Name: McMinnville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-09-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $138.51/cwt on 734 head.

Average price

$138.51

734 head · 612 lb average

Value per head Derived

$848

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$48

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

$3.88/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.40

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	616	139.43	859	559
Medium and Large 2-3	599	135.55	812	175

One grade step is worth $3.88/cwt here — about $48 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 sale734 hd

138.51

—

TN average12 barns · 2,974 hd

138.10

+0.40

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	290	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	392	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	864	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	922	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	336	131.55/cwt	130.00–132.00	442	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	504	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	664	115.50/cwt	115.50–115.50	767	24
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	437	152.68/cwt	144.50–153.50	667	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	759	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	960	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	656	130.97/cwt	123.00–131.50	859	57
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	563	136.21/cwt	122.00–138.00	767	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	772	129.57/cwt	125.50–130.50	1,000	103
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	300	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	480	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	715	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	883	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	993	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	1,082	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	484	138.31/cwt	125.00–143.50	669	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	377	162.30/cwt	159.50–163.50	612	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	381	159.50/cwt	159.50–159.50	608	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	932	114.92/cwt	114.00–115.00	1,071	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	429	159.83/cwt	158.00–160.50	686	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	534	147.26/cwt	142.50–148.00	786	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	150.16/cwt	144.50–154.50	728	91
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	583	138.65/cwt	135.00–139.50	808	95
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	662	134.28/cwt	130.50–135.25	889	150
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	285	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	362	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	481	119.95/cwt	119.00–120.00	577	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	295	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	496	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	875	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,068	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,008	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	1,139	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	333	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	553	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	380	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	460	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	737	109.77/cwt	103.00–115.00	809	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	656	114.50/cwt	114.50–114.50	751	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	431	123.59/cwt	105.00–126.50	533	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	436	131.14/cwt	127.00–132.50	572	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	545	115.35/cwt	111.00–118.00	629	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	780	108.96/cwt	104.50–109.50	850	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	126.63/cwt	122.00–129.00	608	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	648	122.30/cwt	120.50–122.50	793	109
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	532	123.12/cwt	118.50–124.00	655	110
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	121.93/cwt	117.50–123.00	704	121
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	319	128.22/cwt	119.00–130.00	409	6

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 Sep 16, 2020

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

Receipts 1,736Last week 1,688Year ago 0

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

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	290	135.00	135.00
1	—	900	96.00	96.00
1	—	950	97.00	97.00
9	—	336	130.00–132.00	131.55
12	—	380	132.50	132.50
24	—	664	115.50	115.50
39	—	436	127.00–132.50	131.14
46	—	780	104.50–109.50	108.96
58	—	480	122.00–129.00	126.63
109	—	648	120.50–122.50	122.30
110	—	532	118.50–124.00	123.12
121	—	577	117.50–123.00	121.93
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	285	127.00	127.00
21	—	481	119.00–120.00	119.95
7	—	380	121.00	121.00
10	—	737	103.00–115.00	109.77
17	—	656	114.50	114.50
19	—	431	105.00–126.50	123.59
59	—	545	111.00–118.00	115.35
6	—	319	119.00–130.00	128.22
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	437	144.50–153.50	152.68
18	—	759	126.50	126.50
57	—	656	123.00–131.50	130.97
67	—	563	122.00–138.00	136.21
1	—	300	160.00	160.00
1	—	715	123.50	123.50
3	—	993	109.00	109.00
7	—	484	125.00–143.50	138.31
10	—	381	159.50	159.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
103	—	772	125.50–130.50	129.57
5	—	377	159.50–163.50	162.30
12	—	932	114.00–115.00	114.92
22	—	429	158.00–160.50	159.83
74	—	534	142.50–148.00	147.26
91	—	485	144.50–154.50	150.16
95	—	583	135.00–139.50	138.65
150	—	662	130.50–135.25	134.28
1	—	295	168.00	168.00
1	—	875	122.00	122.00
2	—	1,008	113.00	113.00
3	—	333	166.00	166.00

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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