Sale reports / Tennessee / Savannah Livestock Auction / 2025-09-24

Savannah Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Savannah, Tennessee · Wed, Sep 24
● Final94 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2068
Feeder Cattle receipts
625 head
▼ 57 vs last sale 682▼ 106 vs year ago 731 · −14.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
57 head
▼ 4 vs last sale 61▼ 28 vs year ago 85 · −32.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
13 head
▼ 9 vs last sale 22▼ 28 vs year ago 41 · −68.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers not well established but sold with a lower undertone, Feeder Heifers $2.00-$6.00 higher, Feeder Bulls $5.00-$6.00 higher on a light test, Slaughter Cows $2.00-$4.00 lower, Slaughter Bulls not well established. 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 $370.17/cwt on 38 head. That ranks 9 of 29 comparable sales and sits −45.40 against this barn's trailing median of $415.57.
Average price
$370.17
38 head · 555 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,056
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$195
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$28.93/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−15.00
vs TN average
−46.92 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1557374.742,08732
Medium and Large 2547345.811,8926thin
One grade step is worth $28.93/cwt here — about $195 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 sale38 hd
370.17
—
TN average16 barns · 640 hd
385.17
−15.00
National average168 barns · 11,658 hd
417.09
−46.92
This barn, trailing median29 sales
415.57
−45.40
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—Low1,589184.472,9317thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,407162.882,29216
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,116158.101,76412
CowsLean 85-90%High1,088143.311,5608thin

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 Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)798$1,7002thin
BullsN/A(<2 yrs)1,170$2,4501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,280$2,4501thin

Every lot

94 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 · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2255470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,1991
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1383441.93/cwt425.00–460.001,6932
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed400395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,5801
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Value Added417445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,8569
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1421420.57/cwt405.00–435.001,7719
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2423358.43/cwt340.00–375.001,5162
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added465450.00/cwt450.00–450.002,0931
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2475355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,6862
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1485390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,8922
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2524351.22/cwt345.00–360.001,8404
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1533377.68/cwt360.00–390.002,01316
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added540400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,1601
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added579382.38/cwt380.00–390.002,2144
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1585365.38/cwt350.00–385.002,13711
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2593334.98/cwt330.00–340.001,9862
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy615340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,0912
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2618340.08/cwt330.00–345.002,1024
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1627358.32/cwt350.00–375.002,24716
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added660369.00/cwt369.00–369.002,4356
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1665343.64/cwt330.00–350.002,28512
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1715324.01/cwt320.00–330.002,3175
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added722368.00/cwt368.00–368.002,65724
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Value Added777340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,6425
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1Value Added876347.04/cwt332.50–350.503,040148
Feeder Cattle · Heifers30 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 3223404.61/cwt400.00–410.009022
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1230525.22/cwt520.00–530.001,2082
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2230480.00/cwt480.00–480.001,1041
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2256469.80/cwt440.00–490.001,2035
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1258525.44/cwt510.00–540.001,3562
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1306419.08/cwt415.00–440.001,2826
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3323330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,0662
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2339371.33/cwt355.00–390.001,2597
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed340395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,3431
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1371411.85/cwt405.00–425.001,5285
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2375380.18/cwt365.00–390.001,4263
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3390325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,2681
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1425383.56/cwt365.00–392.501,6306
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2430351.50/cwt335.00–365.001,5114
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1475354.49/cwt350.00–370.001,68423
Heifers450–500Small 1475350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,6631
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2478325.92/cwt310.00–340.001,55810
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added495385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,9061
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1520336.39/cwt330.00–350.001,74914
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2524317.53/cwt310.00–330.001,6644
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added527365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,9242
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1572340.36/cwt320.00–350.001,94722
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2574316.27/cwt310.00–325.001,8154
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added615357.50/cwt357.50–357.502,1997
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1622331.53/cwt315.00–340.002,06210
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2639305.05/cwt285.00–315.001,9494
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2665285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,8951
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1677323.23/cwt315.00–330.002,1883
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1710345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,4501
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added738342.50/cwt342.50–342.502,52829
Feeder Cattle · Bulls24 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1215600.00/cwt580.00–620.001,2902
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1250560.00/cwt550.00–570.001,4002
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2255470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,1991
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1320485.08/cwt480.00–490.001,5522
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2328462.56/cwt460.00–470.001,5174
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3330380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,2541
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2370405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,4991
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1372441.73/cwt440.00–445.001,6433
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1Full390405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,5801
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1416408.09/cwt400.00–420.001,6988
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2417381.02/cwt355.00–390.001,5896
Bulls450–500Small 1455340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,5471
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1472376.02/cwt370.00–390.001,7755
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2480358.72/cwt340.00–370.001,7227
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1516345.09/cwt335.00–355.001,7817
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2530328.79/cwt325.00–335.001,7434
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2565316.65/cwt310.00–330.001,7896
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1567335.85/cwt325.00–350.001,9046
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1615320.24/cwt310.00–330.001,9692
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2620298.35/cwt290.00–310.001,8503
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1655320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,0961
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2670315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,1111
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2775275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,1311
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 2825280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,3101
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,495191.55/cwt191.00–192.502,8642
Bulls——1,497185.40/cwt185.00–186.002,7753
Bulls——1,820176.00/cwt176.00–176.003,2032
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,078152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,6392
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,081142.95/cwt140.00–147.001,5454
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,094154.34/cwt152.00–157.001,6886
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,113135.32/cwt132.00–138.001,5062
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,128164.82/cwt160.00–172.001,8595
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,165147.97/cwt144.00–152.001,7242
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,185147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,7421
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,433159.64/cwt154.00–165.002,2886
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,448169.04/cwt166.00–174.002,4488
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 21,1702,450.00/head2,450.00–2,450.002,4501
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 37151,300.00/head1,300.00–1,300.001,3001
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 28802,100.00/head2,100.00–2,100.002,1001
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,2802,450.00/head2,450.00–2,450.002,4501

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.