Hardin County Stockyard Market Report

Savannah, Tennessee · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, October 5, 2022

1,232 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1-2 bulls $149.85/cwt -9.58 vs last sale · ≈ $781/hd at 521 lb · 61 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $151.13/cwt -0.36 vs last sale · ≈ $706/hd at 467 lb · 57 head

light 4-weight M&L 1-2 bulls $168.79/cwt -0.36 vs last sale · ≈ $719/hd at 426 lb · 42 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,232	1,046	997
Feeder cattle	1,017	850	880
Slaughter cattle	176	170	117
Replacement cattle	39	26	0

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to the same sale last week, Slaughter cows 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Slaughter bulls steady. Steers under 350 lbs 5.00 to 10.00 lower, over 350 lbs steady to 6.00 lower. Heifers under 400 lbs 7.00 higher, over 400 lbs 1.00 to 7.00 lower. Bulls under 450 lbs steady, over 450 lbs 2.00 to 12. 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	215	1	182.50	$182.50	$392	—
275	275	1	177.50	$177.50	$488	-16.98
305–345	320	10	170.00–185.00	$176.24	$564	-13.71
365–395	375	11	167.50–177.50	$173.42	$650	-3.13
381–387 fancy	382	25	180.00–185.00	$181.21	$692	—
410–430	418	3	162.50–180.00	$172.37	$721	-0.91
460 fancy	460	1	177.50	$177.50	$816	—
450–495	482	7	157.50–172.50	$167.26	$806	-0.33
515–545	529	9	155.00–167.50	$159.42	$843	-7.14
555–595	571	5	149.00–165.00	$155.72	$889	-5.38
600–640	613	11	145.00–152.50	$149.10	$914	-3.38
615 value added	615	4	162.50	$162.50	$999	-0.70
660–680	670	2	130.00	$130.00	$871	-20.60
667–685 value added	671	7	157.50–160.00	$157.86	$1,059	-4.40
655–695	684	5	135.00–152.50	$145.59	$996	-5.01
725	725	1	115.00	$115.00	$834	—
730	730	1	135.00	$135.00	$986	—
770 value added	770	1	152.50	$152.50	$1,174	—
775	775	1	115.00	$115.00	$891	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240–245	243	3	165.00–175.00	$170.03	$413	+5.03
270–295	284	5	165.00–177.50	$170.56	$484	—
310–344	334	14	165.00–175.00	$168.06	$561	-5.63
355–365	362	3	155.00–167.50	$162.57	$589	-8.21
410–430	422	3	152.50–162.50	$156.74	$661	-5.80
480–495	490	5	152.50–160.00	$155.02	$760	-4.90
535	535	1	155.00	$155.00	$829	-2.54
565–590	578	2	140.00–152.50	$146.11	$845	—
585 value added	585	1	147.50	$147.50	$863	—
615–648	637	3	132.50–135.00	$133.30	$849	-6.21
700–725	713	2	122.50–125.00	$123.77	$882	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455	455	1	140.00	$140.00	$637	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
216	216	9	177.50	$177.50	$383	—
250–295	274	9	147.50–157.50	$152.15	$417	—
300–345	324	20	150.00–167.50	$165.06	$535	+7.56
350–395	371	10	155.00–165.00	$158.45	$588	+7.33
350–385 fancy	384	24	167.50	$167.50	$643	—
405–445	423	22	137.50–151.00	$145.28	$615	-3.45
447 fancy	447	14	156.00	$156.00	$697	—
463 fancy	463	29	155.00	$155.00	$718	-3.64
450–490	471	28	135.00–152.50	$147.13	$693	-2.41
500–545	520	17	132.50–143.00	$140.67	$731	-7.53
541–545 value added	542	7	142.50–144.00	$143.36	$777	—
560 fancy	560	1	145.00	$145.00	$812	—
550–578 value added	576	14	140.00–143.00	$141.28	$814	—
550–598	577	20	130.00–143.00	$135.29	$781	-6.80
605–640	617	13	125.00–135.00	$131.81	$813	-3.09
660–680	673	4	120.00–127.00	$123.87	$834	-8.60
700	700	2	120.00–130.00	$125.00	$875	+3.67
767 value added	767	2	125.00	$125.00	$959	-28.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235–240	238	2	152.50–155.00	$153.74	$366	+11.24
250–295	268	6	130.00–150.00	$143.15	$384	—
315–330	323	2	145.00–147.50	$146.28	$472	-0.41
355–395	373	9	130.00–152.50	$141.52	$528	—
