Sale reports / Tennessee / Savannah Livestock Auction / 2024-07-31

Savannah Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Savannah, Tennessee · Wed, Jul 31
● Final106 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2068
Feeder Cattle receipts
694 head
▲ 170 vs last sale 524▲ 286 vs year ago 408 · +70.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
95 head
▲ 28 vs last sale 67▼ 5 vs year ago 100 · −5.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
9 head
▼ 22 vs last sale 31▼ 37 vs year ago 46 · −80.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers steady; Feeder Heifers steady; Feeder Bulls 2.00 to 4.00 higher; Slaughter Cows2.00 to 5.00 higher; Slaughter Bulls steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $286.46/cwt on 36 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −129.10 against this barn's trailing median of $415.57.
Average price
$286.46
36 head · 554 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,586
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$325
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$41.07/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.92
vs TN average
−1.33 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1562297.841,6737thin
Medium and Large 1-2564295.841,66820
Medium and Large 2525256.771,3489thin
One grade step is worth $41.07/cwt here — about $325 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale36 hd
286.46
—
TN average14 barns · 469 hd
280.55
+5.92
National average138 barns · 5,135 hd
287.79
−1.33
This barn, trailing median29 sales
415.57
−129.10
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—Average1,694156.022,6427thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,318128.821,69815
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,190126.891,50926
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,106112.701,24616

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 Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)962$1,5873thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,530$2,4002thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,125$2,2752thin

Every lot

106 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 · Steers28 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 3215245.00/cwt245.00–245.005271
Steers200–250Medium and Large 2220330.00/cwt330.00–330.007261
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2275304.52/cwt265.00–335.008373
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1310340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,0541
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2319289.31/cwt250.00–315.009234
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2380250.47/cwt210.00–300.009525
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2-3385295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,1362
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2421273.23/cwt262.50–285.001,1507
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1435312.33/cwt305.00–320.001,3592
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2463315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,4583
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1477305.71/cwt300.00–312.501,4583
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2482265.54/cwt245.00–290.001,2807
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2515257.25/cwt230.00–275.001,3257
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1528292.44/cwt280.00–305.001,5442
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added536305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,6357
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2560255.09/cwt250.00–260.001,4292
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added575305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,7544
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1575280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,6101
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2579290.91/cwt275.00–297.501,68413
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1610267.48/cwt265.00–270.001,6322
Steers600–650Small 1620257.50/cwt257.50–257.501,5971
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2626242.65/cwt230.00–250.001,5194
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2677245.04/cwt240.00–250.001,6593
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2680257.14/cwt240.00–260.001,7497
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2-3695237.50/cwt237.50–237.501,6511
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1775230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,7831
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2Value Added883235.75/cwt235.75–235.752,082110
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 1-2Value Added1,030224.00/cwt224.00–224.002,30798
Feeder Cattle · Heifers33 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1220350.00/cwt350.00–350.007701
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 3260275.00/cwt275.00–275.007151
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2271273.89/cwt270.00–285.007425
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2324258.22/cwt230.00–280.008378
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1327300.00/cwt300.00–300.009812
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2373266.20/cwt240.00–282.509937
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2391295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,1539
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3419263.30/cwt240.00–275.001,1036
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2423250.86/cwt195.00–265.001,06113
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3425257.50/cwt257.50–257.501,0941
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1428268.71/cwt265.00–272.501,1506
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3457275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,2579
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2473247.34/cwt235.00–255.001,17015
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added475304.95/cwt300.00–310.001,4492
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1483263.20/cwt255.00–265.001,27111
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2484265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,2836
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1515254.85/cwt250.00–260.001,3122
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3520225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,1701
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2525245.49/cwt215.00–257.501,28922
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2540262.67/cwt257.50–270.001,41810
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1570253.10/cwt250.00–255.001,4434
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy570237.50/cwt237.50–237.501,3541
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2574239.51/cwt225.00–250.001,37517
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2607247.50/cwt247.50–247.501,50213
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2616226.44/cwt212.50–240.001,39512
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2-3628222.50/cwt222.50–222.501,3973
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2672213.72/cwt170.00–235.001,43610
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2-3675200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,3501
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2677241.13/cwt237.50–242.001,63217
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2713182.68/cwt165.00–200.001,3032
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2-3755175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,3212
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2818167.87/cwt150.00–185.001,3732
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2821213.00/cwt213.00–213.001,74913
Feeder Cattle · Bulls27 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2225295.00/cwt295.00–295.006641
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1255330.00/cwt330.00–330.008421
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2295250.00/cwt250.00–250.007381
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2330282.84/cwt275.00–290.009332
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1340320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,0881
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1366317.05/cwt305.00–320.001,1605
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2368276.98/cwt250.00–295.001,01912
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2423271.88/cwt240.00–295.001,1508
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1427310.95/cwt305.00–315.001,3283
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2430322.50/cwt322.50–322.501,3877
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3470215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,0111
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2477261.86/cwt235.00–285.001,2498
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2-3481251.99/cwt250.00–255.001,2125
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2518245.79/cwt200.00–265.001,2736
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1520285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,4821
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2572235.71/cwt195.00–265.001,34813
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2-3583246.39/cwt235.00–257.501,4364
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2-3610250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,5252
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2618219.66/cwt190.00–237.501,3575
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2-3665212.50/cwt212.50–212.501,4131
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2668234.87/cwt230.00–240.001,5692
Bulls650–700Small 1675230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,5531
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2706230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,6249
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2730200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,4601
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2775175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,3561
Bulls800–850Small 1840185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,5541
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 2875166.44/cwt150.00–182.501,4562
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,020140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,4281
Bulls——1,630163.00/cwt163.00–163.002,6571
Bulls——1,841157.83/cwt155.00–160.002,9065
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,014104.20/cwt97.00–110.001,0576
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,020118.53/cwt114.00–121.001,2094
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,127133.02/cwt131.00–139.001,4997
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,130124.68/cwt120.00–129.001,4094
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,182113.20/cwt110.00–119.001,3386
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,264126.26/cwt122.00–130.001,59615
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,288127.02/cwt125.00–130.001,6367
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,336132.59/cwt130.00–140.001,7717
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,405115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,6161
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs4 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-39651,850.00/head1,850.00–1,850.001,8501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2852,700.00/head2,700.00–2,700.002,7001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,4852,400.00/head2,400.00–2,400.002,4001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,5752,400.00/head2,400.00–2,400.002,4001
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-39151,530.74/head1,450.00–1,600.001,5312
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0551,700.00/head1,700.00–1,700.001,7001

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.