Hardin County Stockyard Market Report

Savannah, Tennessee · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, September 15, 2021

789 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $127.10/cwt -23.83 vs last sale · ≈ $652/hd at 513 lb · 30 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $119.53/cwt -26.48 vs last sale · ≈ $742/hd at 620 lb · 20 head

heavy 7-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $122.53/cwt -2.97 vs last sale · ≈ $955/hd at 779 lb · 17 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	789	994	893
Feeder cattle	626	888	740
Slaughter cattle	115	88	92
Replacement cattle	48	18	61

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to the same sale last week, Slaughter cows 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Bulls 3.00 lower. Steers under 400 lbs 5.00 to 10.00 higher, over 400 lbs 6.00 to 12.00 lower. Heifers 7.00 to 12.00 lower. Bulls under 600 lbs 7.00 to 15.00 lower, over 600 lbs 2.00 to 8.00 lower. Quality fair to good. Demand moderate to weak.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210	210	1	175.00	$175.00	$368	—
260	260	1	175.00	$175.00	$455	+4.08
320–335	328	2	180.00–185.00	$182.44	$598	+13.84
370 fancy	370	5	187.50	$187.50	$694	—
375–395	382	3	160.00–170.00	$163.45	$624	-5.79
420–435	423	5	160.00	$160.00	$677	-4.12
460	460	1	132.50	$132.50	$610	-33.58
455–485	468	6	150.00–162.50	$153.82	$720	-12.26
500–545	522	12	135.00–150.00	$141.60	$739	-11.26
550–575	559	6	133.00–150.00	$139.60	$780	-9.29
600–645	621	11	130.00–141.00	$133.04	$826	-10.83
660–685	672	3	125.00–132.50	$129.21	$868	-8.15
702	702	3	124.00	$124.00	$870	-16.49
755–760	758	4	122.50–132.50	$126.25	$957	-6.71
760	760	1	112.50	$112.50	$855	-20.46

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205–245	222	3	162.50–175.00	$169.30	$376	+8.12
275–280	278	2	162.50–167.50	$165.02	$459	-3.73
300–315	309	4	142.50–172.50	$159.29	$492	+11.79
350–390	366	4	140.00–150.00	$144.25	$528	-14.49
400–445	416	8	132.50–150.00	$142.36	$592	-12.64
450–490	475	6	132.50–142.50	$138.12	$656	-6.73
500–545	526	8	122.50–132.50	$130.27	$685	-9.74
555–595	576	4	130.00–135.00	$131.92	$760	+1.92
600–640	613	6	125.00–131.00	$127.74	$783	-3.24
740	740	1	122.50	$122.50	$906	—
750	750	1	127.50	$127.50	$956	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–285	270	2	140.00–157.50	$149.24	$403	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
435	435	1	130.00	$130.00	$566	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–270	260	2	147.50–150.00	$148.80	$387	+0.54
320	320	1	122.50	$122.50	$392	—
315–335	325	2	133.00–147.50	$140.03	$455	—
360–390	375	4	132.50–140.00	$135.15	$507	-10.87
405	405	1	122.50	$122.50	$496	-20.39
405–445	423	12	122.50–136.00	$131.05	$554	-11.84
450–495	468	9	122.50–135.00	$126.90	$594	-1.04
460–490	474	5	120.00–122.50	$121.00	$574	-6.94
500 value added	500	8	132.50	$132.50	$662	—
505–515	510	2	110.00–120.00	$114.95	$586	-21.90
500–545	519	20	120.00–131.00	$126.15	$655	-10.70
550–580	561	10	120.00–125.00	$121.84	$684	+0.84
555–595	582	5	112.50–122.50	$117.55	$684	-18.90
610	610	1	105.00	$105.00	$640	-26.10
600–645	621	19	115.00–126.00	$120.30	$747	-10.80
655	655	1	115.00	$115.00	$753	-13.49
655–670	660	5	117.50–121.00	$119.71	$790	-8.78
710–745	727	3	111.00–115.00	$113.70	$827	+0.70
755	755	1	115.00	$115.00	$868	-11.00
781 value added	781	16	123.00	$123.00	$961	-2.00
800	800	1	102.50	$102.50	$820	-4.50
928 value added	928	2	105.00	$105.00	$974	+4.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–235	221	4	122.50–132.50	$129.84	$287	-10.16
250–295	273	5	132.50–137.50	$133.42	$364	-7.77
300–320	311	7	122.00–132.50	$126.32	$393	-11.21
365–395	378	5	115.00–125.00	$121.49	$459	-12.78
400–445	426	6	115.00–122.50	$120.80	$515	-12.94
450–490	473	6	117.50–122.50	$121.21	$573	-9.00
500–540	516	5	112.50–123.00	$119.60	$617	-6.62
590	590	1	112.50	$112.50	$664	-9.35
605–630	614	7	110.00–117.50	$114.29	$702	-6.11
660–695	678	2	104.00–117.50	$110.58	$750	-8.67
705	705	1	108.00	$108.00	$761	-4.50

