Name: McMinnville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-04-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

All cattle were weighted as they came off truck. Cattle reported were Black Bwf and Charolis.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $131.30/cwt on 417 head.

Average price

$131.30

417 head · 622 lb average

Value per head Derived

$816

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$100

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

$1.86/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.45

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	562	132.61	745	124
Medium and Large 1-2	647	130.74	846	293

One grade step is worth $1.86/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 sale417 hd

131.30

—

TN average11 barns · 1,272 hd

134.75

−3.45

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

41 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 1-2Value Added	—	488	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	776	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	595	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	785	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	673	98.95/cwt	89.50–101.50	666	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	325	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	439	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	757	97.50/cwt	97.50–97.50	738	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	283	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	379	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	776	93.68/cwt	91.50–94.00	727	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	659	99.96/cwt	95.00–100.50	659	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	600	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	810	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	385	128.21/cwt	121.00–134.00	494	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	584	112.12/cwt	105.00–112.50	655	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	562	110.59/cwt	106.00–111.50	622	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	475	123.47/cwt	115.00–130.00	586	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	438	127.71/cwt	107.00–130.00	559	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	590	133.83/cwt	128.00–135.00	790	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	141.79/cwt	134.00–144.00	749	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	436	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	719	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	740	104.50/cwt	104.50–104.50	773	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	390	165.39/cwt	163.00–169.00	645	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	983	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	885	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	325	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	553	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	260	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	421	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	905	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	851	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	662	129.54/cwt	123.00–129.75	858	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	786	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	865	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	156.29/cwt	153.50–157.00	755	44
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	428	142.51/cwt	141.00–149.00	610	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	774	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	782	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	886	103.50/cwt	103.50–103.50	917	33
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	385	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	639	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	745	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	745	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	680	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	762	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	558	134.52/cwt	123.50–136.50	751	52
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	647	126.18/cwt	120.00–126.50	816	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	481	140.05/cwt	137.00–142.00	674	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	536	117.72/cwt	110.50–119.00	631	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	124.94/cwt	121.00–128.00	606	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	432	132.02/cwt	124.00–133.00	570	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	321	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	443	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	600	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	690	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	386	134.53/cwt	133.00–135.00	519	4

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 Apr 1, 2020

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

Receipts 960Last week 1,015Year ago 0

All cattle were weighted as they came off truck. Cattle reported were Black Bwf and Charolis.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	488	159.00	159.00
6	—	595	132.00	132.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	600	135.00	135.00
42	—	590	128.00–135.00	133.83
21	—	528	134.00–144.00	141.79
6	—	436	165.00	165.00
5	—	740	104.50	104.50
5	—	390	163.00–169.00	165.39
2	—	983	90.00	90.00
1	—	905	94.00	94.00
65	—	662	123.00–129.75	129.54
49	—	786	110.00	110.00
44	—	483	153.50–157.00	156.29
33	—	886	103.50	103.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	325	170.00	170.00
1	—	260	162.00	162.00
12	—	428	141.00–149.00	142.51
10	—	774	101.00	101.00
6	—	385	166.00	166.00
3	—	745	100.00	100.00
3	—	680	112.00	112.00
52	—	558	123.50–136.50	134.52
20	—	647	120.00–126.50	126.18
16	—	481	137.00–142.00	140.05
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	673	89.50–101.50	98.95
10	—	325	135.00	135.00
6	—	757	97.50	97.50
3	—	283	134.00	134.00
11	—	385	121.00–134.00	128.21
30	—	562	106.00–111.50	110.59
23	—	475	115.00–130.00	123.47
20	—	438	107.00–130.00	127.71
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	776	91.50–94.00	93.68
42	—	659	95.00–100.50	99.96
40	—	584	105.00–112.50	112.12
34	—	536	110.50–119.00	117.72
32	—	485	121.00–128.00	124.94
21	—	432	124.00–133.00	132.02
5	—	321	138.00	138.00
4	—	600	115.00	115.00
4	—	386	133.00–135.00	134.53

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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