Name: McMinnville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-03-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-03-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Cattle were weighted off truck, graded and grouped. Mostly black, Black white face and charolis steers and heifers.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $146.37/cwt on 461 head.

Average price

$146.37

461 head · 564 lb average

Value per head Derived

$826

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$112

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

$0.96/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.33

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	509	147.03	748	143
Medium and Large 1-2	589	146.07	861	318

One grade step is worth $0.96/cwt here — about −$112 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 sale461 hd

146.37

—

TN average10 barns · 1,634 hd

147.70

−1.33

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

45 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 2-3	—	335	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	573	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	190.98/cwt	189.00–192.00	922	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	270	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	440	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	345	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	590	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	745	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	924	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	647	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	906	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	373	169.18/cwt	167.00–172.50	631	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	431	162.06/cwt	161.00–162.50	698	26
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	419	203.23/cwt	198.00–204.00	852	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	360	196.72/cwt	187.00–207.00	708	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	728	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,070	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	645	157.89/cwt	156.00–158.00	1,018	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	278	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	575	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	791	143.79/cwt	141.00–144.00	1,137	56
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	753	146.50/cwt	146.50–146.50	1,103	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	295	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	617	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	437	190.69/cwt	190.00–191.00	833	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	685	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,021	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	900	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,215	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	337	203.16/cwt	201.00–206.00	685	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	556	177.09/cwt	165.00–178.50	985	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	644	155.86/cwt	154.00–158.00	1,004	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	582	170.17/cwt	164.00–173.00	990	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	142.52/cwt	141.00–148.00	755	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	480	152.13/cwt	144.00–153.00	730	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	664	159.50/cwt	159.50–159.50	1,059	49
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	330	204.92/cwt	200.00–209.00	676	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	785	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	864	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	557	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	808	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	581	146.30/cwt	140.50–147.00	850	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	181.98/cwt	181.00–186.00	961	36
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	891	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,247	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	480	184.98/cwt	175.00–186.00	888	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	656	132.50/cwt	132.00–138.00	869	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	380	161.72/cwt	159.00–163.00	615	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	659	140.38/cwt	134.00–141.00	925	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	800	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	864	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	535	154.50/cwt	154.50–154.50	827	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	384	193.34/cwt	188.00–195.00	742	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	433	156.64/cwt	154.00–157.00	678	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	536	137.95/cwt	135.00–142.00	739	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	625	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	813	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	153.84/cwt	152.00–154.00	743	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	272	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	415	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	763	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,022	45

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 Mar 2, 2022

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

Receipts 1,034Last week 1,427Year ago 1,085

Cattle were weighted off truck, graded and grouped. 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 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	335	171.00	171.00
21	—	480	144.00–153.00	152.13
1	—	785	110.00	110.00
38	—	557	145.00	145.00
12	—	656	132.00–138.00	132.50
22	—	380	159.00–163.00	161.72
5	—	800	108.00	108.00
17	—	433	154.00–157.00	156.64
20	—	536	135.00–142.00	137.95
1	—	625	130.00	130.00
3	—	272	152.50	152.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	270	163.00	163.00
1	—	345	171.00	171.00
3	—	745	124.00	124.00
6	—	647	140.00	140.00
9	—	373	167.00–172.50	169.18
26	—	431	161.00–162.50	162.06
27	—	530	141.00–148.00	142.52
59	—	581	140.50–147.00	146.30
78	—	659	134.00–141.00	140.38
37	—	483	152.00–154.00	153.84
45	—	763	134.00	134.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	535	154.50	154.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	483	189.00–192.00	190.98
56	—	791	141.00–144.00	143.79
1	—	295	209.00	209.00
19	—	437	190.00–191.00	190.69
9	—	337	201.00–206.00	203.16
26	—	644	154.00–158.00	155.86
47	—	582	164.00–173.00	170.17
49	—	664	159.50	159.50
36	—	528	181.00–186.00	181.98
11	—	384	188.00–195.00	193.34
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	419	198.00–204.00	203.23
2	—	360	187.00–207.00	196.72
2	—	728	147.00	147.00
18	—	645	156.00–158.00	157.89
2	—	278	207.00	207.00
9	—	753	146.50	146.50
1	—	685	149.00	149.00
1	—	900	135.00	135.00
41	—	556	165.00–178.50	177.09
7	—	330	200.00–209.00	204.92
4	—	891	140.00	140.00
15	—	480	175.00–186.00	184.98

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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