Name: McMinnville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-12-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Cattle were Steers and heifers Black, Bwf and Charlois cross.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $135.93/cwt on 671 head.

Average price

$135.93

671 head · 604 lb average

Value per head Derived

$821

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$98

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

$2.97/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.59

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	542	138.11	749	178
Medium and Large 1-2	626	135.14	847	493

One grade step is worth $2.97/cwt here — about −$98 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 sale671 hd

135.93

—

TN average9 barns · 3,602 hd

135.35

+0.59

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

39 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	—	326	122.99/cwt	120.00–125.00	401	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	742	110.92/cwt	106.50–112.00	823	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	376	127.86/cwt	123.00–130.00	481	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	433	128.17/cwt	121.00–131.00	555	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	767	106.54/cwt	106.50–107.00	817	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	127.92/cwt	122.00–129.00	618	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	123.50/cwt	118.00–124.25	655	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	589	121.01/cwt	113.50–122.50	713	102
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	664	121.42/cwt	114.00–123.25	806	105
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	831	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	781	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	640	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	730	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	340	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	398	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	548	105.50/cwt	105.50–105.50	578	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	382	129.21/cwt	125.00–130.00	494	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	429	127.33/cwt	100.00–130.25	546	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	662	113.51/cwt	109.00–114.75	751	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	483	127.65/cwt	122.00–128.00	617	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	564	114.31/cwt	112.50–114.50	645	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	325	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	462	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	890	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,095	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	920	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,076	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	384	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	588	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	433	150.58/cwt	147.00–153.00	652	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	151.79/cwt	142.00–153.00	726	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	532	145.18/cwt	137.00–146.00	772	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	137.23/cwt	131.50–140.50	858	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	776	125.16/cwt	121.00–125.50	971	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	584	136.04/cwt	131.00–137.00	794	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	660	130.78/cwt	125.50–131.50	863	159
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	290	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	394	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	320	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	467	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	633	126.49/cwt	125.00–130.50	801	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	375	147.43/cwt	140.00–148.50	553	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	666	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	869	22
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	768	122.58/cwt	117.00–124.50	941	22
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	474	147.45/cwt	137.00–151.50	699	25
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	425	146.33/cwt	141.50–149.00	622	30
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	557	137.23/cwt	121.50–139.00	764	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	305	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	354	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 Dec 4, 2019

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

Receipts 1,615Last week 1,774Year ago 0

Cattle were Steers and heifers Black, Bwf and Charlois cross.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	326	120.00–125.00	122.99
5	—	742	106.50–112.00	110.92
13	—	376	123.00–130.00	127.86
39	—	433	121.00–131.00	128.17
42	—	767	106.50–107.00	106.54
52	—	483	122.00–129.00	127.92
80	—	530	118.00–124.25	123.50
102	—	589	113.50–122.50	121.01
105	—	664	114.00–123.25	121.42
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	831	94.00	94.00
5	—	640	114.00	114.00
6	—	340	117.00	117.00
12	—	548	105.50	105.50
13	—	382	125.00–130.00	129.21
20	—	429	100.00–130.25	127.33
23	—	662	109.00–114.75	113.51
34	—	483	122.00–128.00	127.65
52	—	564	112.50–114.50	114.31
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	305	116.00	116.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	325	142.00	142.00
1	—	890	123.00	123.00
2	—	920	117.00	117.00
9	—	384	153.00	153.00
20	—	433	147.00–153.00	150.58
28	—	478	142.00–153.00	151.79
40	—	532	137.00–146.00	145.18
60	—	625	131.50–140.50	137.23
81	—	776	121.00–125.50	125.16
92	—	584	131.00–137.00	136.04
159	—	660	125.50–131.50	130.78
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	290	136.00	136.00
4	—	320	146.00	146.00
11	—	633	125.00–130.50	126.49
18	—	375	140.00–148.50	147.43
22	—	666	130.50	130.50
22	—	768	117.00–124.50	122.58
25	—	474	137.00–151.50	147.45
30	—	425	141.50–149.00	146.33
45	—	557	121.50–139.00	137.23

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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