Name: McMinnville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-05-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-05-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Cattle were weighted on the ground and graded. Black, Black white faced and charolis cross steers and heifers.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $139.86/cwt on 588 head.

Average price

$139.86

588 head · 597 lb average

Value per head Derived

$834

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$12

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

$10.39/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.40

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	558	147.71	825	144
Medium and Large 1-2	609	137.32	836	444

One grade step is worth $10.39/cwt here — about −$12 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 sale588 hd

139.86

—

TN average10 barns · 1,597 hd

141.26

−1.40

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

39 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	—	600	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	648	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	850	106.50/cwt	106.50–106.50	905	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	975	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	956	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	334	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	484	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	384	138.85/cwt	134.00–140.00	533	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	768	108.07/cwt	107.00–114.00	830	26
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	479	159.38/cwt	156.00–160.00	763	35
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	658	134.13/cwt	119.00–135.00	883	37
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	888	113.50/cwt	113.50–113.50	1,008	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	485	132.62/cwt	131.00–133.00	643	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	552	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	682	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	329	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	454	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	315	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	539	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	533	146.78/cwt	146.50–147.50	782	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	581	138.43/cwt	134.00–138.75	804	105
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	745	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	890	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	544	147.00/cwt	138.00–152.00	800	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	423	159.26/cwt	156.00–159.50	674	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	376	167.89/cwt	167.00–168.00	631	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	433	166.21/cwt	155.00–167.00	720	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	656	118.21/cwt	112.00–118.50	775	91
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	796	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	860	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	385	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	510	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	563	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	856	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	126.31/cwt	122.50–126.50	610	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	581	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	700	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	533	123.02/cwt	119.00–123.25	656	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	541	121.35/cwt	115.50–133.00	657	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	633	115.56/cwt	115.50–116.00	731	24
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	365	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	606	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	431	131.76/cwt	130.00–132.00	568	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	801	118.75/cwt	118.75–118.75	951	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	486	156.34/cwt	155.00–157.50	760	47
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	335	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	570	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	287	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	413	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	427	130.28/cwt	130.00–132.00	556	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	655	127.89/cwt	126.00–128.00	838	130
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	780	117.96/cwt	116.00–118.75	920	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	935	117.01/cwt	114.00–118.00	1,094	4

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 May 5, 2021

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

Receipts 1,371Last week 1,644Year ago 2,006

Cattle were weighted on the ground and graded. Black, Black white faced and charolis cross 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	—	600	108.00	108.00
3	—	850	106.50	106.50
3	—	975	98.00	98.00
4	—	334	145.00	145.00
19	—	384	134.00–140.00	138.85
26	—	768	107.00–114.00	108.07
91	—	656	112.00–118.50	118.21
64	—	483	122.50–126.50	126.31
65	—	581	120.50	120.50
76	—	533	119.00–123.25	123.02
33	—	431	130.00–132.00	131.76
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	485	131.00–133.00	132.62
37	—	552	123.50	123.50
3	—	329	138.00	138.00
4	—	796	108.00	108.00
11	—	385	132.50	132.50
22	—	541	115.50–133.00	121.35
24	—	633	115.50–116.00	115.56
3	—	287	144.00	144.00
15	—	427	130.00–132.00	130.28
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	479	156.00–160.00	159.38
37	—	658	119.00–135.00	134.13
3	—	888	113.50	113.50
8	—	745	119.50	119.50
11	—	544	138.00–152.00	147.00
14	—	423	156.00–159.50	159.26
29	—	563	152.00	152.00
3	—	365	166.00	166.00
4	—	335	170.00	170.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	315	171.00	171.00
51	—	533	146.50–147.50	146.78
105	—	581	134.00–138.75	138.43
9	—	376	167.00–168.00	167.89
28	—	433	155.00–167.00	166.21
41	—	801	118.75	118.75
47	—	486	155.00–157.50	156.34
130	—	655	126.00–128.00	127.89
28	—	780	116.00–118.75	117.96
4	—	935	114.00–118.00	117.01

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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