Name: McMinnville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-10-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Sale consisted of steers and heifers, Black, Char X and Bwf.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $132.59/cwt on 622 head.

Average price

$132.59

622 head · 600 lb average

Value per head Derived

$796

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$52

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

$0.35/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.37

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	570	132.84	758	164
Medium and Large 1-2	611	132.49	809	458

One grade step is worth $0.35/cwt here — about −$52 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 sale622 hd

132.59

—

TN average11 barns · 2,300 hd

132.21

+0.37

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

40 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	—	647	109.67/cwt	108.00–115.00	710	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	766	104.57/cwt	100.00–105.00	801	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	532	116.89/cwt	111.00–118.00	622	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	116.25/cwt	112.50–117.00	564	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	650	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	748	84
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	585	115.53/cwt	109.50–117.00	676	106
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	785	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	785	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	294	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	326	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	628	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	691	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	329	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	385	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	382	113.76/cwt	111.00–116.00	435	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	731	105.50/cwt	105.50–105.50	771	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	561	108.61/cwt	105.00–109.50	609	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	490	109.26/cwt	106.00–110.00	535	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	435	111.09/cwt	106.00–114.50	483	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	662	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	728	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	549	112.75/cwt	112.75–112.75	619	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	330	171.30/cwt	165.00–178.00	565	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	389	162.78/cwt	158.00–165.00	633	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	915	118.75/cwt	118.75–118.75	1,087	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	432	140.55/cwt	112.00–167.00	607	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	481	141.90/cwt	139.00–144.00	683	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	534	137.44/cwt	132.00–138.00	734	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	582	130.30/cwt	126.50–131.50	758	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	765	125.03/cwt	120.50–126.00	956	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	661	129.20/cwt	126.00–130.00	854	134
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	280	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	384	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	910	114.50/cwt	114.50–114.50	1,042	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	335	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	529	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	740	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	903	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	386	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	625	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	769	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	965	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	482	133.39/cwt	130.00–134.00	643	22
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	436	145.34/cwt	133.00–147.00	634	25
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	660	128.54/cwt	121.00–129.50	848	45
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	560	129.45/cwt	121.50–130.50	725	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	387	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	453	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	437	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	513	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	315	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	378	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	850	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	833	1

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 Oct 2, 2019

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

Receipts 1,530Last week 1,405Year ago 0

Sale consisted of steers and heifers, Black, Char X and Bwf.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	647	108.00–115.00	109.67
36	—	766	100.00–105.00	104.57
69	—	532	111.00–118.00	116.89
80	—	485	112.50–117.00	116.25
84	—	650	115.00	115.00
106	—	585	109.50–117.00	115.53
14	—	387	117.00	117.00
13	—	437	117.50	117.50
5	—	315	120.00	120.00
1	—	850	98.00	98.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	785	100.00	100.00
4	—	294	111.00	111.00
4	—	628	110.00	110.00
5	—	329	117.00	117.00
8	—	382	111.00–116.00	113.76
8	—	731	105.50	105.50
10	—	561	105.00–109.50	108.61
17	—	490	106.00–110.00	109.26
30	—	435	106.00–114.50	111.09
35	—	662	110.00	110.00
49	—	549	112.75	112.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	330	165.00–178.00	171.30
3	—	389	158.00–165.00	162.78
3	—	915	118.75	118.75
13	—	432	112.00–167.00	140.55
67	—	481	139.00–144.00	141.90
74	—	534	132.00–138.00	137.44
80	—	582	126.50–131.50	130.30
82	—	765	120.50–126.00	125.03
134	—	661	126.00–130.00	129.20
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	280	137.00	137.00
1	—	910	114.50	114.50
2	—	335	158.00	158.00
2	—	740	122.00	122.00
4	—	386	162.00	162.00
13	—	769	125.50	125.50
22	—	482	130.00–134.00	133.39
25	—	436	133.00–147.00	145.34
45	—	660	121.00–129.50	128.54
49	—	560	121.50–130.50	129.45

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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