Hardin County Stockyard Market Report

Savannah, Tennessee · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, October 19, 2022

914 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 8-weight M&L 1-2 steers $160.13/cwt +11.13 vs last sale · ≈ $1,300/hd at 812 lb · 53 head

light 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $139.13/cwt -1.22 vs last sale · ≈ $588/hd at 423 lb · 31 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 1-2 steers $171.97/cwt -3.19 vs last sale · ≈ $647/hd at 376 lb · 28 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	914	1,314	1,326
Feeder cattle	734	1,133	1,198
Slaughter cattle	130	125	73
Replacement cattle	50	56	55

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to the same sale last week, Slaughter cows mostly steady. Slaughter bulls steady. Steers under 450 lbs 3.00 to 6.00 lower, over 450 lbs steady to 5.00 higher. Heifers steady to 5.00 lower. Bulls steady to 7.00 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
200	200	1	195.00	$195.00	$390	+35.00
255–295	274	5	170.00–185.00	$174.20	$477	+2.87
315–335	324	5	160.00–167.50	$164.52	$533	-6.88
355–395	376	28	165.00–175.00	$171.97	$647	-3.19
400–440	428	4	170.00–177.50	$174.49	$747	+2.32
475	475	1	172.50	$172.50	$819	+6.61
500–505	503	2	160.00–172.50	$166.22	$836	+4.78
557 value added	557	2	170.00	$170.00	$947	+4.33
555–585	582	11	167.00–167.50	$167.09	$972	+13.25
600	600	1	137.50	$137.50	$825	-7.27
620 value added	620	2	159.00	$159.00	$986	+1.50
704–720	707	6	137.50–140.00	$137.92	$975	+6.00
718 value added	718	3	142.50	$142.50	$1,023	-26.50
811 value added	811	52	161.00	$161.00	$1,306	+12.00
845	845	1	115.00	$115.00	$972	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225–245	233	3	160.00–165.00	$163.39	$381	+15.84
250–295	278	6	150.00–170.00	$159.57	$444	+9.75
300–340	313	4	142.50–160.00	$153.29	$480	-6.71
355–397	375	9	147.50–165.00	$157.52	$591	-5.86
415–445	430	2	150.00–155.00	$152.41	$655	-6.40
470	470	1	140.00	$140.00	$658	-13.32
530–540	538	10	122.50–140.00	$135.78	$730	-8.20
550–570	563	5	127.50–137.50	$133.13	$750	-8.12
647	647	3	126.00	$126.00	$815	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255	255	1	130.00	$130.00	$332	—
355–390	373	2	122.50–137.50	$129.65	$484	-22.85
430	430	1	155.00	$155.00	$666	+10.00
450–455	453	2	142.50–152.50	$147.53	$668	—
540	540	1	130.00	$130.00	$702	-15.42
575	575	1	150.00	$150.00	$862	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
580	580	1	125.00	$125.00	$725	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	1	147.50	$147.50	$339	—
260–295	276	4	140.00–147.50	$143.90	$397	+3.90
290 fancy	290	9	167.50	$167.50	$486	—
310–345	330	5	135.00–147.50	$143.41	$473	+3.06
353 fancy	353	13	157.50	$157.50	$556	—
350–395	380	3	135.00–147.50	$140.57	$534	+0.31
415	415	1	132.50	$132.50	$550	-8.26
410–440	423	30	130.00–143.00	$139.35	$589	+6.85
450–483 value added	470	5	140.00–142.50	$141.54	$665	-11.46
455–495	474	9	127.50–140.00	$134.21	$636	-7.61
500 value added	500	4	147.00	$147.00	$735	—
500–535	513	12	127.50–140.00	$132.82	$681	-3.80
550–590	572	10	122.50–135.00	$129.07	$738	-4.06
590	590	2	117.50–120.00	$118.75	$701	-14.38
596 value added	596	9	140.00	$140.00	$834	-12.08
600–640	621	7	122.50–127.50	$124.94	$776	+2.56
633 value added	633	4	130.00	$130.00	$823	—
675 value added	675	2	130.00	$130.00	$878	-15.58
680–695	688	2	100.00–115.00	$107.42	$739	-14.56
690	690	2	122.50–125.00	$123.75	$854	+1.77
700	700	1	120.00	$120.00	$840	+1.52
760	760	1	115.00	$115.00	$874	-11.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	137.50	$137.50	$330	+5.00
260–295	277	3	125.00–140.00	$133.25	$369	-1.75
300–345	328	3	130.00–145.00	$135.18	$443	+0.18
370–395	383	2	127.50–130.00	$128.71	$493	-6.15
415–445	428	4	117.50–130.00	$123.83	$530	-6.08
450–495	475	7	122.50–130.00	$127.19	$604	-4.32
515–535	525	4	117.50–127.50	$121.85	$640	-1.23
570–590	580	6	110.00–120.00	$117.81	$683	-2.10
620–645	636	5	115.00	$115.00	$731	—
670–690	680	2	115.00–120.00	$117.46	$799	+2.46

