Sale reports / Tennessee / Savannah Livestock Auction / 2025-11-12

Savannah Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Savannah, Tennessee · Wed, Nov 12
● Final98 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2068
Feeder Cattle receipts
867 head
▲ 342 vs last sale 525▲ 166 vs year ago 701 · +23.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
57 head
▼ 53 vs last sale 110▼ 8 vs year ago 65 · −12.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
15 head
▼ 8 vs last sale 23▲ 2 vs year ago 13 · +15.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers not well-established last week but sold with a higher undertone, Feeder Heifers mostly steady, Feeder Bulls mostly steady, Slaughter Cows $2.00-$3.00 higher, Slaughter Bulls not well-established. Quality good 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 $367.16/cwt on 28 head. That ranks 9 of 29 comparable sales and sits −48.40 against this barn's trailing median of $415.57.
Average price
$367.16
28 head · 560 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,057
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$423
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$56.45/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.18
vs TN average
−57.71 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1565375.232,12024
Medium and Large 2533318.781,6974thin
One grade step is worth $56.45/cwt here — about $423 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 900–1000 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 sale28 hd
367.16
—
TN average12 barns · 272 hd
363.98
+3.18
National average177 barns · 31,012 hd
424.87
−57.71
This barn, trailing median29 sales
415.57
−48.40
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—Average1,592173.702,7659thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,567147.762,31611
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,223146.241,78914
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,112128.821,43213

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 Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,094$2,1176
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,055$2,0501thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)987$2,0433thin

Every lot

98 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
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1333412.56/cwt405.00–420.001,3742
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2344378.31/cwt365.00–385.001,3013
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1380404.91/cwt400.00–410.001,5393
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2385390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,5021
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1428383.88/cwt375.00–385.001,6439
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2468360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,6852
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added470419.69/cwt405.00–427.501,9737
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1484375.11/cwt370.00–400.001,8166
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2525326.70/cwt310.00–340.001,7153
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added530415.00/cwt415.00–415.002,2003
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1538388.95/cwt375.00–400.002,0939
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2555295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,6371
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added594354.99/cwt350.00–365.002,10912
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2608325.19/cwt310.00–340.001,9772
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1629356.05/cwt355.00–360.002,24014
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1658323.86/cwt320.00–335.002,1318
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added670346.57/cwt340.00–360.002,3223
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2695290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,0161
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1709318.12/cwt300.00–330.002,25511
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added713340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,4244
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1Value Added821338.75/cwt338.75–338.752,78165
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1827310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,5642
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1Fleshy835290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,4221
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1Value Added868333.70/cwt332.50–335.002,897117
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1885275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,4341
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1905280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,5341
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1Value Added937318.12/cwt314.00–319.502,981223
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 2960240.00/cwt240.00–240.002,3041
Feeder Cattle · Heifers30 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1235426.97/cwt415.00–440.001,0032
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2263354.87/cwt350.00–360.009333
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1280396.61/cwt390.00–400.001,1113
Heifers300–350Small 1325335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,0891
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1335363.33/cwt360.00–370.001,2173
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2335354.93/cwt350.00–360.001,1892
Heifers350–400Small 1358261.63/cwt245.00–280.009373
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1363361.22/cwt360.00–365.001,3114
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2385330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,2711
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2415330.24/cwt310.00–340.001,3703
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1418356.63/cwt345.00–365.001,49112
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3435305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,3271
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1474355.37/cwt345.00–362.001,68412
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2480319.79/cwt310.00–330.001,5352
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy490335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,6421
Heifers450–500Small 1495320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,5841
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added516350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,80614
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1520332.84/cwt322.50–342.501,73124
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2523314.48/cwt310.00–315.001,64510
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1573331.21/cwt325.00–340.001,8984
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2578298.36/cwt290.00–305.001,7253
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Replacement615355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,1837
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added625330.69/cwt330.00–340.002,06714
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2627303.67/cwt285.00–310.001,9044
Heifers600–650Small 1630275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,7331
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1636310.10/cwt300.00–330.001,97215
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1657325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,1352
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2700265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,8551
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1723299.84/cwt295.00–305.002,1682
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1783284.95/cwt280.00–290.002,2312
Feeder Cattle · Bulls24 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1200560.00/cwt560.00–560.001,1201
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2270358.52/cwt340.00–380.009682
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1281437.73/cwt430.00–450.001,2304
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1334425.60/cwt405.00–437.501,4225
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2335372.01/cwt355.00–385.001,2463
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1373416.80/cwt400.00–430.001,5555
Bulls350–400Small 1375360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,3501
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2392378.34/cwt360.00–395.001,4833
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed410410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,6811
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2420319.52/cwt310.00–350.001,3424
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1435370.03/cwt360.00–385.001,6107
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1460378.98/cwt360.00–387.501,7437
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2477325.85/cwt310.00–340.001,5545
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1513337.43/cwt325.00–350.001,7316
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2519309.87/cwt300.00–320.001,6085
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3535280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,4981
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1580321.35/cwt315.00–330.001,86417
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2588286.71/cwt280.00–290.001,6863
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1613297.06/cwt290.00–305.001,8215
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2620283.64/cwt275.00–290.001,7594
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1656308.94/cwt290.00–312.502,0277
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2720240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,7282
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1727264.99/cwt260.00–275.001,9263
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1770260.00/cwt260.00–260.002,0021
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,363162.52/cwt151.00–170.002,2154
Bulls——1,775182.65/cwt178.00–190.003,2425
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%980122.83/cwt120.00–125.001,2044
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,035115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,1902
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,145160.55/cwt156.00–164.001,8383
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,175142.49/cwt142.00–143.001,6742
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,180146.40/cwt142.00–149.001,7284
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,223133.67/cwt130.00–135.001,6355
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,281140.02/cwt134.00–142.001,7947
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,528150.21/cwt148.00–152.002,2956
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,614144.83/cwt143.00–146.002,3385
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 19602,100.00/head2,100.00–2,100.002,1001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 29721,778.73/head1,500.00–1,950.001,7793
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,0002,015.00/head1,700.00–2,300.002,0152
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0552,050.00/head2,050.00–2,050.002,0501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2152,454.66/head2,300.00–2,550.002,4553

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.