Name: Savannah Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-09-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers not well established but sold with a lower undertone, Feeder Heifers $2.00-$6.00 higher, Feeder Bulls $5.00-$6.00 higher on a light test, Slaughter Cows $2.00-$4.00 lower, Slaughter Bulls not well established. Quality fair to good, Demand good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $370.17/cwt on 38 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −57.86 against this barn's trailing median of $428.03.

Average price

$370.17

38 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,056

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$195

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

$28.93/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−15.00

vs TN average

−46.92 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	374.74	2,087	32
Medium and Large 2	547	345.81	1,892	6thin

One grade step is worth $28.93/cwt here — about $195 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.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

28 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $501.85, low $374.23, median $428.03 across 28 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 sale38 hd

370.17

—

TN average16 barns · 640 hd

385.17

−15.00

National average168 barns · 11,658 hd

417.09

−46.92

This barn, trailing median28 sales

428.03

−57.86

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	1,589	184.47	2,931	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,407	162.88	2,292	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,116	158.10	1,764	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,088	143.31	1,560	8thin

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 Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	798	$1,700	2thin
Bulls	N/A	(<2 yrs)	1,170	$2,450	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,280	$2,450	1thin

Every lot, as filed

94 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 1	300–350	306	419.08/cwt	415.00–440.00	1,282	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	255	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,199	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	358.72/cwt	340.00–370.00	1,722	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	316.65/cwt	310.00–330.00	1,789	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	777	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,642	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	345.09/cwt	335.00–355.00	1,781	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	485.08/cwt	480.00–490.00	1,552	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	618	340.08/cwt	330.00–345.00	2,102	4
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	880	2,100.00/head	2,100.00–2,100.00	2,100	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	1,170	2,450.00/head	2,450.00–2,450.00	2,450	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	300–350	340	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,343	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	465	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,093	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	660	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	2,435	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	230	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,104	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,280	2,450.00/head	2,450.00–2,450.00	2,450	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	524	351.22/cwt	345.00–360.00	1,840	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	358.43/cwt	340.00–375.00	1,516	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	441.73/cwt	440.00–445.00	1,643	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	320.24/cwt	310.00–330.00	1,969	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	574	316.27/cwt	310.00–325.00	1,815	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	351.50/cwt	335.00–365.00	1,511	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	800–850	825	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,310	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	639	305.05/cwt	285.00–315.00	1,949	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	328.79/cwt	325.00–335.00	1,743	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,499	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	400–450	400	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,580	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	325.92/cwt	310.00–340.00	1,558	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	339	371.33/cwt	355.00–390.00	1,259	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	256	469.80/cwt	440.00–490.00	1,203	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	775	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,131	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,686	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	330	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,254	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	524	317.53/cwt	310.00–330.00	1,664	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	328	462.56/cwt	460.00–470.00	1,517	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	417	381.02/cwt	355.00–390.00	1,589	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	255	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,199	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	593	334.98/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,986	2
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	455	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,547	1
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	475	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,663	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	665	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,895	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	380.18/cwt	365.00–390.00	1,426	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,128	164.82/cwt	160.00–172.00	1,859	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,094	154.34/cwt	152.00–157.00	1,688	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,185	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,742	1
Bulls	—	—	1,820	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	3,203	2
Bulls	—	—	1,495	191.55/cwt	191.00–192.50	2,864	2
Bulls	—	—	1,497	185.40/cwt	185.00–186.00	2,775	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,078	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,639	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,081	142.95/cwt	140.00–147.00	1,545	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,113	135.32/cwt	132.00–138.00	1,506	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,165	147.97/cwt	144.00–152.00	1,724	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,448	169.04/cwt	166.00–174.00	2,448	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,433	159.64/cwt	154.00–165.00	2,288	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	298.35/cwt	290.00–310.00	1,850	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	670	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,111	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	715	1,300.00/head	1,300.00–1,300.00	1,300	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	323	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,066	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	200–250	223	404.61/cwt	400.00–410.00	902	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	390	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,268	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	615	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,091	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	230	525.22/cwt	520.00–530.00	1,208	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	420.57/cwt	405.00–435.00	1,771	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	358.32/cwt	350.00–375.00	2,247	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	495	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,906	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	876	347.04/cwt	332.50–350.50	3,040	148
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	258	525.44/cwt	510.00–540.00	1,356	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	354.49/cwt	350.00–370.00	1,684	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	340.36/cwt	320.00–350.00	1,947	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,892	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	722	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	2,657	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Full	350–400	390	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,580	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	371	411.85/cwt	405.00–425.00	1,528	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	416	408.09/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,698	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	336.39/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,749	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	324.01/cwt	320.00–330.00	2,317	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	343.64/cwt	330.00–350.00	2,285	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	585	365.38/cwt	350.00–385.00	2,137	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	250	560.00/cwt	550.00–570.00	1,400	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,096	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	215	600.00/cwt	580.00–620.00	1,290	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	335.85/cwt	325.00–350.00	1,904	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	383	441.93/cwt	425.00–460.00	1,693	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	377.68/cwt	360.00–390.00	2,013	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	738	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	2,528	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	615	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	2,199	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	417	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,856	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	331.53/cwt	315.00–340.00	2,062	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	677	323.23/cwt	315.00–330.00	2,188	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,450	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	579	382.38/cwt	380.00–390.00	2,214	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	540	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,160	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	527	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,924	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	376.02/cwt	370.00–390.00	1,775	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	383.56/cwt	365.00–392.50	1,630	6

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 24, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 625Last week 682Year ago 731

Slaughter CattleReceipts 57Last week 61Year ago 85

Replacement CattleReceipts 13Last week 22Year ago 41

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	230	520.00–530.00	525.22
2	250–300	258	510.00–540.00	525.44
6	300–350	306	415.00–440.00	419.08
5	350–400	371	405.00–425.00	411.85
6	400–450	425	365.00–392.50	383.56
23	450–500	475	350.00–370.00	354.49
14	500–550	520	330.00–350.00	336.39
22	550–600	572	320.00–350.00	340.36
10	600–650	622	315.00–340.00	331.53
3	650–700	677	315.00–330.00	323.23
1	700–750	710	345.00	345.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	395.00	395.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	230	480.00	480.00
5	250–300	256	440.00–490.00	469.80
7	300–350	339	355.00–390.00	371.33
3	350–400	375	365.00–390.00	380.18
4	400–450	430	335.00–365.00	351.50
10	450–500	478	310.00–340.00	325.92
4	500–550	524	310.00–330.00	317.53
4	550–600	574	310.00–325.00	316.27
4	600–650	639	285.00–315.00	305.05
1	650–700	665	285.00	285.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	475	350.00	350.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	223	400.00–410.00	404.61
2	300–350	323	330.00	330.00
1	350–400	390	325.00	325.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	495	385.00	385.00
2	500–550	527	365.00	365.00
7	600–650	615	357.50	357.50
29	700–750	738	342.50	342.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	255	470.00	470.00
4	300–350	328	460.00–470.00	462.56
1	350–400	370	405.00	405.00
6	400–450	417	355.00–390.00	381.02
7	450–500	480	340.00–370.00	358.72
4	500–550	530	325.00–335.00	328.79
6	550–600	565	310.00–330.00	316.65
3	600–650	620	290.00–310.00	298.35
1	650–700	670	315.00	315.00
1	750–800	775	275.00	275.00
1	800–850	825	280.00	280.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	215	580.00–620.00	600.00
2	250–300	250	550.00–570.00	560.00
2	300–350	320	480.00–490.00	485.08
3	350–400	372	440.00–445.00	441.73
8	400–450	416	400.00–420.00	408.09
5	450–500	472	370.00–390.00	376.02
7	500–550	516	335.00–355.00	345.09
6	550–600	567	325.00–350.00	335.85
2	600–650	615	310.00–330.00	320.24
1	650–700	655	320.00	320.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	380.00	380.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	455	340.00	340.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	405.00	405.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	417	445.00	445.00
1	450–500	465	450.00	450.00
1	500–550	540	400.00	400.00
4	550–600	579	380.00–390.00	382.38
6	650–700	660	369.00	369.00
24	700–750	722	368.00	368.00
5	750–800	777	340.00	340.00
148	850–900	876	332.50–350.50	347.04
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	255	470.00	470.00
2	400–450	423	340.00–375.00	358.43
2	450–500	475	355.00	355.00
4	500–550	524	345.00–360.00	351.22
2	550–600	593	330.00–340.00	334.98
4	600–650	618	330.00–345.00	340.08
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	400	395.00	395.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	615	340.00	340.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	383	425.00–460.00	441.93
9	400–450	421	405.00–435.00	420.57
2	450–500	485	390.00	390.00
16	500–550	533	360.00–390.00	377.68
11	550–600	585	350.00–385.00	365.38
16	600–650	627	350.00–375.00	358.32
12	650–700	665	330.00–350.00	343.64
5	700–750	715	320.00–330.00	324.01

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	880	2,100.00	2,100.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	715	1,300.00	1,300.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,170	2,450.00	2,450.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,280	2,450.00	2,450.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,128	160.00–172.00	164.82
6	—	1,094	152.00–157.00	154.34
1	—	1,185	147.00	147.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,078	152.00	152.00
4	—	1,081	140.00–147.00	142.95
2	—	1,113	132.00–138.00	135.32
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,165	144.00–152.00	147.97
8	—	1,448	166.00–174.00	169.04
6	—	1,433	154.00–165.00	159.64
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,820	176.00	176.00
2	—	1,495	191.00–192.50	191.55
3	—	1,497	185.00–186.00	185.40

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

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Hardin County Stockyard - Savannah, TN

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Slaughter Cattle