Hardin County Stockyard Market Report

Savannah, Tennessee · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, October 20, 2021

1,326 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $131.27/cwt +6.79 vs last sale · ≈ $867/hd at 661 lb · 31 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $127.72/cwt +1.52 vs last sale · ≈ $668/hd at 523 lb · 29 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $127.07/cwt +5.22 vs last sale · ≈ $734/hd at 578 lb · 23 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,326	1,180	739
Feeder cattle	1,198	1,032	623
Slaughter cattle	73	81	60
Replacement cattle	55	67	56

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to the same sale last week, Slaughter cows 4.00 to 5.00 lower. Bulls 3.00 to 4.00 lower. Steers and bulls under 550 lbs 1.00 to 5.00 lower, over 550 lbs steady. Heifers steady to 6.00 lower. Quality poor 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
235	235	1	150.00	$150.00	$352	-32.33
350–395	370	7	145.00–155.00	$151.81	$562	-12.24
415–440	431	5	145.00–150.00	$146.98	$633	-1.51
460 value added	460	1	157.50	$157.50	$724	—
450–495	469	10	140.00–152.50	$146.97	$689	-0.96
500–540	522	17	132.50–150.00	$136.59	$713	-9.94
536 value added	536	3	155.00	$155.00	$831	—
560 fancy	560	1	152.50	$152.50	$854	—
557–569 value added	563	10	140.00–147.50	$143.71	$809	-18.79
550–590	570	5	132.50–147.50	$139.02	$792	-1.09
600–645	616	16	127.50–142.50	$134.35	$828	+9.35
620 fancy	620	1	147.50	$147.50	$914	—
638 value added	638	4	149.00	$149.00	$951	—
650	650	1	110.00	$110.00	$715	-2.50
656 value added	656	18	133.00	$133.00	$872	—
650–682	669	12	125.00–132.50	$130.45	$873	+17.95
715–725	722	3	127.50–132.50	$130.00	$939	+0.04
810 value added	810	11	122.50	$122.50	$992	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205	205	1	147.50	$147.50	$302	+2.50
255–295	280	3	135.00–137.50	$136.64	$383	-24.66
300–330	314	5	137.50–147.50	$141.44	$444	-17.26
405–445	428	3	127.50–140.00	$135.19	$579	-5.81
460–495	481	4	132.50–137.50	$135.67	$653	+3.17
530	530	1	130.00	$130.00	$689	+2.65
565–575	570	2	120.00	$120.00	$684	±0.00
605–630	618	6	120.00–130.00	$124.58	$770	+3.75
670–685	675	3	112.50–122.50	$118.29	$798	—
735	735	1	117.50	$117.50	$864	—
780	780	1	112.50	$112.50	$878	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–380	365	2	112.50–120.00	$116.40	$425	-28.60
430	430	1	130.00	$130.00	$559	±0.00
530–535	533	2	127.50–130.00	$128.76	$686	-1.24
590	590	1	125.00	$125.00	$738	—
620	620	1	115.00	$115.00	$713	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200	200	1	140.00	$140.00	$280	—
630	630	1	107.50	$107.50	$677	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–230	215	2	135.00–137.50	$136.16	$293	+0.26
310–335	327	3	127.50–137.50	$132.63	$434	-1.49
355–395	377	5	127.50–132.50	$130.52	$492	+0.18
405–445	425	19	117.50–132.50	$124.32	$528	-5.73
455–485	470	16	120.00–132.50	$125.55	$590	-5.28
495	495	1	116.00	$116.00	$574	+0.84
500–510	505	2	107.50–116.00	$111.79	$565	-14.41
500–540	522	17	117.50–130.00	$123.18	$643	-3.02
500–545 fancy	528	4	135.00–140.00	$138.06	$729	—
529 value added	529	6	139.00	$139.00	$735	—
555–590 fancy	573	5	135.00–140.00	$137.00	$785	—
555–595	579	18	115.00–133.00	$124.31	$720	+19.31
610–640	627	5	107.50–115.00	$113.15	$709	-7.14
650–690	660	6	110.00–122.00	$114.51	$756	-6.10
665	665	1	102.50	$102.50	$682	-18.11
682 value added	682	11	118.00	$118.00	$805	—
725	725	1	116.00	$116.00	$841	+1.03
755	755	1	115.00	$115.00	$868	+11.35
800	800	1	113.00	$113.00	$904	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215–245	233	3	127.50	$127.50	$297	-6.18
255	255	1	135.00	$135.00	$344	+12.50
315–330	323	2	125.00–127.50	$126.22	$408	+0.20
356–390	366	14	112.50–127.50	$125.00	$458	+0.14
400–440	420	5	112.50–121.00	$116.17	$488	-2.99
450–495	472	9	110.00–122.00	$116.84	$551	-5.01
505–530	514	7	105.00–120.00	$115.04	$591	+0.88
555–580	569	5	100.00–111.00	$106.27	$605	-1.14
620–635	633	7	107.50–110.00	$109.65	$694	—
650–660	655	2	95.00–107.50	$101.20	$663	-12.80
725	725	1	109.00	$109.00	$790	+17.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	1	130.00	$130.00	$306	—
275	275	1	122.50	$122.50	$337	—
310	310	1	120.00	$120.00	$372	—
360	360	1	127.50	$127.50	$459	—
485–495	492	3	90.00–105.00	$99.97	$492	-12.53
530–545	537	3	100.00–105.00	$101.69	$546	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	1	117.50	$117.50	$441	+5.00
440	440	1	90.00	$90.00	$396	-10.00
535	535	1	87.50	$87.50	$468	-5.00
565	565	1	102.00	$102.00	$576	—
645	645	1	90.00	$90.00	$580	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410–440	426	11	135.00–147.50	$141.34	$602	-4.19
485–490	487	3	132.50–139.00	$134.83	$657	-2.06
510–545	528	6	127.50–133.00	$128.83	$680	-2.43
550–595	568	6	122.50–132.50	$126.34	$718	+4.18
600–625	610	5	117.50–127.50	$121.59	$742	+1.07
650–680	668	12	110.00–117.50	$114.38	$764	+1.87
710–745	729	5	111.00–115.00	$113.28	$826	+2.86
805–820	813	2	100.00–111.00	$105.55	$858	+0.55
925	925	1	110.00	$110.00	$1,018	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–435	415	3	125.00–130.00	$128.25	$532	-11.70
470–495	483	2	115.00–130.00	$122.31	$591	-2.73
515–545	528	6	120.00–130.00	$124.55	$658	+3.72
560–595	584	12	112.50–122.50	$116.82	$682	+0.93
600–610	605	4	110.00–117.50	$115.61	$699	-0.54
650–690	671	5	107.50–115.00	$111.64	$749	+4.64
700	700	3	107.50–110.00	$108.33	$758	—
790–795	793	2	103.00–105.00	$104.00	$825	—
815	815	1	97.50	$97.50	$795	—
915	915	1	102.00	$102.00	$933	—
955–970	963	2	87.50–92.50	$89.98	$867	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400	400	1	120.00	$120.00	$480	—
500	500	1	110.00	$110.00	$550	—
550–565	558	2	110.00	$110.00	$614	-7.50

