Sale reports / Tennessee / Savannah Livestock Auction / 2025-07-09

Savannah Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Savannah, Tennessee · Wed, Jul 9
● Final106 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2068
Feeder Cattle receipts
723 head
▲ 534 vs last sale 189▲ 723 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
96 head
▲ 48 vs last sale 48▲ 96 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
15 head
▼ 1 vs last sale 16▲ 15 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the same sale two weeks ago on June 25th, Feeder Cattle & Slaughter Bulls were not well-established last sale but sold with a higher undertone, Slaughter Cows $3.00-$6.00 higher. Quality fair to fancy, Demand moderate to strong.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $339.71/cwt on 30 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −75.86 against this barn's trailing median of $415.57.
Average price
$339.71
30 head · 556 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,888
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$244
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$38.13/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−19.56
vs TN average
−39.42 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1558347.341,93724
Medium and Large 2548309.211,6936thin
One grade step is worth $38.13/cwt here — about $244 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 800–900 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 sale30 hd
339.71
—
TN average11 barns · 412 hd
359.27
−19.56
National average153 barns · 8,707 hd
379.13
−39.42
This barn, trailing median29 sales
415.57
−75.86
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—Low1,697190.213,22813
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,416163.132,31029
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,158159.111,84323
CowsLean 85-90%High1,047150.041,57015

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)785$2,3001thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)910$1,4501thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)887$2,1675
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,220$3,3001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,215$2,8752thin
Stock CowsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)790$1,8501thin

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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1323422.67/cwt400.00–445.001,3652
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Value Added355465.00/cwt465.00–465.001,6511
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1406375.02/cwt372.50–385.001,5235
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2433367.49/cwt365.00–370.001,5912
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Value Added445400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,7801
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2460305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,4031
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1516345.95/cwt340.00–355.001,7856
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2522308.26/cwt300.00–320.001,6093
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added545367.50/cwt367.50–367.502,0032
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1564339.76/cwt325.00–345.001,9169
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2573310.16/cwt300.00–315.001,7773
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added589352.50/cwt352.50–352.502,0767
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added600355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,1301
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1612338.55/cwt325.00–345.002,07214
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2620298.13/cwt287.50–310.001,8484
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1655325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,12932
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2685290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,9873
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1718314.03/cwt305.00–315.002,25510
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added743343.97/cwt335.00–350.002,556114
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1775287.47/cwt285.00–290.002,2282
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Unweaned790304.25/cwt304.25–304.252,40459
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2820260.00/cwt260.00–260.002,1321
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1Value Added831319.25/cwt319.25–319.252,65360
Feeder Cattle · Heifers31 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1255405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,0331
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2277365.24/cwt345.00–375.001,0123
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1325385.88/cwt370.00–400.001,2544
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2328349.04/cwt340.00–365.001,1455
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1364361.19/cwt350.00–365.001,3154
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2365328.11/cwt310.00–340.001,1985
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3390280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,0921
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2415320.55/cwt310.00–340.001,3307
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3418274.91/cwt260.00–290.001,1492
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1419351.98/cwt340.00–365.001,4759
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1470343.35/cwt330.00–360.001,61410
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added475367.50/cwt367.50–367.501,7467
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2482318.64/cwt310.00–327.501,5366
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1517332.84/cwt315.00–347.501,72123
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added530360.85/cwt360.00–362.501,9133
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy530312.50/cwt312.50–312.501,6562
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2533305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,6262
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1570316.79/cwt310.00–330.001,80630
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy583307.53/cwt305.00–310.001,7932
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2583287.47/cwt285.00–290.001,6762
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3605245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,4821
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2623281.70/cwt275.00–290.001,7553
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1631314.44/cwt302.50–332.501,98414
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2665260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,7291
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1675274.98/cwt270.00–280.001,8564
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1725275.89/cwt260.00–285.002,00022
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added729290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,1145
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1795260.00/cwt260.00–260.002,0671
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1Value Added800260.00/cwt260.00–260.002,0803
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1820245.00/cwt245.00–245.002,0093
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1975225.00/cwt225.00–225.002,1941
Feeder Cattle · Bulls31 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2240450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,0801
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1275435.27/cwt430.00–440.001,1972
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2275402.23/cwt395.00–410.001,1062
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1319431.61/cwt410.00–445.001,3774
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3323332.60/cwt330.00–335.001,0742
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2331385.17/cwt380.00–390.001,2754
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2367368.27/cwt360.00–380.001,3523
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1379403.02/cwt390.00–420.001,5275
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3380310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,1781
Bulls350–400Small 1383310.65/cwt290.00–330.001,1902
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1416370.58/cwt360.00–385.001,5427
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2433325.98/cwt300.00–340.001,41114
Bulls400–450Small 1445300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,3351
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1470338.09/cwt330.00–350.001,5898
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2472317.52/cwt300.00–330.001,4998
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1520325.13/cwt310.00–340.001,69113
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2522296.82/cwt285.00–305.001,5493
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1570307.17/cwt300.00–310.001,7517
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2572284.99/cwt280.00–290.001,6303
Bulls600–650Small 1600250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,5001
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1610307.14/cwt295.00–315.001,8748
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2625290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,8133
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1677288.99/cwt280.00–295.001,95617
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2680269.93/cwt260.00–280.001,8362
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2733245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,7962
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1737266.73/cwt260.00–275.001,9663
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1765247.47/cwt242.50–250.001,8933
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1830235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,9511
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 2830210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,7431
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 2873226.70/cwt210.00–235.001,9793
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1885247.50/cwt247.50–247.502,1901
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,260175.00/cwt175.00–175.002,2051
Bulls——Light Weight1,265158.00/cwt158.00–158.001,9991
Bulls——1,516199.57/cwt195.00–205.003,0255
Bulls——1,993190.31/cwt185.00–194.003,7936
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,008141.79/cwt138.00–145.001,4294
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,054157.93/cwt151.00–166.001,6659
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,090131.03/cwt125.00–135.001,4282
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,127152.45/cwt148.00–157.001,71810
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,173168.41/cwt164.00–174.001,9756
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,190160.65/cwt158.00–163.001,9127
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,376163.43/cwt160.00–168.002,24913
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,397172.85/cwt170.00–185.002,4157
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,488155.13/cwt146.00–159.002,3089
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 1-28552,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2203,300.00/head3,300.00–3,300.003,3001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,5753,750.00/head3,750.00–3,750.003,7501
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-27852,300.00/head2,300.00–2,300.002,3001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-39101,450.00/head1,450.00–1,450.001,4501
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-27901,850.00/head1,850.00–1,850.001,8501
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 2-38101,650.00/head1,650.00–1,650.001,6501
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-29062,296.86/head1,875.00–2,500.002,2974

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.