Name: McMinnville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-09-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-09-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Cattle were weighted on ground and graded and grouped. Mostly Black , Black white face and charlois steers and heifers.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $127.62/cwt on 505 head.

Average price

$127.62

505 head · 590 lb average

Value per head Derived

$753

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$75

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

$7.74/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.15

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	596	129.31	770	395
Medium and Large 2-3	572	121.57	695	110

One grade step is worth $7.74/cwt here — about $75 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 sale505 hd

127.62

—

TN average10 barns · 2,462 hd

129.78

−2.15

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

41 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	—	310	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	422	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	290	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	406	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	510	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	891	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	740	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	644	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	818	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	429	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	601	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	290	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	525	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,008	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	1,205	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	659	147.87/cwt	140.00–149.75	974	109
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	390	159.20/cwt	140.00–172.00	621	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	489	171.07/cwt	164.00–172.25	837	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	759	134.99/cwt	130.00–135.75	1,025	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	533	161.08/cwt	155.00–163.00	859	37
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	566	139.11/cwt	133.00–147.00	787	31
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	930	116.50/cwt	116.50–116.50	1,083	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	638	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	906	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	587	148.66/cwt	143.50–149.25	873	96
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	434	160.78/cwt	136.00–173.50	698	29
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	771	132.49/cwt	129.00–133.50	1,021	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	480	161.03/cwt	155.00–162.00	773	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	335	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	590	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	531	132.79/cwt	128.00–134.75	705	54
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	429	166.88/cwt	156.00–172.00	716	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	658	126.98/cwt	123.50–127.50	836	120
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	765	121.73/cwt	115.00–124.00	931	32
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	656	138.02/cwt	127.00–140.00	905	33
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	380	168.11/cwt	165.00–170.00	639	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	973	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	681	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	925	124.48/cwt	123.50–125.50	1,151	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	378	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	525	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	914	74.50/cwt	74.50–74.50	681	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	136.52/cwt	132.00–138.00	655	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	643	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	772	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	659	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	718	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	581	129.26/cwt	125.00–130.00	751	114
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	786	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	747	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	563	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	718	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	314	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	436	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	479	130.85/cwt	127.00–131.50	627	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	418	134.48/cwt	132.00–135.00	562	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	535	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	637	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 Sep 16, 2021

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

Receipts 1,322Last week 1,716Year ago 1,736

Cattle were weighted on ground and graded and grouped. Mostly Black , Black white face and charlois 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	—	310	136.00	136.00
2	—	290	140.00	140.00
2	—	375	136.00	136.00
4	—	891	83.00	83.00
5	—	644	127.00	127.00
16	—	429	140.00	140.00
54	—	531	128.00–134.75	132.79
120	—	658	123.50–127.50	126.98
32	—	765	115.00–124.00	121.73
45	—	480	132.00–138.00	136.52
114	—	581	125.00–130.00	129.26
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	973	70.00	70.00
10	—	378	139.00	139.00
7	—	914	74.50	74.50
13	—	643	120.00	120.00
4	—	659	109.00	109.00
8	—	786	95.00	95.00
34	—	563	127.50	127.50
4	—	314	139.00	139.00
21	—	479	127.00–131.50	130.85
6	—	418	132.00–135.00	134.48
1	—	535	119.00	119.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	290	181.00	181.00
2	—	1,008	119.50	119.50
109	—	659	140.00–149.75	147.87
5	—	390	140.00–172.00	159.20
28	—	489	164.00–172.25	171.07
47	—	759	130.00–135.75	134.99
37	—	533	155.00–163.00	161.08
96	—	587	143.50–149.25	148.66
29	—	434	136.00–173.50	160.78
1	—	335	176.00	176.00
2	—	925	123.50–125.50	124.48
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	566	133.00–147.00	139.11
3	—	930	116.50	116.50
2	—	638	142.00	142.00
15	—	771	129.00–133.50	132.49
14	—	480	155.00–162.00	161.03
11	—	429	156.00–172.00	166.88
33	—	656	127.00–140.00	138.02
6	—	380	165.00–170.00	168.11

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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