Name: McMinnville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-08-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-08-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Cattle were weighed on the ground and graded. Mostly Black, Black white face and charolis cross steers and heifers.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $156.81/cwt on 587 head.

Average price

$156.81

587 head · 562 lb average

Value per head Derived

$881

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$156

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

$8.19/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.47

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	581	158.98	923	432
Medium and Large 2-3	509	150.79	768	155

One grade step is worth $8.19/cwt here — about $156 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 sale587 hd

156.81

—

TN average11 barns · 2,850 hd

154.34

+2.47

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

42 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	—	645	160.50/cwt	160.50–160.50	1,035	112
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	325	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	569	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	385	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	812	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	325	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	637	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	888	160.80/cwt	159.00–162.00	1,428	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	645	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,032	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	744	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,138	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	919	151.50/cwt	151.50–151.50	1,392	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	661	166.85/cwt	162.50–167.75	1,103	118
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	559	176.61/cwt	175.00–177.00	987	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	203.86/cwt	200.00–206.00	873	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	486	194.01/cwt	184.00–195.00	943	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	533	187.02/cwt	175.00–188.50	997	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	762	159.04/cwt	157.00–159.50	1,212	70
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	639	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,080	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,015	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,350	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	391	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	766	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	774	156.50/cwt	156.50–156.50	1,211	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	433	184.11/cwt	175.50–186.00	797	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	588	177.45/cwt	165.00–178.00	1,043	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	381	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	629	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	489	185.02/cwt	170.00–188.50	905	22
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	663	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,094	26
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	715	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,001	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	309	212.32/cwt	212.00–213.00	656	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	530	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	875	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	470	154.32/cwt	135.00–164.00	725	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	432	157.88/cwt	140.00–163.50	682	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	433	162.18/cwt	161.00–162.50	702	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	665	151.16/cwt	148.00–157.00	1,005	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	319	149.24/cwt	145.00–163.00	476	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	915	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,007	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	641	144.79/cwt	140.00–145.00	928	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	560	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	829	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	728	134.85/cwt	125.00–138.00	982	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	281	161.72/cwt	159.00–163.00	454	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	534	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	678	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	374	165.13/cwt	155.00–169.00	618	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	582	163.71/cwt	161.00–164.00	953	92
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	158.46/cwt	150.00–159.50	837	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	482	161.86/cwt	160.50–162.00	780	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	751	139.88/cwt	139.50–141.00	1,050	32

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 Aug 3, 2022

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

Receipts 1,364Last week 1,736Year ago 1,669

Cattle were weighed on the ground and graded. Mostly Black, Black white face and charolis cross 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
112	—	645	160.50	160.50
1	—	325	175.00	175.00
9	—	381	165.00	165.00
28	—	433	161.00–162.50	162.18
28	—	665	148.00–157.00	151.16
1	—	915	110.00	110.00
92	—	582	161.00–164.00	163.71
76	—	528	150.00–159.50	158.46
53	—	482	160.50–162.00	161.86
32	—	751	139.50–141.00	139.88
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	470	135.00–164.00	154.32
22	—	432	140.00–163.50	157.88
4	—	319	145.00–163.00	149.24
23	—	641	140.00–145.00	144.79
53	—	560	148.00	148.00
4	—	728	125.00–138.00	134.85
6	—	281	159.00–163.00	161.72
7	—	534	127.00	127.00
16	—	374	155.00–169.00	165.13
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	385	211.00	211.00
3	—	325	196.00	196.00
5	—	888	159.00–162.00	160.80
6	—	645	160.00	160.00
8	—	744	153.00	153.00
9	—	919	151.50	151.50
118	—	661	162.50–167.75	166.85
15	—	428	200.00–206.00	203.86
33	—	486	184.00–195.00	194.01
67	—	533	175.00–188.50	187.02
70	—	762	157.00–159.50	159.04
72	—	588	165.00–178.00	177.45
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	559	175.00–177.00	176.61
4	—	639	169.00	169.00
5	—	1,015	133.00	133.00
6	—	391	196.00	196.00
10	—	774	156.50	156.50
11	—	433	175.50–186.00	184.11
22	—	489	170.00–188.50	185.02
26	—	663	165.00	165.00
1	—	715	140.00	140.00
3	—	309	212.00–213.00	212.32
4	—	530	165.00	165.00

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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