Name: McMinnville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-11-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Cattle were weighted on ground. Mostly 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 $112.82/cwt on 694 head.

Average price

$112.82

694 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$631

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$65

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

$2.27/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.27

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	569	113.30	645	547
Medium and Large 2-3	522	111.04	580	147

One grade step is worth $2.27/cwt here — about $65 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 sale694 hd

112.82

—

TN average10 barns · 3,090 hd

117.09

−4.27

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

42 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	—	484	120.81/cwt	117.50–122.00	585	84
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	758	100.13/cwt	100.00–101.00	759	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	383	125.53/cwt	124.00–126.00	481	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	432	148.12/cwt	145.50–149.00	640	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	369	157.94/cwt	149.00–159.00	583	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	912	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,049	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	776	122.12/cwt	119.75–123.00	948	120
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	666	128.85/cwt	128.25–129.00	858	106
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	584	132.31/cwt	129.00–132.75	773	103
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	742	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	898	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	895	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,056	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	310	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	459	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	533	136.60/cwt	132.50–138.00	728	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	482	145.15/cwt	142.00–146.00	700	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	645	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	806	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	429	120.43/cwt	119.00–121.00	517	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	644	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	696	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	333	127.61/cwt	127.00–130.00	425	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	283	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	351	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	825	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	809	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	915	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	769	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	654	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	703	98
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	532	115.00/cwt	114.50–115.50	612	103
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	586	113.04/cwt	108.00–114.25	662	120
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	431	115.23/cwt	112.00–117.00	497	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	646	103.99/cwt	91.00–108.00	672	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	559	110.38/cwt	105.00–111.50	617	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	830	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	706	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	529	112.29/cwt	111.50–114.00	594	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	785	93.42/cwt	93.00–96.00	733	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	476	139.57/cwt	137.00–141.00	664	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	645	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	806	32
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	570	126.92/cwt	116.00–131.00	723	55
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	240	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	362	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	329	142.22/cwt	117.00–147.00	468	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	375	145.68/cwt	140.00–151.00	546	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	339	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	410	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	378	117.70/cwt	112.00–120.00	445	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	480	114.89/cwt	112.00–116.00	551	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	440	144.63/cwt	143.00–145.00	636	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	661	118.75/cwt	116.00–121.00	785	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	768	119.23/cwt	111.00–120.50	916	15

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 Nov 19, 2020

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

Receipts 1,739Last week 1,417Year ago 0

Cattle were weighted 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 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
84	—	484	117.50–122.00	120.81
55	—	758	100.00–101.00	100.13
29	—	383	124.00–126.00	125.53
28	—	429	119.00–121.00	120.43
16	—	644	108.00	108.00
5	—	333	127.00–130.00	127.61
5	—	283	124.00	124.00
3	—	825	98.00	98.00
1	—	915	84.00	84.00
98	—	654	107.50	107.50
103	—	532	114.50–115.50	115.00
120	—	586	108.00–114.25	113.04
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	431	112.00–117.00	115.23
31	—	646	91.00–108.00	103.99
35	—	559	105.00–111.50	110.38
1	—	830	85.00	85.00
3	—	529	111.50–114.00	112.29
7	—	785	93.00–96.00	93.42
10	—	339	121.00	121.00
17	—	378	112.00–120.00	117.70
18	—	480	112.00–116.00	114.89
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	432	145.50–149.00	148.12
10	—	369	149.00–159.00	157.94
5	—	912	115.00	115.00
120	—	776	119.75–123.00	122.12
106	—	666	128.25–129.00	128.85
103	—	584	129.00–132.75	132.31
3	—	742	121.00	121.00
1	—	895	118.00	118.00
1	—	310	148.00	148.00
83	—	533	132.50–138.00	136.60
46	—	482	142.00–146.00	145.15
21	—	645	125.00	125.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	476	137.00–141.00	139.57
32	—	645	125.00	125.00
55	—	570	116.00–131.00	126.92
2	—	240	151.00	151.00
6	—	329	117.00–147.00	142.22
6	—	375	140.00–151.00	145.68
11	—	440	143.00–145.00	144.63
11	—	661	116.00–121.00	118.75
15	—	768	111.00–120.50	119.23

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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