Hardin County Stockyard Market Report

Savannah, Tennessee · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, September 8, 2021

994 head sold ·Official USDA report

This is an archived report. See the latest Hardin County Stockyard report →

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $146.02/cwt +21.41 vs last sale · ≈ $906/hd at 620 lb · 87 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $150.93/cwt +8.23 vs last sale · ≈ $826/hd at 547 lb · 86 head

light 7-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $137.43/cwt ≈ $974/hd at 709 lb · 83 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	994	572	445
Feeder cattle	888	498	367
Slaughter cattle	88	56	48
Replacement cattle	18	18	30

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to the same sale last week, Slaughter cows and bulls steady. Steers and bulls steady. Heifers steady to 4.00 lower. Quality fair to fancy. Demand good.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–265	255	3	165.00–175.00	$170.92	$436	—
300–325	313	2	165.00–172.50	$168.60	$528	+3.60
355–380	364	4	160.00–175.00	$169.24	$616	-0.85
400–445	429	6	157.50–172.50	$164.12	$704	—
475–490	482	5	162.50–170.00	$166.08	$801	-3.92
500–530 value added	505	16	158.00–163.00	$160.73	$812	—
500–546	524	25	149.00–160.00	$152.86	$801	-1.19
540	540	1	140.00	$140.00	$756	-14.05
565–585	575	4	147.50–150.00	$148.89	$856	-8.61
600–645	628	6	134.00–151.00	$143.87	$904	+3.87
650–670	661	5	132.50–147.00	$137.36	$908	-2.64
710–730	723	4	137.50–142.50	$140.49	$1,016	—
755–780	763	5	125.00–136.00	$132.96	$1,014	—
785	785	1	112.50	$112.50	$883	—
800–830	815	2	130.00–132.00	$130.98	$1,067	—
865–867	867	24	121.00–133.00	$122.67	$1,064	—
935	935	1	120.00	$120.00	$1,122	—
961 value added	961	7	123.00	$123.00	$1,182	—
1175 value added	1175	7	92.50	$92.50	$1,087	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215–220	218	2	155.00–167.50	$161.18	$351	—
250	250	2	165.00–172.50	$168.75	$422	—
325	325	2	142.50–152.50	$147.50	$479	-8.04
380–385	383	2	157.50–160.00	$158.74	$608	+9.95
425	425	1	155.00	$155.00	$659	—
450–495	470	7	137.50–155.00	$144.85	$681	-7.65
505–530	518	3	132.50–145.00	$140.01	$725	+0.78
570	570	1	130.00	$130.00	$741	-10.00
605–645	619	19	125.00–135.00	$130.98	$811	—
655	655	1	135.00	$135.00	$884	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
465	465	1	152.50	$152.50	$709	—
520	520	1	120.00	$120.00	$624	—
570–595	583	2	120.00–130.00	$124.89	$728	—

