Hardin County Stockyard Market Report

Savannah, Tennessee · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, May 12, 2021

687 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $135.68/cwt -6.82 vs last sale · ≈ $578/hd at 426 lb · 49 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $143.27/cwt +13.52 vs last sale · ≈ $838/hd at 585 lb · 27 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 1-2 steers $165.64/cwt ≈ $627/hd at 378 lb · 25 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	687	279	1,101
Feeder cattle	521	207	932
Slaughter cattle	131	47	84
Replacement cattle	35	25	85

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to the same sale last week, Slaughter cows steady to 1.00 higher. Slaughter bulls steady. Steers not well established last week. Heifers steady to 5.00 higher. Bulls 3.00 to 10.00 higher. Quality fair to fancy, 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
205	205	1	175.00	$175.00	$359	—
260–285	271	6	167.50–172.50	$170.51	$462	—
285	285	1	157.50	$157.50	$449	—
305–340	311	21	162.50–178.00	$174.79	$544	—
320	320	1	150.00	$150.00	$480	—
350–385	372	7	155.00–175.00	$162.14	$603	—
381 value added	381	18	167.00	$167.00	$636	—
405	405	1	132.50	$132.50	$537	-23.70
405–435	428	9	152.50–165.00	$156.05	$668	-0.15
450–490	464	7	152.50–160.00	$157.45	$731	—
505–530	521	7	142.00–156.00	$148.25	$772	+10.75
536 value added	536	9	149.00	$149.00	$799	—
560	560	1	125.00	$125.00	$700	-12.00
550–580	563	6	135.00–147.50	$140.55	$791	+3.55
593 value added	593	20	145.00	$145.00	$860	—
600–635	612	6	132.50–138.00	$134.68	$824	+4.68
650	650	1	124.00	$124.00	$806	—
676 value added	676	15	138.50	$138.50	$936	—
710–730	720	2	119.00–120.00	$119.49	$860	—
775	775	1	120.00	$120.00	$930	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215	215	1	152.50	$152.50	$328	—
250–290	278	5	150.00–167.50	$156.56	$435	—
320–340	329	5	140.00–165.00	$149.51	$492	-6.75
405–445	428	6	140.00–150.00	$145.01	$621	—
450–485	468	6	130.00–143.00	$138.03	$646	-0.01
510–520	515	2	132.50–145.00	$138.81	$715	—
555–575	565	2	127.50–138.00	$132.84	$751	+5.34

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
620	620	1	115.00	$115.00	$713	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	1	130.00	$130.00	$572	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200	200	1	167.50	$167.50	$335	—
290	290	1	132.50	$132.50	$384	-12.50
316 value added	316	14	153.00	$153.00	$483	—
310–345	328	2	137.50–150.00	$143.42	$470	—
340	340	1	122.50	$122.50	$416	—
360 value added	360	12	142.50	$142.50	$513	—
355–380	370	3	130.00–135.00	$132.44	$490	-10.06
405–441 value added	425	36	137.00–137.50	$137.21	$583	—
410–445	428	13	128.00–135.00	$131.46	$563	-11.04
450–495	470	5	127.50–133.00	$130.10	$611	+5.76
470–495	486	5	110.00–128.00	$118.60	$576	+2.78
508 value added	508	9	128.00	$128.00	$650	—
510–520	515	5	120.00–130.00	$125.30	$645	+4.30
555–590	570	6	117.50–126.00	$122.63	$699	+18.90
635	635	1	120.00	$120.00	$762	—
635	635	1	107.50	$107.50	$683	—
765	765	1	114.00	$114.00	$872	—
1090	1090	1	112.50	$112.50	$1,226	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–295	273	6	120.00–140.00	$133.16	$364	—
355–385	373	7	125.00–132.50	$128.59	$480	+8.59
405–425	412	5	125.00–132.50	$128.10	$528	+4.75
455–480	465	5	122.50–128.00	$125.18	$582	+5.48
508 value added	508	3	122.50	$122.50	$622	—
535–545	540	2	111.00–115.00	$112.98	$610	+0.52
580	580	1	112.50	$112.50	$652	-1.27
635	635	1	108.00	$108.00	$686	+0.50

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
435	435	1	122.50	$122.50	$533	—
510	510	1	112.50	$112.50	$574	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
490	490	1	115.00	$115.00	$564	+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
421–430	423	6	157.50–160.00	$159.58	$675	+3.72
455–487	476	5	145.00–158.00	$150.07	$714	—
500–548	531	10	130.00–140.00	$136.39	$724	+9.00
555–575	565	2	130.00–135.00	$132.46	$748	+7.61
590	590	1	122.50	$122.50	$723	-2.35
615	615	1	125.00	$125.00	$769	+16.23
655–695	677	3	105.00–119.00	$112.94	$765	+2.95
755	755	1	112.50	$112.50	$849	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450–460	455	3	135.00–145.00	$139.98	$637	+8.74
565–595	580	2	122.50	$122.50	$710	+2.53
815	815	1	102.50	$102.50	$835	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
435	435	1	122.50	$122.50	$533	—
485–495	490	2	107.50–120.00	$113.69	$557	-5.02
670	670	1	107.50	$107.50	$720	—
710	710	1	110.00	$110.00	$781	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1005	1005	80-85%	1	59.00	$59.00	$593	—
860–1560	1109	80-85%	41	61.00–72.00	$66.61	$739	+8.47
980–1490	1203	80-85%	25	69.00–80.00	$73.34	$882	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1020–1225	1125	75-80%	3	50.00–62.00	$57.70	$649	—
925–1365	1184	75-80%	6	70.00–78.00	$72.49	$858	—
1105–1820	1363	75-80%	21	64.00–71.00	$68.03	$927	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
795–1010	903	85-90%	2	41.00–42.00	$41.44	$374	-1.11
970–1275	1119	85-90%	10	53.00–60.00	$58.03	$649	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1040–1075	1058	2	80.00–82.00	$81.02	$857	—
1240–1925	1648	4	85.00–90.00	$87.31	$1,439	—
1685–2090	1948	3	91.00–100.00	$94.19	$1,835	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
850	850	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	850.00	$850.00
1020	1020	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	875.00	$875.00
1110	1110	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	850.00	$850.00
1145	1145	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	875.00	$875.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
960	960	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	650.00	$650.00
945–1105	1030	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	675.00–825.00	$741.58

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
990	990	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	650.00	$650.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
900	900	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	800.00	$800.00

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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
950	950	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,025.00	$1,025.00	—
980	980	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,150.00	$1,150.00	—

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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.