Hardin County Stockyard Market Report

Savannah, Tennessee · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, April 20, 2022

1,126 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 8-weight M&L 1-2 steers $144.24/cwt ≈ $1,252/hd at 868 lb · 69 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $157.19/cwt -2.11 vs last sale · ≈ $755/hd at 480 lb · 45 head

light 4-weight M&L 2-3 steers $184.27/cwt +15.85 vs last sale · ≈ $756/hd at 410 lb · 29 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,126	1,066	725
Feeder cattle	912	921	563
Slaughter cattle	146	92	82
Replacement cattle	68	53	80

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to the same sale last week, Slaughter cows and bulls steady. Steers under 450 lbs 2.00 to 10.00 higher, over 450 lbs mostly steady. Heifers under 600 lbs steady to 4.00 lower, over 600 lbs steady. Bulls mostly steady. Quality poor to good. 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
305–345	322	24	190.00–210.00	$195.15	$628	+13.27
355–393	381	12	189.00–197.50	$190.90	$727	+8.45
405–449	437	7	172.50–190.00	$186.27	$814	+7.15
459 value added	459	6	197.00	$197.00	$904	—
455–495	466	15	172.05–187.50	$178.42	$831	-1.89
505–545	524	12	162.50–182.50	$171.76	$900	-2.06
538–548 value added	546	13	177.00–180.00	$177.68	$970	—
550–575	563	10	160.00–178.00	$167.94	$946	+2.16
600	600	1	142.50	$142.50	$855	-14.15
611–645 value added	616	11	161.00–164.00	$163.71	$1,008	-6.85
615–625	620	2	147.00–157.50	$152.21	$944	-4.44
680–690	685	2	141.00–145.00	$142.99	$979	-8.44
715–720 value added	718	2	155.00–160.00	$157.49	$1,131	-4.56
780	780	1	140.00	$140.00	$1,092	—
782 value added	782	6	145.00	$145.00	$1,134	—
866–887 value added	868	69	132.50–146.00	$144.24	$1,252	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	177.50	$177.50	$435	—
250–290	271	7	167.50–185.00	$174.89	$474	-3.60
300–345	326	9	175.00–192.50	$184.17	$600	+9.28
350–390	379	11	165.00–182.50	$175.76	$666	+5.00
403 value added	403	11	195.00	$195.00	$786	—
403–445	415	18	170.00–180.00	$177.72	$738	+9.30
482 value added	482	24	184.00	$184.00	$887	—
470–495	483	3	162.50–167.50	$165.02	$797	-2.56
510–545	528	7	147.50–162.50	$155.98	$824	-9.02
567–585	572	4	157.50	$157.50	$901	+12.50
620	620	1	142.50	$142.50	$884	-3.31
650	650	1	135.00	$135.00	$878	—
715	715	1	136.00	$136.00	$972	+2.26

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280–290	285	2	170.00–182.50	$176.14	$502	+13.64
300	300	1	145.00	$145.00	$435	—
350–395	374	5	155.00–187.50	$174.69	$653	+13.41
440	440	1	162.50	$162.50	$715	+7.50
495	495	1	155.00	$155.00	$767	-4.07
605	605	1	145.00	$145.00	$877	+32.50

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455–480	468	2	157.50–165.00	$161.15	$754	+6.15

