Name: McMinnville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-07-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-07-31

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Cattle were mostly Black,Bwf and Char Steers and heifers

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $142.29/cwt on 739 head.

Average price

$142.29

739 head · 619 lb average

Value per head Derived

$880

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$67

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

$1.49/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.91

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	584	143.24	837	264
Medium and Large 1-2	638	141.76	904	475

One grade step is worth $1.49/cwt here — about −$67 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 sale739 hd

142.29

—

TN average12 barns · 3,364 hd

140.38

+1.91

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

38 lots · USDA AMS · Warren Co. Livestock Graded Sale - 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	345	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	511	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	748	115.50/cwt	115.50–115.50	864	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	385	136.35/cwt	134.00–141.00	525	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	431	129.06/cwt	127.00–130.50	556	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	481	128.81/cwt	124.00–130.50	620	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	764	115.50/cwt	115.50–115.50	882	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	128.65/cwt	123.50–130.50	682	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	587	126.48/cwt	121.50–127.50	742	88
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	659	122.33/cwt	116.50–124.50	806	105
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	754	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	867	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	318	138.84/cwt	136.00–144.00	442	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,013	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	770	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	387	127.28/cwt	116.00–134.00	493	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	651	120.76/cwt	119.00–121.00	786	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	429	126.12/cwt	110.00–127.00	541	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	484	124.54/cwt	121.00–125.00	603	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	561	118.86/cwt	115.00–119.50	667	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	340	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	578	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	870	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,096	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	965	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,139	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	370	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	629	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	934	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,121	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	433	163.67/cwt	160.00–167.00	709	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	158.14/cwt	153.00–159.00	764	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	533	148.41/cwt	143.00–150.00	791	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	586	144.93/cwt	138.50–147.50	849	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	763	131.01/cwt	129.00–131.25	1,000	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	668	139.17/cwt	135.50–139.75	930	174
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	730	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	934	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	875	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,068	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	337	170.82/cwt	164.00–178.00	576	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	385	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	624	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	762	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	998	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	429	156.96/cwt	151.00–158.00	673	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	556	142.18/cwt	140.00–144.50	791	27
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	481	149.00/cwt	137.00–150.50	717	37
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	548	146.50/cwt	146.50–146.50	803	54
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	669	137.16/cwt	135.00–137.75	918	106

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 Graded Sale - McMinnville, TN

Wed Jul 31, 2019

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

Receipts 1,408Last week 1,432Year ago 0

Cattle were mostly Black,Bwf and Char Steers and heifers

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	345	148.00	148.00
4	—	748	115.50	115.50
7	—	385	134.00–141.00	136.35
18	—	431	127.00–130.50	129.06
38	—	481	124.00–130.50	128.81
41	—	764	115.50	115.50
71	—	530	123.50–130.50	128.65
88	—	587	121.50–127.50	126.48
105	—	659	116.50–124.50	122.33
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	754	115.00	115.00
5	—	318	136.00–144.00	138.84
5	—	1,013	76.00	76.00
8	—	387	116.00–134.00	127.28
17	—	651	119.00–121.00	120.76
22	—	429	110.00–127.00	126.12
32	—	484	121.00–125.00	124.54
58	—	561	115.00–119.50	118.86
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	340	170.00	170.00
1	—	870	126.00	126.00
1	—	965	118.00	118.00
6	—	370	170.00	170.00
9	—	934	120.00	120.00
14	—	433	160.00–167.00	163.67
35	—	483	153.00–159.00	158.14
62	—	533	143.00–150.00	148.41
75	—	586	138.50–147.50	144.93
97	—	763	129.00–131.25	131.01
174	—	668	135.50–139.75	139.17
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	730	128.00	128.00
1	—	875	122.00	122.00
4	—	337	164.00–178.00	170.82
6	—	385	162.00	162.00
11	—	762	131.00	131.00
17	—	429	151.00–158.00	156.96
27	—	556	140.00–144.50	142.18
37	—	481	137.00–150.50	149.00
54	—	548	146.50	146.50
106	—	669	135.00–137.75	137.16

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.

Feeder Cattle — prices, barns, and planning

Fed Cattle — the cash market and what quality pays

Beef & Retail — from the box to the grocery shelf

Feed & Hay — the cost side, cash not futures

Cows & Bred Stock — the rebuild market

More

McMinnville Livestock Auction