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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	147.50	$147.50	$332	—
260–275	270	3	142.50–152.50	$148.26	$400	-6.74
370–395	381	5	142.50–147.50	$146.02	$556	+1.02
400–445	422	11	137.50–150.00	$142.89	$603	-4.64
450–480 value added	463	21	140.00–148.00	$144.44	$669	—
460–495	478	2	122.50–133.00	$127.94	$612	-14.87
470–495	483	9	132.50–144.00	$139.57	$674	-3.24
505–535	522	3	130.00–142.50	$136.85	$714	-5.85
540–549 value added	548	83	142.50–152.00	$151.44	$830	—
570	570	12	121.00	$121.00	$690	-11.99
550–595	575	11	127.50–140.00	$136.45	$785	+3.46
605–640	620	13	122.50–139.00	$131.10	$813	+6.49
620–635 value added	620	72	140.00–149.75	$149.61	$928	—
630–635	633	2	112.50–115.00	$113.75	$720	-10.86
655–695	679	7	120.00–135.00	$128.49	$872	+1.49
685	685	1	120.00	$120.00	$822	-7.00
704 value added	704	66	143.00	$143.00	$1,007	—
703–730	710	4	117.50–129.00	$124.86	$887	—
733	733	13	113.00	$113.00	$828	—
750	750	1	126.00	$126.00	$945	+13.50
785 value added	785	1	125.00	$125.00	$981	—
820	820	1	107.00	$107.00	$877	—
821 value added	821	15	118.00	$118.00	$969	—
855	855	1	109.00	$109.00	$932	—
900 value added	900	15	101.00	$101.00	$909	—
998 value added	998	6	96.00	$96.00	$958	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	140.00	$140.00	$336	—
255–260	258	2	135.00–147.50	$141.19	$364	—
325–345	339	4	130.00–145.00	$137.53	$466	+3.98
370–375	373	2	131.00–137.50	$134.27	$501	-0.26
420–425	423	2	132.50–135.00	$133.74	$566	-0.23
460–490	478	10	122.50–135.00	$130.21	$622	-1.13
510–540	532	5	122.50–130.00	$126.22	$671	-5.54
550–590	570	7	112.50–127.50	$121.85	$695	-3.21
610–635	624	6	112.50–125.00	$120.40	$751	-3.10
675	675	2	116.00–122.50	$119.25	$805	-0.75
705	705	1	112.50	$112.50	$793	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	1	138.00	$138.00	$538	—
425	425	1	125.00	$125.00	$531	+2.50
470	470	1	128.00	$128.00	$602	-8.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	1	130.00	$130.00	$448	—

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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	423	8	152.50–157.50	$153.70	$650	-0.03
475–485	480	3	152.50–167.50	$158.63	$761	+13.63
520–540	531	4	137.50–152.50	$144.57	$768	+0.99
550–560	555	2	148.00–152.00	$149.98	$832	+10.01
605	605	1	133.00	$133.00	$805	-3.27
660–695	670	6	123.00–132.50	$127.87	$857	-8.26
745	745	1	127.50	$127.50	$950	+5.00
750–795	778	3	125.00–132.50	$127.41	$991	+7.61
825	825	1	125.00	$125.00	$1,031	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
435–445	440	5	135.00–152.50	$145.61	$641	+7.66
450–485	462	5	132.50–152.50	$140.77	$650	+1.59
515–545	530	7	122.50–133.00	$127.91	$678	-6.17
560–590	578	6	122.50–132.50	$128.04	$740	-4.46
700	700	1	117.50	$117.50	$822	+5.00

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425	425	1	130.00	$130.00	$552	—
465	465	1	122.50	$122.50	$570	—
560	560	1	120.00	$120.00	$672	—
655	655	1	117.50	$117.50	$770	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1010	1010	80-85%	1	61.00	$61.00	$616	—
840–1400	1148	80-85%	22	65.00–74.00	$69.11	$793	—
1110–1515	1320	80-85%	7	74.00–79.00	$76.14	$1,005	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
980–1105	1042	85-90%	5	50.00–52.00	$51.23	$534	—
815–1455	1067	85-90%	17	54.00–64.00	$59.87	$639	+3.97

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1130	1130	75-80%	1	60.00	$60.00	$678	—
1185–1435	1310	75-80%	2	69.00–73.00	$70.81	$928	—
1365–1420	1387	75-80%	3	75.00–79.00	$77.00	$1,068	-2.29

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1135	1135	1	85.00	$85.00	$965	—
1340–2170	1873	13	90.00–103.00	$97.20	$1,821	—
2125	2125	1	107.00	$107.00	$2,274	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1065–1575	1304	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	900.00–1,035.00	$966.99

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1160	1160	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	775.00	$775.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
865	865	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	800.00	$800.00
975	975	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	935.00	$935.00

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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
820	820	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00	—
1135	1135	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,275.00	$1,275.00	—
1055–1250	1153	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,010.00–1,275.00	$1,131.29	—
1230	1230	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,275.00	$1,275.00	—

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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.