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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	3	162.50–165.00	$164.16	$391	—
265	265	1	152.50	$152.50	$404	-5.97
305–349	333	15	152.50–167.50	$160.16	$533	+1.39
350–395	373	15	147.50–162.50	$157.05	$586	-6.21
405 value added	405	5	167.50	$167.50	$678	—
420	420	1	145.00	$145.00	$609	-2.50
400–443	429	13	150.00–162.50	$156.32	$671	-2.79
450–495	469	15	145.00–157.50	$153.20	$719	-3.93
452–495 value added	486	30	159.00–160.00	$159.19	$774	—
505 value added	505	2	156.00	$156.00	$788	—
500–541	528	23	141.00–153.00	$147.28	$778	-4.39
550–595	571	10	140.00–152.50	$146.09	$834	+0.47
560–590	575	2	136.00–137.50	$136.77	$786	-8.85
600–640	616	8	132.50–146.00	$137.56	$847	+5.89
648 value added	648	5	140.00	$140.00	$907	-0.47
680	680	1	130.00	$130.00	$884	-2.10
685–690	688	2	122.50–126.00	$124.26	$855	-7.84
700–720 value added	710	4	133.00	$133.00	$944	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–290	274	4	145.00–147.50	$145.61	$399	-11.89
300–337	325	8	142.50–157.50	$150.12	$488	-0.96
350–385	362	7	140.00–152.50	$146.97	$532	-5.89
405–430	418	2	140.00–153.00	$146.69	$613	-3.54
450–495	484	6	140.00–148.00	$145.95	$706	-3.18
505–545	529	7	130.00–143.00	$138.78	$734	-2.58
555–590	572	3	132.50–135.00	$133.97	$766	—
650	650	1	131.00	$131.00	$852	—
772 value added	772	6	115.00	$115.00	$888	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330–345	338	2	155.00–157.50	$156.22	$528	+6.22
405	405	1	147.50	$147.50	$597	±0.00
455	455	1	140.00	$140.00	$637	-3.07
535	535	1	140.00	$140.00	$749	—
565	565	1	127.50	$127.50	$720	-12.50
605	605	1	110.00	$110.00	$666	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300	300	1	130.00	$130.00	$390	—
370	370	1	135.00	$135.00	$500	-5.00
415	415	1	132.50	$132.50	$550	—
475	475	1	127.50	$127.50	$606	—
540	540	1	125.00	$125.00	$675	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–440	427	15	170.00–185.00	$180.76	$772	+8.51
450–490	470	7	167.50–180.00	$175.11	$823	+0.07
505–530	513	6	162.50–170.00	$164.04	$842	-8.82
550	550	1	157.50	$157.50	$866	-4.90
600–605	602	3	147.50–151.00	$149.50	$900	—
665–670	668	2	135.00–140.00	$137.51	$919	-2.49

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–440	428	3	170.00–177.50	$174.14	$745	+14.18
465–495	484	6	157.50–167.50	$164.41	$796	+2.97
520	520	1	157.50	$157.50	$819	+3.01
575–585	580	2	137.50–152.50	$144.94	$841	-2.60
635	635	1	145.00	$145.00	$921	+10.00
695	695	1	137.50	$137.50	$956	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415–435	425	2	155.00–162.50	$158.84	$675	+8.12
460	460	1	155.00	$155.00	$713	—
550–557	556	8	140.00–143.00	$142.63	$793	+7.63
620–635	628	2	135.00–137.50	$136.26	$856	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1095–1235	1139	80-85%	4	69.00–75.00	$71.18	$811	—
900–1515	1154	80-85%	52	73.00–87.00	$79.23	$914	-0.99
1165–1555	1313	80-85%	8	87.00–93.00	$89.30	$1,173	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
920–1230	1005	85-90%	6	46.00–59.00	$54.70	$550	-2.96
785–1230	1011	85-90%	28	60.00–76.00	$67.67	$684	+10.01

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1185–1420	1325	75-80%	4	89.00–93.00	$90.77	$1,203	—
1030–1655	1360	75-80%	14	79.00–87.00	$81.77	$1,112	—
1415	1415	75-80%	1	74.00	$74.00	$1,047	-4.88

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1085–1820	1579	4	81.00–97.00	$88.13	$1,392	—
1210–1955	1686	7	97.00–111.00	$105.68	$1,782	—
1440–1810	1695	4	113.00–118.00	$114.54	$1,941	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
886–1000	921	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	875.00–1,025.00	$983.34
805–1095	968	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	875.00–1,225.00	$1,058.82
1115–1185	1147	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	950.00–1,000.00	$974.82
1255–1280	1267	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	975.00–1,050.00	$1,016.61

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
810	810	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	750.00	$750.00
1040	1040	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00
1110–1135	1123	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	775.00–850.00	$812.92

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
826	826	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	935.00	$935.00

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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
925	925	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	1,750.00	$1,750.00	—
1020	1020	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,300.00	$1,300.00	—
945–1190	1091	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,150.00–1,300.00	$1,234.05	—
1375	1375	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,175.00	$1,175.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
875	875	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	850.00	$850.00	—
1210	1210	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.