Hardin County Stockyard Market Report

Savannah, Tennessee · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, March 16, 2022

841 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $156.88/cwt +3.54 vs last sale · ≈ $762/hd at 486 lb · 28 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $153.66/cwt +3.43 vs last sale · ≈ $805/hd at 524 lb · 20 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $178.67/cwt +4.92 vs last sale · ≈ $931/hd at 521 lb · 20 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	841	737	788
Feeder cattle	754	633	623
Slaughter cattle	54	71	68
Replacement cattle	33	33	97

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to the same sale last week, Slaughter cows and bulls steady. Steers and bulls mostly steady. Heifers under 500 lbs 3.0 to 5.00 higher, over 500 lbs steady to 2.00 higher. 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
280	280	1	197.50	$197.50	$553	-12.50
305–340	316	7	190.00–215.00	$200.77	$634	-3.19
350–360	355	2	192.50–197.50	$195.04	$692	-2.46
410–425	418	3	177.50–190.00	$185.82	$777	+3.32
450–490	474	18	177.50–192.50	$185.54	$879	+12.20
475	475	1	172.50	$172.50	$819	-0.84
500–545	521	20	170.00–185.00	$178.67	$931	+7.26
550–596	573	19	165.00–180.00	$169.63	$972	+5.06
600–645	624	11	150.00–167.50	$156.08	$974	-2.32
650–695	666	14	142.50–157.50	$150.18	$1,000	-10.66
700–735	721	5	136.00–148.00	$142.30	$1,026	—
760–780	767	3	132.50–140.00	$137.46	$1,054	—
860–870	865	2	122.50–130.00	$126.23	$1,092	—
1095	1095	2	115.00	$115.00	$1,259	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	195.00	$195.00	$566	-2.50
385–395	388	3	167.50–185.00	$178.24	$692	-2.36
400–440	425	15	172.50–182.50	$177.67	$755	+4.57
455–495	478	6	167.50–180.00	$174.26	$833	+4.26
510–535	525	4	152.50–167.50	$161.96	$850	-3.04
555–595	575	5	145.00–162.50	$157.97	$908	—
640–645	643	2	145.00	$145.00	$932	+15.00
695	695	1	147.00	$147.00	$1,022	—
770	770	1	120.00	$120.00	$924	-8.77
875	875	1	109.00	$109.00	$954	-11.00

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	1	167.50	$167.50	$477	—
460–495	472	3	157.50–172.50	$167.62	$791	—
515	515	1	165.00	$165.00	$850	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235–240	238	2	167.50–177.50	$172.45	$410	—
345	345	1	167.50	$167.50	$578	—
385	385	1	167.50	$167.50	$645	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220–230	225	2	185.00	$185.00	$416	+10.00
305–345	320	7	147.50–157.50	$153.93	$493	-9.62
355–395	374	4	157.50–165.00	$160.65	$601	+5.02
405–440	429	8	152.50–162.50	$156.31	$671	+3.73
435	435	1	132.50	$132.50	$576	-20.08
447 value added	447	2	169.00	$169.00	$755	—
450–485 fancy	468	2	166.00–168.00	$166.96	$781	—
450–497	487	26	147.50–163.00	$156.10	$760	+3.70
500 fancy	500	1	160.00	$160.00	$800	—
523 value added	523	4	159.00	$159.00	$832	+7.50
500–545	526	15	142.50–157.50	$151.82	$799	+2.48
550–595	571	13	140.00–155.00	$143.48	$819	-3.25
595	595	2	132.50–133.00	$132.75	$790	-13.98
605–645	626	14	132.50–148.00	$138.36	$866	+3.00
620–640	630	2	127.50–131.00	$129.28	$814	-6.08
650–685	664	11	125.00–140.00	$132.45	$879	-1.68
700–745	715	4	122.50–126.00	$124.63	$891	+2.13
760–795	778	2	120.00	$120.00	$934	+5.00
805	805	1	115.00	$115.00	$926	—
1025	1025	1	109.00	$109.00	$1,117	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215–230	223	3	142.50–157.50	$151.83	$339	-0.72
250–295	272	3	137.50–160.00	$151.09	$411	+4.57
305–340	329	5	142.50–147.50	$146.47	$482	-4.43
365–385	378	8	140.00–154.00	$148.99	$563	+7.76
405–410	408	3	135.00–145.00	$141.69	$578	-2.86
450–495	479	16	135.00–152.00	$145.65	$698	-0.04
500–545	521	8	130.00–145.00	$138.06	$719	-0.91
560–595	575	4	132.50–142.50	$138.65	$797	+3.85
615–630	623	2	127.50–132.50	$129.97	$810	+4.97
655–660	658	2	117.50–130.00	$123.77	$814	-1.40
725	725	1	122.50	$122.50	$888	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240–245	243	2	142.50	$142.50	$346	—
280–295	286	4	137.50–145.00	$141.27	$404	—
350–395	373	2	122.50–127.50	$124.85	$466	—
430	430	1	125.00	$125.00	$538	—
470–475	473	2	125.00–142.50	$133.80	$633	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	1	157.50	$157.50	$425	—
360–380	370	3	142.50–147.50	$145.79	$539	-1.71
440	440	1	152.50	$152.50	$671	—
455–490	471	4	117.50–145.00	$132.35	$623	-10.15

