Name: McMinnville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-08-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-08-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Cattle were weighed on ground, mostly Black, Black white face and charolis steers and heifers.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $144.56/cwt on 789 head.

Average price

$144.56

789 head · 606 lb average

Value per head Derived

$876

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$85

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

$2.82/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.75

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	617	145.22	896	604
Medium and Large 2-3	570	142.39	811	185

One grade step is worth $2.82/cwt here — about $85 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 sale789 hd

144.56

—

TN average11 barns · 3,530 hd

139.81

+4.75

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

47 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 2-3	—	900	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	864	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	647	126.95/cwt	126.75–129.50	821	122
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	533	133.19/cwt	131.00–134.00	710	109
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	139.69/cwt	131.50–141.25	807	101
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	482	133.89/cwt	129.00–135.75	645	87
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	435	135.16/cwt	133.00–136.00	588	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	485	126.58/cwt	114.00–131.75	614	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	659	122.91/cwt	116.00–127.25	810	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	657	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	792	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	536	119.45/cwt	119.00–121.50	640	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	339	141.47/cwt	132.00–143.00	480	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	438	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	569	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,015	98.50/cwt	98.50–98.50	1,000	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	985	98.50/cwt	98.50–98.50	970	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	761	111.01/cwt	100.00–111.50	845	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	700	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	749	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	553	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	711	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	383	138.11/cwt	133.00–139.00	529	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	581	147.65/cwt	126.00–152.00	858	154
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	533	155.26/cwt	147.50–157.00	828	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	489	158.71/cwt	151.00–160.00	776	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	738	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,011	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	434	159.50/cwt	159.50–159.50	692	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	384	164.37/cwt	159.00–165.00	631	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	988	92.50/cwt	92.50–92.50	914	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	325	163.65/cwt	162.00–168.00	532	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	800	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,000	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	940	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	837	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	895	92.50/cwt	92.50–92.50	828	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	657	140.82/cwt	133.00–142.50	925	176
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	434	152.81/cwt	131.00–156.50	663	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	767	132.16/cwt	122.50–134.00	1,014	86
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	379	157.35/cwt	146.50–161.00	596	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	642	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	867	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	521	140.78/cwt	137.00–147.50	733	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	331	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	510	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	275	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	454	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	559	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	797	50
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	655	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	917	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	865	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	865	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	282	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	403	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	815	110.25/cwt	105.00–115.50	899	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	333	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	460	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	377	137.78/cwt	134.00–140.00	519	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	756	119.75/cwt	119.75–119.75	905	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	759	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	979	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	485	151.55/cwt	147.00–153.00	735	25

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 Aug 6, 2020

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

Receipts 1,857Last week 1,971Year ago 1,408

Cattle were weighed on ground, mostly Black, Black white face and charolis steers and heifers.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	900	96.00	96.00
24	—	485	114.00–131.75	126.58
16	—	657	120.50	120.50
11	—	536	119.00–121.50	119.45
7	—	339	132.00–143.00	141.47
6	—	438	130.00	130.00
23	—	761	100.00–111.50	111.01
1	—	700	107.00	107.00
55	—	553	128.50	128.50
26	—	383	133.00–139.00	138.11
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
122	—	647	126.75–129.50	126.95
109	—	533	131.00–134.00	133.19
101	—	578	131.50–141.25	139.69
87	—	482	129.00–135.75	133.89
43	—	435	133.00–136.00	135.16
39	—	659	116.00–127.25	122.91
2	—	865	100.00	100.00
3	—	282	143.00	143.00
6	—	815	105.00–115.50	110.25
8	—	333	138.00	138.00
17	—	377	134.00–140.00	137.78
19	—	756	119.75	119.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,015	98.50	98.50
2	—	985	98.50	98.50
154	—	581	126.00–152.00	147.65
78	—	533	147.50–157.00	155.26
51	—	489	151.00–160.00	158.71
27	—	738	137.00	137.00
15	—	434	159.50	159.50
9	—	384	159.00–165.00	164.37
4	—	325	162.00–168.00	163.65
176	—	657	133.00–142.50	140.82
86	—	767	122.50–134.00	132.16
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	988	92.50	92.50
2	—	800	125.00	125.00
1	—	940	89.00	89.00
1	—	895	92.50	92.50
14	—	434	131.00–156.50	152.81
13	—	379	146.50–161.00	157.35
11	—	642	135.00	135.00
8	—	521	137.00–147.50	140.78
4	—	331	154.00	154.00
3	—	275	165.00	165.00
50	—	559	142.50	142.50
33	—	655	140.00	140.00
17	—	759	129.00	129.00
25	—	485	147.00–153.00	151.55

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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