Name: Savannah Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-08-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-08-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the same sale last week, Slaughter cows and bulls steady. Steers steady to 4.00 higher. Heifers under 600 lbs 1.00 to 7.00 higher, over 600 lbs steady. Bulls under 600 lbs 2.00 to 10.00 higher, over 600 lbs steady. Quality fair to good. Demand good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $156.17/cwt on 296 head.

Average price

$156.17

296 head · 588 lb average

Value per head Derived

$918

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$269

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

$10.80/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.25

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	615	158.29	974	238
Small 1-2	315	147.50	465	1thin
Medium and Large 2-3	478	147.48	705	57

One grade step is worth $10.80/cwt here — about $269 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 sale296 hd

156.17

—

TN average8 barns · 1,271 hd

151.92

+4.25

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	—	Average	1,684	93.89	1,581	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,211	68.31	828	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,337	67.68	905	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,012	54.15	548	9thin

Every lot, as filed

69 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	168.23/cwt	160.00–172.50	631	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	614	147.85/cwt	145.00–154.00	908	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	683	136.50/cwt	135.00–141.00	932	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	539	145.68/cwt	130.00–150.00	785	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	374	152.20/cwt	147.50–160.00	569	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	486	151.03/cwt	137.50–155.00	734	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	245	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	386	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	568	121.43/cwt	112.50–126.00	690	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	720	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	864	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	612	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	829	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	376	144.42/cwt	140.00–155.00	543	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	158.91/cwt	152.50–167.50	675	6
Steers	Small 1-2	—	315	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	465	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	327	141.35/cwt	135.00–150.00	462	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	270	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	419	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	423	146.92/cwt	140.00–155.00	621	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	273	143.67/cwt	142.50–145.00	392	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	318	152.60/cwt	150.00–155.00	485	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	690	118.00/cwt	115.00–121.00	814	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	680	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	782	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	370	135.97/cwt	130.00–142.50	503	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	567	136.85/cwt	130.00–142.50	776	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	484	142.86/cwt	136.00–149.00	691	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	466	131.73/cwt	127.50–135.00	614	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	141.67/cwt	135.00–147.50	745	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	431	134.89/cwt	125.00–139.00	581	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	628	129.12/cwt	127.00–130.00	811	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	529	128.91/cwt	127.50–132.50	682	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	486	159.12/cwt	155.00–160.00	773	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	608	132.49/cwt	130.00–135.00	806	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	415	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	643	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	245	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	325	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	227	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	346	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	605	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	741	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	628	137.75/cwt	137.50–138.00	865	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	427	157.45/cwt	152.50–160.00	672	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	503	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	666	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	464	146.09/cwt	140.00–150.00	678	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	495	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	631	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	305	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	412	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,125	710.00/cwt	710.00–710.00	7,988	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,445	963.74/cwt	900.00–1,020.00	13,926	2
Bulls	—	—	1,798	96.79/cwt	95.00–98.00	1,740	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,012	54.15/cwt	48.00–60.00	548	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,220	77.00/cwt	76.00–78.00	939	2
Bulls	—	—	1,429	85.58/cwt	81.00–88.00	1,223	5
Bulls	—	—	1,978	105.97/cwt	104.00–108.00	2,096	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,130	62.00/cwt	62.00–62.00	701	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,305	62.74/cwt	60.00–65.00	819	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,168	68.85/cwt	62.00–74.00	804	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,389	69.10/cwt	65.00–71.00	960	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	158.59/cwt	152.50–165.00	761	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	633	133.68/cwt	120.00–140.00	846	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	423	145.61/cwt	142.50–152.50	616	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	575	138.72/cwt	137.50–142.50	798	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	323	154.99/cwt	147.50–162.50	501	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	320	161.87/cwt	157.50–167.50	518	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	836	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	1,108	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	651	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,068	132
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	159.09/cwt	152.50–165.00	835	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	590	153.06/cwt	150.00–157.00	903	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	741	137.11/cwt	130.00–140.00	1,016	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	765	133.63/cwt	132.50–134.00	1,022	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	141.23/cwt	137.50–146.00	811	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	735	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	864	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	513	143.44/cwt	137.50–153.00	736	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	553	128.51/cwt	125.00–132.50	711	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	668	129.99/cwt	127.50–132.50	868	2
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	500	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	638	1

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 Aug 18, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 648Last week 486Year ago 840

Slaughter CattleReceipts 51Last week 52Year ago 55

Replacement CattleReceipts 12Last week 19Year ago 41

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	375	160.00–172.50	168.23
24	—	614	145.00–154.00	147.85
8	—	683	135.00–141.00	136.50
6	—	425	152.50–167.50	158.91
10	—	480	152.50–165.00	158.59
4	—	320	157.50–167.50	161.87
1	—	836	132.50	132.50
9	—	525	152.50–165.00	159.09
17	—	590	150.00–157.00	153.06
12	—	741	130.00–140.00	137.11
4	—	765	132.50–134.00	133.63
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	539	130.00–150.00	145.68
6	—	374	147.50–160.00	152.20
10	—	486	137.50–155.00	151.03
1	—	245	157.50	157.50
4	—	633	120.00–140.00	133.68
4	—	423	142.50–152.50	145.61
4	—	575	137.50–142.50	138.72
8	—	323	147.50–162.50	154.99
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	315	147.50	147.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
132	—	651	164.00	164.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	568	112.50–126.00	121.43
5	—	327	135.00–150.00	141.35
2	—	273	142.50–145.00	143.67
1	—	680	115.00	115.00
5	—	370	130.00–142.50	135.97
7	—	466	127.50–135.00	131.73
8	—	431	125.00–139.00	134.89
4	—	529	127.50–132.50	128.91
1	—	245	132.50	132.50
1	—	605	122.50	122.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	720	120.00	120.00
11	—	376	140.00–155.00	144.42
1	—	270	155.00	155.00
12	—	423	140.00–155.00	146.92
2	—	318	150.00–155.00	152.60
2	—	690	115.00–121.00	118.00
13	—	567	130.00–142.50	136.85
9	—	484	136.00–149.00	142.86
13	—	526	135.00–147.50	141.67
10	—	628	127.00–130.00	129.12
4	—	227	152.50	152.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	612	135.50	135.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	495	127.50	127.50
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	305	135.00	135.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	486	155.00–160.00	159.12
2	—	628	137.50–138.00	137.75
12	—	427	152.50–160.00	157.45
5	—	574	137.50–146.00	141.23
3	—	735	117.50	117.50
10	—	513	137.50–153.00	143.44
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	608	130.00–135.00	132.49
1	—	415	155.00	155.00
2	—	503	132.50	132.50
7	—	464	140.00–150.00	146.09
3	—	553	125.00–132.50	128.51
2	—	668	127.50–132.50	129.99
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	500	127.50	127.50

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,125	710.00	710.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,445	900.00–1,020.00	963.74

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,798	95.00–98.00	96.79
5	—	1,429	81.00–88.00	85.58
2	—	1,978	104.00–108.00	105.97
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,012	48.00–60.00	54.15
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,220	76.00–78.00	77.00
4	—	1,305	60.00–65.00	62.74
9	—	1,168	62.00–74.00	68.85
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,130	62.00	62.00
4	—	1,389	65.00–71.00	69.10

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Savannah Livestock Auction

Reporter comment USDA

Steers · 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