	$119.56	$750	-6.20
660–685	673	2	112.50–120.00	$116.18	$782	-4.27
727 value added	727	2	117.50	$117.50	$854	—
720–740	730	2	115.00–117.00	$115.99	$847	-4.50
781	781	7	107.50	$107.50	$840	—
810 value added	810	6	113.00	$113.00	$915	—
915	915	1	95.00	$95.00	$869	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200	200	1	130.00	$130.00	$260	—
280	280	1	132.50	$132.50	$371	—
300–345	320	4	132.50–142.50	$138.92	$445	+1.73
365–395	383	3	137.50–142.50	$139.93	$536	-2.55
405–435	418	9	125.00–140.00	$134.92	$564	-7.58
450–480	460	7	130.00–140.00	$135.16	$622	-1.21
520–545	534	4	112.50–127.50	$122.44	$654	-5.05
555–580	565	4	107.50–125.00	$115.58	$653	-9.42
645	645	1	112.50	$112.50	$726	-10.24
655	655	1	108.00	$108.00	$707	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	1	137.50	$137.50	$440	—
350	350	1	132.50	$132.50	$464	-4.93
365	365	1	110.00	$110.00	$402	-27.43
405	405	1	125.00	$125.00	$506	-6.36
490	490	1	125.00	$125.00	$612	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	1	122.50	$122.50	$349	—
435	435	1	122.50	$122.50	$533	+2.50
495	495	1	112.50	$112.50	$557	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
418–435	422	4	165.00–170.00	$168.71	$712	+5.40
471–487	479	11	142.50–160.00	$148.55	$712	-1.45
500–548	523	15	132.50–142.50	$140.19	$733	-6.09
555–595	569	11	130.00–145.00	$138.87	$790	-2.58
708	708	7	126.00	$126.00	$892	-1.50

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–442	423	7	142.50–157.50	$153.30	$648	—
460–490	476	4	142.50–150.00	$145.56	$693	+0.57
505–540	529	5	122.50–137.50	$130.09	$688	-4.91
560–590	571	5	127.50–135.00	$131.69	$752	-4.15
670–695	678	3	107.50–122.50	$115.85	$785	—
720	720	1	112.50	$112.50	$810	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455–495	478	4	125.00–140.00	$133.19	$637	-16.89

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
530	530	1	132.50	$132.50	$702	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1595	1595	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	1,850.00	$1,850.00	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
560	560	1	126.00	$126.00	$706	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1100–1295	1176	80-85%	4	55.00–62.00	$58.35	$686	—
1015–1375	1190	80-85%	21	59.00–69.00	$64.42	$767	—
1185–1350	1275	80-85%	4	70.00–74.00	$71.42	$911	-3.69

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1360–1395	1378	75-80%	2	69.00–70.00	$69.49	$958	—
1060–1720	1390	75-80%	2	56.00–60.00	$58.47	$813	—
1075–1760	1402	75-80%	14	63.00–68.00	$64.89	$910	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
795–1300	973	85-90%	6	46.00–58.00	$53.83	$524	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1275–1435	1378	5	80.00–84.00	$81.44	$1,122	—
1950	1950	1	88.00	$88.00	$1,716	—
1875–2265	2070	2	89.00–94.00	$91.74	$1,899	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1180	1180	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,025.00	$1,025.00
1235	1235	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	925.00	$925.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1050	1050	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	775.00	$775.00
1200	1200	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	950.00	$950.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
730	730	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	650.00	$650.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1215	1215	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00

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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
900	900	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	925.00–1,125.00	$1,025.00	—
1100	1100	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,135.00	$1,135.00	-178.91
1150	1150	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,400.00	$1,400.00	—
1210	1210	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,075.00	$1,075.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
735	735	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,025.00	$1,025.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355	355	3	87.50	$87.50	$311	—
414	414	5	77.50	$77.50	$321	—

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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.