Name: McMinnville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-02-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-02-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Cattle were graded and grouped. Weighted on ground. Steers and heifers were mostly Black, Bwf and Charolis cattle.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $130.48/cwt on 606 head.

Average price

$130.48

606 head · 573 lb average

Value per head Derived

$748

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$124

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

$0.56/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.19

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	593	130.60	774	478
Medium and Large 2-3	500	130.04	651	128

One grade step is worth $0.56/cwt here — about $124 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

130.48

—

TN average10 barns · 2,915 hd

137.67

−7.19

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

48 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	774	140.41/cwt	139.50–140.50	1,087	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	638	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	928	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	175.47/cwt	171.00–177.00	755	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	562	149.73/cwt	140.00–152.00	841	37
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	478	167.64/cwt	162.00–174.00	801	23
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	653	146.68/cwt	134.00–148.00	958	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	742	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	1,028	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	910	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	1,197	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	345	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	652	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	650	148.73/cwt	148.50–148.75	967	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	586	153.55/cwt	150.50–154.00	900	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	535	163.76/cwt	162.00–164.00	876	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	870	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	1,301	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	784	151.25/cwt	151.25–151.25	1,186	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	714	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,121	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	285	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	536	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	482	173.61/cwt	169.00–174.50	837	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	388	185.64/cwt	181.00–188.00	720	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	645	119.35/cwt	117.00–123.00	770	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	440	140.37/cwt	139.00–141.00	618	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	394	139.76/cwt	135.00–141.50	551	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	344	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	478	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,018	114.50/cwt	114.50–114.50	1,166	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	265	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	363	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	385	135.54/cwt	132.00–139.00	522	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	767	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	874	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	269	134.82/cwt	130.00–136.00	363	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	336	135.59/cwt	135.00–137.50	456	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	667	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	774	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	428	140.78/cwt	137.00–142.50	603	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	486	138.60/cwt	136.50–139.00	674	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	709	133.78/cwt	121.00–134.50	949	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	764	123.19/cwt	123.00–124.50	941	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	715	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	829	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	557	121.71/cwt	118.00–123.00	678	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	488	139.02/cwt	137.00–139.50	678	22
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	255	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	479	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	340	178.39/cwt	178.00–180.00	607	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	901	111.50/cwt	111.50–111.50	1,005	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	582	130.23/cwt	125.50–136.50	758	99
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	666	126.86/cwt	126.00–127.00	845	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	532	131.42/cwt	126.50–132.50	699	82
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	441	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	761	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	375	174.26/cwt	173.50–175.00	653	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	772	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,065	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	540	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	788	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	955	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,232	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	875	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,103	1

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 Feb 2, 2022

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

Receipts 1,427Last week 870Year ago 995

Cattle were graded and grouped. Weighted on ground. Steers and heifers were mostly Black, Bwf and Charolis cattle.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	774	139.50–140.50	140.41
15	—	638	145.50	145.50
12	—	430	171.00–177.00	175.47
9	—	742	138.50	138.50
1	—	910	131.50	131.50
1	—	345	189.00	189.00
79	—	650	148.50–148.75	148.73
76	—	586	150.50–154.00	153.55
50	—	535	162.00–164.00	163.76
1	—	285	188.00	188.00
37	—	482	169.00–174.50	173.61
12	—	388	181.00–188.00	185.64
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	562	140.00–152.00	149.73
23	—	478	162.00–174.00	167.64
22	—	653	134.00–148.00	146.68
1	—	255	188.00	188.00
5	—	340	178.00–180.00	178.39
15	—	441	172.50	172.50
6	—	375	173.50–175.00	174.26
5	—	772	138.00	138.00
4	—	540	146.00	146.00
1	—	955	129.00	129.00
1	—	875	126.00	126.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	870	149.50	149.50
37	—	784	151.25	151.25
32	—	714	157.00	157.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	645	117.00–123.00	119.35
28	—	440	139.00–141.00	140.37
11	—	394	135.00–141.50	139.76
5	—	344	139.00	139.00
2	—	1,018	114.50	114.50
2	—	265	137.00	137.00
60	—	486	136.50–139.00	138.60
38	—	709	121.00–134.50	133.78
31	—	764	123.00–124.50	123.19
99	—	582	125.50–136.50	130.23
83	—	666	126.00–127.00	126.86
82	—	532	126.50–132.50	131.42
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	385	132.00–139.00	135.54
11	—	767	114.00	114.00
5	—	269	130.00–136.00	134.82
4	—	336	135.00–137.50	135.59
3	—	667	116.00	116.00
20	—	428	137.00–142.50	140.78
1	—	715	116.00	116.00
41	—	557	118.00–123.00	121.71
22	—	488	137.00–139.50	139.02
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	901	111.50	111.50

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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