Name: McMinnville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-01-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Steers and heifers were graded and weighted off the truck. Black, Bwf and charlois cross.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $137.43/cwt on 615 head.

Average price

$137.43

615 head · 610 lb average

Value per head Derived

$839

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$100

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

$3.58/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.76

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	539	140.33	757	116
Medium and Large 1-2	627	136.75	857	499

One grade step is worth $3.58/cwt here — about −$100 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 sale615 hd

137.43

—

TN average11 barns · 2,998 hd

138.18

−0.76

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

42 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	—	298	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	423	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	914	104.79/cwt	104.50–105.00	958	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	371	140.79/cwt	140.00–145.00	522	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	648	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	745	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	433	128.96/cwt	126.00–130.00	558	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	781	117.82/cwt	114.50–119.50	920	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	431	159.12/cwt	153.00–160.00	686	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	488	151.38/cwt	144.00–152.50	739	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	534	144.27/cwt	135.00–145.50	770	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	763	125.60/cwt	123.00–125.75	958	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	940	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,090	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	388	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	605	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	280	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	395	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	320	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	474	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	539	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	757	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	650	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	809	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	637	134.25/cwt	134.25–134.25	855	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	953	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	1,148	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	484	146.86/cwt	145.00–150.50	711	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	644	132.19/cwt	129.00–133.50	851	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	436	154.08/cwt	141.00–155.50	672	21
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	559	137.39/cwt	127.00–140.00	768	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	582	136.12/cwt	130.00–137.00	792	99
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	655	133.91/cwt	132.00–140.50	877	140
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	659	118.19/cwt	112.50–124.00	779	92
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	585	120.55/cwt	115.00–122.00	705	98
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	235	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	277	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	915	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	952	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	382	152.62/cwt	142.00–154.00	583	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	771	121.34/cwt	115.00–123.00	936	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	322	141.36/cwt	120.00–146.00	455	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	746	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	858	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	391	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	516	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	543	116.58/cwt	116.00–126.75	633	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	489	126.83/cwt	126.00–127.00	620	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	535	125.18/cwt	120.50–126.00	670	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	441	128.75/cwt	124.00–130.00	568	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	653	113.76/cwt	110.00–115.00	743	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	486	125.16/cwt	119.75–126.75	608	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	560	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	661	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	272	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	367	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	822	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	884	3

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 Jan 8, 2020

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

Receipts 1,505Last week 1,505Year ago 0

Steers and heifers were graded and weighted off the truck. 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
2	—	298	142.00	142.00
7	—	914	104.50–105.00	104.79
12	—	371	140.00–145.00	140.79
13	—	648	115.00	115.00
30	—	433	126.00–130.00	128.96
36	—	781	114.50–119.50	117.82
92	—	659	112.50–124.00	118.19
98	—	585	115.00–122.00	120.55
66	—	489	126.00–127.00	126.83
77	—	535	120.50–126.00	125.18
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	235	118.00	118.00
1	—	915	104.00	104.00
6	—	322	120.00–146.00	141.36
9	—	746	115.00	115.00
12	—	391	132.00	132.00
17	—	543	116.00–126.75	116.58
19	—	441	124.00–130.00	128.75
22	—	653	110.00–115.00	113.76
40	—	486	119.75–126.75	125.16
44	—	560	118.00	118.00
3	—	272	135.00	135.00
3	—	822	107.50	107.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	431	153.00–160.00	159.12
58	—	488	144.00–152.50	151.38
60	—	534	135.00–145.50	144.27
89	—	763	123.00–125.75	125.60
1	—	940	116.00	116.00
2	—	388	156.00	156.00
10	—	637	134.25	134.25
19	—	953	120.50	120.50
99	—	582	130.00–137.00	136.12
140	—	655	132.00–140.50	133.91
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	280	141.00	141.00
2	—	320	148.00	148.00
4	—	539	140.50	140.50
4	—	650	124.50	124.50
12	—	484	145.00–150.50	146.86
17	—	644	129.00–133.50	132.19
21	—	436	141.00–155.50	154.08
35	—	559	127.00–140.00	137.39
9	—	382	142.00–154.00	152.62
10	—	771	115.00–123.00	121.34

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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