Name: McMinnville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-11-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-11-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Cattle were graded and grouped, weighted on the ground. Cattle were mostly Black, Black white face and charlois steers and heifers. 923 steers and 779 heifers.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $140.46/cwt on 721 head.

Average price

$140.46

721 head · 565 lb average

Value per head Derived

$794

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$136

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

$13.81/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.25

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	574	143.28	823	574
Medium and Large 2-3	531	129.47	687	147

One grade step is worth $13.81/cwt here — about $136 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 sale721 hd

140.46

—

TN average11 barns · 3,090 hd

141.72

−1.25

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

44 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	—	585	140.66/cwt	130.00–142.50	823	136
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	532	143.88/cwt	130.00–147.00	765	126
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	769	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,154	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	427	173.56/cwt	150.00–181.00	741	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	659	159.29/cwt	158.00–159.50	1,050	137
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	581	167.89/cwt	159.00–169.75	975	116
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	543	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	847	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	348	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	661	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	555	161.76/cwt	150.00–163.50	898	63
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	644	153.23/cwt	136.00–154.00	987	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	194.45/cwt	183.50–199.00	939	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	774	148.30/cwt	140.00–149.00	1,148	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	733	150.67/cwt	150.00–151.00	1,104	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	365	182.99/cwt	182.00–184.00	668	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	285	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	510	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	235	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	390	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	760	134.15/cwt	128.00–135.00	1,020	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	436	154.89/cwt	135.00–156.00	675	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	642	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	796	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	383	154.50/cwt	154.50–154.50	592	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	331	153.55/cwt	152.00–154.00	508	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	968	103.34/cwt	103.00–105.00	1,000	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	911	145.65/cwt	140.00–147.50	1,327	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	435	203.72/cwt	201.00–204.00	886	21
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	476	174.81/cwt	168.00–183.00	832	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	380	186.09/cwt	169.00–192.00	707	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	646	128.19/cwt	126.00–128.50	828	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	382	131.11/cwt	118.00–151.00	501	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	648	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,004	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	533	175.61/cwt	166.00–182.50	936	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	153.93/cwt	153.00–154.00	743	91
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	656	140.27/cwt	139.00–140.50	920	107
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	324	128.52/cwt	119.00–131.00	416	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	750	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	870	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	735	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,051	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	860	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,273	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	735	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	698	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	660	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	713	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	420	130.62/cwt	109.00–136.00	549	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	548	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	660	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	258	134.35/cwt	134.00–135.00	347	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	923	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	831	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	479	142.44/cwt	139.00–143.00	682	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	563	129.94/cwt	129.00–130.00	732	49

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 Nov 16, 2022

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

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Cattle were graded and grouped, weighted on the ground. Cattle were mostly Black, Black white face and charlois steers and heifers. 923 steers and 779 heifers.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
136	—	585	130.00–142.50	140.66
126	—	532	130.00–147.00	143.88
45	—	760	128.00–135.00	134.15
29	—	436	135.00–156.00	154.89
14	—	642	124.00	124.00
12	—	383	154.50	154.50
8	—	331	152.00–154.00	153.55
6	—	968	103.00–105.00	103.34
91	—	483	153.00–154.00	153.93
107	—	656	139.00–140.50	140.27
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	646	126.00–128.50	128.19
9	—	382	118.00–151.00	131.11
5	—	324	119.00–131.00	128.52
7	—	750	116.00	116.00
1	—	735	95.00	95.00
2	—	660	108.00	108.00
11	—	420	109.00–136.00	130.62
18	—	548	120.50	120.50
3	—	258	134.00–135.00	134.35
3	—	923	90.00	90.00
31	—	479	139.00–143.00	142.44
49	—	563	129.00–130.00	129.94
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	769	150.00	150.00
17	—	427	150.00–181.00	173.56
2	—	543	156.00	156.00
2	—	348	190.00	190.00
63	—	555	150.00–163.50	161.76
50	—	644	136.00–154.00	153.23
4	—	476	168.00–183.00	174.81
8	—	380	169.00–192.00	186.09
1	—	735	143.00	143.00
1	—	860	148.00	148.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
137	—	659	158.00–159.50	159.29
116	—	581	159.00–169.75	167.89
74	—	483	183.50–199.00	194.45
66	—	774	140.00–149.00	148.30
3	—	733	150.00–151.00	150.67
2	—	365	182.00–184.00	182.99
1	—	285	179.00	179.00
1	—	235	166.00	166.00
4	—	911	140.00–147.50	145.65
21	—	435	201.00–204.00	203.72
27	—	648	155.00	155.00
63	—	533	166.00–182.50	175.61

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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