Name: McMinnville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-07-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-07-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Cattle graded and weighed on ground. Steers and heifers, mostly Black, Black white face and charolais.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $136.93/cwt on 939 head.

Average price

$136.93

939 head · 572 lb average

Value per head Derived

$784

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$102

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

$5.40/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.34

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	585	138.23	809	713
Medium and Large 2-3	532	132.84	707	226

One grade step is worth $5.40/cwt here — about $102 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 sale939 hd

136.93

—

TN average8 barns · 2,814 hd

134.59

+2.34

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

40 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 2-3	—	918	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,175	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	500	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	740	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	563	152.09/cwt	150.25–152.50	856	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	376	134.89/cwt	129.00–137.50	507	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	630	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	882	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	656	146.36/cwt	144.00–146.75	960	36
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	393	169.53/cwt	167.00–172.00	666	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	320	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	534	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	965	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	984	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	744	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	930	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	343	139.44/cwt	137.50–140.00	478	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	440	142.66/cwt	141.00–143.00	628	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	383	148.06/cwt	146.00–149.00	567	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	645	129.49/cwt	126.50–132.00	835	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	249	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	446	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	648	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	907	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	746	140.03/cwt	136.00–144.50	1,045	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	165.50/cwt	160.00–168.00	803	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	767	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	1,108	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	378	173.04/cwt	167.00–175.00	654	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	538	155.77/cwt	146.00–158.00	838	99
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	584	154.73/cwt	150.00–156.50	904	173
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	336	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	601	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	435	168.03/cwt	165.00–175.00	731	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	914	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	1,211	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	773	124.59/cwt	121.00–125.00	963	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	585	140.43/cwt	130.00–142.00	822	165
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	659	135.75/cwt	135.75–135.75	895	197
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	661	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	998	219
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	140.94/cwt	139.00–141.25	681	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	534	142.26/cwt	130.00–145.25	760	134
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	558	135.12/cwt	123.00–136.00	754	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	333	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	473	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	766	116.43/cwt	112.00–117.00	892	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	482	137.38/cwt	134.50–137.75	662	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	658	120.52/cwt	120.00–122.50	793	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	273	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	431	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	433	136.43/cwt	134.50–137.00	591	27
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	758	133.80/cwt	123.00–135.00	1,014	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	483	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	773	17

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 Jul 14, 2021

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

Receipts 2,150Last week 1,335Year ago 0

Cattle graded and weighed on ground. Steers and heifers, mostly Black, Black white face and charolais.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	918	128.00	128.00
1	—	500	148.00	148.00
51	—	563	150.25–152.50	152.09
1	—	630	140.00	140.00
36	—	656	144.00–146.75	146.36
4	—	393	167.00–172.00	169.53
2	—	320	167.00	167.00
10	—	758	123.00–135.00	133.80
17	—	483	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	249	179.00	179.00
25	—	648	140.00	140.00
21	—	746	136.00–144.50	140.03
62	—	485	160.00–168.00	165.50
83	—	767	144.50	144.50
4	—	378	167.00–175.00	173.04
99	—	538	146.00–158.00	155.77
173	—	584	150.00–156.50	154.73
7	—	336	179.00	179.00
38	—	435	165.00–175.00	168.03
9	—	914	132.50	132.50
219	—	661	151.00	151.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	376	129.00–137.50	134.89
77	—	558	123.00–136.00	135.12
7	—	333	142.00	142.00
9	—	766	112.00–117.00	116.43
44	—	482	134.50–137.75	137.38
44	—	658	120.00–122.50	120.52
5	—	273	158.00	158.00
27	—	433	134.50–137.00	136.43
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	965	102.00	102.00
4	—	744	125.00	125.00
9	—	343	137.50–140.00	139.44
24	—	440	141.00–143.00	142.66
26	—	383	146.00–149.00	148.06
33	—	645	126.50–132.00	129.49
40	—	773	121.00–125.00	124.59
165	—	585	130.00–142.00	140.43
197	—	659	135.75	135.75
78	—	483	139.00–141.25	140.94
134	—	534	130.00–145.25	142.26

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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