Name: McMinnville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-01-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-01-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Cattle were weighted on the ground and graded. Mostly black, black white face and charlois steers and heifers.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $114.66/cwt on 439 head.

Average price

$114.66

439 head · 573 lb average

Value per head Derived

$657

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$87

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

$2.44/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.14

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	589	115.28	680	328
Medium and Large 2-3	525	112.84	593	111

One grade step is worth $2.44/cwt here — about $87 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 sale439 hd

114.66

—

TN average8 barns · 2,085 hd

118.81

−4.14

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

36 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	—	875	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	831	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	618	116.25/cwt	116.25–116.25	718	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	268	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	386	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	438	124.68/cwt	122.50–130.50	546	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	376	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	491	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	123.55/cwt	122.00–124.00	599	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	665	128.36/cwt	124.50–129.25	854	91
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	435	164.66/cwt	164.00–165.00	716	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	928	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	1,044	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	776	118.50/cwt	116.00–120.50	920	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	494	155.50/cwt	155.50–155.50	768	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	535	146.95/cwt	140.00–147.50	786	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	764	98.50/cwt	98.50–98.50	753	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	111.21/cwt	105.00–112.50	643	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	118.10/cwt	110.50–119.50	626	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	663	115.63/cwt	110.00–117.00	767	95
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	803	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	968	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	586	134.65/cwt	128.00–135.00	789	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	555	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	594	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	940	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	799	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	336	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	437	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	392	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	506	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	430	122.22/cwt	121.50–126.00	526	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	636	107.38/cwt	107.00–108.50	683	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	484	150.38/cwt	143.00–153.00	728	23
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	648	126.96/cwt	125.50–127.00	823	36
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	562	135.21/cwt	123.00–137.50	760	66
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	320	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	483	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	380	153.92/cwt	151.00–157.00	585	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	665	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	845	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	482	117.78/cwt	110.00–120.00	568	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	680	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	707	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	750	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	668	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	438	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	736	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	937	111.50/cwt	111.50–111.50	1,045	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	776	116.52/cwt	112.00–117.50	904	11

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 Jan 6, 2021

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

Receipts 1,156Last week 1,166Year ago 1,505

Cattle were weighted on the ground and graded. Mostly 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	—	875	95.00	95.00
2	—	618	116.25	116.25
8	—	268	144.00	144.00
8	—	438	122.50–130.50	124.68
10	—	376	130.50	130.50
27	—	485	122.00–124.00	123.55
37	—	764	98.50	98.50
68	—	578	105.00–112.50	111.21
72	—	530	110.50–119.50	118.10
95	—	663	110.00–117.00	115.63
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	555	107.00	107.00
1	—	940	85.00	85.00
4	—	336	130.00	130.00
6	—	392	129.00	129.00
14	—	430	121.50–126.00	122.22
16	—	636	107.00–108.50	107.38
23	—	482	110.00–120.00	117.78
1	—	680	104.00	104.00
1	—	750	89.00	89.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
91	—	665	124.50–129.25	128.36
3	—	435	164.00–165.00	164.66
6	—	928	112.50	112.50
9	—	776	116.00–120.50	118.50
15	—	494	155.50	155.50
41	—	535	140.00–147.50	146.95
54	—	803	120.50	120.50
60	—	586	128.00–135.00	134.65
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	484	143.00–153.00	150.38
36	—	648	125.50–127.00	126.96
66	—	562	123.00–137.50	135.21
1	—	320	151.00	151.00
2	—	380	151.00–157.00	153.92
2	—	665	127.00	127.00
5	—	438	168.00	168.00
6	—	937	111.50	111.50
11	—	776	112.00–117.50	116.52

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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