Name: McMinnville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-08-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-08-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

1816 Steers and heifers Black , Bwf and char cattle.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $139.78/cwt on 836 head.

Average price

$139.78

836 head · 624 lb average

Value per head Derived

$873

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$89

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

$3.08/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.56

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	571	141.91	810	258
Medium and Large 1-2	648	138.83	900	578

One grade step is worth $3.08/cwt here — about −$89 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 sale836 hd

139.78

—

TN average10 barns · 2,113 hd

137.22

+2.56

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

36 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	—	335	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	459	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	795	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	898	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	379	133.52/cwt	124.00–136.00	506	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	646	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	808	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	432	125.51/cwt	123.00–126.00	542	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	479	125.02/cwt	120.00–125.75	599	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	747	115.48/cwt	113.00–116.00	863	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	585	121.18/cwt	115.00–123.25	709	119
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	656	116.83/cwt	111.00–118.00	766	157
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	283	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	359	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	305	125.23/cwt	111.00–135.00	382	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	741	104.89/cwt	103.00–106.00	777	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	376	125.20/cwt	124.00–135.00	471	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	429	124.63/cwt	116.00–127.00	535	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	654	109.80/cwt	107.00–110.25	718	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	481	120.88/cwt	111.00–122.00	581	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	560	113.91/cwt	109.50–114.50	638	87
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	723	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	940	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	436	152.12/cwt	148.50–153.50	663	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	152.30/cwt	145.50–153.00	731	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	586	142.99/cwt	135.00–145.00	838	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	778	131.33/cwt	127.00–137.00	1,022	178
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	657	136.70/cwt	134.50–137.25	898	180
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	280	158.50/cwt	158.50–158.50	444	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	890	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,059	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	343	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	563	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	643	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	891	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	374	154.52/cwt	152.00–155.00	578	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	799	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,039	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	429	149.67/cwt	133.00–152.50	642	23
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	481	139.78/cwt	133.00–142.00	672	28
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	658	137.79/cwt	131.00–138.50	907	65
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	564	143.28/cwt	132.00–144.00	808	108
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	121.62/cwt	116.00–123.50	642	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	382	156.55/cwt	153.50–159.00	598	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	536	146.44/cwt	136.00–148.50	785	61

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 Aug 21, 2019

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

Receipts 1,816Last week 1,408Year ago 0

1816 Steers and heifers Black , Bwf and char cattle.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	335	137.00	137.00
4	—	795	113.00	113.00
16	—	379	124.00–136.00	133.52
17	—	646	125.00	125.00
33	—	432	123.00–126.00	125.51
55	—	479	120.00–125.75	125.02
57	—	747	113.00–116.00	115.48
119	—	585	115.00–123.25	121.18
157	—	656	111.00–118.00	116.83
79	—	528	116.00–123.50	121.62
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	283	127.00	127.00
3	—	305	111.00–135.00	125.23
9	—	741	103.00–106.00	104.89
12	—	376	124.00–135.00	125.20
30	—	429	116.00–127.00	124.63
38	—	654	107.00–110.25	109.80
39	—	481	111.00–122.00	120.88
87	—	560	109.50–114.50	113.91
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	723	130.00	130.00
18	—	436	148.50–153.50	152.12
41	—	480	145.50–153.00	152.30
85	—	586	135.00–145.00	142.99
178	—	778	127.00–137.00	131.33
180	—	657	134.50–137.25	136.70
9	—	382	153.50–159.00	156.55
61	—	536	136.00–148.50	146.44
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	280	158.50	158.50
2	—	890	119.00	119.00
3	—	343	164.00	164.00
6	—	643	138.50	138.50
10	—	374	152.00–155.00	154.52
12	—	799	130.00	130.00
23	—	429	133.00–152.50	149.67
28	—	481	133.00–142.00	139.78
65	—	658	131.00–138.50	137.79
108	—	564	132.00–144.00	143.28

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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