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	+10.00
410	410	1	110.00	$110.00	$451	—
485–495	490	2	112.50–122.50	$117.45	$576	—
565	565	1	110.00	$110.00	$622	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255	255	1	122.50	$122.50	$312	—
365	365	1	102.50	$102.50	$374	-26.71
605–610	608	2	117.50–125.00	$121.27	$737	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–445	419	5	157.50–177.50	$162.74	$682	+0.51
454–480	455	23	145.00–155.00	$154.10	$701	+2.45
509–545	521	11	130.00–137.50	$132.29	$689	-10.05
550–590	562	7	127.50–130.00	$127.85	$719	-10.23
615	615	1	130.00	$130.00	$800	+3.10
655–660	658	2	115.00–120.00	$117.51	$773	-2.49
705	705	1	122.50	$122.50	$864	+2.50
720	720	1	110.00	$110.00	$792	-10.00
765	765	1	105.00	$105.00	$803	—
785	785	1	110.00	$110.00	$864	—
888	888	3	102.50	$102.50	$910	+1.50

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–430	419	4	150.00–157.50	$153.69	$644	+13.54
450–475	469	7	135.00–137.50	$135.71	$636	-4.42
515–540	531	6	117.50–130.00	$125.42	$666	-6.76
550–590	573	5	120.00–125.00	$121.97	$699	-3.65
600–630	615	2	120.00–125.00	$122.44	$753	+4.94
660–675	668	2	110.00–112.50	$111.24	$743	+11.24
750–755	753	2	105.00–115.00	$110.02	$828	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420–440	426	4	132.50–145.00	$140.67	$599	-9.33
490	490	1	115.00	$115.00	$564	-17.61
500–530	515	2	125.00–130.00	$127.43	$656	-3.07
660	660	1	115.00	$115.00	$759	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
885–1470	1211	80-85%	27	57.00–67.00	$62.54	$757	+2.31
925–1485	1252	80-85%	11	48.00–58.00	$55.63	$696	—
1125–1360	1254	80-85%	4	67.00–71.00	$69.50	$872	—
1260	1260	80-85%	1	49.00	$49.00	$617	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
825–1260	1026	85-90%	13	49.00–57.00	$52.56	$539	+9.55
875–1255	1076	85-90%	7	42.00–50.00	$47.21	$508	—
1350	1350	85-90%	1	40.00	$40.00	$540	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1250	1250	75-80%	1	55.00	$55.00	$688	—
1380–1410	1395	75-80%	2	67.00–74.00	$70.54	$984	—
1075–1830	1441	75-80%	15	60.00–67.00	$63.70	$918	+0.06

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1135–2035	1474	7	76.00–85.00	$81.85	$1,206	—
1085–2255	1518	17	85.00–95.00	$91.19	$1,384	-0.68
2050	2050	1	98.00	$98.00	$2,009	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1020	1020	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,025.00	$1,025.00
1190–1255	1222	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	850.00–925.00	$883.08
1445	1445	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	875.00	$875.00

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	775.00	$775.00
1090–1155	1123	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	725.00–1,000.00	$858.52

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
920	920	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00
970	970	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	675.00	$675.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1165	1165	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
875	875	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	975.00	$975.00

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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
1200	1200	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	950.00	$950.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
735	735	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00	—

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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.