Name: McMinnville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-01-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-01-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Cattle were weighted on the ground. Graded and grouped. Cattle were 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 $152.26/cwt on 413 head.

Average price

$152.26

413 head · 670 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,020

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$179

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

$7.03/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.41

vs TN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2-3	561	157.55	884	102
Medium and Large 1-2	706	150.52	1,063	311

One grade step is worth $7.03/cwt here — about −$179 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 sale413 hd

152.26

—

TN average8 barns · 1,911 hd

156.67

−4.41

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

40 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	—	350	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	487	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	715	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	872	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	954	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	641	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	853	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	433	141.68/cwt	136.00–143.00	613	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	780	120.04/cwt	120.00–120.50	936	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	895	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	1,222	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	385	168.77/cwt	158.00–179.00	650	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	780	141.08/cwt	137.00–141.50	1,100	87
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	484	178.75/cwt	174.00–179.00	865	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	533	168.51/cwt	168.00–170.00	898	23
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	850	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,122	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	805	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,055	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	646	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	943	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	388	173.43/cwt	171.00–179.00	673	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	660	147.91/cwt	144.00–148.25	976	71
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	480	170.09/cwt	170.00–171.00	816	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	768	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	1,087	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	581	136.31/cwt	130.00–137.00	792	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	661	130.80/cwt	124.00–131.50	865	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	582	155.22/cwt	148.00–157.00	903	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	435	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	766	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	675	138.06/cwt	136.00–144.00	932	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	436	180.60/cwt	179.00–181.00	787	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	747	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	874	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	885	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	947	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	930	141.90/cwt	133.00–144.75	1,320	59
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	320	177.91/cwt	169.00–188.00	569	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	660	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	825	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	141.74/cwt	140.00–142.00	687	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	383	130.30/cwt	127.00–137.00	499	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	557	128.27/cwt	120.00–129.00	714	26
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	563	152.84/cwt	152.00–153.00	860	25
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	535	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	744	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	260	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	361	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	905	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	860	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	480	136.83/cwt	135.00–137.50	657	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	422	133.88/cwt	119.00–141.00	565	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	138.86/cwt	138.00–139.00	730	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	323	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	446	9

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 Jan 6, 2022

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

Receipts 870Last week 1,096Year ago 1,156

Cattle were weighted on the ground. Graded and grouped. Cattle were 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	—	350	139.00	139.00
1	—	715	122.00	122.00
1	—	900	106.00	106.00
9	—	641	133.00	133.00
20	—	433	136.00–143.00	141.68
25	—	780	120.00–120.50	120.04
40	—	581	130.00–137.00	136.31
60	—	661	124.00–131.50	130.80
30	—	485	140.00–142.00	141.74
28	—	526	138.00–139.00	138.86
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	747	117.00	117.00
1	—	885	107.00	107.00
9	—	660	125.00	125.00
12	—	383	127.00–137.00	130.30
26	—	557	120.00–129.00	128.27
5	—	260	139.00	139.00
1	—	905	95.00	95.00
15	—	480	135.00–137.50	136.83
17	—	422	119.00–141.00	133.88
9	—	323	138.00	138.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	895	136.50	136.50
2	—	385	158.00–179.00	168.77
87	—	780	137.00–141.50	141.08
27	—	484	174.00–179.00	178.75
23	—	533	168.00–170.00	168.51
71	—	660	144.00–148.25	147.91
35	—	582	148.00–157.00	155.22
6	—	435	176.00	176.00
59	—	930	133.00–144.75	141.90
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	850	132.00	132.00
1	—	805	131.00	131.00
16	—	646	146.00	146.00
10	—	388	171.00–179.00	173.43
11	—	480	170.00–171.00	170.09
12	—	768	141.50	141.50
4	—	675	136.00–144.00	138.06
16	—	436	179.00–181.00	180.60
2	—	320	169.00–188.00	177.91
25	—	563	152.00–153.00	152.84
3	—	535	139.00	139.00

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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