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415–425	420	2	190.00	$190.00	$798	+6.82
450–490	470	6	177.50–190.00	$183.20	$861	+14.21
505–525	515	2	160.00–165.00	$162.55	$837	-2.03
570–585	578	2	152.50–163.00	$157.68	$911	-2.62
600–635	617	3	140.00–152.50	$145.78	$899	-6.01
655–670	663	2	140.00–142.50	$141.24	$936	-6.70
700–725	713	2	132.50–142.00	$137.17	$978	+2.17
790	790	1	120.00	$120.00	$948	—
835	835	1	115.00	$115.00	$960	-2.50
985	985	1	107.50	$107.50	$1,059	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–445	425	3	182.50–187.50	$185.06	$787	+10.13
465–470	468	3	162.50–172.50	$167.50	$784	+5.00
515–530	522	3	152.50–160.00	$156.69	$818	+3.19
615	615	1	137.50	$137.50	$846	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	1	180.00	$180.00	$801	—
785	785	1	115.00	$115.00	$903	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
505	505	1	147.50	$147.50	$745	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1065–1355	1179	80-85%	4	60.00–74.00	$66.60	$785	-12.11
1030–1435	1205	80-85%	11	73.00–85.00	$78.09	$941	-10.28
1245–1300	1270	80-85%	3	86.00–94.00	$89.06	$1,131	+22.97

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
930–1180	1030	85-90%	5	45.00–61.00	$54.53	$562	—
905–1285	1036	85-90%	7	63.00–70.00	$67.09	$695	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1185	1185	75-80%	1	92.00	$92.00	$1,090	—
1125–1515	1299	75-80%	5	73.00–85.00	$78.54	$1,020	-9.18
1550–1665	1621	75-80%	4	68.00–75.00	$71.19	$1,154	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1610	1610	1	89.00	$89.00	$1,433	—
1665–1670	1668	2	109.00–112.00	$110.50	$1,843	—
2465	2465	1	105.00	$105.00	$2,588	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1070	1070	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	775.00	$775.00
1140–1250	1195	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,000.00–1,050.00	$1,023.85

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1035	1035	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	775.00	$775.00
1085	1085	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	775.00	$775.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
910	910	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	640.00	$640.00

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Bred Heifers

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
825	825	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	775.00	$775.00

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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
1000–1135	1068	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	975.00–1,150.00	$1,068.03	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
935	935	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	900.00	$900.00	—

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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.