Hardin County Stockyard Market Report

Savannah, Tennessee · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, May 25, 2022

704 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $132.16/cwt -0.91 vs last sale · ≈ $811/hd at 614 lb · 25 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $156.92/cwt +7.39 vs last sale · ≈ $755/hd at 481 lb · 20 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $154.16/cwt +7.58 vs last sale · ≈ $802/hd at 520 lb · 14 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	704	603	674
Feeder cattle	558	468	594
Slaughter cattle	98	82	50
Replacement cattle	48	53	30

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to the same sale last week, Slaughter cows and bulls steady. Steers 2.00 to 6.00 higher. Heifers under 650 lbs 4.00 to 10.00 higher, over 650 lbs steady. Bulls not well established. Quality fair 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
275	275	1	185.00	$185.00	$509	+7.50
335	335	1	185.00	$185.00	$620	+15.02
360–390	375	2	172.50	$172.50	$647	-2.41
395	395	1	172.00	$172.00	$679	-2.91
445	445	3	172.50–180.00	$177.50	$790	+11.73
455–490	473	2	170.00–180.00	$174.81	$827	+5.28
535–545	540	4	166.00–177.50	$170.51	$921	-0.08
565–580	570	3	163.00–177.50	$170.17	$970	+10.11
605–647	624	10	150.00–170.00	$162.95	$1,017	+12.95
677 value added	677	2	167.50	$167.50	$1,134	—
698	698	12	147.00	$147.00	$1,026	-0.89
716	716	8	146.00	$146.00	$1,045	—
756 value added	756	8	151.00	$151.00	$1,142	—
770–780	775	2	135.00–142.50	$138.77	$1,075	+8.77
920	920	1	130.00	$130.00	$1,196	+7.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	190.00	$190.00	$551	+30.00
305–340	323	2	165.00	$165.00	$533	—
380–390	383	6	162.50–172.50	$168.73	$646	+11.22
415–425	420	2	157.50–170.00	$163.82	$688	-1.18
460–465	463	2	160.00–165.00	$162.51	$752	+7.51
540	540	1	150.00	$150.00	$810	—
565–570	567	3	140.00–157.50	$150.02	$851	+5.02
600	600	1	147.50	$147.50	$885	+7.50
650	650	1	145.00	$145.00	$942	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
475	475	1	157.50	$157.50	$748	—
665	665	1	140.00	$140.00	$931	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
435	435	1	165.00	$165.00	$718	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	157.50	$157.50	$465	—
355–395	368	3	151.00–157.50	$155.18	$571	+6.63
400–445	424	7	151.00–165.00	$157.76	$669	+7.16
480	480	1	140.00	$140.00	$672	-9.53
455–495	481	19	147.50–163.00	$157.81	$759	+8.28
500–545	520	13	150.00–164.00	$156.79	$815	+10.21
525	525	1	120.00	$120.00	$630	-26.58
560–593	578	11	145.00–158.00	$152.47	$881	+9.92
585	585	1	142.50	$142.50	$834	-0.05
610	610	1	127.50	$127.50	$778	-5.57
600–620	614	24	130.00–142.50	$132.35	$813	-0.72
660	660	1	130.00	$130.00	$858	+0.78
695	695	1	115.00	$115.00	$799	-14.22
700–705	703	2	115.00–122.50	$118.76	$835	-1.24
925	925	1	95.00	$95.00	$879	—
975	975	1	107.50	$107.50	$1,048	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	152.50	$152.50	$450	+21.88
320–345	328	3	140.00–150.00	$144.31	$473	—
395	395	2	140.00–147.50	$143.75	$568	+10.26
430–435	433	2	142.50–147.50	$145.01	$628	+8.69
465–470	468	2	142.50–147.50	$144.99	$679	+13.50
505–540	523	5	137.50–155.00	$142.52	$745	+10.35
590	590	1	135.00	$135.00	$796	+3.89
630	630	1	120.00	$120.00	$756	-4.32
715–745	730	2	110.00–112.50	$111.22	$812	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	1	147.50	$147.50	$487	—
350	350	1	152.50	$152.50	$534	—
475	475	1	147.50	$147.50	$701	+37.50
625	625	1	115.00	$115.00	$719	—
770	770	1	100.00	$100.00	$770	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	140.00	$140.00	$406	—
415–420	418	2	130.00	$130.00	$543	—
485	485	1	135.00	$135.00	$655	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420	420	2	152.50–160.00	$156.25	$656	+5.01
460	460	1	160.00	$160.00	$736	+12.50
500–515	508	3	152.50–160.00	$155.85	$792	+15.73
575–590	582	3	145.00–147.50	$146.16	$851	+1.16
620	620	3	135.00–140.00	$137.50	$852	+7.50
680	680	1	127.50	$127.50	$867	+3.39
825	825	1	100.00	$100.00	$825	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	1	165.00	$165.00	$726	+0.69
475	475	1	168.00	$168.00	$798	+10.42
525	525	1	155.00	$155.00	$814	+4.02
585–595	588	3	149.00–158.00	$153.19	$901	+20.14
615–645	630	2	140.00–147.50	$143.66	$905	+7.38
695	695	1	132.50	$132.50	$921	+2.49
775	775	1	115.00	$115.00	$891	—
810	810	1	100.00	$100.00	$810	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425–430	428	2	147.50–160.00	$153.79	$658	+21.29
485	485	1	150.00	$150.00	$728	+27.50

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1480	1480	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	1,800.00	$1,800.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
955–1575	1201	80-85%	19	70.00–84.00	$76.42	$918	-2.39
1050–1545	1311	80-85%	4	68.00–73.00	$70.90	$929	—
1160–1800	1358	80-85%	10	82.00–92.00	$86.87	$1,180	-1.44

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1175–1640	1353	75-80%	9	85.00–89.00	$86.78	$1,174	—
1135–1655	1414	75-80%	12	74.00–85.00	$79.12	$1,119	—
1500–1645	1573	75-80%	2	65.00–74.00	$69.71	$1,097	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
830–1030	944	85-90%	4	45.00–53.00	$50.46	$476	-2.47
765–1180	991	85-90%	14	55.00–69.00	$63.34	$628	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1310	1310	1	95.00	$95.00	$1,244	—
1360–2410	1787	5	101.00–110.00	$104.72	$1,871	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1025–1160	1120	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	775.00–1,025.00	$890.96
1140–1335	1238	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,050.00–1,200.00	$1,119.09
1275	1275	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,350.00	$1,350.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1110	1110	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	750.00	$750.00
1155	1155	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	800.00	$800.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
990	990	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	875.00	$875.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
995	995	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00
1170	1170	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,200.00	$1,200.00

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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
1225	1225	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	1,725.00	$1,725.00	—
1550	1550	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,410.00	$1,410.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300	300	2	117.50	$117.50	$352	—
394	394	10	122.50	$122.50	$483	—
492	492	2	97.50	$97.50	$480	—

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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
910	910	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,500.00	$1,500.00	—

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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.