Name: McMinnville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-12-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-12-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Cattle were weighed on ground, graded and grouped. 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 $156.30/cwt on 447 head.

Average price

$156.30

447 head · 602 lb average

Value per head Derived

$941

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$109

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

$4.08/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.53

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	613	157.12	963	358
Medium and Large 2-3	558	153.03	854	89

One grade step is worth $4.08/cwt here — about $109 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 sale447 hd

156.30

—

TN average9 barns · 2,110 hd

156.83

−0.53

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	—	930	103.50/cwt	103.50–103.50	963	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	145.10/cwt	143.00–149.00	544	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	815	117.49/cwt	115.50–119.50	958	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	635	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	883	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	434	138.65/cwt	137.00–139.00	602	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	754	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	943	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	378	179.53/cwt	179.00–183.00	679	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	722	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,134	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	533	166.55/cwt	164.00–167.00	888	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	768	148.77/cwt	148.75–149.00	1,143	41
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	435	165.44/cwt	151.00–169.00	720	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	804	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,150	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	564	154.14/cwt	144.00–155.25	869	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	668	149.31/cwt	143.50–150.50	997	105
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	586	154.28/cwt	152.00–154.75	904	70
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	662	138.77/cwt	130.00–141.00	919	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	171.63/cwt	166.00–173.00	824	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	315	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	551	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	384	175.95/cwt	174.00–182.00	676	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	579	136.71/cwt	127.00–138.00	792	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	918	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,212	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	481	157.60/cwt	149.00–159.50	758	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	330	186.50/cwt	186.50–186.50	615	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	771	136.31/cwt	135.00–143.00	1,051	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	540	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	810	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	539	126.44/cwt	102.00–130.00	682	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	424	173.87/cwt	170.50–177.50	737	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	535	133.49/cwt	125.00–137.00	714	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	387	135.30/cwt	134.00–145.00	524	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	270	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	343	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	660	131.37/cwt	122.00–133.00	867	86
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	310	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	462	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	482	133.90/cwt	129.50–134.50	645	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	426	129.20/cwt	125.00–130.00	550	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	481	129.13/cwt	118.00–130.00	621	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	671	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	832	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	740	123.17/cwt	121.50–123.50	911	6

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 Dec 8, 2021

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

Receipts 1,096Last week 1,435Year ago 1,166

Cattle were weighed on ground, 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	—	930	103.50	103.50
8	—	375	143.00–149.00	145.10
10	—	815	115.50–119.50	117.49
15	—	635	139.00	139.00
27	—	434	137.00–139.00	138.65
29	—	754	125.00	125.00
62	—	579	127.00–138.00	136.71
68	—	535	125.00–137.00	133.49
86	—	660	122.00–133.00	131.37
42	—	482	129.50–134.50	133.90
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	539	102.00–130.00	126.44
8	—	387	134.00–145.00	135.30
2	—	270	127.00	127.00
1	—	310	149.00	149.00
12	—	426	125.00–130.00	129.20
26	—	481	118.00–130.00	129.13
9	—	671	124.00	124.00
6	—	740	121.50–123.50	123.17
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	378	179.00–183.00	179.53
22	—	722	157.00	157.00
53	—	533	164.00–167.00	166.55
41	—	768	148.75–149.00	148.77
4	—	804	143.00	143.00
105	—	668	143.50–150.50	149.31
70	—	586	152.00–154.75	154.28
42	—	480	166.00–173.00	171.63
2	—	315	175.00	175.00
2	—	918	132.00	132.00
10	—	424	170.50–177.50	173.87
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	435	151.00–169.00	165.44
30	—	564	144.00–155.25	154.14
21	—	662	130.00–141.00	138.77
4	—	384	174.00–182.00	175.95
18	—	481	149.00–159.50	157.60
4	—	330	186.50	186.50
6	—	771	135.00–143.00	136.31
1	—	540	150.00	150.00

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