Name: McMinnville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-03-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Cattle consisted of Black, Black white face and Char cross steers and heifers. Cattle weighted in.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $126.73/cwt on 458 head.

Average price

$126.73

458 head · 577 lb average

Value per head Derived

$731

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$62

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

$2.95/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.48

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	593	128.05	759	254
Medium and Large 2-3	557	125.09	697	204

One grade step is worth $2.95/cwt here — about $62 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 sale458 hd

126.73

—

TN average12 barns · 2,127 hd

126.25

+0.48

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	—	386	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	529	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	644	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	766	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	429	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	579	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	487	136.22/cwt	130.00–137.75	663	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	761	111.21/cwt	102.00–111.50	846	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	534	135.04/cwt	122.00–139.00	721	45
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	500	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	725	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	280	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	482	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	628	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	870	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	482	163.67/cwt	156.00–165.00	789	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	139.16/cwt	130.50–142.25	877	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	789	122.76/cwt	118.00–123.75	969	41
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	476	148.28/cwt	138.00–153.50	706	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	657	136.35/cwt	133.00–136.50	896	23
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	559	153.27/cwt	134.00–155.00	857	57
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	340	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	575	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,010	104.50/cwt	104.50–104.50	1,055	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	170.48/cwt	169.00–171.00	639	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	434	161.27/cwt	159.00–162.00	700	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	382	170.72/cwt	168.00–171.00	652	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	759	121.49/cwt	117.00–123.00	922	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	555	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	710	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	809	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	963	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	429	168.16/cwt	159.00–174.00	721	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	153.10/cwt	143.00–155.00	807	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	582	144.67/cwt	139.00–145.50	842	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	667	135.12/cwt	134.00–135.25	901	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	588	134.93/cwt	133.00–135.25	793	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	653	121.66/cwt	119.00–122.00	794	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	850	94.50/cwt	94.50–94.50	803	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	540	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	694	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	765	107.14/cwt	101.00–110.00	820	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	378	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	529	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	247	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	378	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	333	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	466	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	635	111.50/cwt	111.50–111.50	708	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	423	134.18/cwt	131.00–135.00	568	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	486	132.97/cwt	124.00–135.00	646	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	660	113.50/cwt	113.50–113.50	749	54

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

Thu Mar 5, 2020

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

Receipts 1,015Last week 1,036Year ago 0

Cattle consisted of Black, Black white face and Char cross steers and heifers. Cattle weighted in.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	386	137.00	137.00
10	—	644	119.00	119.00
11	—	429	135.00	135.00
31	—	487	130.00–137.75	136.22
34	—	761	102.00–111.50	111.21
45	—	534	122.00–139.00	135.04
49	—	588	133.00–135.25	134.93
64	—	653	119.00–122.00	121.66
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	555	128.00	128.00
1	—	850	94.50	94.50
4	—	540	128.50	128.50
13	—	765	101.00–110.00	107.14
14	—	378	140.00	140.00
3	—	247	153.00	153.00
3	—	333	140.00	140.00
3	—	635	111.50	111.50
16	—	423	131.00–135.00	134.18
33	—	486	124.00–135.00	132.97
54	—	660	113.50	113.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	500	145.00	145.00
2	—	280	172.00	172.00
2	—	628	138.50	138.50
15	—	476	138.00–153.50	148.28
23	—	657	133.00–136.50	136.35
57	—	559	134.00–155.00	153.27
1	—	340	169.00	169.00
4	—	434	159.00–162.00	161.27
10	—	382	168.00–171.00	170.72
12	—	759	117.00–123.00	121.49
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	482	156.00–165.00	163.67
27	—	630	130.50–142.25	139.16
41	—	789	118.00–123.75	122.76
1	—	1,010	104.50	104.50
4	—	375	169.00–171.00	170.48
5	—	809	119.00	119.00
10	—	429	159.00–174.00	168.16
19	—	527	143.00–155.00	153.10
56	—	582	139.00–145.50	144.67
78	—	667	134.00–135.25	135.12

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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