Name: Savannah Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-11-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the same sale last week, Slaughter cows and bulls steady. Steers and bulls under 500 lbs 9.00 to 12.00 higher, over 500 lbs steady to 4.00 higher. Heifers under 500 lbs 4.00 to 8.00 higher, over 500 lbs steady to 3.00 higher. Quality fair to good. Demand moderate.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $118.64/cwt on 159 head.

Average price

$118.64

159 head · 605 lb average

Value per head Derived

$718

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$294

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3

$19.67/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.30

vs TN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	630	119.67	754	136
Medium and Large 2-3	455	114.09	519	19thin
Small 1-2	478	110.25	526	2thin
Medium and Large 3	460	100.00	460	2thin

One grade step is worth $19.67/cwt here — about $294 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale159 hd

118.64

—

TN average11 barns · 1,861 hd

115.34

+3.30

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,522	73.41	1,117	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,431	51.85	742	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,224	50.53	618	26
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,062	44.20	469	13

Every lot, as filed

89 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	613	99.20/cwt	92.50–105.00	608	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	134.00/cwt	130.00–137.50	697	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	803	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	114.82/cwt	107.50–119.00	604	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	700	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	893	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	124.06/cwt	120.00–132.00	587	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	629	108.05/cwt	105.00–115.00	680	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	845	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	887	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	153.22/cwt	145.00–157.50	582	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	585	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	775	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	710	99.69/cwt	96.00–103.00	708	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	673	102.49/cwt	97.50–105.00	690	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	765	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	765	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	217	147.27/cwt	140.00–155.00	320	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	663	122.99/cwt	120.00–126.00	815	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	623	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	603	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	699	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	618	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	834	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	673	101.87/cwt	97.50–103.00	686	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	617	108.55/cwt	102.50–113.00	670	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	808	98.25/cwt	97.50–99.00	794	2
Steers	Small 1-2	—	565	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	579	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	142.16/cwt	136.00–155.00	668	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	472	140.30/cwt	136.00–145.00	662	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	421	149.30/cwt	142.50–155.00	629	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,385	945.67/cwt	900.00–1,000.00	13,098	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,210	1,025.00/cwt	1,025.00–1,025.00	12,403	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	440	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	495	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	561	102.76/cwt	100.00–105.00	576	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	680	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	857	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	228	159.78/cwt	152.50–167.50	364	3
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	515	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	556	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	365	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	447	1
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	1,085	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	7,053	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	875	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	963	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	270	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	432	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	470	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	564	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	535	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	602	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	763	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	763	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	625	99.96/cwt	97.50–102.50	625	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,420	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	10,650	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,408	665.86/cwt	600.00–720.00	9,375	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,145	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	6,298	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,378	783.85/cwt	700.00–850.00	10,801	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	422	114.99/cwt	114.00–116.00	485	3
Bulls	—	—	1,370	68.71/cwt	65.00–73.00	941	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,181	45.38/cwt	44.00–48.00	536	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,470	56.00/cwt	56.00–56.00	823	2
Bulls	—	—	1,705	79.04/cwt	75.00–82.00	1,348	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,105	38.00/cwt	38.00–38.00	420	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	575	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	618	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,420	50.67/cwt	48.00–52.00	720	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,234	51.75/cwt	48.00–54.00	639	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,058	44.72/cwt	40.00–48.00	473	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	495	92.50/cwt	92.50–92.50	458	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	325	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	463	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	417	132.58/cwt	122.50–137.50	553	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	610	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	634	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	700	97.50/cwt	97.50–97.50	683	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	545	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	545	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	465	111.04/cwt	107.50–113.00	516	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	523	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	641	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	415	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	550	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	522	113.30/cwt	110.00–117.50	591	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	555	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	611	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	425	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	457	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	705	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	723	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	240	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	341	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	785	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	864	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	715	102.08/cwt	98.00–106.00	730	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	423	134.78/cwt	127.50–142.50	570	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	655	92.50/cwt	92.50–92.50	606	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	695	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	778	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	230	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	345	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	117.19/cwt	113.00–122.50	677	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	570	110.61/cwt	107.50–112.50	630	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	295	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	398	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	340	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	434	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	725	97.25/cwt	97.00–97.50	705	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	863	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	820	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	365	130.19/cwt	128.00–132.50	475	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	873	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	621	113.46/cwt	110.00–120.00	705	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	474	126.15/cwt	117.50–131.00	598	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	945	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	832	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	324	153.28/cwt	147.50–157.50	497	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	112.61/cwt	105.00–118.00	644	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	126.59/cwt	125.00–130.00	538	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	274	131.26/cwt	127.50–135.00	360	4

How this sale compares

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.

