Sale reports / Tennessee / Savannah Livestock Auction / 2025-08-27

Savannah Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Savannah, Tennessee · Wed, Aug 27
● Final124 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2068
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,282 head
▲ 452 vs last sale 830▲ 714 vs year ago 568 · +125.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
114 head
▲ 70 vs last sale 44▲ 15 vs year ago 99 · +15.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
24 head
▲ 20 vs last sale 4▲ 7 vs year ago 17 · +41.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers $4.00-$8.00 higher, Feeder Heifers $6.00-$10.00 higher, Feeder Bulls $3.00-$7.00 higher, Slaughter Cows $2.00-$6.00 higher, Slaughter Bulls $2.00-$4.00 higher. Quality fair to fancy, Demand good 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 $385.25/cwt on 82 head. That ranks 12 of 29 comparable sales and sits −30.31 against this barn's trailing median of $415.57.
Average price
$385.25
82 head · 574 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,212
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$340
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$56.51/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−8.31
vs TN average
−24.05 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1575390.082,24275
Medium and Large 2570333.571,9017thin
One grade step is worth $56.51/cwt here — about $340 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 sale82 hd
385.25
—
TN average15 barns · 931 hd
393.56
−8.31
National average152 barns · 8,476 hd
409.30
−24.05
This barn, trailing median29 sales
415.57
−30.31
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—High1,673195.473,27017
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,338167.292,23836
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,128160.531,81038
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,053149.031,56917

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 Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,255$2,2292thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,140$2,0984thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,035$1,5502thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,010$1,5222thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)920$1,6501thin

Every lot

124 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
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1285460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,3111
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1390447.50/cwt440.00–455.001,7452
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Value Added400485.00/cwt485.00–485.001,9401
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1430412.56/cwt410.00–420.001,7744
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2443362.60/cwt345.00–380.001,6062
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3470310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,4571
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1475430.39/cwt410.00–442.502,0443
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2475368.01/cwt340.00–385.001,7485
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1534391.70/cwt375.00–395.002,09218
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1570383.21/cwt365.00–390.002,18420
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2570333.57/cwt320.00–365.001,9017
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added597393.00/cwt393.00–393.002,34637
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2620330.08/cwt310.00–340.002,0463
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1633353.57/cwt345.00–367.502,23811
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added662409.93/cwt408.00–411.002,714229
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1675350.16/cwt340.00–365.002,36412
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2684321.34/cwt310.00–335.002,1984
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1711328.76/cwt320.00–340.002,3374
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Fleshy735310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,2791
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added746388.00/cwt388.00–388.002,894201
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2750295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,2131
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Value Added776350.32/cwt346.00–357.502,71826
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1777330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,5642
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1825300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,4751
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1Value Added831367.50/cwt367.50–367.503,05464
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1Value Added865356.75/cwt356.75–356.753,08660
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1880310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,7281
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,010290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,9291
Feeder Cattle · Heifers43 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2220435.00/cwt435.00–435.009571
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1268407.89/cwt400.00–415.001,0933
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2293390.04/cwt385.00–395.001,1432
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed295415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,2241
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1305413.20/cwt405.00–420.001,2603
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2338389.96/cwt385.00–395.001,3182
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3363350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,2712
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2366376.01/cwt360.00–390.001,37611
Heifers350–400Small 1375350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,3131
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1376411.70/cwt400.00–430.001,5485
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed383402.52/cwt400.00–405.001,5422
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Value Added386445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,7185
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1423416.39/cwt395.00–435.001,76110
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2428374.04/cwt365.00–390.001,60111
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Value Added435445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,9363
Heifers400–450Small 1445320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,4241
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2468363.85/cwt350.00–385.001,7036
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1472396.22/cwt385.00–420.001,87020
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3490335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,6421
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added495440.00/cwt440.00–440.002,1781
Heifers450–500Small 1495355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,7571
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added503398.72/cwt392.50–405.002,0062
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3508305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,5493
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1521372.31/cwt355.00–390.001,94023
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2528342.62/cwt327.50–355.001,8097
Heifers550–600Small 1560265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,4841
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1561348.87/cwt340.00–375.001,95713
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2568332.13/cwt320.00–340.001,8869
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy568331.50/cwt330.00–335.001,8835
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3590290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,7111
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy620325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,0152
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added624356.00/cwt356.00–356.002,22135
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1631333.82/cwt330.00–355.002,1069
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2640310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,9841
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2650290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,8851
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added668340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,2716
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1673321.03/cwt315.00–330.002,1615
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1708319.89/cwt310.00–330.002,2652
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2715263.72/cwt250.00–275.001,8864
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2760262.52/cwt260.00–265.001,9952
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Value Added782300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,3464
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2810260.00/cwt260.00–260.002,1061
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,040240.00/cwt240.00–240.002,4961
Feeder Cattle · Bulls32 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1205580.00/cwt580.00–580.001,1891
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1270550.00/cwt550.00–550.001,4851
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2277440.69/cwt425.00–460.001,2213
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 3295390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,1511
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed300455.00/cwt455.00–455.001,3651
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1319461.63/cwt445.00–480.001,4738
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2328411.83/cwt400.00–425.001,3512
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed335490.00/cwt490.00–490.001,6421
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1373447.30/cwt430.00–465.001,66810
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed375405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,5191
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2378398.66/cwt390.00–410.001,5074
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1410418.94/cwt400.00–430.001,71810
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2433382.59/cwt365.00–395.001,65711
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3435355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,5441
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed436410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,7883
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3460320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,4721
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed462405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,8712
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2476348.20/cwt340.00–365.001,65710
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1482374.99/cwt365.00–395.001,80719
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1519359.36/cwt350.00–375.001,86517
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2519335.16/cwt330.00–340.001,7394
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1567345.31/cwt335.00–357.501,9588
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2578319.22/cwt310.00–337.501,84515
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1614339.71/cwt330.00–355.002,0868
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2621313.05/cwt290.00–325.001,9449
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1663306.52/cwt300.00–320.002,0325
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2685285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,9521
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy693287.51/cwt285.00–290.001,9922
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1715315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,2521
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2745280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,0861
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2760275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,0901
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 2915242.50/cwt242.50–242.502,2191
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers350–400Medium and Large 3-4350225.00/cwt225.00–225.007881
Dairy Steers400–450Medium and Large 3-4405225.00/cwt225.00–225.009111
Dairy Steers550–600Large 3-4595215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,2791
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,288181.89/cwt180.00–185.002,3433
Bulls——1,655194.98/cwt190.00–200.003,22711
Bulls——2,122210.87/cwt210.00–213.004,4753
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%957133.55/cwt130.00–135.001,2783
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,066144.92/cwt140.00–150.001,5454
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,071152.96/cwt147.00–157.001,63811
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,076155.31/cwt150.00–159.001,67110
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,149162.12/cwt157.00–166.001,86321
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,156168.84/cwt166.00–171.001,9526
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,226159.22/cwt157.00–161.001,9527
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,334173.72/cwt170.00–180.002,31714
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,393165.05/cwt162.00–168.002,29915
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,0101,522.22/head1,275.00–1,700.001,5222
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,0351,550.00/head1,550.00–1,550.001,5502
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,0451,550.00/head1,550.00–1,550.001,5501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1722,280.09/head1,875.00–2,550.002,2803
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2552,228.59/head1,975.00–2,450.002,2292
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-39201,650.00/head1,650.00–1,650.001,6501

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.