Name: McMinnville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-05-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-05-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Cattle were graded and grouped on the ground. Steers and heifers were mostly black, black white face and charolis.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $170.34/cwt on 694 head.

Average price

$170.34

694 head · 579 lb average

Value per head Derived

$986

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$44

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

$9.58/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.24

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	534	178.08	950	133
Medium and Large 1-2	590	168.50	994	561

One grade step is worth $9.58/cwt here — about −$44 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 sale694 hd

170.34

—

TN average10 barns · 1,675 hd

169.09

+1.24

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	—	290	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	415	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	334	158.70/cwt	158.00–159.00	530	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	384	156.43/cwt	155.00–156.75	601	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	775	128.21/cwt	128.00–129.00	994	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	432	152.42/cwt	149.50–154.00	658	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	151.00/cwt	150.00–151.75	725	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	833	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,125	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	335	213.96/cwt	191.00–220.00	717	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	480	183.82/cwt	147.00–186.00	882	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	920	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,187	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	270	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	545	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	534	178.43/cwt	175.00–178.75	953	94
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	187.73/cwt	180.50–188.50	910	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	391	201.80/cwt	201.00–203.00	789	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	965	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	1,250	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	890	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	1,188	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	435	194.58/cwt	192.00–195.00	846	49
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	650	153.55/cwt	145.00–154.00	998	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	386	204.14/cwt	200.00–206.50	788	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	763	143.80/cwt	142.50–144.00	1,097	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	586	166.60/cwt	161.50–167.00	976	136
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	779	140.95/cwt	137.00–142.00	1,098	49
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	560	179.72/cwt	158.00–184.50	1,006	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	657	156.53/cwt	155.50–156.75	1,028	139
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	373	159.91/cwt	159.00–160.50	596	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	658	135.79/cwt	135.00–136.00	893	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	434	189.73/cwt	189.00–190.00	823	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	645	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	974	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	653	143.71/cwt	142.00–144.00	938	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	533	150.28/cwt	146.00–154.00	801	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	486	150.99/cwt	147.00–151.50	734	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	556	146.26/cwt	143.00–147.00	813	49
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	243	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	503	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	322	209.08/cwt	195.00–211.00	673	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	732	128.34/cwt	127.00–131.00	939	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	334	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	531	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	266	156.28/cwt	154.00–157.00	416	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	641	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	929	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	430	153.60/cwt	144.00–154.50	660	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	148.25/cwt	144.00–150.00	860	97

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 May 5, 2022

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

Receipts 1,550Last week 1,498Year ago 1,371

Cattle were graded and grouped on the ground. Steers and heifers were mostly black, black white face and charolis.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	290	143.00	143.00
10	—	334	158.00–159.00	158.70
17	—	384	155.00–156.75	156.43
24	—	775	128.00–129.00	128.21
57	—	432	149.50–154.00	152.42
58	—	480	150.00–151.75	151.00
62	—	653	142.00–144.00	143.71
71	—	533	146.00–154.00	150.28
97	—	580	144.00–150.00	148.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	373	159.00–160.50	159.91
19	—	658	135.00–136.00	135.79
26	—	486	147.00–151.50	150.99
49	—	556	143.00–147.00	146.26
3	—	732	127.00–131.00	128.34
11	—	334	159.00	159.00
4	—	266	154.00–157.00	156.28
4	—	641	145.00	145.00
24	—	430	144.00–154.50	153.60
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	833	135.00	135.00
7	—	335	191.00–220.00	213.96
1	—	920	129.00	129.00
1	—	270	202.00	202.00
94	—	534	175.00–178.75	178.43
59	—	485	180.50–188.50	187.73
5	—	391	201.00–203.00	201.80
4	—	965	129.50	129.50
2	—	890	133.50	133.50
49	—	435	192.00–195.00	194.58
136	—	586	161.50–167.00	166.60
49	—	779	137.00–142.00	140.95
139	—	657	155.50–156.75	156.53
11	—	645	151.00	151.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	480	147.00–186.00	183.82
20	—	650	145.00–154.00	153.55
14	—	386	200.00–206.50	204.14
15	—	763	142.50–144.00	143.80
38	—	560	158.00–184.50	179.72
11	—	434	189.00–190.00	189.73
2	—	243	207.00	207.00
8	—	322	195.00–211.00	209.08

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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