Name: McMinnville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-10-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Cattle were weighted on ground and graded and grouped. Cattle were mostly black, black white face and charlois.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $127.02/cwt on 485 head.

Average price

$127.02

485 head · 561 lb average

Value per head Derived

$713

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$83

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

$8.29/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.48

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	567	128.47	728	400
Medium and Large 2-3	537	120.19	645	85

One grade step is worth $8.29/cwt here — about $83 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 sale485 hd

127.02

—

TN average11 barns · 1,982 hd

125.54

+1.48

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

35 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	—	925	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	777	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	325	139.52/cwt	139.00–140.00	453	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	505	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	776	107.81/cwt	107.50–110.00	837	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	431	127.94/cwt	123.00–130.00	551	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	481	137.90/cwt	136.00–138.25	663	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	536	155.40/cwt	147.00–156.25	833	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	600	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	906	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	155.13/cwt	146.00–158.50	752	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	487	145.99/cwt	132.00–148.50	711	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	904	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,193	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	660	146.34/cwt	140.00–147.00	966	62
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	566	142.69/cwt	130.50–147.00	808	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	355	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	586	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	634	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	799	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	776	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	1,013	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	806	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	1,020	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	800	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	992	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	395	152.50/cwt	152.00–153.00	602	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	439	158.94/cwt	151.00–160.50	698	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	583	153.30/cwt	145.00–154.00	894	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	584	130.52/cwt	118.00–133.00	762	112
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	778	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	992	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	534	129.25/cwt	128.50–129.50	690	87
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	500	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	625	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	657	122.59/cwt	113.50–127.00	805	88
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	438	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	653	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	320	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	445	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	658	140.22/cwt	139.00–140.25	923	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	741	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	741	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	483	128.28/cwt	124.00–128.50	620	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	666	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	679	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	557	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	693	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	424	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	509	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	377	126.27/cwt	121.00–128.00	476	7

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 Oct 7, 2021

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

Receipts 1,069Last week 1,322Year ago 1,393

Cattle were weighted on ground and graded and grouped. Cattle were mostly black, black white face and charlois.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	925	84.00	84.00
2	—	325	139.00–140.00	139.52
9	—	380	133.00	133.00
16	—	776	107.50–110.00	107.81
27	—	431	123.00–130.00	127.94
58	—	481	136.00–138.25	137.90
112	—	584	118.00–133.00	130.52
87	—	534	128.50–129.50	129.25
88	—	657	113.50–127.00	122.59
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	500	125.00	125.00
1	—	320	139.00	139.00
5	—	741	100.00	100.00
21	—	483	124.00–128.50	128.28
14	—	666	102.00	102.00
28	—	557	124.50	124.50
8	—	424	120.00	120.00
7	—	377	121.00–128.00	126.27
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	536	147.00–156.25	155.40
2	—	600	151.00	151.00
19	—	485	146.00–158.50	155.13
4	—	904	132.00	132.00
62	—	660	140.00–147.00	146.34
1	—	355	165.00	165.00
34	—	776	130.50	130.50
4	—	806	126.50	126.50
12	—	439	151.00–160.50	158.94
64	—	583	145.00–154.00	153.30
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	487	132.00–148.50	145.99
41	—	566	130.50–147.00	142.69
9	—	634	126.00	126.00
4	—	800	124.00	124.00
2	—	395	152.00–153.00	152.50
15	—	778	127.50	127.50
12	—	438	149.00	149.00
38	—	658	139.00–140.25	140.22

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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