Name: McMinnville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-08-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-08-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Cattle weighted on ground, Black, Black white face and Charolais steers and heifers.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $141.63/cwt on 652 head.

Average price

$141.63

652 head · 600 lb average

Value per head Derived

$850

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$71

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

$7.67/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.45

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	607	144.30	875	425
Medium and Large 2-3	589	136.63	804	227

One grade step is worth $7.67/cwt here — about $71 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 sale652 hd

141.63

—

TN average10 barns · 2,000 hd

141.18

+0.45

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

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 2-3	—	654	111.14/cwt	100.00–113.50	727	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	477	125.07/cwt	115.00–126.50	597	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	425	123.85/cwt	119.00–124.50	526	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	335	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	449	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	270	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	367	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	586	124.56/cwt	120.00–126.00	730	108
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	384	132.36/cwt	131.00–132.50	508	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	798	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	830	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	740	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	784	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	653	129.86/cwt	125.00–130.00	848	105
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	540	129.92/cwt	129.50–130.00	702	89
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	127.55/cwt	122.00–128.00	619	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	656	137.32/cwt	132.50–138.50	901	150
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	537	154.01/cwt	149.00–154.75	827	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	437	159.39/cwt	158.00–159.50	697	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	388	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	648	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	814	121.50/cwt	121.50–121.50	989	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	557	122.84/cwt	114.00–124.00	684	81
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	769	124.30/cwt	122.00–124.50	956	25
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	437	148.59/cwt	142.00–152.50	649	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	387	150.09/cwt	145.00–164.00	581	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	880	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	1,104	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	265	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	443	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	715	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	844	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	558	139.10/cwt	131.50–140.00	776	85
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	661	133.20/cwt	122.00–134.50	880	49
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	490	140.74/cwt	130.00–141.00	690	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	584	145.91/cwt	142.75–146.75	852	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	776	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	1,005	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	158.15/cwt	155.50–158.50	767	44
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	993	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	1,102	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	930	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,060	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	500	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	685	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	763	111.56/cwt	108.00–112.00	851	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	427	130.54/cwt	128.00–131.50	557	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	379	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	512	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	645	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	774	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	343	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	463	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	270	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	375	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 Aug 26, 2020

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

Receipts 1,688Last week 1,857Year ago 0

Cattle weighted on ground, Black, Black white face and Charolais 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
41	—	654	100.00–113.50	111.14
30	—	477	115.00–126.50	125.07
17	—	425	119.00–124.50	123.85
1	—	335	134.00	134.00
1	—	270	136.00	136.00
10	—	384	131.00–132.50	132.36
4	—	798	104.00	104.00
3	—	740	106.00	106.00
81	—	557	114.00–124.00	122.84
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
108	—	586	120.00–126.00	124.56
105	—	653	125.00–130.00	129.86
89	—	540	129.50–130.00	129.92
66	—	485	122.00–128.00	127.55
27	—	763	108.00–112.00	111.56
22	—	427	128.00–131.50	130.54
13	—	379	135.00	135.00
10	—	645	120.00	120.00
2	—	343	135.00	135.00
1	—	270	139.00	139.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
150	—	656	132.50–138.50	137.32
79	—	537	149.00–154.75	154.01
14	—	437	158.00–159.50	159.39
7	—	388	167.00	167.00
5	—	814	121.50	121.50
1	—	880	125.50	125.50
1	—	265	167.00	167.00
76	—	584	142.75–146.75	145.91
48	—	776	129.50	129.50
44	—	485	155.50–158.50	158.15
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	769	122.00–124.50	124.30
12	—	437	142.00–152.50	148.59
7	—	387	145.00–164.00	150.09
1	—	715	118.00	118.00
85	—	558	131.50–140.00	139.10
49	—	661	122.00–134.50	133.20
41	—	490	130.00–141.00	140.74
3	—	993	111.00	111.00
2	—	930	114.00	114.00
2	—	500	137.00	137.00

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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