Name: McMinnville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-02-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Cattle weighted off truck, Black, Bwf and Charlois cross, Steers and heifers

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $120.35/cwt on 445 head.

Average price

$120.35

445 head · 582 lb average

Value per head Derived

$701

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$118

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

$1.04/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.77

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	614	120.70	741	293
Medium and Large 2-3	521	119.66	623	152

One grade step is worth $1.04/cwt here — about $118 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 sale445 hd

120.35

—

TN average11 barns · 2,803 hd

124.12

−3.77

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

44 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	925	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	934	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	431	126.46/cwt	119.00–129.00	545	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	482	122.19/cwt	113.00–124.75	589	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	779	111.68/cwt	105.00–112.50	870	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	537	126.60/cwt	121.00–127.00	680	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	114.50/cwt	114.50–114.50	1,088	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	712	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	940	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	620	122.18/cwt	120.50–132.00	758	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	803	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	923	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	557	138.75/cwt	125.00–141.00	773	38
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	659	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	850	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	583	133.34/cwt	126.25–145.00	777	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	660	132.00/cwt	127.00–133.50	871	71
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	483	142.88/cwt	130.00–153.00	690	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	334	164.88/cwt	162.50–165.50	551	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	487	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	784	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	621	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	845	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	779	125.24/cwt	120.00–126.00	976	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	147.68/cwt	137.00–150.00	783	34
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	435	150.58/cwt	141.00–156.00	655	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	781	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	953	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	379	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	502	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	647	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	744	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	908	95.50/cwt	95.50–95.50	867	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	328	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	458	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	298	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	420	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	481	126.33/cwt	124.00–126.50	608	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	583	121.59/cwt	117.50–126.00	709	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	802	94.50/cwt	94.50–94.50	758	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	319	138.65/cwt	135.00–140.00	442	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	553	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	619	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	666	119.91/cwt	111.50–121.25	799	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	789	93.02/cwt	90.00–94.50	734	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	632	113.34/cwt	113.00–113.50	716	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	958	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	814	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	549	116.15/cwt	115.50–116.50	638	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	437	123.17/cwt	105.00–126.50	538	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	657	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	779	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	384	133.39/cwt	125.00–140.00	512	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	284	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	369	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	423	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	685	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	386	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	641	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	373	165.86/cwt	165.50–167.00	619	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	890	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,032	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 Feb 5, 2020

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

Receipts 1,036Last week 1,505Year ago 0

Cattle weighted off truck, Black, Bwf and Charlois cross, Steers and heifers

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	925	101.00	101.00
8	—	950	114.50	114.50
7	—	712	132.00	132.00
80	—	583	126.25–145.00	133.34
71	—	660	127.00–133.50	132.00
13	—	487	161.00	161.00
10	—	621	136.00	136.00
70	—	779	120.00–126.00	125.24
34	—	530	137.00–150.00	147.68
6	—	423	162.00	162.00
5	—	386	166.00	166.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	620	120.50–132.00	122.18
5	—	803	115.00	115.00
38	—	557	125.00–141.00	138.75
26	—	659	129.00	129.00
11	—	483	130.00–153.00	142.88
10	—	334	162.50–165.50	164.88
17	—	435	141.00–156.00	150.58
15	—	781	122.00	122.00
4	—	373	165.50–167.00	165.86
1	—	890	116.00	116.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	431	119.00–129.00	126.46
65	—	779	105.00–112.50	111.68
48	—	537	121.00–127.00	126.60
12	—	379	132.50	132.50
9	—	647	115.00	115.00
7	—	908	95.50	95.50
5	—	328	139.50	139.50
3	—	298	141.00	141.00
30	—	481	124.00–126.50	126.33
23	—	583	117.50–126.00	121.59
73	—	666	111.50–121.25	119.91
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	482	113.00–124.75	122.19
7	—	802	94.50	94.50
4	—	319	135.00–140.00	138.65
2	—	553	112.00	112.00
3	—	789	90.00–94.50	93.02
3	—	632	113.00–113.50	113.34
2	—	958	85.00	85.00
31	—	549	115.50–116.50	116.15
26	—	437	105.00–126.50	123.17
17	—	657	118.50	118.50
13	—	384	125.00–140.00	133.39
4	—	284	130.00	130.00

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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