Name: McMinnville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-12-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Cattle were weighted on ground, graded and grouped. Steers and heifers mostly black, black white face and charolais.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $116.12/cwt on 482 head.

Average price

$116.12

482 head · 562 lb average

Value per head Derived

$653

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$51

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

$4.24/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.66

vs TN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2-3	514	119.35	613	114
Medium and Large 1-2	577	115.12	664	368

One grade step is worth $4.24/cwt here — about −$51 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 sale482 hd

116.12

—

TN average9 barns · 2,533 hd

117.78

−1.66

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

40 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	—	803	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	827	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	327	128.58/cwt	125.00–134.00	420	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	381	129.61/cwt	129.00–130.00	494	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	433	127.29/cwt	125.00–128.00	551	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	753	100.16/cwt	100.00–102.50	754	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	482	122.91/cwt	119.50–123.50	592	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	533	117.52/cwt	112.50–123.50	626	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	582	112.44/cwt	106.50–113.00	654	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	370	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	607	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	915	106.50/cwt	106.50–106.50	974	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	315	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	513	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	435	158.99/cwt	157.00–160.50	692	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	533	145.25/cwt	140.50–151.00	774	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	772	123.62/cwt	118.00–124.50	954	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	644	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	808	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	955	109.50/cwt	109.50–109.50	1,046	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	651	112.07/cwt	108.00–112.25	730	99
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	482	152.88/cwt	152.00–153.00	737	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	586	137.87/cwt	134.50–146.00	808	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	668	130.21/cwt	128.50–134.00	870	118
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	573	114.14/cwt	109.00–115.00	654	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	526	116.50/cwt	116.50–116.50	613	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	340	134.63/cwt	129.00–138.00	458	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	431	125.95/cwt	120.00–128.50	543	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	484	119.76/cwt	115.00–121.50	580	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	747	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	777	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	632	115.99/cwt	115.00–117.00	733	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	430	160.80/cwt	160.00–161.50	691	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	378	160.59/cwt	157.00–163.00	607	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	775	120.70/cwt	114.00–121.50	935	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	548	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	658	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,005	105.50/cwt	105.50–105.50	1,060	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	481	152.06/cwt	150.00–152.50	731	34
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	323	158.88/cwt	156.00–162.00	513	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	654	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	824	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	653	106.80/cwt	103.00–107.50	697	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	377	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	513	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	285	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	388	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	960	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	941	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	559	134.85/cwt	130.00–135.00	754	36

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

Fri Dec 11, 2020

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

Receipts 1,166Last week 1,739Year ago 0

Cattle were weighted on ground, graded and grouped. Steers and heifers mostly black, black white face and charolais.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	803	103.00	103.00
5	—	327	125.00–134.00	128.58
10	—	381	129.00–130.00	129.61
29	—	433	125.00–128.00	127.29
32	—	753	100.00–102.50	100.16
41	—	482	119.50–123.50	122.91
67	—	533	112.50–123.50	117.52
81	—	582	106.50–113.00	112.44
99	—	651	108.00–112.25	112.07
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	573	109.00–115.00	114.14
4	—	526	116.50	116.50
8	—	340	129.00–138.00	134.63
20	—	431	120.00–128.50	125.95
26	—	484	115.00–121.50	119.76
3	—	747	104.00	104.00
13	—	653	103.00–107.50	106.80
8	—	377	136.00	136.00
1	—	285	136.00	136.00
2	—	960	98.00	98.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	370	164.00	164.00
1	—	915	106.50	106.50
1	—	315	163.00	163.00
7	—	435	157.00–160.50	158.99
31	—	533	140.50–151.00	145.25
59	—	772	118.00–124.50	123.62
6	—	644	125.50	125.50
6	—	955	109.50	109.50
16	—	482	152.00–153.00	152.88
65	—	586	134.50–146.00	137.87
118	—	668	128.50–134.00	130.21
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	632	115.00–117.00	115.99
13	—	430	160.00–161.50	160.80
5	—	378	157.00–163.00	160.59
19	—	775	114.00–121.50	120.70
3	—	548	120.00	120.00
3	—	1,005	105.50	105.50
34	—	481	150.00–152.50	152.06
4	—	323	156.00–162.00	158.88
32	—	654	126.00	126.00
36	—	559	130.00–135.00	134.85

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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