Name: Savannah Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-09-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers & Feeder Bulls steady to $5.00 higher, Feeder Heifers $4.00-$6.00 higher, Slaughter Cows $2.00-$3.00 higher, Slaughter Bulls steady. Quality fair to fancy, Demand good to strong, with stronger demand for light weight Feeder Cattle this week.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $374.60/cwt on 109 head. That ranks 7 of 30 comparable sales and sits −21.31 against this barn's trailing median of $395.91.

Average price

$374.60

109 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,024

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$345

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

$95.02/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+15.57

vs TN average

+3.09 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	538	385.02	2,070	87
Medium and Large 2	549	338.71	1,861	16thin
Small 1	544	325.05	1,769	5thin
Medium and Large 3	595	290.00	1,726	1thin

One grade step is worth $95.02/cwt here — about $345 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 sale109 hd

374.60

—

TN average13 barns · 688 hd

359.03

+15.57

National average145 barns · 7,681 hd

371.51

+3.09

This barn, trailing median30 sales

395.91

−21.31

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	1,727	192.34	3,321	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,457	168.23	2,451	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,154	163.54	1,888	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	988	152.83	1,510	10

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,540	$3,100	1thin
Bred Cows	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,469	$2,760	5
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,290	$2,348	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	908	$2,300	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,155	$1,675	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,334	$3,328	4thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,070	$2,500	2thin
Heifer Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	825	$3,000	1thin

