Sale reports / Tennessee / Savannah Livestock Auction / 2024-03-13

Savannah Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Savannah, Tennessee · Wed, Mar 13
● Final104 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2068
Feeder Cattle receipts
769 head
▲ 139 vs last sale 630▼ 311 vs year ago 1,080 · −28.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
73 head
▼ 19 vs last sale 92▼ 57 vs year ago 130 · −43.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
18 head
▼ 39 vs last sale 57▼ 86 vs year ago 104 · −82.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the same sale last week, Slaughter cows steady. Slaughter bulls 5.00 higher. Steers under 600 lbs 5.00 to 20.00 higher, over 600 lbs mostly stead. Heifers under 500 lbs steady to 10.00 higher, over 500 lbs mostly steady. Bulls under 600 lbs 3.00 to 20.00 higher, over 600 lbs not well established. Quality fair to fancy. Demand good.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $305.35/cwt on 29 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −110.22 against this barn's trailing median of $415.57.
Average price
$305.35
29 head · 525 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,604
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$417
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small 1-2
$80.99/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.01
vs TN average
−10.72 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2526310.991,63626
Medium and Large 2-3515269.711,3892thin
Small 1-2530230.001,2191thin
One grade step is worth $80.99/cwt here — about $417 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale29 hd
305.35
—
TN average10 barns · 305 hd
295.33
+10.01
National average167 barns · 13,796 hd
316.07
−10.72
This barn, trailing median29 sales
415.57
−110.22
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

29 sales
516452389326median 415.5703/0405/0607/0808/2610/28
Steers 500–600 lb: high $501.85, low $339.74, median $415.57 across 29 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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—Low1,638137.712,2566thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,437121.671,74810
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,208117.191,41629
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,021100.471,02615

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,290$1,6722thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)920$1,4501thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)930$1,5501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)920$1,9001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,000$1,5251thin

Every lot

104 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 · Steers35 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 2-3224326.92/cwt305.00–345.007322
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2260360.00/cwt360.00–360.009361
Steers250–300Small 1-2265310.00/cwt310.00–310.008221
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2-3280327.41/cwt290.00–360.009174
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2312352.35/cwt340.00–360.001,09910
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2-3326334.77/cwt330.00–355.001,0917
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy335310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,0392
Steers300–350Small 1-2335305.45/cwt290.00–320.001,0232
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2-3370311.27/cwt290.00–335.001,15212
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3370265.00/cwt265.00–265.009811
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2377347.20/cwt335.00–375.001,3095
Steers350–400Small 1-2392312.02/cwt290.00–317.501,2235
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy410305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,2511
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2-3415310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,2871
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2425327.80/cwt320.00–355.001,39322
Steers400–450Small 1-2430305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,3121
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2471320.55/cwt315.00–330.001,51020
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2-3474302.74/cwt300.00–320.001,4357
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2508304.84/cwt290.00–315.001,5493
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added511319.13/cwt317.50–320.001,63115
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2-3515269.71/cwt260.00–280.001,3892
Steers500–550Small 1-2530230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,2191
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2561298.02/cwt280.00–305.001,6728
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added607270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,6394
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2618254.90/cwt250.00–260.001,5752
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added651265.01/cwt257.50–272.501,72512
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2673249.45/cwt245.00–250.001,6799
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2-3683228.78/cwt220.00–237.501,5632
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2723234.93/cwt227.50–242.501,6993
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added746240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,79010
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added780235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,8333
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2788228.79/cwt225.00–232.501,8032
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2Value Added829231.37/cwt230.00–232.501,91824
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2Value Added857238.96/cwt225.00–243.002,04877
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2Value Added931237.25/cwt237.25–237.252,20957
Feeder Cattle · Heifers37 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2-3225325.00/cwt325.00–325.007311
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2-3279315.09/cwt275.00–330.008799
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2286332.90/cwt320.00–340.009525
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2325313.32/cwt300.00–340.001,01810
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2-3325280.08/cwt275.00–285.009102
Heifers300–350Small 1-2330300.00/cwt300.00–300.009901
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3338230.00/cwt230.00–230.007772
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3369275.70/cwt245.00–295.001,0177
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2374310.15/cwt297.50–330.001,16031
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy375280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,0501
Heifers350–400Small 1-2390270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,0531
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2423311.87/cwt290.00–330.001,31926
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3431293.42/cwt265.00–305.001,2654
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy440280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,2321
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3440240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,0561
Heifers450–500Small 1-2460210.00/cwt210.00–210.009661
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2467285.35/cwt270.00–307.501,33322
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3468267.46/cwt265.00–272.501,2523
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy475260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,2351
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added504276.00/cwt276.00–276.001,39120
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3520233.04/cwt210.00–240.001,2125
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2522263.98/cwt247.50–277.501,37821
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy540230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,2421
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added553258.00/cwt258.00–258.001,4276
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2572251.08/cwt240.00–265.001,43610
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3596233.76/cwt230.00–235.001,3934
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added600247.50/cwt247.50–247.501,4856
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2627234.46/cwt230.00–240.001,47010
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2-3628217.35/cwt210.00–225.001,3652
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2-3Value Added659225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,4838
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added664235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,56010
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2678222.47/cwt220.00–225.001,5082
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2720200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,4401
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added735217.50/cwt217.50–217.501,5991
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added764215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,64313
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2770195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,5021
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 2-3850165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,4031
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Small 1-2405290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,1751
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2-3410312.51/cwt290.00–317.501,2817
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2428329.18/cwt320.00–340.001,4097
Bulls450–500Small 1-2470277.95/cwt260.00–297.501,3062
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2473310.32/cwt295.00–320.001,46816
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2-3475295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,4014
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2516300.27/cwt292.50–315.001,5497
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2-3539273.51/cwt260.00–285.001,4745
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2580256.22/cwt240.00–257.501,48621
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2635240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,5241
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2-3650236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,5341
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2658246.40/cwt230.00–250.001,6217
Bulls650–700Small 1-2670215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,4411
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2-3720225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,6201
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2770230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,7711
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 2-3823190.85/cwt190.00–192.501,5713
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,335114.00/cwt114.00–114.001,5221
Bulls——1,618137.29/cwt133.00–141.002,2212
Bulls——1,753145.90/cwt143.00–150.002,5583
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,018102.48/cwt88.00–111.001,04313
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04087.39/cwt85.00–90.009092
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,160106.74/cwt103.00–110.001,2386
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,182126.90/cwt122.00–130.001,5005
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,231117.98/cwt112.00–124.001,45218
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,406127.49/cwt125.00–130.001,7934
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,445119.75/cwt115.00–125.001,7305
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,520108.00/cwt108.00–108.001,6421
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29201,450.00/head1,450.00–1,450.001,4501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2901,672.09/head1,550.00–1,800.001,6722
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-29301,550.00/head1,550.00–1,550.001,5501
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-39201,900.00/head1,900.00–1,900.001,9001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-31,0001,525.00/head1,525.00–1,525.001,5251

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.