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	1	132.50	$132.50	$364	—
330–345	338	2	112.50–130.00	$121.06	$409	—
355	355	1	112.50	$112.50	$399	-25.50
465	465	1	112.50	$112.50	$523	-15.50
530–545	538	2	120.00	$120.00	$646	—
550	550	1	115.00	$115.00	$632	—
635	635	1	115.00	$115.00	$730	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385	385	1	112.50	$112.50	$433	—
410–435	423	2	112.50–122.50	$117.35	$496	—
495	495	1	112.50	$112.50	$557	—
500	500	1	112.50	$112.50	$562	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410–445	425	6	140.00–147.50	$143.73	$611	-9.97
460–490	467	8	132.50–150.00	$137.80	$644	-20.83
500–540	517	7	130.00–142.00	$135.12	$699	-9.45
550–582	574	9	125.00–135.00	$128.95	$740	-21.03
600–640	622	6	125.00–132.50	$128.92	$802	-4.08
650–690	666	4	125.00–130.00	$126.85	$845	-1.02
735	735	1	123.00	$123.00	$904	-4.50
755–760	757	3	117.50–120.00	$119.17	$902	-8.24

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
435–445	441	4	130.00–142.50	$134.71	$594	-10.90
455–490	475	4	131.00–138.00	$134.70	$640	-6.07
510–530	524	7	120.00–130.00	$126.52	$663	-1.39
555–595	571	4	122.50–127.50	$123.71	$706	-4.33
600–635	622	3	120.00–123.00	$121.81	$758	—
710–745	728	2	112.50–120.00	$116.16	$846	-1.34
825	825	1	110.00	$110.00	$908	—
955	955	1	87.50	$87.50	$836	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425	425	3	132.50–142.50	$138.33	$588	+8.33
625	625	1	117.50	$117.50	$734	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
485	485	1	130.00	$130.00	$630	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
910–1485	1222	80-85%	28	64.00–73.00	$68.09	$832	—
975–1430	1231	80-85%	13	52.00–64.00	$58.96	$726	—
1320	1320	80-85%	1	74.00	$74.00	$977	-2.14

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
900–1340	1061	85-90%	9	40.00–53.00	$46.48	$493	-13.39
850–1375	1135	85-90%	14	53.00–64.00	$58.66	$666	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1285	1285	75-80%	1	73.00	$73.00	$938	—
1140–1735	1381	75-80%	7	55.00–65.00	$60.99	$842	-16.01
1085–1675	1418	75-80%	12	62.00–71.00	$65.56	$930	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1225–2105	1690	3	76.00–89.00	$82.08	$1,387	—
1535–2005	1744	9	89.00–98.00	$93.05	$1,623	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1110–1305	1191	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	835.00–1,000.00	$918.59
1145–1325	1235	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	925.00–1,200.00	$1,072.52
1265–1500	1368	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	920.00–1,050.00	$963.98

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
875–880	878	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	750.00–975.00	$862.82
975–1130	1053	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	650.00–950.00	$811.05
1250	1250	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	850.00	$850.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
955	955	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	810.00	$810.00

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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
1095–1100	1098	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,225.00–1,275.00	$1,250.06	—
1100–1230	1177	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,200.00–1,325.00	$1,277.34	+146.05

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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.