Name: McMinnville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-11-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-11-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Cattle were weighted on ground and graded by state graders. Mostly black, black white face and charlois steers and heifers.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $144.42/cwt on 606 head.

Average price

$144.42

606 head · 589 lb average

Value per head Derived

$851

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$89

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

$1.46/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.62

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	605	144.83	876	434
Medium and Large 2-3	549	143.38	787	172

One grade step is worth $1.46/cwt here — about $89 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 sale606 hd

144.42

—

TN average11 barns · 2,388 hd

145.04

−0.62

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

39 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	—	432	129.72/cwt	127.50–130.75	560	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	484	127.20/cwt	124.00–127.50	616	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	533	123.00/cwt	119.50–123.75	656	90
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	658	121.98/cwt	118.00–122.75	803	104
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	584	126.25/cwt	119.00–127.75	737	109
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	272	133.71/cwt	133.00–135.00	364	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	433	162.18/cwt	160.00–163.00	702	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	388	169.50/cwt	169.50–169.50	658	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	665	133.06/cwt	120.00–135.00	885	24
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	345	158.50/cwt	158.50–158.50	547	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	484	156.68/cwt	152.50–157.60	758	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	944	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	1,156	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	537	150.90/cwt	143.50–151.50	810	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	615	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	953	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	745	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	909	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	557	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	641	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	328	135.21/cwt	133.00–136.00	443	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	933	117.03/cwt	115.00–119.00	1,092	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	554	141.73/cwt	132.00–144.50	785	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	582	145.73/cwt	143.50–146.75	848	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	768	131.29/cwt	128.00–132.50	1,008	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	739	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	905	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	661	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	687	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	481	120.35/cwt	105.00–124.00	579	29
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	774	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	987	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	647	139.25/cwt	139.25–139.25	901	124
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	379	162.76/cwt	153.00–164.00	617	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	376	129.00/cwt	128.00–130.00	485	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	764	118.10/cwt	109.00–119.00	902	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	645	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	600	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	658	136.62/cwt	135.50–138.00	899	29
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	426	156.05/cwt	150.00–161.00	665	25
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	484	146.14/cwt	143.00–148.50	707	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	260	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	341	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	334	128.97/cwt	127.00–130.00	431	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	385	133.92/cwt	132.50–135.00	516	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	758	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	857	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	549	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	544	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	435	120.67/cwt	110.00–124.00	525	15

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 Nov 17, 2021

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

Receipts 1,435Last week 1,551Year ago 1,739

Cattle were weighted on ground and graded by state graders. 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
42	—	432	127.50–130.75	129.72
47	—	484	124.00–127.50	127.20
90	—	533	119.50–123.75	123.00
104	—	658	118.00–122.75	121.98
109	—	584	119.00–127.75	126.25
3	—	272	133.00–135.00	133.71
4	—	328	133.00–136.00	135.21
4	—	739	122.50	122.50
34	—	764	109.00–119.00	118.10
14	—	385	132.50–135.00	133.92
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	557	115.00	115.00
23	—	661	104.00	104.00
29	—	481	105.00–124.00	120.35
17	—	376	128.00–130.00	129.00
1	—	645	93.00	93.00
2	—	260	131.00	131.00
3	—	334	127.00–130.00	128.97
8	—	758	113.00	113.00
7	—	549	99.00	99.00
15	—	435	110.00–124.00	120.67
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	433	160.00–163.00	162.18
3	—	388	169.50	169.50
62	—	484	152.50–157.60	156.68
6	—	944	122.50	122.50
45	—	537	143.50–151.50	150.90
77	—	582	143.50–146.75	145.73
48	—	768	128.00–132.50	131.29
124	—	647	139.25	139.25
29	—	658	135.50–138.00	136.62
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	665	120.00–135.00	133.06
4	—	345	158.50	158.50
3	—	745	122.00	122.00
2	—	933	115.00–119.00	117.03
60	—	554	132.00–144.50	141.73
15	—	774	127.50	127.50
13	—	379	153.00–164.00	162.76
25	—	426	150.00–161.00	156.05
26	—	484	143.00–148.50	146.14
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	615	155.00	155.00

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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