Hardin County Stockyard Market Report

Savannah, Tennessee · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, September 29, 2021

906 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 8-weight M&L 1-2 steers $149.04/cwt +2.48 vs last sale · ≈ $1,244/hd at 835 lb · 62 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $124.44/cwt +0.21 vs last sale · ≈ $704/hd at 566 lb · 18 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $125.22/cwt +3.19 vs last sale · ≈ $777/hd at 621 lb · 18 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	906	879	1,058
Feeder cattle	772	699	893
Slaughter cattle	87	87	102
Replacement cattle	47	93	63

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to the same sale last week, Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 lower. Slaughter bulls 3.00 lower. Steers and bulls steady to 6.00 lower. Heifers under 550 lbs 2.00 to 4.00 lower, over 550 lbs steady to 4.00 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
200	200	1	165.00	$165.00	$330	—
265–290	273	3	167.50–170.00	$168.31	$459	-14.19
300–315	308	2	160.00–165.00	$162.44	$500	-17.48
365–375	370	2	150.00–162.50	$156.17	$578	-6.25
430–440	434	4	157.50–167.50	$162.47	$705	+13.71
450–490	465	5	145.00–160.00	$155.52	$723	+6.82
500–545	519	8	132.50–145.00	$138.43	$718	-5.28
550–595	572	9	130.00–142.50	$136.11	$779	-1.96
585	585	1	118.00	$118.00	$690	-20.07
605–635	617	7	128.00–136.00	$134.23	$828	+2.76
675–690	683	2	125.00–131.00	$127.97	$874	—
705–745	725	2	122.50–126.00	$124.20	$900	-6.80
750	750	1	117.50	$117.50	$881	-7.50
815	815	1	121.00	$121.00	$986	-1.50
835 value added	835	61	149.50	$149.50	$1,248	+2.75

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–230	217	3	152.50–157.50	$155.96	$338	—
260–275	268	2	140.00–170.00	$155.42	$417	-12.46
305–345	320	5	142.50–155.00	$150.16	$481	-12.36
380	380	1	140.00	$140.00	$532	-9.62
435–445	440	3	131.00–140.00	$136.16	$599	-1.13
450–495	473	6	132.50–147.50	$137.56	$651	+1.24
510–545	534	4	120.00–132.50	$127.49	$681	-5.01
555–580	567	3	119.00–135.00	$127.98	$726	-4.52
600	600	1	122.50	$122.50	$735	-6.80
665	665	1	116.00	$116.00	$771	-2.33
700	700	3	102.50	$102.50	$718	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	142.50	$142.50	$342	—
355	355	1	132.50	$132.50	$470	—
445	445	1	137.50	$137.50	$612	—
505	505	1	107.50	$107.50	$543	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	1	132.50	$132.50	$437	—
390–395	393	2	130.00–135.00	$132.52	$521	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235–240	238	2	135.00–140.00	$137.53	$327	-10.74
285–290	288	2	132.50–137.50	$134.98	$389	-0.02
310–345	331	7	130.00–142.50	$135.44	$448	+5.44
350–360	354	5	125.00–137.50	$134.52	$476	+1.96
400–440	415	10	120.00–134.00	$128.45	$533	-4.62
450–490	472	12	117.50–133.00	$128.17	$605	-2.68
475	475	1	124.00	$124.00	$589	-6.85
500–545	522	12	120.00–135.00	$126.96	$663	+14.79
510–540 fancy	525	2	136.00–137.50	$136.77	$718	—
555–560	558	2	100.00–110.00	$105.02	$586	-19.21
550–585	567	16	117.50–132.50	$126.87	$719	+2.64
600–645	618	12	115.00–131.00	$123.66	$764	+1.63
626 value added	626	5	132.00	$132.00	$826	—
630	630	1	110.00	$110.00	$693	-12.03
665	665	1	105.00	$105.00	$698	-12.16
650–680	669	7	112.50–126.00	$118.52	$793	+1.36
735	735	1	107.50	$107.50	$790	-2.50
752	752	2	112.00	$112.00	$842	+2.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205	205	1	127.50	$127.50	$261	-12.50
250–260	255	2	120.00–130.00	$124.90	$318	-3.41
300–340	321	6	122.50–135.00	$127.62	$410	-4.88
350–395	374	4	122.50–130.00	$124.38	$465	+2.57
420–445	433	4	120.00–122.50	$121.27	$525	-1.77
475–495	485	4	112.50–122.50	$118.15	$573	-5.52
500–520	505	6	105.00–121.00	$115.58	$584	-3.83
555–590	577	3	102.50–120.00	$111.50	$643	-2.77
625–630	628	2	102.50–112.50	$107.52	$675	-1.69
650	650	1	102.50	$102.50	$666	+5.00
800–835	818	2	82.50–83.00	$82.76	$677	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	1	112.50	$112.50	$422	—
465–470	468	2	102.50–107.50	$105.01	$491	-7.49

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	1	120.00	$120.00	$468	-0.92
415	415	1	110.00	$110.00	$456	+3.59

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–430	419	7	142.50–155.00	$147.52	$618	+2.36
460–490	475	7	130.00–150.00	$136.88	$650	-4.52
500–545	523	13	122.50–132.50	$126.89	$664	-8.81
550–595	571	9	120.00–128.00	$124.64	$712	-5.64
605–640	618	4	117.50–122.50	$119.96	$741	-6.05
660–675	667	3	111.00–117.50	$113.64	$758	-6.35

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–435	417	5	122.50–132.50	$127.01	$530	-10.26
450–495	475	11	120.00–135.00	$126.17	$599	-7.42
500–540	517	9	117.50–126.00	$122.69	$634	-7.31
570–580	575	2	112.50–122.50	$117.46	$675	-9.27
600–640	620	5	112.50–120.00	$116.44	$722	—
665–695	680	2	110.00–112.50	$111.22	$756	-6.28

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
480	480	1	112.50	$112.50	$540	—
560	560	1	107.50	$107.50	$602	—
613–640	631	6	101.00–105.00	$103.70	$654	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
480	480	1	122.50	$122.50	$588	-15.00
630	630	1	102.50	$102.50	$646	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
945–1475	1180	80-85%	18	55.00–65.00	$60.36	$712	—
825–1615	1236	80-85%	10	45.00–58.00	$51.78	$640	—
1285–1460	1373	80-85%	2	69.00–70.00	$69.53	$955	+5.74

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
865–1295	1076	85-90%	7	44.00–54.00	$48.50	$522	-3.61
910–1450	1088	85-90%	6	33.00–45.00	$40.65	$442	-11.46

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
950–1590	1274	75-80%	11	55.00–65.00	$59.75	$761	+4.48

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1120–2055	1613	8	70.00–84.00	$79.27	$1,279	—
1420–2180	1774	10	84.00–94.00	$88.60	$1,572	—
2075	2075	1	101.00	$101.00	$2,096	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
965–1045	1005	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	735.00–975.00	$850.22
1160	1160	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,050.00	$1,050.00
1275	1275	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	850.00	$850.00
1480	1480	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,075.00	$1,075.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
915	915	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00
1080–1110	1095	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	610.00–650.00	$630.27

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
725–895	810	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	750.00–900.00	$832.87

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
780–1000	890	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	910.00–975.00	$946.52

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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
1090–1300	1163	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,050.00–1,275.00	$1,175.57	+96.67
1230	1230	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,050.00	$1,050.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
890	890	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,075.00	$1,075.00	—

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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.