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Savannah Livestock Auction

Name: Savannah Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-02-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-19

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Savannah, Tennessee · Wed, Feb 19

● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2068

← Feb 12Feb 19Feb 26 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

38 head

▼ 74 vs last sale 112▼ 1,220 vs year ago 1,258 · −97.0%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

18 head

▼ 9 vs last sale 27▼ 46 vs year ago 64 · −71.9%

Also sold hereGraded Feeder Cattle SaleMon Aug 10, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trends could not be established due to insufficient receipts due to weather. Quality fair to good. Demand moderate.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $238.07/cwt on 8 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −153.87 against this barn's trailing median of $391.94.

Average price

$238.07

8 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,320

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$131

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$30.85/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−27.52

vs TN average

−59.76 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	245.78	1,352	6thin
Medium and Large 2	568	214.93	1,221	2thin

One grade step is worth $30.85/cwt here — about $131 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 sale8 hd

238.07

—

TN average10 barns · 248 hd

265.58

−27.52

National average119 barns · 5,510 hd

297.83

−59.76

This barn, trailing median32 sales

391.94

−153.87

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

32 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $420.87, low $319.18, median $391.94 across 32 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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,443	157.03	2,266	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,305	156.72	2,045	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,091	143.40	1,564	6thin

Every lot

22 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	700	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,750	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	373	302.55/cwt	300.00–305.00	1,129	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	395	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,106	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	423	250.53/cwt	240.00–260.00	1,060	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	428	270.78/cwt	270.00–272.50	1,159	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	458	254.92/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,168	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	249.09/cwt	242.50–255.00	1,308	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	568	214.93/cwt	210.00–220.00	1,221	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	575	242.47/cwt	240.00–245.00	1,394	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	620	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,426	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	665	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,530	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	335	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,039	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	350	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,103	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	365	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,150	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	413	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,280	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	485	287.35/cwt	280.00–295.00	1,394	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	514	269.99/cwt	262.50–275.00	1,388	4
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,443	157.03/cwt	152.00–162.00	2,266	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	853	139.46/cwt	135.00–143.00	1,190	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,183	153.83/cwt	149.00–158.00	1,820	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,290	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,548	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,305	156.72/cwt	150.00–161.00	2,045	3

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.

Tennessee feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Hardin County Stockyard - Savannah, TN

Wed Feb 19, 2025

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Nashville, TN (LS-NV)

Feeder CattleReceipts 38Last week 112Year ago 1,258

Slaughter CattleReceipts 18Last week 27Year ago 64

Trends could not be established due to insufficient receipts due to weather. Quality fair to good. Demand moderate.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	310.00	310.00
1	350–400	365	315.00	315.00
2	450–500	485	280.00–295.00	287.35
4	500–550	514	262.50–275.00	269.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	315.00	315.00
2	400–450	413	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	280.00	280.00
2	400–450	423	240.00–260.00	250.53
2	450–500	458	250.00–260.00	254.92
2	550–600	568	210.00–220.00	214.93
1	600–650	620	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	373	300.00–305.00	302.55
3	400–450	428	270.00–272.50	270.78
3	500–550	525	242.50–255.00	249.09
3	550–600	575	240.00–245.00	242.47
2	650–700	665	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	700	250.00	250.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,443	152.00–162.00	157.03

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,183	149.00–158.00	153.83
1	—	1,290	120.00	120.00
2	—	853	135.00–143.00	139.46

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,305	150.00–161.00	156.72

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.