Name: McMinnville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-02-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-02-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Cattle were weighed on ground and graded. Black, Bwf, and Charolis steers and heifers.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $136.01/cwt on 463 head.

Average price

$136.01

463 head · 618 lb average

Value per head Derived

$841

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$103

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

$0.55/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.68

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	559	136.44	762	109
Medium and Large 1-2	637	135.88	865	354

One grade step is worth $0.55/cwt here — about −$103 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 sale463 hd

136.01

—

TN average10 barns · 1,775 hd

138.69

−2.68

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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	962	111.50/cwt	111.50–111.50	1,073	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	628	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	842	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	295	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	407	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	320	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	451	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	720	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	763	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	895	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	940	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	441	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	567	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	374	136.98/cwt	133.00–138.00	512	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	537	146.39/cwt	139.00–147.00	786	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	585	139.25/cwt	134.50–140.25	815	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	885	111.50/cwt	111.50–111.50	987	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	338	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	592	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	181.17/cwt	179.00–190.00	679	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	786	121.69/cwt	118.00–122.00	956	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	662	128.78/cwt	124.00–129.75	853	98
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	166.04/cwt	128.00–169.00	714	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	156.05/cwt	156.00–157.00	757	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	645	115.38/cwt	114.00–118.00	744	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	481	123.42/cwt	122.50–128.50	594	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	771	110.47/cwt	110.00–112.50	852	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	123.26/cwt	123.00–124.00	648	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	582	121.56/cwt	116.00–123.00	707	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	654	113.15/cwt	107.00–114.00	740	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	385	124.68/cwt	124.00–133.00	480	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	488	122.43/cwt	119.00–124.50	597	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	553	113.62/cwt	112.50–114.00	628	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	280	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	361	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	520	116.50/cwt	116.50–116.50	606	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	618	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	587	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	330	163.91/cwt	155.00–170.00	541	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	643	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	804	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	491	146.77/cwt	132.00–149.00	721	22
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	554	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	765	34
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	730	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	810	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	378	153.83/cwt	141.00–167.00	581	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	430	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	705	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	768	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	806	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	650	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	696	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	425	126.35/cwt	125.50–127.00	537	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	526	127.12/cwt	123.00–149.00	669	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	671	115.88/cwt	115.00–116.00	778	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	762	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	903	8

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 Feb 4, 2021

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

Receipts 995Last week 0Year ago 1,036

Cattle were weighed on ground and graded. Black, Bwf, and Charolis steers and heifers.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	962	111.50	111.50
13	—	628	134.00	134.00
40	—	537	139.00–147.00	146.39
48	—	585	134.50–140.25	139.25
1	—	885	111.50	111.50
2	—	338	175.00	175.00
5	—	375	179.00–190.00	181.17
88	—	786	118.00–122.00	121.69
98	—	662	124.00–129.75	128.78
14	—	430	128.00–169.00	166.04
40	—	485	156.00–157.00	156.05
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	330	155.00–170.00	163.91
16	—	643	125.00	125.00
22	—	491	132.00–149.00	146.77
34	—	554	138.00	138.00
2	—	730	111.00	111.00
4	—	378	141.00–167.00	153.83
4	—	430	164.00	164.00
6	—	526	123.00–149.00	127.12
8	—	671	115.00–116.00	115.88
8	—	762	118.50	118.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	295	138.00	138.00
2	—	320	141.00	141.00
2	—	720	106.00	106.00
2	—	895	105.00	105.00
4	—	441	128.50	128.50
10	—	374	133.00–138.00	136.98
20	—	645	114.00–118.00	115.38
31	—	481	122.50–128.50	123.42
42	—	771	110.00–112.50	110.47
46	—	526	123.00–124.00	123.26
70	—	582	116.00–123.00	121.56
74	—	654	107.00–114.00	113.15
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	385	124.00–133.00	124.68
20	—	488	119.00–124.50	122.43
20	—	553	112.50–114.00	113.62
1	—	280	129.00	129.00
2	—	520	116.50	116.50
3	—	618	95.00	95.00
3	—	768	105.00	105.00
5	—	650	107.00	107.00
7	—	425	125.50–127.00	126.35

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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