Sale reports / Tennessee / Savannah Livestock Auction / 2026-03-25

Savannah Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Savannah, Tennessee · Wed, Mar 25
● Final96 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2068
Feeder Cattle receipts
879 head
▲ 582 vs last sale 297▲ 417 vs year ago 462 · +90.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
61 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 64▲ 8 vs year ago 53 · +15.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
12 head
▼ 18 vs last sale 30▼ 59 vs year ago 71 · −83.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers not well established, Feeder Heifers mostly steady, Feeder Bulls unevenly steady, Slaughter Cows steady-$1.00 lower, Slaughter Bulls $1.00-$2.00 higher. 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 $443.22/cwt on 106 head, down $58.63 from the prior sale. That ranks 22 of 29 comparable sales and sits +27.65 against this barn's trailing median of $415.57.
Average price
$443.22
▼ 58.63 vs prior sale
106 head · 573 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,538
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$153
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$20.14/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−10.03
vs TN average
−34.87 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1573443.982,543102
Medium and Large 2564423.842,3904thin
One grade step is worth $20.14/cwt here — about $153 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 sale106 hd
443.22
—
TN average16 barns · 746 hd
453.24
−10.03
National average173 barns · 11,948 hd
478.09
−34.87
This barn, trailing median29 sales
415.57
+27.65
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—Low1,704199.223,3948thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,498171.832,57419
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,183168.881,99715
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low957148.981,42614

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)1,400$3,3001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,395$3,2001thin
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,505$4,3001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,312$3,6173thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)960$2,0001thin

Every lot

96 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 · Steers26 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1200650.00/cwt650.00–650.001,3001
Steers200–250Medium and Large 2235590.00/cwt590.00–590.001,3871
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1265620.00/cwt620.00–620.001,6431
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1310567.38/cwt560.00–575.001,7592
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2315502.50/cwt485.00–520.001,5832
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2370442.50/cwt435.00–450.001,6372
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1376531.25/cwt510.00–560.001,9985
Steers350–400Small 1380370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,4061
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1410537.41/cwt530.00–545.002,2032
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2435477.36/cwt465.00–490.002,0772
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1474528.60/cwt525.00–540.002,5064
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2493429.92/cwt415.00–445.002,1202
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added498487.50/cwt487.50–487.502,4289
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1531461.40/cwt445.00–490.002,45010
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2543447.51/cwt445.00–450.002,4302
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1561432.45/cwt415.00–440.002,4268
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added579443.00/cwt443.00–443.002,56584
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2585400.17/cwt390.00–410.002,3412
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1612420.74/cwt400.00–425.002,5756
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2615390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,3992
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added634457.00/cwt457.00–457.002,897166
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added710404.00/cwt404.00–404.002,86870
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1760338.70/cwt335.00–340.002,5744
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Value Added777369.00/cwt369.00–369.002,86766
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1Value Added814335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,72737
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1878315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,7662
Feeder Cattle · Heifers27 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1218616.87/cwt600.00–630.001,3453
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2240580.00/cwt580.00–580.001,3921
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 3250470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,1751
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1265587.45/cwt580.00–600.001,5574
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2267520.43/cwt500.00–530.001,3904
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1321544.86/cwt530.00–570.001,7496
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2328503.72/cwt480.00–525.001,6527
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2380457.27/cwt425.00–465.001,7386
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1382490.95/cwt475.00–500.001,8756
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2425429.76/cwt415.00–445.001,8265
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1432463.96/cwt450.00–490.002,00412
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1459442.12/cwt432.50–470.002,0299
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3470390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,8331
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2489424.16/cwt400.00–430.002,07418
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2495415.00/cwt415.00–415.002,0542
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2514379.21/cwt350.00–390.001,9496
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed515435.00/cwt435.00–435.002,2401
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1526403.61/cwt395.00–415.002,12313
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy530382.50/cwt380.00–385.002,0272
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1564383.42/cwt375.00–405.002,1625
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2600340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,0401
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1604385.39/cwt385.00–390.002,32813
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1655395.00/cwt395.00–395.002,5871
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2663334.98/cwt330.00–340.002,2212
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2740290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,1461
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2770290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,2331
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1906290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,6277
Feeder Cattle · Bulls24 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1205680.00/cwt680.00–680.001,3941
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2270580.00/cwt580.00–580.001,5661
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1280640.00/cwt640.00–640.001,7921
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1311577.03/cwt560.00–590.001,7954
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2335534.93/cwt530.00–540.001,7922
Bulls300–350Small 1335420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,4071
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1372525.95/cwt510.00–535.001,9576
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2385468.23/cwt455.00–480.001,8033
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3415380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,5771
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1419520.60/cwt500.00–540.002,1814
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2424468.62/cwt460.00–495.001,98714
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1470491.05/cwt485.00–510.002,3084
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3470390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,8331
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2479468.90/cwt460.00–470.002,2469
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1520458.87/cwt440.00–485.002,3865
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2528415.88/cwt400.00–425.002,1965
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1572418.32/cwt417.50–420.002,3933
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2584372.14/cwt365.00–377.502,1737
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1619366.63/cwt350.00–375.002,2696
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2650310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,0151
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1688351.78/cwt340.00–360.002,4203
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1763317.04/cwt315.00–325.002,4195
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1814303.14/cwt297.50–310.002,4684
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1885295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,6112
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,330177.63/cwt175.00–181.002,3622
Bulls——1,578193.52/cwt193.00–194.003,0542
Bulls——1,953212.86/cwt208.00–216.004,1574
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%915125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,1441
Cows—Boner 80-85%948157.89/cwt157.00–159.001,4972
Cows—Lean 85-90%960155.88/cwt154.00–159.001,4967
Cows—Lean 85-90%961144.93/cwt140.00–148.001,3936
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,153176.61/cwt172.00–182.502,0366
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,275165.40/cwt163.00–169.002,1097
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,396177.33/cwt175.00–183.002,4766
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,454165.78/cwt164.00–167.002,4104
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,586170.86/cwt168.00–174.002,7109
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs5 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-39602,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2253,100.00/head3,100.00–3,100.003,1001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2353,350.00/head3,350.00–3,350.003,3501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,4754,400.00/head4,400.00–4,400.004,4001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,5054,300.00/head4,300.00–4,300.004,3001
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3953,200.00/head3,200.00–3,200.003,2001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,4003,300.00/head3,300.00–3,300.003,3001

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.