Every lot, as filed

106 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	Small 1	400–450	435	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,501	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	634	321.51/cwt	302.50–330.00	2,038	12
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	995	2,750.00/head	2,750.00–2,750.00	2,750	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,290	2,347.67/head	2,300.00–2,400.00	2,348	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	331	417.88/cwt	400.00–445.00	1,383	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	710	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,953	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	355	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,669	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	332.09/cwt	315.00–340.00	1,737	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	534	409.88/cwt	400.00–415.00	2,189	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	341.84/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,928	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	527	349.96/cwt	320.00–360.00	1,844	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	690	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,036	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	411.89/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,956	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	225	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,080	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	794	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,620	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	321.45/cwt	315.00–335.00	2,122	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	576	329.22/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,896	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	381.64/cwt	350.00–395.00	1,775	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	450–500	472	386.50/cwt	385.00–390.00	1,824	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	328	461.65/cwt	450.00–475.00	1,514	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	343.99/cwt	337.50–360.00	2,171	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	369	510.00/cwt	495.00–520.00	1,882	10
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	825	3,000.00/head	3,000.00–3,000.00	3,000	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,115	3,050.00/head	3,050.00–3,050.00	3,050	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,334	3,328.21/head	3,050.00–3,500.00	3,328	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,295	2,700.00/head	2,700.00–2,700.00	2,700	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	354.45/cwt	345.00–370.00	2,031	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	578	338.64/cwt	335.00–342.50	1,957	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	425.48/cwt	415.00–435.00	1,787	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	578	324.25/cwt	315.00–335.00	1,874	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	424	393.29/cwt	370.00–415.00	1,668	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	459.82/cwt	435.00–475.00	1,701	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,025	1,950.00/head	1,950.00–1,950.00	1,950	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	605	335.69/cwt	317.50–350.00	2,031	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	532	356.58/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,897	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	687	303.35/cwt	300.00–305.00	2,084	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	378	359.54/cwt	330.00–375.00	1,359	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	678	292.18/cwt	280.00–305.00	1,981	2
Bulls	Small 1	350–400	380	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,197	1
Heifers	Small 1	500–550	525	333.43/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,751	3
Bulls	Small 1	550–600	555	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,859	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	428	380.46/cwt	350.00–395.00	1,628	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	295	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,298	1
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	478	324.76/cwt	310.00–340.00	1,552	2
Heifers	Small 1	550–600	573	312.47/cwt	305.00–320.00	1,790	2
Bulls	Small 1	300–350	345	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,415	1
Heifers	Small 1	400–450	415	365.00/cwt	350.00–380.00	1,515	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,472	172.43/cwt	170.00–176.00	2,538	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,441	165.49/cwt	160.00–170.00	2,385	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,055	162.87/cwt	159.00–167.00	1,718	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,300	153.19/cwt	149.00–156.00	1,991	4
Bulls	—	—	1,729	193.58/cwt	190.00–196.00	3,347	6
Bulls	—	—	1,547	185.65/cwt	185.00–186.00	2,872	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,190	171.34/cwt	167.00–178.00	2,039	6
Bulls	—	—	2,250	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	4,613	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	900	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,215	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	974	156.66/cwt	155.00–160.00	1,526	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,080	148.36/cwt	146.00–151.00	1,602	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,465	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	2,315	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	770	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,002	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	365.02/cwt	355.00–375.00	1,752	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	595	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,726	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	250–300	285	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,183	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,155	1,674.68/head	1,650.00–1,700.00	1,675	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	820	1,850.00/head	1,850.00–1,850.00	1,850	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	300–350	330	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,716	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	250–300	260	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	1,534	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	302.52/cwt	300.00–307.50	2,208	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	332.50/cwt	330.00–335.00	2,062	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	610	315.04/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,922	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	200–250	240	720.00/cwt	720.00–720.00	1,728	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,540	3,100.00/head	3,100.00–3,100.00	3,100	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	268	525.70/cwt	510.00–540.00	1,409	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	855	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,779	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,244	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	250–300	278	714.32/cwt	700.00–730.00	1,986	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	300–350	300	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	1,800	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,457	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	454.25/cwt	440.00–480.00	1,931	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	414	427.31/cwt	410.00–440.00	1,769	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	407	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,832	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	669	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,408	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	411.16/cwt	400.00–430.00	1,957	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	534	394.47/cwt	394.00–405.00	2,106	59
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	355.70/cwt	350.00–365.00	1,860	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	297.73/cwt	290.00–305.00	2,153	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	436.86/cwt	420.00–455.00	1,848	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	521.77/cwt	500.00–545.00	1,696	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	605	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,420	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	385.31/cwt	365.00–395.00	1,992	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	777	290.89/cwt	287.50–295.00	2,260	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	563	328.70/cwt	325.00–330.00	1,851	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	672	331.38/cwt	330.00–337.50	2,227	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	464.95/cwt	450.00–490.00	1,558	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	636	369.07/cwt	350.00–377.00	2,347	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	400.67/cwt	390.00–410.00	1,879	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	900–950	920	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,438	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	817	278.31/cwt	275.00–280.00	2,274	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	381.01/cwt	375.00–390.00	1,962	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	444.01/cwt	427.50–465.00	2,082	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	318.34/cwt	310.00–330.00	2,146	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	514.71/cwt	490.00–520.00	1,925	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,585	2,800.00/head	2,800.00–2,800.00	2,800	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	376.58/cwt	370.00–385.00	2,124	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	270	532.94/cwt	520.00–550.00	1,439	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	376	426.68/cwt	410.00–460.00	1,604	16

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 Sep 3, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 555Last week 1,282Year ago 740

