Name: McMinnville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-10-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $144.65/cwt on 591 head.

Average price

$144.65

591 head · 584 lb average

Value per head Derived

$845

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$48

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

$2.61/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.23

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	591	145.40	859	420
Medium and Large 2-3	568	142.79	811	171

One grade step is worth $2.61/cwt here — about $48 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 sale591 hd

144.65

—

TN average10 barns · 1,926 hd

144.42

+0.23

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

37 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	—	740	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	755	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	295	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	392	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	333	136.46/cwt	136.00–136.50	454	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	476	127.53/cwt	126.00–132.00	607	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	775	107.26/cwt	106.50–107.50	831	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	383	131.91/cwt	131.50–134.00	505	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	386	169.55/cwt	169.50–170.00	654	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	649	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	922	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	152.76/cwt	149.50–153.25	738	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	436	159.51/cwt	156.00–160.00	695	28
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	565	140.51/cwt	134.00–142.00	794	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	290	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	505	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	388	158.75/cwt	156.00–159.50	616	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	649	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	870	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	773	132.84/cwt	125.00–133.50	1,027	59
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	441	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	675	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	805	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	982	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	144.16/cwt	138.00–145.50	836	102
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	539	146.25/cwt	142.00–146.75	788	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	432	128.41/cwt	124.00–128.75	555	24
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	774	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	998	21
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	332	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	535	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	662	137.86/cwt	137.50–138.00	913	32
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	725	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	939	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	654	142.45/cwt	138.50–143.25	932	95
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	375	123.46/cwt	123.00–126.00	463	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	481	149.18/cwt	148.00–149.50	718	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	481	130.66/cwt	123.00–132.00	628	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	527	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	543	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	666	104.30/cwt	95.00–105.00	695	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	433	129.73/cwt	129.50–131.00	562	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	656	127.21/cwt	126.00–129.00	834	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	533	126.91/cwt	126.50–127.00	676	86
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	755	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	649	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	335	124.56/cwt	121.00–125.00	417	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	553	119.46/cwt	118.50–130.00	661	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	734	105.12/cwt	104.00–105.50	772	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 Oct 27, 2021

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

Receipts 1,551Last week 1,069Year ago 1,417

Cattle were weighted on ground and graded. Mostly Black, Black white face 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
1	—	740	102.00	102.00
2	—	295	133.00	133.00
12	—	333	136.00–136.50	136.46
12	—	476	126.00–132.00	127.53
16	—	775	106.50–107.50	107.26
18	—	383	131.50–134.00	131.91
33	—	433	129.50–131.00	129.73
20	—	656	126.00–129.00	127.21
86	—	533	126.50–127.00	126.91
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	432	124.00–128.75	128.41
17	—	375	123.00–126.00	123.46
33	—	481	123.00–132.00	130.66
5	—	527	103.00	103.00
14	—	666	95.00–105.00	104.30
1	—	755	86.00	86.00
9	—	335	121.00–125.00	124.56
41	—	553	118.50–130.00	119.46
12	—	734	104.00–105.50	105.12
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	386	169.50–170.00	169.55
9	—	649	142.00	142.00
64	—	483	149.50–153.25	152.76
28	—	436	156.00–160.00	159.51
1	—	290	174.00	174.00
59	—	773	125.00–133.50	132.84
102	—	580	138.00–145.50	144.16
52	—	539	142.00–146.75	146.25
95	—	654	138.50–143.25	142.45
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	565	134.00–142.00	140.51
14	—	388	156.00–159.50	158.75
4	—	649	134.00	134.00
20	—	441	153.00	153.00
1	—	805	122.00	122.00
21	—	774	129.00	129.00
5	—	332	161.00	161.00
32	—	662	137.50–138.00	137.86
1	—	725	129.50	129.50
19	—	481	148.00–149.50	149.18

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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