Name: McMinnville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-10-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $127.01/cwt on 662 head.

Average price

$127.01

662 head · 612 lb average

Value per head Derived

$778

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$74

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

$4.25/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.02

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	621	127.97	795	512
Medium and Large 2-3	583	123.72	721	150

One grade step is worth $4.25/cwt here — about $74 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 sale662 hd

127.01

—

TN average11 barns · 2,069 hd

124.99

+2.02

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
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	546	126.40/cwt	126.00–126.50	690	39
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	787	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	905	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	433	138.31/cwt	138.00–140.00	599	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	980	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	725	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	250	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	303	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	552	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	646	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	557	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	557	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	389	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	548	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	935	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	701	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	477	131.14/cwt	125.50–133.50	626	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	659	123.13/cwt	120.00–123.50	811	140
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	882	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	926	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	535	113.86/cwt	109.50–114.50	609	87
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	283	139.03/cwt	136.00–142.00	393	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	433	121.72/cwt	120.00–122.00	527	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	488	116.27/cwt	116.25–116.50	567	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	583	125.71/cwt	120.00–127.00	733	102
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	435	118.45/cwt	117.50–118.50	515	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	534	133.65/cwt	129.00–135.00	714	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	338	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	423	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	343	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	525	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	855	120.75/cwt	120.75–120.75	1,032	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	913	109.50/cwt	109.50–109.50	1,000	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	646	108.37/cwt	100.00–108.75	700	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	990	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	481	119.87/cwt	116.00–120.50	577	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	772	121.59/cwt	112.00–123.00	939	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	140.14/cwt	136.00–140.50	680	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	424	146.28/cwt	140.00–147.25	620	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	579	106.95/cwt	104.25–107.50	619	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	369	150.37/cwt	149.50–155.00	555	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	386	123.94/cwt	121.00–126.00	478	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	767	98.62/cwt	91.00–101.25	756	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	662	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	636	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	338	129.50/cwt	129.00–130.00	438	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	735	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	750	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	285	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	368	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	745	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	611	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	662	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	741	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	381	119.61/cwt	118.00–120.00	456	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	649	100.50/cwt	100.50–100.50	652	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	740	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	814	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	762	90.50/cwt	90.50–90.50	690	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	930	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	846	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	646	120.53/cwt	120.50–121.00	779	36
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	329	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	461	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	539	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	571	55

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 Oct 29, 2020

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

Receipts 1,417Last week 1,393Year ago 0

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

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	546	126.00–126.50	126.40
13	—	787	115.00	115.00
6	—	433	138.00–140.00	138.31
9	—	552	117.00	117.00
5	—	389	141.00	141.00
20	—	477	125.50–133.50	131.14
3	—	882	105.00	105.00
2	—	283	136.00–142.00	139.03
10	—	662	112.00	112.00
2	—	740	110.00	110.00
1	—	930	91.00	91.00
36	—	646	120.50–121.00	120.53
4	—	329	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
140	—	659	120.00–123.50	123.13
102	—	583	120.00–127.00	125.71
78	—	534	129.00–135.00	133.65
3	—	343	153.00	153.00
22	—	855	120.75	120.75
4	—	913	109.50	109.50
1	—	1,000	99.00	99.00
82	—	772	112.00–123.00	121.59
51	—	485	136.00–140.50	140.14
23	—	424	140.00–147.25	146.28
6	—	369	149.50–155.00	150.37
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	980	74.00	74.00
1	—	250	121.00	121.00
5	—	557	100.00	100.00
1	—	935	75.00	75.00
24	—	488	116.25–116.50	116.27
20	—	435	117.50–118.50	118.45
2	—	338	125.00	125.00
3	—	745	82.00	82.00
10	—	381	118.00–120.00	119.61
10	—	649	100.50	100.50
7	—	762	90.50	90.50
55	—	539	106.00	106.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
87	—	535	109.50–114.50	113.86
22	—	433	120.00–122.00	121.72
92	—	646	100.00–108.75	108.37
58	—	481	116.00–120.50	119.87
71	—	579	104.25–107.50	106.95
19	—	386	121.00–126.00	123.94
16	—	767	91.00–101.25	98.62
6	—	662	96.00	96.00
4	—	338	129.00–130.00	129.50
2	—	735	102.00	102.00
1	—	285	129.00	129.00

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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