Name: McMinnville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-10-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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 $134.99/cwt on 752 head.

Average price

$134.99

752 head · 596 lb average

Value per head Derived

$804

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$77

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

$0.46/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.88

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	608	135.10	822	583
Medium and Large 2-3	553	134.63	745	169

One grade step is worth $0.46/cwt here — about $77 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 sale752 hd

134.99

—

TN average11 barns · 2,659 hd

133.11

+1.88

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 2-3	—	330	127.17/cwt	120.00–128.00	420	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	380	122.70/cwt	120.00–124.50	466	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	634	109.51/cwt	108.00–110.00	694	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	432	122.44/cwt	114.50–125.00	529	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	558	112.78/cwt	110.00–114.75	629	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	482	121.50/cwt	112.50–124.00	586	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	320	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	470	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,053	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	746	127.25/cwt	127.25–127.25	949	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	158.92/cwt	155.00–160.00	596	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	435	146.19/cwt	139.00–148.00	636	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	484	140.04/cwt	139.00–142.00	678	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	772	126.81/cwt	124.00–127.25	979	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	537	139.29/cwt	137.50–140.00	748	91
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	585	135.92/cwt	133.00–136.50	795	126
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	665	131.74/cwt	128.50–132.75	876	197
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	810	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	980	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	739	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	887	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	334	137.44/cwt	130.00–139.00	459	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	386	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	560	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	640	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	829	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	756	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	960	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	421	134.55/cwt	126.00–139.50	566	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	542	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	715	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	656	133.40/cwt	132.50–134.50	875	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	488	138.42/cwt	137.00–139.00	675	41
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	558	136.10/cwt	131.00–136.50	759	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	742	106.50/cwt	106.50–106.50	790	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	332	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	425	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	638	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	753	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	389	125.66/cwt	123.00–126.00	489	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	436	123.98/cwt	121.50–125.50	541	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	764	106.50/cwt	106.50–106.50	814	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	122.85/cwt	119.50–124.50	590	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	656	115.21/cwt	108.00–117.25	756	103
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	535	120.01/cwt	116.00–121.00	642	111
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	588	117.89/cwt	110.50–120.00	693	135
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	290	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	363	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	510	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	587	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	758	98.58/cwt	97.00–105.00	747	5

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 23, 2019

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

Receipts 1,855Last week 1,530Year ago 0

Black, Bwf and Char steers and heifers

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	330	120.00–128.00	127.17
25	—	380	120.00–124.50	122.70
29	—	634	108.00–110.00	109.51
37	—	432	114.50–125.00	122.44
38	—	558	110.00–114.75	112.78
44	—	482	112.50–124.00	121.50
1	—	290	125.00	125.00
2	—	510	115.00	115.00
5	—	758	97.00–105.00	98.58
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	742	106.50	106.50
8	—	332	128.00	128.00
9	—	638	118.00	118.00
35	—	389	123.00–126.00	125.66
37	—	436	121.50–125.50	123.98
40	—	764	106.50	106.50
67	—	480	119.50–124.50	122.85
103	—	656	108.00–117.25	115.21
111	—	535	116.00–121.00	120.01
135	—	588	110.50–120.00	117.89
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	320	147.00	147.00
2	—	900	117.00	117.00
6	—	746	127.25	127.25
9	—	375	155.00–160.00	158.92
28	—	435	139.00–148.00	146.19
56	—	484	139.00–142.00	140.04
67	—	772	124.00–127.25	126.81
91	—	537	137.50–140.00	139.29
126	—	585	133.00–136.50	135.92
197	—	665	128.50–132.75	131.74
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	810	121.00	121.00
5	—	739	120.00	120.00
6	—	334	130.00–139.00	137.44
6	—	386	145.00	145.00
10	—	640	129.50	129.50
10	—	756	127.00	127.00
11	—	421	126.00–139.50	134.55
16	—	542	132.00	132.00
20	—	656	132.50–134.50	133.40
41	—	488	137.00–139.00	138.42
42	—	558	131.00–136.50	136.10

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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