Name: McMinnville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-02-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-02-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

This report contains the regular weekly sale in conjunction with a special annual feeder sale and therefore cannot compare trends to two weeks ago. it was noted quality and demand were high for the value-added feeders. Slaughter cows/bulls steady to 8.00 higher.

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

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $272.88/cwt on 327 head.

Average price

$272.88

327 head · 634 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,731

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$249

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

$0.66/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.98

vs TN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2-3	546	273.51	1,494	16thin
Medium and Large 1-2	639	272.85	1,743	311

One grade step is worth $0.66/cwt here — about −$249 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 sale327 hd

272.88

—

TN average9 barns · 2,013 hd

266.90

+5.98

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	1,405	107.00	1,503	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,318	95.81	1,263	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,514	95.35	1,444	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,061	74.57	791	4thin

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)	Young (2-4 yrs)	900	$1,450	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,082	$1,358	4thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,185	$1,080	1thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	890	$1,170	1thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	835	$1,010	2thin
Bulls	N/A	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,285	$1,620	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,320	$1,825	1thin

Every lot, as filed

65 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
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	—	519	293.75/cwt	289.00–296.00	1,525	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	900	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,890	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	630	274.42/cwt	268.50–280.00	1,729	166
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	—	528	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,283	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	438	268.95/cwt	261.00–270.00	1,178	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	789	209.50/cwt	209.50–209.50	1,653	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	347	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	916	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	—	645	221.50/cwt	221.50–221.50	1,429	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	728	222.84/cwt	218.00–224.00	1,622	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	580	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,398	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	531	252.52/cwt	245.00–255.00	1,341	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	630	228.02/cwt	220.50–230.50	1,437	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Replacement	—	624	234.68/cwt	234.50–235.00	1,464	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	824	194.75/cwt	194.00–195.00	1,605	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	674	226.26/cwt	219.00–227.00	1,525	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Replacement	—	773	219.50/cwt	217.00–223.00	1,697	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Replacement	—	695	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,605	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Replacement	—	523	256.50/cwt	256.50–256.50	1,341	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	423	250.77/cwt	250.00–251.50	1,061	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	—	475	249.30/cwt	240.00–259.00	1,184	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	875	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,006	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	—	580	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,317	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	335	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	908	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	530	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,267	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,322	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	—	740	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,709	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	898	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,670	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	486	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,302	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	—	495	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,470	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	—	600	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,650	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	—	850	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,802	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3Thin Fleshed	—	430	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,183	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	320	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	989	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	320	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	1,037	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	583	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,697	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	721	243.70/cwt	234.50–244.50	1,757	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	531	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,630	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	355	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	1,196	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	482	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,533	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	773	230.50/cwt	230.50–230.50	1,782	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	433	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	1,412	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	829	224.33/cwt	221.50–225.00	1,860	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	899	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,955	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	—	558	282.44/cwt	278.00–287.00	1,576	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	—	700	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,470	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	492	284.51/cwt	280.00–289.00	1,400	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	500	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,395	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	640	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,389	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	420	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,247	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	455	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,370	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	500	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,275	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Replacement	—	691	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,327	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	382	309.83/cwt	308.00–319.00	1,184	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,285	1,620.00/head	1,620.00–1,620.00	1,620	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,320	1,825.00/head	1,825.00–1,825.00	1,825	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	955	1,276.57/head	1,175.00–1,375.00	1,277	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,208	1,440.16/head	1,390.00–1,485.00	1,440	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	1,450.00/head	1,450.00–1,450.00	1,450	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,185	1,080.00/head	1,080.00–1,080.00	1,080	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	835	1,009.82/head	1,000.00–1,020.00	1,010	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	890	1,170.00/head	1,170.00–1,170.00	1,170	1
Bulls	—	—	1,405	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	1,503	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,318	95.81/cwt	89.50–102.50	1,263	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,514	95.35/cwt	91.50–98.50	1,444	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,061	74.57/cwt	70.00–79.50	791	4

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 Feb 19, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 559Last week 285Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 11Last week 15Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 15Last week 0Year ago 0

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

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	519	289.00–296.00	293.75
2	—	740	231.00	231.00
1	—	495	297.00	297.00
2	—	600	275.00	275.00
1	—	850	212.00	212.00
2	—	558	278.00–287.00	282.44
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	900	210.00	210.00
166	—	630	268.50–280.00	274.42
23	—	583	291.00	291.00
25	—	721	234.50–244.50	243.70
30	—	531	307.00	307.00
3	—	355	337.00	337.00
11	—	482	318.00	318.00
15	—	773	230.50	230.50
8	—	433	326.00	326.00
16	—	829	221.50–225.00	224.33
12	—	899	217.50	217.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	430	275.00	275.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	320	309.00	309.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	320	324.00	324.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	528	243.00	243.00
1	—	645	221.50	221.50
2	—	475	240.00–259.00	249.30
1	—	580	227.00	227.00
1	—	700	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	438	261.00–270.00	268.95
4	—	789	209.50	209.50
3	—	347	264.00	264.00
13	—	728	218.00–224.00	222.84
24	—	580	241.00	241.00
12	—	531	245.00–255.00	252.52
24	—	630	220.50–230.50	228.02
4	—	824	194.00–195.00	194.75
22	—	674	219.00–227.00	226.26
2	—	898	186.00	186.00
14	—	486	268.00	268.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	624	234.50–235.00	234.68
7	—	773	217.00–223.00	219.50
7	—	695	231.00	231.00
6	—	523	256.50	256.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	423	250.00–251.50	250.77
1	—	335	271.00	271.00
1	—	615	215.00	215.00
3	—	500	255.00	255.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	875	115.00	115.00
1	—	530	239.00	239.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	691	192.00	192.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	492	280.00–289.00	284.51
1	—	500	279.00	279.00
1	—	640	217.00	217.00
1	—	420	297.00	297.00
6	—	382	308.00–319.00	309.83
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	455	301.00	301.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,285	1,620.00	1,620.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,320	1,825.00	1,825.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	955	1,175.00–1,375.00	1,276.57
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,185	1,080.00	1,080.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,208	1,390.00–1,485.00	1,440.16
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	900	1,450.00	1,450.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	835	1,000.00–1,020.00	1,009.82
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	890	1,170.00	1,170.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,405	107.00	107.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,318	89.50–102.50	95.81
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,514	91.50–98.50	95.35
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,061	70.00–79.50	74.57

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

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Steers · 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

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Replacement Cattle

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