Hardin County Stockyard Market Report

Savannah, Tennessee · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, October 13, 2021

1,180 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 7-weight M&L 1-2 steers $147.77/cwt +37.77 vs last sale · ≈ $1,151/hd at 779 lb · 75 head

light 7-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $141.45/cwt +31.54 vs last sale · ≈ $1,042/hd at 737 lb · 68 head

light 7-weight M&L 1-2 steers $152.79/cwt +2.55 vs last sale · ≈ $1,122/hd at 734 lb · 66 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,180	997	1,298
Feeder cattle	1,032	880	1,166
Slaughter cattle	81	117	90
Replacement cattle	67	—	42

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to the same sale last week, Slaughter cows and bulls steady. Steers and bulls under 400 lbs 10.00 higher, over 400 lbs steady to 5.00 lower. Heifers steady to 4.00 lower. 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
215–225	220	2	175.00–190.00	$182.33	$401	+27.33
275	275	1	155.00	$155.00	$426	+0.81
295	295	1	195.00	$195.00	$575	+40.81
330–345	338	2	180.00–182.50	$181.22	$613	+32.52
350–385	364	7	152.50–172.50	$164.05	$597	+17.64
440–445	442	3	145.00–152.50	$148.49	$656	+2.69
450–477	461	5	145.00–150.00	$147.93	$682	-0.03
515–525	518	6	136.00–152.50	$146.53	$759	-3.47
570 value added	570	37	162.50	$162.50	$926	—
555–590	573	16	132.50–145.00	$140.11	$803	-9.89
600–635	614	4	126.00–142.50	$132.79	$815	-4.72
615	615	1	125.00	$125.00	$769	-12.51
675	675	1	112.50	$112.50	$759	-22.50
665–690	683	4	125.00–130.00	$127.47	$871	-7.53
700–720	710	2	127.50–132.50	$129.96	$923	+7.46
735 value added	735	64	153.50	$153.50	$1,128	+2.91
779 value added	779	73	148.50	$148.50	$1,157	—
782	782	2	121.00	$121.00	$946	+11.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225	225	1	145.00	$145.00	$326	+22.50
265–285	275	2	160.00–162.50	$161.30	$444	+20.22
305–330	318	2	157.50–160.00	$158.70	$505	+21.72
360–390	379	7	140.00–155.00	$145.97	$553	+11.73
420	420	1	141.00	$141.00	$592	+7.23
485	485	1	132.50	$132.50	$643	+5.03
500–530	515	2	122.50–132.50	$127.35	$656	+8.54
560	560	1	120.00	$120.00	$672	—
600–615	608	3	117.50–122.50	$120.83	$735	+8.27

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360	360	1	145.00	$145.00	$522	—
400–440	420	2	130.00	$130.00	$546	—
530	530	1	130.00	$130.00	$689	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
545	545	1	102.50	$102.50	$559	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210–235	223	2	130.00–142.50	$135.90	$303	-3.35
250	250	1	130.00	$130.00	$325	-2.50
300–345	320	5	130.00–137.50	$134.12	$429	+2.87
355–395	377	7	125.00–135.00	$130.34	$491	-1.35
380–385	383	2	122.50	$122.50	$469	-9.19
400–445	425	17	122.50–136.00	$130.05	$553	-4.26
440	440	1	125.00	$125.00	$550	-9.31
450–495	469	10	123.00–137.50	$130.83	$614	-0.69
460–490	475	2	110.00–120.00	$115.16	$547	-16.36
505–545	519	14	120.00–132.00	$126.20	$655	-3.80
550–595	564	20	119.00–127.00	$122.69	$692	-8.10
585	585	1	105.00	$105.00	$614	-25.79
600–635	616	5	117.50–123.00	$120.29	$741	-1.38
650–685	670	7	118.00–124.00	$120.61	$808	+2.66
725–745	735	2	112.50–117.50	$114.97	$845	+5.06
737 value added	737	66	142.25	$142.25	$1,048	—
750–775	763	2	97.50–110.00	$103.65	$791	+3.65
800 value added	800	60	138.50	$138.50	$1,108	—
920	920	1	95.00	$95.00	$874	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215–240	228	2	132.50–135.00	$133.68	$305	+8.68
275	275	1	122.50	$122.50	$337	+1.34
305–345	326	5	122.50–130.00	$126.02	$411	+2.45
355–395	375	10	120.00–131.00	$124.86	$468	+13.88
410–445	429	6	117.50–122.50	$119.16	$511	-5.02
460–480	468	4	117.50–125.00	$121.85	$570	+10.39
510–545	530	3	112.50–115.00	$114.16	$605	-7.84
550–585	569	5	102.50–117.00	$107.41	$611	-11.69
675	675	1	114.00	$114.00	$770	—
700	700	1	92.00	$92.00	$644	+4.50
770	770	1	92.50	$92.50	$712	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365	365	1	112.50	$112.50	$411	—
435	435	1	100.00	$100.00	$435	—
540	540	1	92.50	$92.50	$500	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
490	490	1	112.50	$112.50	$551	—
580	580	1	102.50	$102.50	$594	+20.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–435	418	4	142.50–150.00	$145.53	$608	+3.03
450–485	467	10	132.50–147.50	$136.89	$639	+10.00
505–540	528	10	127.50–140.00	$131.26	$693	-3.85
555–597	582	8	120.00–130.00	$122.16	$711	-11.70
605–635	622	3	119.00–122.50	$120.52	$750	+0.66
650–690	670	9	107.50–117.50	$112.51	$754	-3.24
712–715	713	6	110.00–112.50	$110.42	$787	+2.95
838	838	3	105.00	$105.00	$880	+12.50

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–420	413	2	137.50–142.50	$139.95	$578	+14.78
460–490	470	5	120.00–127.50	$125.04	$588	+2.54
500–505	503	3	117.50–122.50	$120.83	$608	—
550–585	570	3	112.50–117.50	$115.89	$661	+3.43
605–630	620	3	112.50–119.00	$116.15	$720	-0.11
675	675	1	107.00	$107.00	$722	+9.39

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–430	418	2	122.50–132.50	$127.65	$534	—
590	590	1	115.00	$115.00	$678	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
575	575	1	117.50	$117.50	$676	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
915–1480	1146	80-85%	15	55.00–64.00	$59.57	$683	—
840–1400	1208	80-85%	7	50.00–59.00	$54.42	$657	—
1085–1440	1284	80-85%	8	64.00–69.00	$67.33	$865	+3.81

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1030–1930	1248	75-80%	8	59.00–65.00	$61.17	$763	—
1175–1650	1440	75-80%	4	69.00–73.00	$69.82	$1,005	—
1640	1640	75-80%	1	57.00	$57.00	$935	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
855–1135	970	85-90%	9	47.00–53.00	$49.99	$485	+11.45
995–1225	1110	85-90%	3	42.00–46.00	$43.20	$480	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1100	1100	1	72.00	$72.00	$792	—
1540–1910	1725	2	85.00–95.00	$90.54	$1,562	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
915–1235	1024	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	640.00–840.00	$735.26
1250–1270	1260	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	750.00–840.00	$795.36

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
995	995	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	725.00	$725.00
1050	1050	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	825.00	$825.00
1125–1515	1290	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	825.00–1,050.00	$917.44
1325	1325	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
955–1230	1093	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	720.00–975.00	$863.55

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
895	895	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	650.00	$650.00
910	910	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	675.00	$675.00

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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
1165	1165	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,150.00	$1,150.00	—

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Heifer Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
895	895	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,125.00	$1,125.00	—

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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.