Sale reports / Tennessee / Savannah Livestock Auction / 2026-04-29

Savannah Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Savannah, Tennessee · Wed, Apr 29
● Final98 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2068
Feeder Cattle receipts
535 head
▲ 72 vs last sale 463▼ 191 vs year ago 726 · −26.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
67 head
▲ 11 vs last sale 56▼ 18 vs year ago 85 · −21.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
15 head
▼ 25 vs last sale 40▼ 10 vs year ago 25 · −40.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers not well established, Feeder Heifers & Feeder Bulls mostly steady, Slaughter Cows mostly steady, Slaughter Bulls not well established. Quality fair to good, Demand moderate to good.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $449.52/cwt on 81 head, up $14.73 from the prior sale. That ranks 25 of 29 comparable sales and sits +33.95 against this barn's trailing median of $415.57.
Average price
$449.52
▲ 14.73 vs prior sale
81 head · 556 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,500
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$415
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$73.84/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−23.15
vs TN average
−31.50 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1556451.342,51079
Medium and Large 2555377.502,0952thin
One grade step is worth $73.84/cwt here — about $415 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 sale81 hd
449.52
—
TN average15 barns · 532 hd
472.67
−23.15
National average169 barns · 10,621 hd
481.02
−31.50
This barn, trailing median29 sales
415.57
+33.95
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—Low1,542193.612,98610
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,498177.992,66616
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,165177.012,06212
CowsLean 85-90%High978153.681,50320

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 Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)950$2,5001thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,240$2,4501thin
Bred Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)900$2,0001thin
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,740$4,7001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,579$4,0363thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,330$2,9002thin

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 · Steers27 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1255740.00/cwt740.00–740.001,8871
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1368569.66/cwt560.00–580.002,0962
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2375465.00/cwt465.00–465.001,7441
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed435515.00/cwt515.00–515.002,2403
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1437490.93/cwt490.00–500.002,14510
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2445455.00/cwt455.00–455.002,0251
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed450520.00/cwt520.00–520.002,3401
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1464494.85/cwt480.00–500.002,2968
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2473447.01/cwt430.00–465.002,1145
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added536495.20/cwt485.00–497.502,65427
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1538434.65/cwt430.00–437.502,3386
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2540405.00/cwt405.00–405.002,1871
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added566437.37/cwt432.50–445.002,47636
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2570350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,9951
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1586393.23/cwt385.00–420.002,30410
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1611392.50/cwt392.50–392.502,3988
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2630345.36/cwt330.00–360.002,1762
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added631430.00/cwt430.00–430.002,71310
Steers650–700Small 1655330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,1621
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1670360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,4121
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1723342.36/cwt335.00–345.002,47515
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Value Added787355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,79416
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1Value Added805372.75/cwt372.75–372.753,00162
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1810352.50/cwt352.50–352.502,8555
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1880305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,6841
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1Value Added999310.00/cwt310.00–310.003,0974
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 11,075305.00/cwt305.00–305.003,2791
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1220630.00/cwt630.00–630.001,3861
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2235590.00/cwt590.00–590.001,3871
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed290580.00/cwt580.00–580.001,6821
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1325555.00/cwt550.00–560.001,8042
Heifers300–350Small 1325440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,4301
Heifers350–400Small 1375450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,6881
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1378543.52/cwt530.00–560.002,0558
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2383487.75/cwt480.00–495.001,8682
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1426472.26/cwt465.00–480.002,0124
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2438455.00/cwt455.00–455.001,9933
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1465462.73/cwt450.00–480.002,1525
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added468495.00/cwt495.00–495.002,3179
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2468433.78/cwt432.50–435.002,0302
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy495385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,9061
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1516421.82/cwt405.00–427.502,17710
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2528390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,0592
Heifers500–550Small 1540355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,9171
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2581357.31/cwt325.00–367.502,0765
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1585403.43/cwt385.00–410.002,36010
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2610333.31/cwt330.00–335.002,0333
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1617384.90/cwt380.00–395.002,3753
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1674389.58/cwt375.00–405.002,6264
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2710312.50/cwt312.50–312.502,2191
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1723339.53/cwt325.00–355.002,4552
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Value Added768348.11/cwt346.50–350.502,673110
Feeder Cattle · Bulls27 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1205695.00/cwt680.00–710.001,4252
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2235610.00/cwt610.00–610.001,4341
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2268555.23/cwt530.00–580.001,4882
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1285621.39/cwt610.00–660.001,7714
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3320450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,4401
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed330580.00/cwt580.00–580.001,9141
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2330490.00/cwt490.00–490.001,6171
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1333551.78/cwt540.00–565.001,8373
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1364530.76/cwt520.00–535.001,9327
Bulls350–400Small 1380380.26/cwt360.00–400.001,4452
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed385550.00/cwt550.00–550.002,1181
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2385480.00/cwt480.00–480.001,8481
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3385415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,5981
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed403540.00/cwt540.00–540.002,1762
Bulls400–450Small 1420415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,7431
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2428437.34/cwt410.00–450.001,8724
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1435480.00/cwt480.00–480.002,0882
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1473476.34/cwt460.00–490.002,2534
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2475419.58/cwt400.00–440.001,9932
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1523449.95/cwt445.00–455.002,3533
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2528422.20/cwt410.00–435.002,2292
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2575385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,2141
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1610399.06/cwt390.00–415.002,4345
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2623356.54/cwt330.00–375.002,2213
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1655350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,2931
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1730340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,4821
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1750340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,5501
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,181179.16/cwt171.00–191.002,1165
Bulls——1,804205.07/cwt200.00–210.003,6994
Bulls——2,300220.00/cwt220.00–220.005,0601
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%930172.00/cwt172.00–172.001,6001
Cows—Lean 85-90%941147.84/cwt145.00–152.001,3915
Cows—Lean 85-90%950137.58/cwt135.00–140.001,3072
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,002157.27/cwt153.00–165.001,57612
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,153182.34/cwt180.00–186.002,1027
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,182169.55/cwt165.00–175.002,0045
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,280185.33/cwt185.00–186.002,3723
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,548176.29/cwt171.00–182.002,72913
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs5 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-31,2652,400.00/head2,400.00–2,400.002,4001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3953,400.00/head3,400.00–3,400.003,4001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,5133,903.64/head3,300.00–4,400.003,9042
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,7104,300.00/head4,300.00–4,300.004,3001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,7404,700.00/head4,700.00–4,700.004,7001
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29502,500.00/head2,500.00–2,500.002,5001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2402,450.00/head2,450.00–2,450.002,4501
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 2-39002,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0001

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.