Sale reports / Tennessee / Savannah Livestock Auction / 2026-02-18

Savannah Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Savannah, Tennessee · Wed, Feb 18
● Final100 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2068
Feeder Cattle receipts
540 head
▼ 137 vs last sale 677▲ 502 vs year ago 38 · +1,321.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
60 head
▲ 7 vs last sale 53▲ 42 vs year ago 18 · +233.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
14 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 14▲ 14 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Due to a lack of comparable receipts, trends could not be established. Feeder Heifers & Feeder Bulls tended to sell with a higher undertone while Feeder Steers & Slaughter Cattle tended to sell with a steady to softer undertone. 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 $433.79/cwt on 32 head. That ranks 20 of 29 comparable sales and sits +18.22 against this barn's trailing median of $415.57.
Average price
$433.79
32 head · 549 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,380
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$162
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$20.47/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−31.50
vs TN average
−53.56 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1554442.742,45218thin
Medium and Large 2542422.282,29014thin
One grade step is worth $20.47/cwt here — about $162 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale32 hd
433.79
—
TN average15 barns · 474 hd
465.29
−31.50
National average178 barns · 13,390 hd
487.35
−53.56
This barn, trailing median29 sales
415.57
+18.22
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—Average1,819188.983,43713
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,396160.202,23614
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,193160.201,91112
CowsLean 85-90%Average998141.301,41018

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)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,320$2,7001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,105$2,5001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)965$2,4502thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)970$1,7501thin

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
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1290690.00/cwt690.00–690.002,0011
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2323513.51/cwt500.00–530.001,6593
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1325623.33/cwt620.00–630.002,0263
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1380610.26/cwt590.00–630.002,3192
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2385565.19/cwt550.00–580.002,1762
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3390520.00/cwt520.00–520.002,0281
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2409495.00/cwt495.00–495.002,0254
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1417524.09/cwt505.00–540.002,1859
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3425430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,8281
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added462522.99/cwt515.00–525.002,4165
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1472495.69/cwt475.00–502.502,3409
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2490462.47/cwt460.00–465.002,2662
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1514481.05/cwt460.00–495.002,4735
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2529435.40/cwt410.00–452.502,3038
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2560404.78/cwt380.00–410.002,2676
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1569428.01/cwt415.00–445.002,43513
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added604397.50/cwt397.50–397.502,4015
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added605427.50/cwt427.50–427.502,5864
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy610385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,3491
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1642409.18/cwt400.00–415.002,6276
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2675335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,2611
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1686371.75/cwt360.00–390.002,55011
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added690391.21/cwt390.00–395.002,6994
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added726377.50/cwt377.50–377.502,7418
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1733361.39/cwt350.00–365.002,6494
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1756365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,7596
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2770315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,4261
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2815315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,5671
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1Value Added843357.50/cwt357.50–357.503,01459
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1867332.78/cwt315.00–335.002,8859
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1Value Added877350.50/cwt350.50–350.503,07454
Feeder Cattle · Heifers29 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2210660.00/cwt660.00–660.001,3861
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 3215580.00/cwt580.00–580.001,2471
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1220760.00/cwt760.00–760.001,6721
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1260730.00/cwt730.00–730.001,8981
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2270657.08/cwt630.00–680.001,7744
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1323557.49/cwt540.00–580.001,8015
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2327511.80/cwt500.00–520.001,6745
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Value Added360520.00/cwt520.00–520.001,8721
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2381419.41/cwt410.00–445.001,5984
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1382474.75/cwt465.00–495.001,81411
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2415421.27/cwt410.00–435.001,7484
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1419458.66/cwt445.00–475.001,92212
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1478435.48/cwt420.00–455.002,08217
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2488404.92/cwt400.00–410.001,9762
Heifers450–500Small 1490310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,5191
Heifers500–550Small 1500360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,8001
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1522404.16/cwt390.00–417.502,11016
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2539380.86/cwt375.00–387.502,0536
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1566387.36/cwt372.50–400.002,19214
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy570342.50/cwt342.50–342.501,9521
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2583351.89/cwt345.00–357.502,0524
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1612384.95/cwt375.00–390.002,3566
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2615343.84/cwt330.00–352.502,11511
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy640365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,3361
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2653325.06/cwt310.00–340.002,1232
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1658374.89/cwt365.00–385.002,4672
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1765308.29/cwt305.00–315.002,3583
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2830295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,4491
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1920285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,6221
Feeder Cattle · Bulls24 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1235790.00/cwt790.00–790.001,8571
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2265525.28/cwt510.00–540.001,3922
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1285650.00/cwt650.00–650.001,8531
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1333644.81/cwt640.00–650.002,1472
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2338482.43/cwt450.00–530.001,6316
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3360367.50/cwt360.00–375.001,3232
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1363589.38/cwt560.00–620.002,1392
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2363507.47/cwt490.00–530.001,8424
Bulls350–400Small 1395470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,8571
Bulls400–450Small 1400480.00/cwt480.00–480.001,9201
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1417503.59/cwt490.00–510.002,1008
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2437469.04/cwt460.00–475.002,0505
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1477484.78/cwt465.00–505.002,3126
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2478436.61/cwt410.00–455.002,08710
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Fancy506478.72/cwt470.00–485.002,4224
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1531429.86/cwt415.00–455.002,2837
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2533381.67/cwt360.00–395.002,0343
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed539406.49/cwt405.00–412.502,1915
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1557399.99/cwt390.00–410.002,2285
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2588363.26/cwt350.00–375.002,1363
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1615380.12/cwt375.00–385.002,3382
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1663334.81/cwt325.00–345.002,2202
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2668315.06/cwt310.00–320.002,1052
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1715310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,2171
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,742178.08/cwt175.00–180.003,1023
Bulls——1,780201.23/cwt200.00–203.003,5823
Bulls——1,868188.41/cwt182.00–194.003,5197
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%839134.82/cwt130.00–139.001,1314
Cows—Boner 80-85%950170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,6151
Cows—Lean 85-90%990121.99/cwt115.00–125.001,2083
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,022152.05/cwt150.00–155.001,5545
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,088146.31/cwt141.00–149.001,5926
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,215159.31/cwt154.00–165.001,93611
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,324164.12/cwt161.00–168.002,1738
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,491154.98/cwt150.00–160.002,3116
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs4 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 37852,100.00/head2,100.00–2,100.002,1001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 39701,750.00/head1,750.00–1,750.001,7501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,1052,500.00/head2,500.00–2,500.002,5001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,1452,800.00/head2,800.00–2,800.002,8001
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,3202,700.00/head2,700.00–2,700.002,7001

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.