Name: McMinnville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-05-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-05-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State graded feeder sale. Cattle were Black, Black White Face and Charlois steers and heifers. Weighed on ground.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $138.40/cwt on 925 head.

Average price

$138.40

925 head · 585 lb average

Value per head Derived

$810

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$79

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

$1.32/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.96

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	537	139.42	749	212
Medium and Large 1-2	600	138.10	828	713

One grade step is worth $1.32/cwt here — about −$79 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 sale925 hd

138.40

—

TN average10 barns · 2,360 hd

136.45

+1.96

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 2-3	—	880	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	959	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	249	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	396	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	954	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	954	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	646	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	833	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	431	125.23/cwt	122.00–125.50	540	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	478	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	588	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	555	119.02/cwt	117.50–119.25	661	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	295	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	502	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	328	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	561	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	153.97/cwt	148.50–154.50	747	91
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	648	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	726	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	531	125.95/cwt	119.00–127.00	669	86
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	655	93.89/cwt	92.00–99.50	615	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	272	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	397	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	328	133.70/cwt	126.00–136.00	439	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	385	129.38/cwt	129.00–129.50	498	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	122.28/cwt	112.50–123.50	709	105
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	544	105.50/cwt	105.50–105.50	574	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	763	92.32/cwt	80.00–96.00	704	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	123.79/cwt	119.00–126.00	598	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	437	128.72/cwt	122.50–129.50	563	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	648	104.50/cwt	104.50–104.50	677	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	910	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	974	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	531	146.69/cwt	140.00–147.00	779	112
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	582	137.18/cwt	134.00–137.50	798	131
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	776	115.65/cwt	108.00–117.25	897	116
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	784	114.95/cwt	107.00–117.00	901	34
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	644	125.89/cwt	121.00–127.00	811	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	433	159.95/cwt	154.50–160.50	693	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	385	165.93/cwt	163.00–167.00	639	27
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	330	162.74/cwt	140.00–165.00	537	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	546	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	672	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	478	144.05/cwt	144.00–145.00	689	43
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	552	140.53/cwt	137.00–141.00	776	35
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	675	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	854	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	653	133.34/cwt	124.00–134.00	871	167
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	429	152.62/cwt	147.00–155.00	655	27
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	382	160.49/cwt	155.00–167.00	613	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	671	109.45/cwt	107.00–111.50	734	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	384	130.32/cwt	125.00–132.00	500	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	792	105.00/cwt	89.00–108.00	832	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	338	139.80/cwt	138.00–140.00	473	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	297	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	420	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	920	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	800	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

Thu May 7, 2020

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

Receipts 2,006Last week 960Year ago 0

State graded feeder sale. Cattle were Black, Black White Face and Charlois steers and heifers. Weighed on ground.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	880	109.00	109.00
5	—	249	159.00	159.00
34	—	784	107.00–117.00	114.95
27	—	644	121.00–127.00	125.89
12	—	330	140.00–165.00	162.74
8	—	546	123.00	123.00
43	—	478	144.00–145.00	144.05
35	—	552	137.00–141.00	140.53
1	—	675	126.50	126.50
27	—	429	147.00–155.00	152.62
19	—	382	155.00–167.00	160.49
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	954	100.00	100.00
25	—	646	129.00	129.00
2	—	295	170.00	170.00
2	—	328	171.00	171.00
91	—	485	148.50–154.50	153.97
1	—	910	107.00	107.00
112	—	531	140.00–147.00	146.69
131	—	582	134.00–137.50	137.18
116	—	776	108.00–117.25	115.65
33	—	433	154.50–160.50	159.95
27	—	385	163.00–167.00	165.93
167	—	653	124.00–134.00	133.34
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	431	122.00–125.50	125.23
47	—	478	123.00	123.00
60	—	555	117.50–119.25	119.02
8	—	655	92.00–99.50	93.89
11	—	272	146.00	146.00
12	—	328	126.00–136.00	133.70
13	—	385	129.00–129.50	129.38
6	—	544	105.50	105.50
18	—	763	80.00–96.00	92.32
19	—	648	104.50	104.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
71	—	648	112.00	112.00
86	—	531	119.00–127.00	125.95
105	—	580	112.50–123.50	122.28
69	—	483	119.00–126.00	123.79
36	—	437	122.50–129.50	128.72
33	—	671	107.00–111.50	109.45
33	—	384	125.00–132.00	130.32
30	—	792	89.00–108.00	105.00
10	—	338	138.00–140.00	139.80
3	—	297	141.50	141.50
1	—	920	87.00	87.00

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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