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

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Cattle were weighed on the ground. Graded and some grouped. Mostly black, bwf and charolis steers and heifers.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $134.44/cwt on 648 head.

Average price

$134.44

648 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$741

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$67

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

$6.44/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.80

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	557	135.97	757	494
Medium and Large 2-3	533	129.53	690	154

One grade step is worth $6.44/cwt here — about $67 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 sale648 hd

134.44

—

TN average9 barns · 2,321 hd

137.23

−2.80

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	137.07/cwt	131.50–139.00	726	97
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	664	149.76/cwt	143.00–150.00	994	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	533	168.04/cwt	160.00–172.00	896	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	960	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,210	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	648	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	988	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	582	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	815	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	394	178.88/cwt	178.50–180.00	705	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	765	120.75/cwt	115.00–121.50	924	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,040	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,217	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	343	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	624	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	766	142.68/cwt	137.00–143.75	1,093	94
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	658	156.66/cwt	152.00–157.50	1,031	157
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	486	173.31/cwt	166.00–175.00	842	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	568	156.57/cwt	153.00–161.00	889	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	846	147.75/cwt	147.75–147.75	1,250	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	643	127.26/cwt	125.00–130.50	818	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	382	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	562	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	292	144.13/cwt	143.00–149.00	421	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	329	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	497	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	895	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	958	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	730	121.50/cwt	121.50–121.50	887	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	338	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	443	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	883	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,192	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	865	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	930	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	434	176.15/cwt	174.00–180.00	764	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	771	114.09/cwt	105.00–123.00	880	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	653	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	852	110
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	629	126.86/cwt	122.00–127.50	798	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	487	140.59/cwt	138.00–142.50	685	103
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	542	156.50/cwt	156.50–156.50	848	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	429	139.63/cwt	137.00–147.00	599	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	385	133.88/cwt	126.00–141.00	515	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	425	135.41/cwt	125.00–136.50	575	22
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	419	172.53/cwt	153.00–175.00	723	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	564	128.55/cwt	118.00–140.00	725	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	660	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	693	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	777	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	1,099	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	478	132.90/cwt	126.00–133.50	635	24
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	384	171.97/cwt	164.00–172.50	660	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	571	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	868	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	728	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	997	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	329	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	569	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	482	163.57/cwt	147.00–165.00	788	12

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 Aug 4, 2021

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

Receipts 1,669Last week 2,150Year ago 1,857

Cattle were weighed on the ground. Graded and some grouped. Mostly black, bwf and charolis 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
97	—	530	131.50–139.00	137.07
66	—	582	140.00	140.00
26	—	765	115.00–121.50	120.75
22	—	643	125.00–130.50	127.26
9	—	382	147.00	147.00
5	—	292	143.00–149.00	144.13
4	—	329	151.00	151.00
1	—	895	107.00	107.00
1	—	730	121.50	121.50
110	—	653	130.50	130.50
103	—	487	138.00–142.50	140.59
50	—	429	137.00–147.00	139.63
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	338	131.00	131.00
1	—	865	107.50	107.50
4	—	771	105.00–123.00	114.09
17	—	629	122.00–127.50	126.86
8	—	385	126.00–141.00	133.88
22	—	425	125.00–136.50	135.41
73	—	564	118.00–140.00	128.55
2	—	660	105.00	105.00
24	—	478	126.00–133.50	132.90
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	664	143.00–150.00	149.76
5	—	542	156.50	156.50
19	—	419	153.00–175.00	172.53
19	—	777	141.50	141.50
15	—	384	164.00–172.50	171.97
4	—	571	152.00	152.00
2	—	728	137.00	137.00
6	—	329	173.00	173.00
12	—	482	147.00–165.00	163.57
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	533	160.00–172.00	168.04
1	—	960	126.00	126.00
11	—	648	152.50	152.50
4	—	394	178.50–180.00	178.88
1	—	1,040	117.00	117.00
6	—	343	182.00	182.00
94	—	766	137.00–143.75	142.68
157	—	658	152.00–157.50	156.66
62	—	486	166.00–175.00	173.31
74	—	568	153.00–161.00	156.57
41	—	846	147.75	147.75
2	—	883	135.00	135.00
22	—	434	174.00–180.00	176.15

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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