Tennessee feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Hardin County Stockyard - Savannah, TN

Wed Nov 4, 2020

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Nashville, TN (LS-NV)

Feeder CattleReceipts 453Last week 588Year ago 1,195

Slaughter CattleReceipts 66Last week 94Year ago 101

Replacement CattleReceipts 41Last week 74Year ago 30

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	613	92.50–105.00	99.20
3	—	422	114.00–116.00	114.99
1	—	575	107.50	107.50
1	—	700	97.50	97.50
1	—	545	100.00	100.00
3	—	465	107.50–113.00	111.04
1	—	240	142.00	142.00
1	—	655	92.50	92.50
1	—	340	127.50	127.50
4	—	274	127.50–135.00	131.26
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	526	107.50–119.00	114.82
6	—	473	120.00–132.00	124.06
4	—	629	105.00–115.00	108.05
1	—	765	100.00	100.00
3	—	217	140.00–155.00	147.27
7	—	673	97.50–103.00	101.87
2	—	715	98.00–106.00	102.08
2	—	863	95.00	95.00
3	—	365	128.00–132.50	130.19
1	—	945	88.00	88.00
10	—	572	105.00–118.00	112.61
3	—	425	125.00–130.00	126.59
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	603	116.00	116.00
72	—	680	126.00	126.00
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	440	112.50	112.50
1	—	515	108.00	108.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	561	100.00–105.00	102.76
3	—	763	100.00	100.00
3	—	625	97.50–102.50	99.96
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	495	92.50	92.50
1	—	425	107.50	107.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	520	130.00–137.50	134.00
1	—	630	127.50	127.50
1	—	845	105.00	105.00
3	—	380	145.00–157.50	153.22
1	—	585	132.50	132.50
2	—	663	120.00–126.00	122.99
6	—	470	136.00–155.00	142.16
4	—	421	142.50–155.00	149.30
3	—	228	152.50–167.50	159.78
1	—	875	110.00	110.00
1	—	270	160.00	160.00
1	—	785	110.00	110.00
4	—	324	147.50–157.50	153.28
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	700	127.50	127.50
7	—	618	135.00	135.00
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	565	102.50	102.50
1	—	365	122.50	122.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	325	142.50	142.50
2	—	523	122.50	122.50
1	—	705	102.50	102.50
2	—	423	127.50–142.50	134.78
1	—	695	112.00	112.00
1	—	230	150.00	150.00
1	—	295	135.00	135.00
5	—	621	110.00–120.00	113.46
4	—	474	117.50–131.00	126.15
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	555	110.00	110.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	710	96.00–103.00	99.69
4	—	673	97.50–105.00	102.49
2	—	530	117.50	117.50
7	—	617	102.50–113.00	108.55
2	—	808	97.50–99.00	98.25
3	—	472	136.00–145.00	140.30
1	—	415	132.50	132.50
6	—	578	113.00–122.50	117.19
1	—	900	97.00	97.00
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	470	120.00	120.00
1	—	535	112.50	112.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	417	122.50–137.50	132.58
1	—	610	104.00	104.00
6	—	522	110.00–117.50	113.30
5	—	570	107.50–112.50	110.61
2	—	725	97.00–97.50	97.25

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,385	900.00–1,000.00	945.67
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,145	550.00	550.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,378	700.00–850.00	783.85
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,085	650.00	650.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,420	750.00	750.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,408	600.00–720.00	665.86
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,210	1,025.00	1,025.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,370	65.00–73.00	68.71
5	—	1,705	75.00–82.00	79.04
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,181	44.00–48.00	45.38
21	—	1,234	48.00–54.00	51.75
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,470	56.00	56.00
7	—	1,420	48.00–52.00	50.67
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,105	38.00	38.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,058	40.00–48.00	44.72

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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Savannah Livestock Auction

Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Hardin County Stockyard - Savannah, TN

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle