Sale reports / Tennessee / Savannah Livestock Auction / 2026-07-22

Savannah Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Savannah, Tennessee · Wed, Jul 22
● Final92 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2068
Feeder Cattle receipts
366 head
54 vs last sale 312 67 vs year ago 299 · +22.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
49 head
32 vs last sale 81 4 vs year ago 45 · +8.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
1 head
19 vs last sale 20 73 vs year ago 74 · 98.6%
Also sold hereGraded Feeder Cattle SaleMon Aug 10, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers not well established but tended to sell with a lower undertone, Feeder Heifers $13.00-$24.00 lower, Feeder Bulls $19.00-$32.00 lower, Slaughter Cows unevenly steady, Slaughter Bulls not well established. Quality fair to good, Demand moderate to good.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $377.55/cwt on 63 head, down $0.30 from the prior sale. That ranks 7 of 30 comparable sales and sits 18.36 against this barn's trailing median of $395.91.
Average price
$377.55
0.30 vs prior sale
63 head · 545 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,059
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$117
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$26.78/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.94
vs TN average
+1.74 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1545379.252,06759
Medium and Large 2553352.471,9494thin
One grade step is worth $26.78/cwt here — about $117 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

30 sales
435398362325median 395.9112/1703/0404/2906/1708/19
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 sale63 hd
377.55
TN average15 barns · 563 hd
367.61
+9.94
National average148 barns · 5,785 hd
375.81
+1.74
This barn, trailing median30 sales
395.91
−18.36
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsAverage1,450191.132,7718thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,528176.732,70118
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,143175.722,0098thin
CowsLean 85-90%High1,147154.761,77511

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 $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,370$2,5001thin

Every lot, as filed

92 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 2550–600580308.63/cwt295.00–315.001,7904
SteersMedium and Large 2400–450420410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,7221
BullsMedium and Large 2300–350318420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,3362
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added450–500469392.50/cwt392.50–392.501,8416
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550523370.87/cwt355.00–390.001,94010
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,3702,500.00/head2,500.00–2,500.002,5001
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500475381.35/cwt375.00–395.001,8117
SteersMedium and Large 2550–600578350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,0232
BullsMedium and Large 2350–400368419.97/cwt415.00–425.001,5452
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added350–400358510.00/cwt510.00–510.001,8263
HeifersMedium and Large 1200–250230510.00/cwt510.00–510.001,1731
BullsMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed450–500460430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,9781
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400390454.87/cwt445.00–465.001,7742
SteersMedium and Large 2650–700650310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,0151
SteersMedium and Large 2350–400383424.93/cwt420.00–430.001,6273
BullsMedium and Large 1750–800780266.68/cwt260.00–275.002,0803
BullsMedium and Large 1850–900868263.33/cwt260.00–265.002,2863
BullsMedium and Large 1650–700683283.09/cwt280.00–287.501,9344
BullsMedium and Large 1250–300275500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,3751
HeifersMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed550–600568365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,0732
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450418384.56/cwt370.00–410.001,6073
BullsMedium and Large 1600–650606323.08/cwt300.00–335.001,95811
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600568333.80/cwt325.00–355.001,8966
BullsMedium and Large 2950–1000980220.00/cwt220.00–220.002,1561
BullsMedium and Large 2800–850830250.00/cwt250.00–250.002,0751
BullsMedium and Large 2600–650617296.59/cwt290.00–305.001,8303
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400375397.09/cwt375.00–410.001,4893
HeifersMedium and Large 2750–800785265.00/cwt265.00–265.002,0801
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500483387.56/cwt385.00–390.001,8722
SteersMedium and Large 2500–550508358.28/cwt350.00–375.001,8203
SteersMedium and Large 2900–950915275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,5161
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550531327.78/cwt310.00–355.001,7416
SteersSmall 1650–700685250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,7131
BullsSmall 1550–600560290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,6241
SteersMedium and Large 2300–350315450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,4181
SteersMedium and Large 2750–800783278.83/cwt270.00–287.502,1832
HeifersMedium and Large 2650–700672285.01/cwt280.00–290.001,9153
SteersMedium and Large 2950–1000990240.00/cwt240.00–240.002,3761
BullsSmall 1450–500495335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,6581
SteersSmall 1450–500475360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,7101
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,505176.59/cwt175.00–180.002,65814
Bulls1,980209.00/cwt205.00–212.004,1382
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,638183.34/cwt182.00–185.003,0032
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,580171.09/cwt170.00–172.002,7032
CowsLean 85-90%1,075163.63/cwt162.00–165.001,7593
Bulls1,273185.17/cwt180.00–195.002,3576
SteersMedium and Large 3550–600578275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,5902
CowsBoner 80-85%980166.00/cwt166.00–166.001,6271
CowsLean 85-90%1,118144.11/cwt140.00–147.001,6113
CowsBoner 80-85%1,243181.02/cwt180.00–182.002,2502
CowsLean 85-90%1,207155.83/cwt154.00–159.001,8815
CowsBoner 80-85%1,136175.54/cwt172.00–180.001,9945
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy550–600595300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,7851
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500478361.22/cwt360.00–365.001,7274
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550538339.93/cwt335.00–345.001,8292
HeifersMedium and Large 2250–300265432.50/cwt415.00–450.001,1462
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450415370.12/cwt360.00–380.001,5363
SteersMedium and Large 3450–500460310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,4261
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400388452.45/cwt450.00–455.001,7562
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350328481.50/cwt475.00–490.001,5793
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy500–550545310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,6901
SteersMedium and Large 1950–1000995265.00/cwt265.00–265.002,6371
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added400–450445475.00/cwt475.00–475.002,1145
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy600–650620275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,7051
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650618369.90/cwt365.00–375.002,2862
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450433443.32/cwt435.00–462.501,92010
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy700–750710275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,9531
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450428450.14/cwt430.00–465.001,9275
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500472416.68/cwt410.00–420.001,9673
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550527367.47/cwt360.00–375.001,93711
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700668354.56/cwt337.50–365.002,3686
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350303428.35/cwt420.00–440.001,2983
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450435394.01/cwt385.00–410.001,71418
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600579373.42/cwt365.00–392.502,1628
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700666328.64/cwt310.00–337.502,1896
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650625338.32/cwt325.00–365.002,11513
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750703340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,3902
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500476387.12/cwt365.00–390.001,84314
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750710297.54/cwt290.00–310.002,1134
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600562367.97/cwt360.00–377.502,06814
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800770325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,5031
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550517411.88/cwt395.00–420.002,1298
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400379425.21/cwt410.00–465.001,6124
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added800–850816335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,7348
HeifersMedium and Large 1800–850810275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,2281
HeifersMedium and Large 1250–300275480.00/cwt480.00–480.001,3201
BullsMedium and Large 1700–750705275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,9391
HeifersMedium and Large 1900–950930232.50/cwt232.50–232.502,1621
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed650–700655370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,4241
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed450–500475460.00/cwt460.00–460.002,1851
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added500–550542392.87/cwt392.50–395.002,12932
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500470414.06/cwt400.00–422.501,9468

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.