Name: Savannah Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-02-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trends could not be established due to insufficient receipts due to weather. Quality fair to good. Demand moderate.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $238.07/cwt on 8 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −157.84 against this barn's trailing median of $395.91.

Average price

$238.07

8 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,320

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$131

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

$30.85/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−27.52

vs TN average

−59.76 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	245.78	1,352	6thin
Medium and Large 2	568	214.93	1,221	2thin

One grade step is worth $30.85/cwt here — about $131 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

30 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $420.87, low $339.02, median $395.91 across 30 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale8 hd

238.07

—

TN average10 barns · 248 hd

265.58

−27.52

National average119 barns · 5,510 hd

297.83

−59.76

This barn, trailing median30 sales

395.91

−157.84

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	1,443	157.03	2,266	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,305	156.72	2,045	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,091	143.40	1,564	6thin

Every lot, as filed

22 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,039	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	395	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,106	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	250.53/cwt	240.00–260.00	1,060	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	568	214.93/cwt	210.00–220.00	1,221	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,426	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	270.78/cwt	270.00–272.50	1,159	3
Bulls	—	—	1,443	157.03/cwt	152.00–162.00	2,266	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,183	153.83/cwt	149.00–158.00	1,820	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,305	156.72/cwt	150.00–161.00	2,045	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,290	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,548	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	302.55/cwt	300.00–305.00	1,129	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	350	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,103	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	413	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,280	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	458	254.92/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,168	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,150	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	853	139.46/cwt	135.00–143.00	1,190	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	287.35/cwt	280.00–295.00	1,394	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	514	269.99/cwt	262.50–275.00	1,388	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	242.47/cwt	240.00–245.00	1,394	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	700	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,750	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,530	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	249.09/cwt	242.50–255.00	1,308	3

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 Feb 19, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 38Last week 112Year ago 1,258

Slaughter CattleReceipts 18Last week 27Year ago 64

Trends could not be established due to insufficient receipts due to weather. Quality fair to good. Demand moderate.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	310.00	310.00
1	350–400	365	315.00	315.00
2	450–500	485	280.00–295.00	287.35
4	500–550	514	262.50–275.00	269.99
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	315.00	315.00
2	400–450	413	310.00	310.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	280.00	280.00
2	400–450	423	240.00–260.00	250.53
2	450–500	458	250.00–260.00	254.92
2	550–600	568	210.00–220.00	214.93
1	600–650	620	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	373	300.00–305.00	302.55
3	400–450	428	270.00–272.50	270.78
3	500–550	525	242.50–255.00	249.09
3	550–600	575	240.00–245.00	242.47
2	650–700	665	230.00	230.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	700	250.00	250.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,443	152.00–162.00	157.03
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,183	149.00–158.00	153.83
1	—	1,290	120.00	120.00
2	—	853	135.00–143.00	139.46
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,305	150.00–161.00	156.72

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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