Name: McMinnville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-04-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-04-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Cattle were graded and grouped by breed and weighed on ground. Most were black, bwf and charolis cross steers and heifers.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $134.51/cwt on 707 head.

Average price

$134.51

707 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$750

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$76

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

$0.08/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.78

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	517	134.57	696	198
Medium and Large 1-2	573	134.49	771	509

One grade step is worth $0.08/cwt here — about −$76 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 sale707 hd

134.51

—

TN average11 barns · 2,658 hd

135.29

−0.78

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

49 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 2-3	—	643	117.39/cwt	109.00–121.00	755	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	772	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,019	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	264	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	401	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	802	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,035	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	333	143.16/cwt	141.00–144.50	477	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	443	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	638	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	656	132.18/cwt	132.00–133.00	867	126
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	320	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	627	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	135.10/cwt	129.00–135.75	655	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	661	142.62/cwt	140.00–143.00	943	133
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	773	117.85/cwt	108.00–119.00	911	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	539	161.30/cwt	155.00–162.00	869	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	587	154.39/cwt	145.00–156.00	906	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	436	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	796	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	382	188.83/cwt	188.50–190.00	721	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	923	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,117	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	533	139.95/cwt	130.00–141.50	746	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	936	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,207	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	384	143.76/cwt	136.00–144.50	552	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	638	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	849	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	923	106.50/cwt	106.50–106.50	983	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	327	135.99/cwt	135.00–137.00	445	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,090	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	1,079	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	240	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	334	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	900	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,071	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	880	110.99/cwt	110.00–112.00	977	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	484	174.32/cwt	170.50–175.50	844	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	378	143.26/cwt	140.50–144.50	542	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	437	141.16/cwt	138.00–141.50	617	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	534	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	737	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	635	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	832	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	817	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	948	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	541	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	806	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	717	118.49/cwt	118.00–119.00	850	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	320	181.67/cwt	181.00–183.00	581	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	553	134.60/cwt	124.00–137.00	744	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	772	106.36/cwt	101.00–117.00	821	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	767	130.28/cwt	128.50–130.50	999	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,053	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	927	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	429	181.78/cwt	178.00–183.00	780	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	479	139.39/cwt	137.00–140.00	668	35
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	656	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	872	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	438	139.05/cwt	134.00–139.50	609	37
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	255	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	497	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	489	176.23/cwt	172.00–176.50	862	50
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	372	181.50/cwt	181.50–181.50	675	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	586	138.78/cwt	131.00–140.00	813	76
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	555	158.33/cwt	152.00–159.00	879	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	250	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	510	1

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 Apr 8, 2021

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

Receipts 1,644Last week 1,085Year ago 0

Cattle were graded and grouped by breed and weighed on ground. Most were black, bwf and charolis cross steers and heifers.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	643	109.00–121.00	117.39
8	—	264	152.00	152.00
5	—	333	141.00–144.50	143.16
2	—	880	110.00–112.00	110.99
16	—	378	140.50–144.50	143.26
31	—	437	138.00–141.50	141.16
6	—	534	138.00	138.00
6	—	717	118.00–119.00	118.49
61	—	553	124.00–137.00	134.60
3	—	772	101.00–117.00	106.36
2	—	1,053	88.00	88.00
35	—	479	137.00–140.00	139.39
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	443	144.00	144.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
126	—	656	132.00–133.00	132.18
90	—	485	129.00–135.75	135.10
47	—	773	108.00–119.00	117.85
74	—	533	130.00–141.50	139.95
33	—	384	136.00–144.50	143.76
8	—	638	133.00	133.00
7	—	923	106.50	106.50
4	—	327	135.00–137.00	135.99
1	—	1,090	99.00	99.00
1	—	240	139.00	139.00
37	—	438	134.00–139.50	139.05
76	—	586	131.00–140.00	138.78
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
61	—	772	132.00	132.00
3	—	802	129.00	129.00
1	—	320	196.00	196.00
133	—	661	140.00–143.00	142.62
61	—	539	155.00–162.00	161.30
62	—	587	145.00–156.00	154.39
27	—	436	182.50	182.50
20	—	382	188.50–190.00	188.83
5	—	923	121.00	121.00
50	—	489	172.00–176.50	176.23
1	—	250	204.00	204.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	936	129.00	129.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	900	119.00	119.00
27	—	484	170.50–175.50	174.32
2	—	635	131.00	131.00
5	—	817	116.00	116.00
10	—	541	149.00	149.00
6	—	320	181.00–183.00	181.67
18	—	767	128.50–130.50	130.28
11	—	429	178.00–183.00	181.78
7	—	656	133.00	133.00
1	—	255	195.00	195.00
9	—	372	181.50	181.50
62	—	555	152.00–159.00	158.33

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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