Sale reports / Tennessee / Savannah Livestock Auction / 2021-10-06

Savannah Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Savannah, Tennessee · Wed, Oct 6
● Final86 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2068
Feeder Cattle receipts
880 head
▲ 108 vs last sale 772▼ 214 vs year ago 1,094 · −19.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
117 head
▲ 30 vs last sale 87▲ 27 vs year ago 90 · +30.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to same sale last week, Slaughter cows 2.00 to 3.00 higher, Slaughter bulls 1.00 higher. Steers under 500 lbs 5.00 to 10.00 lower, over 500 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Heifers steady to 4.00 higher. Bulls 2.00 to 9.00 higher.

*To view the video cattle report for today's sale, click this link: https://www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/ams_3509.pdf

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $144.19/cwt on 204 head.
Average price
$144.19
204 head · 616 lb average
Value per head Derived
$888
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$177
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$48.22/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.29
vs TN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2638149.10951168
Medium and Large 2-3422129.8754825
Small 1-2573106.256082thin
Medium and Large 3767100.877749thin
One grade step is worth $48.22/cwt here — about $177 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale204 hd
144.19
—
TN average10 barns · 1,111 hd
139.90
+4.29
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,65283.371,37712
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,41262.1087713
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,20861.8474721
CowsLean 85-90%Low98146.154539thin

Every lot

86 lots · USDA AMS · Hardin County Stockyard - Savannah, TN
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers34 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3210122.50/cwt122.50–122.502571
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2230155.00/cwt155.00–155.003571
Steers—Medium and Large 3258124.93/cwt122.50–127.503222
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2272154.19/cwt150.00–157.504193
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3278141.08/cwt135.00–147.503922
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2308148.70/cwt142.50–155.004582
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3321136.98/cwt125.00–155.004404
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2370146.41/cwt140.00–162.505425
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3371134.24/cwt122.50–147.504988
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2424145.80/cwt135.00–152.506184
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3438133.77/cwt132.50–135.005862
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2474147.96/cwt141.00–157.507016
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3490127.47/cwt125.00–130.006252
Steers—Small 1-2495110.00/cwt110.00–110.005451
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2500150.00/cwt150.00–150.007501
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3520118.81/cwt112.50–125.006182
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added537159.50/cwt152.50–161.0085711
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2563150.00/cwt150.00–150.008453
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added602152.04/cwt147.00–153.0091532
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2631137.51/cwt135.00–145.008689
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3638112.56/cwt107.50–117.507182
Steers—Small 1-2650102.50/cwt102.50–102.506661
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3675117.50/cwt115.00–120.007932
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added676139.00/cwt139.00–139.009404
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2680135.00/cwt135.00–135.009181
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2710122.50/cwt122.50–122.508701
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added722150.59/cwt135.00–151.001,08779
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2770110.00/cwt110.00–110.008471
Steers—Medium and Large 3770100.00/cwt100.00–100.007701
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added803132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,0604
Steers—Medium and Large 3825104.00/cwt104.00–104.008582
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2905125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,1311
Steers—Medium and Large 394290.00/cwt90.00–90.008482
Steers—Medium and Large 31,04285.00/cwt85.00–85.008862
Feeder Cattle · Heifers27 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3200125.00/cwt125.00–125.002501
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2233139.25/cwt137.50–142.503243
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3253121.16/cwt112.50–130.003072
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2265132.50/cwt132.50–132.503512
Heifers—Medium and Large 3273112.50/cwt112.50–112.503072
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3315123.57/cwt120.00–127.503892
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2340131.25/cwt130.00–132.504464
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2360131.69/cwt130.00–135.004743
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3368110.98/cwt110.00–112.004082
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2416134.31/cwt122.50–140.0055915
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3418124.18/cwt112.50–136.005192
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2471131.52/cwt123.00–140.0061910
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3475111.46/cwt102.50–120.005293
Heifers—Medium and Large 352087.50/cwt87.50–87.504551
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added522140.50/cwt140.50–140.5073315
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2525130.00/cwt112.00–137.506836
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3540122.00/cwt122.00–122.006591
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3567119.10/cwt115.00–122.506753
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2570130.79/cwt112.50–140.0074612
Heifers—Medium and Large 358082.50/cwt82.50–82.504791
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2614121.67/cwt115.00–127.007474
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added620139.75/cwt139.75–139.7586642
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2672117.95/cwt115.00–123.007933
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-371587.50/cwt87.50–87.506261
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2722109.91/cwt102.50–115.007943
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added750112.00/cwt112.00–112.008404
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2765100.00/cwt100.00–100.007651
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2385145.00/cwt145.00–145.005581
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2425142.50/cwt142.50–142.506061
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3425125.17/cwt115.00–145.005327
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2470126.89/cwt122.50–132.505964
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3485122.50/cwt122.50–122.505941
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2518135.11/cwt127.50–142.507002
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2580133.86/cwt127.00–140.007763
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3585112.46/cwt105.00–117.506583
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3610116.26/cwt115.00–117.507092
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2620119.86/cwt110.00–137.507434
Bulls—Medium and Large 3635105.00/cwt105.00–105.006671
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2667115.75/cwt112.50–122.507723
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-368597.61/cwt82.50–112.506692
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3715110.00/cwt110.00–110.007872
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2725107.47/cwt97.50–112.507793
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-277094.97/cwt90.00–100.007312
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-282092.50/cwt92.50–92.507591
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,60474.92/cwt64.00–81.001,2025
Bulls——1,68689.41/cwt85.00–95.001,5077
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%95238.54/cwt35.00–45.003673
Cows—Lean 85-90%99649.96/cwt46.00–54.004986
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,02756.45/cwt52.00–60.005805
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,26463.52/cwt59.00–69.0080316
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,40062.52/cwt58.00–67.0087512
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,55057.00/cwt57.00–57.008841

This sale against other markets

Tennessee weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Tennessee auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.