Name: McMinnville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-10-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $119.93/cwt on 585 head.

Average price

$119.93

585 head · 566 lb average

Value per head Derived

$678

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$55

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

$9.81/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.52

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	566	121.85	689	470
Medium and Large 2-3	566	112.05	634	115

One grade step is worth $9.81/cwt here — about $55 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 sale585 hd

119.93

—

TN average12 barns · 3,161 hd

118.41

+1.52

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

34 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	—	331	135.19/cwt	129.00–146.00	447	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	639	116.25/cwt	116.25–116.25	743	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	128.09/cwt	128.00–128.50	480	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	785	106.41/cwt	102.25–107.25	835	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	434	129.29/cwt	126.50–130.50	561	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	533	124.65/cwt	123.00–125.00	664	65
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	474	134.54/cwt	134.50–135.00	638	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	556	133.75/cwt	125.00–135.00	744	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	470	122.43/cwt	116.00–124.00	575	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	360	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	551	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	529	124.89/cwt	123.00–131.00	661	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	423	139.64/cwt	135.00–141.50	591	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	788	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	741	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	780	122.15/cwt	115.00–123.50	953	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	313	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	416	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	822	89.27/cwt	84.00–92.00	734	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	328	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	462	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	955	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,051	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	427	146.82/cwt	145.50–149.00	627	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	388	123.92/cwt	118.00–127.00	481	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	433	126.57/cwt	118.00–128.00	548	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	661	101.63/cwt	91.00–105.00	672	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	560	113.29/cwt	100.00–115.50	634	35
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	650	130.23/cwt	129.00–130.50	846	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	922	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,060	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	538	138.17/cwt	136.50–139.00	743	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	126.65/cwt	124.50–127.25	612	97
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	662	115.88/cwt	109.00–122.00	767	104
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	143.81/cwt	140.50–144.50	690	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	582	122.80/cwt	115.50–126.00	715	95
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	372	150.73/cwt	148.00–155.00	561	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	770	127.03/cwt	123.00–127.25	978	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	659	134.86/cwt	128.25–137.00	889	163
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	582	136.75/cwt	133.00–137.25	796	84

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 Oct 7, 2020

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

Receipts 1,393Last week 1,736Year ago 0

Cattle weighted on ground. 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 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	331	129.00–146.00	135.19
10	—	639	116.25	116.25
16	—	375	128.00–128.50	128.09
36	—	785	102.25–107.25	106.41
39	—	434	126.50–130.50	129.29
65	—	533	123.00–125.00	124.65
97	—	483	124.50–127.25	126.65
104	—	662	109.00–122.00	115.88
95	—	582	115.50–126.00	122.80
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	470	116.00–124.00	122.43
4	—	788	94.00	94.00
2	—	313	133.00	133.00
3	—	822	84.00–92.00	89.27
6	—	388	118.00–127.00	123.92
14	—	433	118.00–128.00	126.57
36	—	661	91.00–105.00	101.63
35	—	560	100.00–115.50	113.29
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	474	134.50–135.00	134.54
32	—	556	125.00–135.00	133.75
2	—	360	153.00	153.00
8	—	529	123.00–131.00	124.89
14	—	423	135.00–141.50	139.64
20	—	780	115.00–123.50	122.15
3	—	328	141.00	141.00
5	—	955	110.00	110.00
22	—	650	129.00–130.50	130.23
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	427	145.50–149.00	146.82
3	—	922	115.00	115.00
15	—	538	136.50–139.00	138.17
46	—	480	140.50–144.50	143.81
6	—	372	148.00–155.00	150.73
77	—	770	123.00–127.25	127.03
163	—	659	128.25–137.00	134.86
84	—	582	133.00–137.25	136.75

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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