Sale reports / Tennessee / Savannah Livestock Auction / 2026-11-11

Savannah Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Savannah, Tennessee · Wed, Nov 11
● Final104 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2068
← Nov 4Nov 11latest
Feeder Cattle receipts
643 head
▲ 397 vs last sale 246▼ 224 vs year ago 867 · −25.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
91 head
▲ 46 vs last sale 45▲ 34 vs year ago 57 · +59.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
15 head
▼ 14 vs last sale 29▲ 0 vs year ago 15 · +0.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter Cows $2.00-$5.00 lower, Feeder Cattle & Slaughter Bulls trends could not be 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 $346.88/cwt on 37 head, down $4.53 from the prior sale (only 14 head in that comparison). That ranks 3 of 30 comparable sales and sits −56.83 against this barn's trailing median of $403.71.
Average price
$346.88
▼ 4.53 vs prior sale
37 head · 559 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,938
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$260
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$38.27/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−21.50
vs TN average
−65.40 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1562354.121,98830
Medium and Large 2547315.861,7297thin
One grade step is worth $38.27/cwt here — about $260 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 sale37 hd
346.88
—
TN average11 barns · 343 hd
368.38
−21.50
National average94 barns · 10,230 hd
412.28
−65.40
This barn, trailing median30 sales
403.71
−56.83
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

30 sales
482430378326median 403.7103/2505/1307/2209/2311/11
Steers 500–600 lb: high $467.93, low $339.74, median $403.71 across 30 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—Average1,823152.662,7826thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,364120.521,64413
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,215118.061,43530
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,124106.731,20019

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)1,235$2,6001thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,110$1,4412thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,115$1,4362thin
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)860$2,6001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,205$2,5001thin
Heifer PairsOpen(<2 yrs)930$2,7001thin

Every lot

104 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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1207515.00/cwt515.00–515.001,0662
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1Fancy259490.00/cwt490.00–490.001,26912
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1Fancy343466.93/cwt465.00–467.501,60233
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1370398.01/cwt385.00–410.001,4732
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Fancy408430.14/cwt430.00–435.001,75536
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed418425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,7775
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1428382.46/cwt375.00–390.001,6372
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3432313.40/cwt310.00–320.001,3543
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2469371.32/cwt340.00–380.001,7415
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Fancy475429.00/cwt429.00–429.002,038110
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3475335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,5911
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1483399.61/cwt385.00–415.001,9302
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2517315.17/cwt310.00–325.001,6293
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1527368.55/cwt360.00–375.001,9427
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2570316.37/cwt310.00–325.001,8034
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1572349.73/cwt340.00–365.002,00023
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2608309.94/cwt305.00–315.001,8842
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1610336.96/cwt320.00–350.002,0557
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1663334.91/cwt330.00–340.002,2206
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2670275.45/cwt260.00–290.001,8462
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1734312.47/cwt310.00–320.002,2944
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1773275.15/cwt260.00–290.002,1272
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1845300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,5351
Feeder Cattle · Heifers33 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1210427.50/cwt415.00–440.008982
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2233374.84/cwt360.00–390.008732
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1280370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,0361
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2280350.00/cwt350.00–350.009801
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3305310.00/cwt310.00–310.009461
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2315345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,0871
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1345365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,2591
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2367351.80/cwt340.00–365.001,2913
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1372374.96/cwt365.00–380.001,3956
Heifers350–400Small 1390260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,0141
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2410329.88/cwt320.00–340.001,3532
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1426355.46/cwt340.00–365.001,5149
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3430310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,3331
Heifers450–500Small 1453300.06/cwt290.00–310.001,3592
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3465275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,2791
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2467307.19/cwt290.00–315.001,4357
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1476334.93/cwt320.00–360.001,59426
Heifers500–550Small 1505260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,3131
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1521322.55/cwt310.00–340.001,68018
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2527283.66/cwt265.00–295.001,4957
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2567276.91/cwt265.00–290.001,5708
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy570265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,5111
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1574301.65/cwt290.00–315.001,73112
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added610310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,89112
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1619282.66/cwt275.00–300.001,75011
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2620267.44/cwt260.00–275.001,6582
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2670267.33/cwt260.00–275.001,7912
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1673284.98/cwt275.00–295.001,9184
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2700265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,8551
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1712263.33/cwt260.00–275.001,8759
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2833204.92/cwt200.00–210.001,7072
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1880240.00/cwt240.00–240.002,1121
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1923234.99/cwt230.00–240.002,1692
Feeder Cattle · Bulls30 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1215535.00/cwt535.00–535.001,1501
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 3220365.00/cwt365.00–365.008031
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1275450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,2381
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2320360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,1521
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1329430.08/cwt425.00–440.001,4154
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3345335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,1561
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1364410.90/cwt400.00–430.001,4967
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2385357.50/cwt340.00–375.001,3762
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed390450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,7551
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1405410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,6611
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2420324.92/cwt320.00–330.001,3653
Bulls400–450Small 1440310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,3641
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Fleshy445355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,5801
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2465327.50/cwt315.00–340.001,5232
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1470360.28/cwt350.00–375.001,69316
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3475280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,3301
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2522306.57/cwt290.00–315.001,6006
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1534336.66/cwt320.00–350.001,7989
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1570327.36/cwt315.00–335.001,8664
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2576291.81/cwt275.00–302.501,68110
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed605325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,9661
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1612300.96/cwt290.00–315.001,8425
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2619272.58/cwt265.00–275.001,6874
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1659265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,7465
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2681253.72/cwt240.00–265.001,7284
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2713250.11/cwt240.00–260.001,7832
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1715266.63/cwt260.00–275.001,9063
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1780253.33/cwt240.00–260.001,9763
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1808240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,9392
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 1985200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,9701
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,809155.79/cwt151.00–161.002,8184
Bulls——1,850146.40/cwt144.00–149.002,7082
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04094.19/cwt91.00–96.009803
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,125102.24/cwt100.00–105.001,1506
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,129116.21/cwt115.00–119.001,3124
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,162111.17/cwt110.00–113.001,2926
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,193110.02/cwt108.00–111.001,3137
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,213119.01/cwt115.00–123.001,44418
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,254125.88/cwt124.00–129.001,5795
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,357116.29/cwt114.00–120.001,5787
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,373125.45/cwt121.00–130.001,7226
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-28602,600.00/head2,600.00–2,600.002,6001
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,1101,441.22/head1,300.00–1,600.001,4412
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,1151,436.10/head1,350.00–1,500.001,4362
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2352,600.00/head2,600.00–2,600.002,6001
Replacement Cattle · Open Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Open Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,210150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,8151
Replacement Cattle · Heifer Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Heifer Pairs—Medium and Large 1-29302,700.00/head2,700.00–2,700.002,7001
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2052,500.00/head2,500.00–2,500.002,5001

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.