Name: McMinnville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-03-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Cattle were weighed on ground. Mostly black, black white face and charolis steers and heifers.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $142.06/cwt on 490 head.

Average price

$142.06

490 head · 611 lb average

Value per head Derived

$868

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$50

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

$9.28/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.29

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	561	148.38	832	156
Medium and Large 1-2	634	139.11	882	334

One grade step is worth $9.28/cwt here — about −$50 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 sale490 hd

142.06

—

TN average12 barns · 3,892 hd

138.77

+3.29

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

43 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	—	582	143.00/cwt	138.00–144.00	832	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	660	133.41/cwt	127.50–134.75	881	116
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	905	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	950	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	280	141.52/cwt	141.00–142.00	396	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	342	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	482	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	823	110.50/cwt	110.50–110.50	909	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	644	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	747	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	376	141.40/cwt	141.00–141.50	532	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	110.17/cwt	109.50–111.50	1,047	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	148.72/cwt	132.00–156.00	779	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	484	164.83/cwt	160.00–165.50	798	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	749	109.12/cwt	109.00–116.00	817	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	363	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	672	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	433	178.19/cwt	170.00–183.00	772	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	782	123.04/cwt	118.00–123.50	962	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	640	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	666	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	431	137.43/cwt	136.50–137.50	592	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	541	122.08/cwt	121.50–139.00	660	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	135.91/cwt	135.00–136.25	720	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	795	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	906	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	928	111.50/cwt	111.50–111.50	1,035	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	549	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	834	46
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	343	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	624	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	784	117.54/cwt	115.00–118.00	922	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	386	142.41/cwt	141.00–143.00	550	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	655	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	773	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	435	135.26/cwt	130.50–137.50	588	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	483	161.86/cwt	152.00–164.00	782	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	572	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	672	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	928	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	900	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	739	111.51/cwt	110.00–112.00	824	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	483	132.56/cwt	121.00–139.00	640	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	576	139.84/cwt	138.00–145.50	805	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	661	111.50/cwt	111.50–111.50	737	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	638	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	849	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	341	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	477	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	915	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	933	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	661	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	790	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	210	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	317	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	586	123.73/cwt	119.50–127.00	725	63
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	436	163.59/cwt	158.50–165.00	713	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	482	138.46/cwt	136.50–139.00	667	33
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	386	177.48/cwt	177.00–182.00	685	10

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 Mar 3, 2021

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

Receipts 1,085Last week 995Year ago 1,015

Cattle were weighed 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
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	582	138.00–144.00	143.00
116	—	660	127.50–134.75	133.41
3	—	950	109.50–111.50	110.17
40	—	524	132.00–156.00	148.72
25	—	484	160.00–165.50	164.83
2	—	363	185.00	185.00
14	—	433	170.00–183.00	178.19
69	—	782	118.00–123.50	123.04
2	—	928	111.50	111.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	549	152.00	152.00
3	—	343	182.00	182.00
26	—	784	115.00–118.00	117.54
4	—	655	118.00	118.00
28	—	483	152.00–164.00	161.86
2	—	928	97.00	97.00
16	—	576	138.00–145.50	139.84
3	—	638	133.00	133.00
18	—	436	158.50–165.00	163.59
10	—	386	177.00–182.00	177.48
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	905	105.00	105.00
2	—	280	141.00–142.00	141.52
3	—	342	141.00	141.00
3	—	823	110.50	110.50
8	—	644	116.00	116.00
10	—	376	141.00–141.50	141.40
56	—	749	109.00–116.00	109.12
27	—	431	136.50–137.50	137.43
37	—	530	135.00–136.25	135.91
69	—	661	119.50	119.50
63	—	586	119.50–127.00	123.73
33	—	482	136.50–139.00	138.46
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	640	104.00	104.00
28	—	541	121.50–139.00	122.08
1	—	795	114.00	114.00
7	—	386	141.00–143.00	142.41
19	—	435	130.50–137.50	135.26
12	—	572	117.50	117.50
4	—	739	110.00–112.00	111.51
14	—	483	121.00–139.00	132.56
11	—	661	111.50	111.50
4	—	341	140.00	140.00
1	—	915	102.00	102.00
1	—	210	151.00	151.00

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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