415–445	438	4	130.00–135.00	$132.50	$580	—
450–495	476	6	127.50–140.00	$132.80	$632	-5.97
520–545	535	5	122.50–130.00	$126.99	$679	-5.75
565–585	574	7	120.00–132.50	$126.78	$728	-1.58
620–635	628	3	122.50–125.00	$123.32	$774	—
660–685	673	2	115.00–123.00	$118.93	$800	—
720	720	2	112.50–120.00	$116.25	$837	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360	360	1	147.50	$147.50	$531	—
405	405	1	132.50	$132.50	$537	—
465–490	482	3	122.50–130.00	$125.04	$603	-3.11
500	500	1	120.00	$120.00	$600	+1.26
690	690	1	80.00	$80.00	$552	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	1	127.50	$127.50	$293	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
407–445	426	42	165.00–178.00	$168.79	$719	-0.36
460–495	478	10	147.50–162.50	$159.21	$761	-6.22
511 fancy	511	28	157.00	$157.00	$802	—
500–545	530	33	132.50–150.00	$143.79	$762	-15.64
555–595	570	14	125.00–137.50	$131.23	$748	-14.20
600–616	613	7	130.00–135.00	$133.93	$821	-8.05
665–690	675	3	120.00–130.00	$124.14	$838	—
700–745	717	3	122.50–125.00	$124.18	$890	—
790	790	1	117.50	$117.50	$928	—
805–840	817	3	115.00–117.00	$116.31	$950	+1.31
850–885	868	2	105.00–115.00	$109.90	$954	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
435–445	438	4	145.00–157.50	$151.24	$662	-11.85
450–495	473	8	130.00–140.00	$137.20	$649	-10.30
500–540	525	6	125.00–135.00	$129.21	$678	—
550–595	566	6	120.00–130.00	$125.95	$713	-14.68
600–645	623	2	120.00–122.50	$121.30	$756	-10.61
700	700	1	122.50	$122.50	$858	±0.00
765	765	1	117.00	$117.00	$895	—
825	825	1	100.00	$100.00	$825	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
490	490	1	120.00	$120.00	$588	+7.50
510	510	1	125.00	$125.00	$638	+5.00
570	570	1	125.00	$125.00	$712	+2.46
730–740	735	2	110.00–115.00	$112.48	$827	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	1	140.00	$140.00	$623	-2.49
500	500	1	115.00	$115.00	$575	—
595	595	1	115.00	$115.00	$684	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
825–1605	1137	80-85%	14	52.00–64.00	$59.26	$674	—
990–1385	1174	80-85%	18	60.00–72.00	$66.43	$780	+4.99
1170–1430	1299	80-85%	4	72.00–75.00	$74.01	$961	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1025–1535	1280	75-80%	2	72.00–73.00	$72.40	$927	—
1200–1830	1424	75-80%	15	65.00–72.00	$68.14	$970	-11.86
1295–1695	1473	75-80%	5	64.00–65.00	$64.60	$952	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
760–1365	1029	85-90%	14	52.00–62.00	$56.51	$581	+8.68
960–1315	1086	85-90%	4	45.00–50.00	$46.23	$502	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1035–1680	1314	15	80.00–94.00	$88.52	$1,163	—
1100–1970	1451	47	95.00–105.00	$98.56	$1,430	—
1470–1785	1578	6	105.00–112.00	$108.20	$1,707	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1160–1205	1181	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	825.00–950.00	$880.66

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1020	1020	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	650.00	$650.00
995–1105	1057	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	600.00–725.00	$657.89

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
870	870	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	575.00	$575.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
955–1110	1033	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	800.00–925.00	$853.10

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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
960	960	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,025.00	$1,025.00	—

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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.