Name: McMinnville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-09-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-09-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Receipts were too limited to develop a trend however load lot cattle were in high demand.

Video Load Lot report: https://www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/ams_3665.pdf

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $238.04/cwt on 104 head.

Average price

$238.04

104 head · 589 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,403

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$414

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

$68.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+17.74

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	589	240.00	1,415	101
Medium and Large 2-3	582	172.00	1,001	3thin

One grade step is worth $68.00/cwt here — about $414 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 sale104 hd

238.04

—

TN average12 barns · 3,094 hd

220.30

+17.74

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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,389	86.22	1,198	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,282	84.04	1,078	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,177	74.31	875	3thin

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	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	960	$1,325	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,430	$1,310	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,207	$1,268	5
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	975	$1,200	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,229	$1,117	11
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,215	$1,080	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,210	$1,050	1thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,050	$1,291	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	—	$1,535	2thin
Heifer Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	—	$1,650	1thin

Every lot, as filed

37 lots · USDA AMS · Warren Co. Livestock Auction - McMinnville, 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 1-2	—	555	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	999	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	955	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,175	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	181.62/cwt	176.00–187.00	1,217	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,180	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	628	188.69/cwt	184.00–192.50	1,185	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	370	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	866	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	695	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,154	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	705	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,269	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	405	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	988	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	588	250.50/cwt	250.50–250.50	1,473	88
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	535	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	883	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	633	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	1,095	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	493	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	838	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	760	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,338	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	815	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	1,153	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	582	163.20/cwt	159.00–167.00	950	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	694	164.67/cwt	164.00–165.00	1,143	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	530	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,049	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	445	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	966	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	598	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,579	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	788	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,430	1,310.00/head	1,310.00–1,310.00	1,310	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,207	1,268.19/head	1,200.00–1,375.00	1,268	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,535.00/head	1,450.00–1,620.00	1,535	2
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,650.00/head	1,650.00–1,650.00	1,650	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	960	1,325.00/head	1,325.00–1,325.00	1,325	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	975	1,200.00/head	1,200.00–1,200.00	1,200	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	1,291.25/head	1,250.00–1,325.00	1,291	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,210	1,050.00/head	1,050.00–1,050.00	1,050	1
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	948	811.40/head	640.00–960.00	811	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,299	1,220.21/head	975.00–1,425.00	1,220	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	—	900.00/head	900.00–900.00	900	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,215	1,080.00/head	1,080.00–1,080.00	1,080	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,389	86.22/cwt	84.00–90.50	1,198	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,220	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	1,135	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,288	83.23/cwt	79.50–88.00	1,072	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,177	74.31/cwt	71.50–78.50	875	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 →

Warren Co. Livestock Auction - McMinnville, TN

Mon Sep 25, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 251Last week 48Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 16Last week 11Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 58Last week 15Year ago 0

Receipts were too limited to develop a trend however load lot cattle were in high demand.

Video Load Lot report: https://www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/ams_3665.pdf

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	555	180.00	180.00
1	—	955	123.00	123.00
2	—	670	176.00–187.00	181.62
1	—	520	227.00	227.00
4	—	628	184.00–192.50	188.69
1	—	370	234.00	234.00
1	—	445	217.00	217.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	694	164.00–165.00	164.67
2	—	530	198.00	198.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	695	166.00	166.00
1	—	535	165.00	165.00
2	—	633	173.00	173.00
2	—	815	141.50	141.50
5	—	582	159.00–167.00	163.20
2	—	375	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
88	—	588	250.50	250.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	493	170.00	170.00
1	—	760	176.00	176.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	705	180.00	180.00
3	—	405	244.00	244.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
72	—	598	264.00	264.00

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
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,430	1,310.00	1,310.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,207	1,200.00–1,375.00	1,268.19
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	960	1,325.00	1,325.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	975	1,200.00	1,200.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,210	1,050.00	1,050.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	1,299	975.00–1,425.00	1,220.21
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,215	1,080.00	1,080.00
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	948	640.00–960.00	811.40
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · n/c wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	—	900.00	900.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	1,450.00–1,620.00	1,535.00
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,650.00	1,650.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,050	1,250.00–1,325.00	1,291.25

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,389	84.00–90.50	86.22
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,220	93.00	93.00
11	—	1,288	79.50–88.00	83.23
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,177	71.50–78.50	74.31

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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McMinnville Livestock Auction

Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Warren Co. Livestock Auction - McMinnville, TN

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

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