Slaughter CattleReceipts 59Last week 114Year ago 109

Replacement CattleReceipts 31Last week 24Year ago 59

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	410.00	410.00
1	350–400	380	315.00	315.00
1	400–450	435	345.00	345.00
1	550–600	555	335.00	335.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	328	450.00–475.00	461.65
5	350–400	370	435.00–475.00	459.82
4	400–450	424	370.00–415.00	393.29
11	450–500	465	350.00–395.00	381.64
5	500–550	523	315.00–340.00	332.09
7	550–600	576	320.00–340.00	329.22
3	650–700	687	300.00–305.00	303.35
1	750–800	770	260.00	260.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	268	510.00–540.00	525.70
4	300–350	325	500.00–545.00	521.77
10	350–400	369	495.00–520.00	510.00
10	400–450	423	420.00–455.00	436.86
6	450–500	476	400.00–430.00	411.16
6	500–550	523	350.00–365.00	355.70
8	550–600	564	340.00–350.00	341.84
2	600–650	620	330.00–335.00	332.50
7	650–700	660	315.00–335.00	321.45
3	700–750	730	300.00–307.50	302.52
3	750–800	777	287.50–295.00	290.89
3	800–850	817	275.00–280.00	278.31
1	900–950	920	265.00	265.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	415.00	415.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	225	480.00	480.00
1	250–300	295	440.00	440.00
7	300–350	331	400.00–445.00	417.88
3	350–400	378	330.00–375.00	359.54
10	400–450	428	350.00–395.00	380.46
5	450–500	480	355.00–375.00	365.02
9	500–550	527	320.00–360.00	349.96
7	550–600	578	315.00–335.00	324.25
12	600–650	634	302.50–330.00	321.51
2	650–700	678	280.00–305.00	292.18
1	700–750	710	275.00	275.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	472	385.00–390.00	386.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	270	520.00–550.00	532.94
9	300–350	335	450.00–490.00	464.95
16	350–400	376	410.00–460.00	426.68
14	400–450	414	410.00–440.00	427.31
8	450–500	469	390.00–410.00	400.67
13	500–550	517	365.00–395.00	385.31
11	550–600	573	345.00–370.00	354.45
25	600–650	631	337.50–360.00	343.99
6	650–700	674	310.00–330.00	318.34
2	700–750	723	290.00–305.00	297.73
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	415	350.00–380.00	365.00
2	450–500	478	310.00–340.00	324.76
3	500–550	525	330.00–340.00	333.43
2	550–600	573	305.00–320.00	312.47
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	595	290.00	290.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	260	590.00	590.00
1	300–350	330	520.00	520.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	563	325.00–330.00	328.70
2	600–650	610	310.00–320.00	315.04
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	407	450.00	450.00
59	500–550	534	394.00–405.00	394.47
9	650–700	672	330.00–337.50	331.38
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	470.00	470.00
2	400–450	420	415.00–435.00	425.48
5	450–500	475	400.00–420.00	411.89
3	500–550	532	350.00–360.00	356.58
2	550–600	578	335.00–342.50	338.64
4	600–650	605	317.50–350.00	335.69
1	650–700	690	295.00	295.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	500–550	534	400.00–415.00	409.88
2	600–650	605	400.00	400.00
20	650–700	669	360.00	360.00
5	750–800	794	330.00	330.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	720.00	720.00
2	250–300	278	700.00–730.00	714.32
1	300–350	300	600.00	600.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	374	490.00–520.00	514.71
3	400–450	425	440.00–480.00	454.25
6	450–500	469	427.50–465.00	444.01
3	500–550	515	375.00–390.00	381.01
10	550–600	564	370.00–385.00	376.58
15	600–650	636	350.00–377.00	369.07
1	650–700	660	340.00	340.00
2	750–800	780	315.00	315.00
1	850–900	855	325.00	325.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	995	2,750.00	2,750.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,290	2,300.00–2,400.00	2,347.67
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	—	1,295	2,700.00	2,700.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,155	1,650.00–1,700.00	1,674.68
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	820	1,850.00	1,850.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,540	3,100.00	3,100.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	3	—	1,585	2,800.00	2,800.00
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	825	3,000.00	3,000.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,115	3,050.00	3,050.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,334	3,050.00–3,500.00	3,328.21
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,025	1,950.00	1,950.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,472	170.00–176.00	172.43
7	—	1,441	160.00–170.00	165.49
1	—	1,465	158.00	158.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,055	159.00–167.00	162.87
4	—	1,300	149.00–156.00	153.19
6	—	1,190	167.00–178.00	171.34
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	900	135.00	135.00
7	—	974	155.00–160.00	156.66
2	—	1,080	146.00–151.00	148.36
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,729	190.00–196.00	193.58
3	—	1,547	185.00–186.00	185.65
1	—	2,250	205.00	205.00

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Savannah Livestock Auction

Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

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Hardin County Stockyard - Savannah, TN

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