Sale reports / Tennessee / Savannah Livestock Auction / 2025-08-13

Savannah Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Savannah, Tennessee · Wed, Aug 13
● Final100 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2068
Feeder Cattle receipts
906 head
▲ 75 vs last sale 831▲ 440 vs year ago 466 · +94.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
91 head
▼ 20 vs last sale 111▲ 15 vs year ago 76 · +19.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
18 head
▼ 15 vs last sale 33▼ 1 vs year ago 19 · −5.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers, Feeder Heifers, Feeder Bulls traded mostly steady, Slaughter Cows $2.00-$4.00 higher, Slaughter Bulls $1.00-$2.00 higher on a light test. Quality fair to good, 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 $361.46/cwt on 43 head. That ranks 8 of 29 comparable sales and sits −54.11 against this barn's trailing median of $415.57.
Average price
$361.46
43 head · 546 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,974
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$189
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1
$32.88/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−14.46
vs TN average
−26.03 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1548367.882,01534
Medium and Large 2539337.481,8208thin
Small 1545335.001,8261thin
One grade step is worth $32.88/cwt here — about $189 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale43 hd
361.46
—
TN average16 barns · 538 hd
375.91
−14.46
National average151 barns · 7,160 hd
387.49
−26.03
This barn, trailing median29 sales
415.57
−54.11
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—Average1,801199.413,5918thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,398166.162,32228
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,100157.541,73325
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,041145.431,51418

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)1,040$3,2501thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,221$2,7364thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,160$1,8001thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)805$2,3501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,560$4,1503thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,275$3,3001thin

Every lot

100 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 · Steers31 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1220530.00/cwt530.00–530.001,1661
Steers200–250Medium and Large 2235445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,0461
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1315435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,3703
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1358445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,5935
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2380370.53/cwt350.00–380.001,4083
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1423422.73/cwt410.00–430.001,7889
Steers400–450Small 1425320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,3601
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2433379.03/cwt360.00–390.001,6414
Steers450–500Small 1450300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,3501
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added467412.50/cwt412.50–412.501,9265
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1469380.04/cwt375.00–395.001,7826
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2482348.43/cwt340.00–360.001,6793
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2527346.00/cwt345.00–350.001,8235
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added529381.07/cwt375.00–390.002,01612
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1534362.71/cwt355.00–375.001,93711
Steers500–550Small 1545335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,8261
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2560323.27/cwt320.00–330.001,8103
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1579347.54/cwt340.00–350.002,0124
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added583365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,1287
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy600310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,8601
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2614319.90/cwt310.00–330.001,9644
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1618348.37/cwt330.00–355.002,15315
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1666349.62/cwt345.00–350.002,32813
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added667391.00/cwt391.00–391.002,60879
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2667306.59/cwt300.00–315.002,0453
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Full690320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,2081
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2718279.63/cwt265.00–295.002,0082
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1719306.22/cwt300.00–325.002,2024
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Value Added752379.00/cwt379.00–379.002,850143
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1760315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,3941
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1Value Added856340.50/cwt340.50–340.502,915123
Feeder Cattle · Heifers31 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2220415.00/cwt415.00–415.009131
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1288420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,2102
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2293397.56/cwt390.00–405.001,1652
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2321366.48/cwt360.00–375.001,1764
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2337375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,2647
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1338416.26/cwt415.00–417.501,4072
Heifers350–400Small 1365365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,3321
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1370392.09/cwt390.00–395.001,4515
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2376350.13/cwt340.00–360.001,3164
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1419388.49/cwt370.00–398.001,62810
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2445344.05/cwt342.50–365.001,53114
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3455270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,2292
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1466376.70/cwt355.00–387.501,75524
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2481316.61/cwt305.00–340.001,5237
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy487350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,7057
Heifers450–500Small 1490332.42/cwt325.00–340.001,6292
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added510380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,9382
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy520322.45/cwt320.00–325.001,6772
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1522349.22/cwt330.00–362.501,82314
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2526316.18/cwt310.00–330.001,6638
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1564335.95/cwt325.00–340.001,89511
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy564310.00/cwt300.00–320.001,7484
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added589342.50/cwt342.50–342.502,01720
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2613277.49/cwt275.00–280.001,7012
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1615310.08/cwt300.00–315.001,9073
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy635280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,7781
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2660285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,8813
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1680320.11/cwt315.00–325.002,1772
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added695335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,3281
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1723282.68/cwt275.00–290.002,0442
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2770265.00/cwt265.00–265.002,0411
Feeder Cattle · Bulls22 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1280440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,2323
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2290395.00/cwt380.00–410.001,1462
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1338415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,4032
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2345365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,2591
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1383414.29/cwt390.00–425.001,5877
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2383386.70/cwt385.00–390.001,4813
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1425410.83/cwt395.00–412.501,74610
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2428383.23/cwt365.00–395.001,6403
Bulls400–450Small 1430285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,2261
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3442280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,2382
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2470337.76/cwt320.00–365.001,5879
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1478370.85/cwt365.00–390.001,77323
Bulls450–500Small 1495355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,7571
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2521302.22/cwt290.00–310.001,5757
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1527351.44/cwt325.00–357.501,85224
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1576325.05/cwt310.00–335.001,8729
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2580280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,6241
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1609318.58/cwt310.00–330.001,9407
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2655275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,8011
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1668306.71/cwt300.00–310.002,0493
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2735275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,0211
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2795250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,9881
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,801199.41/cwt190.00–205.003,5918
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,008127.02/cwt126.00–129.001,2803
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,034144.18/cwt141.00–149.001,4917
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,059153.42/cwt150.00–156.001,6258
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,072157.82/cwt156.00–160.001,69214
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,104153.13/cwt150.00–155.001,6918
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,223167.96/cwt165.00–175.002,0543
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,329174.48/cwt170.00–180.002,3198
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,412164.32/cwt160.00–169.002,32017
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,498154.43/cwt150.00–157.002,3133
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0403,250.00/head3,250.00–3,250.003,2501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,1601,800.00/head1,800.00–1,800.001,8001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2212,736.49/head2,250.00–3,100.002,7364
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2753,300.00/head3,300.00–3,300.003,3001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,5604,150.00/head4,150.00–4,150.004,1503
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-28052,350.00/head2,350.00–2,350.002,3501

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.