Name: McMinnville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-08-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-08-31

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Cattle were weighted on ground. Graded and some grouped . Mostly black, black white face and charolis steers and heifers.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $134.63/cwt on 651 head.

Average price

$134.63

651 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$749

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$98

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

$9.65/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.28

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	565	137.06	775	487
Medium and Large 2-3	531	127.41	676	164

One grade step is worth $9.65/cwt here — about $98 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 sale651 hd

134.63

—

TN average8 barns · 2,068 hd

134.35

+0.28

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

42 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	—	440	156.50/cwt	156.50–156.50	689	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	920	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,168	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	568	144.77/cwt	138.00–145.50	822	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	763	142.89/cwt	139.50–143.75	1,090	96
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	585	155.62/cwt	151.00–157.25	910	94
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	535	160.27/cwt	155.00–162.00	857	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	488	169.35/cwt	165.00–170.25	826	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	260	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	468	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	655	137.65/cwt	129.50–140.00	902	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	444	175.60/cwt	170.00–178.00	780	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	708	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	998	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	800	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	1,196	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	646	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	995	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	383	176.01/cwt	173.00–177.00	674	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	661	156.75/cwt	156.75–156.75	1,036	115
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	385	145.32/cwt	142.00–147.50	559	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	324	150.15/cwt	145.00–151.00	486	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	292	146.64/cwt	143.00–154.00	428	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	980	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	862	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,045	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	899	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	765	115.50/cwt	115.50–115.50	884	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	549	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	785	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	770	138.96/cwt	130.00–139.50	1,070	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	484	152.87/cwt	138.00–158.00	740	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	584	142.50/cwt	130.50–144.50	832	116
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	648	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	810	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	743	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	892	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	433	138.20/cwt	133.00–138.50	598	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	486	139.80/cwt	135.00–140.75	679	66
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	383	160.25/cwt	160.00–161.50	614	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	245	135.67/cwt	127.00–140.00	332	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	325	144.37/cwt	144.00–144.50	469	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	820	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	746	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	540	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	691	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	533	136.53/cwt	132.00–138.50	728	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	650	134.71/cwt	129.00–135.50	876	107
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	374	138.99/cwt	136.50–147.50	520	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	648	118.47/cwt	118.00–120.00	768	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	437	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	577	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	482	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	641	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	569	126.86/cwt	118.00–128.00	722	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	725	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	660	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

Tue Aug 31, 2021

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

Receipts 1,716Last week 1,669Year ago 0

Cattle were weighted on ground. Graded and some grouped . 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 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	440	156.50	156.50
51	—	568	138.00–145.50	144.77
40	—	655	129.50–140.00	137.65
10	—	549	143.00	143.00
17	—	770	130.00–139.50	138.96
25	—	484	138.00–158.00	152.87
6	—	383	160.00–161.50	160.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	920	127.00	127.00
96	—	763	139.50–143.75	142.89
94	—	585	151.00–157.25	155.62
55	—	535	155.00–162.00	160.27
41	—	488	165.00–170.25	169.35
1	—	260	180.00	180.00
25	—	444	170.00–178.00	175.60
18	—	708	141.00	141.00
13	—	800	149.50	149.50
11	—	646	154.00	154.00
5	—	383	173.00–177.00	176.01
115	—	661	156.75	156.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	385	142.00–147.50	145.32
7	—	324	145.00–151.00	150.15
3	—	292	143.00–154.00	146.64
2	—	980	88.00	88.00
1	—	1,045	86.00	86.00
1	—	765	115.50	115.50
116	—	584	130.50–144.50	142.50
22	—	648	125.00	125.00
23	—	743	120.00	120.00
38	—	433	133.00–138.50	138.20
66	—	486	135.00–140.75	139.80
83	—	533	132.00–138.50	136.53
107	—	650	129.00–135.50	134.71
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	245	127.00–140.00	135.67
4	—	325	144.00–144.50	144.37
7	—	820	91.00	91.00
8	—	540	128.00	128.00
10	—	374	136.50–147.50	138.99
17	—	648	118.00–120.00	118.47
21	—	437	132.00	132.00
30	—	482	133.00	133.00
63	—	569	118.00–128.00	126.86
1	—	725	91.00	91.00

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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