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450	450	1	120.00	$120.00	$540	—
735	735	1	107.50	$107.50	$790	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
955–1125	1060	80-85%	5	40.00–49.00	$45.89	$486	—
915–1540	1201	80-85%	19	52.00–59.00	$55.21	$663	+0.79
1195–1240	1218	80-85%	2	61.00	$61.00	$743	+6.58

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1080	1080	75-80%	1	47.00	$47.00	$508	—
1190–1655	1432	75-80%	13	52.00–60.00	$56.56	$810	-13.26

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
975–1060	1007	85-90%	5	40.00–46.00	$42.37	$427	—
1180–1195	1188	85-90%	2	35.00–38.00	$36.49	$434	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1275–2155	1662	5	75.00–80.00	$77.21	$1,283	—
1310–2100	1828	6	81.00–92.00	$86.00	$1,572	—
1900	1900	1	93.00	$93.00	$1,767	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1010	1010	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	610.00	$610.00
960–1250	1077	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	550.00–775.00	$628.60

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
975	975	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00
1380	1380	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	925.00	$925.00
1290–1540	1386	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	800.00–900.00	$870.69
1390	1390	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	850.00	$850.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
765	765	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	525.00	$525.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
945	945	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	860.00	$860.00
1005	1005	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	925.00	$925.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
750	750	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	575.00	$575.00
850	850	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	610.00	$610.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
900	900	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	925.00	$925.00	—

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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.