Name: McMinnville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-12-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-12-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Cattle weighted on the ground, graded and grouped. Mostly Black, Black white face and Charlois steers and heifers. 495 steers and 339 heifers.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $163.91/cwt on 349 head.

Average price

$163.91

349 head · 622 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,019

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$172

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

$8.41/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.93

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	517	170.52	882	75
Medium and Large 1-2	650	162.10	1,054	274

One grade step is worth $8.41/cwt here — about −$172 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 sale349 hd

163.91

—

TN average11 barns · 2,535 hd

164.84

−0.93

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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	170.06/cwt	165.00–172.50	901	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	374	199.35/cwt	198.00–200.00	746	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	645	154.25/cwt	154.25–154.25	995	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	426	154.87/cwt	145.00–155.50	660	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	151.19/cwt	140.00–157.00	575	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	770	125.64/cwt	125.00–125.75	967	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	585	151.91/cwt	146.00–152.75	889	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	650	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	943	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	152.59/cwt	150.00–153.00	729	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	761	149.29/cwt	143.00–149.75	1,136	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	853	155.50/cwt	155.50–155.50	1,326	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	815	157.75/cwt	157.75–157.75	1,286	52
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	323	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	649	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	745	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,103	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	749	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	1,120	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	431	196.97/cwt	195.00–198.00	849	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	657	152.50/cwt	151.50–154.00	1,002	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	186.80/cwt	184.00–188.00	906	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	265	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	522	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	387	193.50/cwt	193.50–193.50	749	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	480	179.45/cwt	177.00–181.00	861	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	639	151.44/cwt	147.00–153.00	968	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	165.12/cwt	160.50–167.50	948	45
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	558	159.46/cwt	135.00–164.50	890	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	305	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	488	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	970	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	1,038	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	263	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	395	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	532	152.43/cwt	148.00–153.00	811	52
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	980	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	1,289	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	427	183.31/cwt	140.00–188.50	783	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	783	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	869	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	281	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	399	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	535	151.20/cwt	151.00–154.00	809	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	472	146.95/cwt	135.00–147.50	694	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	810	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	952	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	636	135.18/cwt	126.00–143.00	860	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	382	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	550	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	425	151.28/cwt	141.00–154.00	643	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	665	124.24/cwt	115.00–127.00	826	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	550	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	743	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	338	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	460	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	743	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	802	2

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 Dec 7, 2022

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

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Cattle weighted on the ground, graded and grouped. Mostly Black, Black white face and Charlois steers and heifers. 495 steers and 339 heifers.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	530	165.00–172.50	170.06
3	—	374	198.00–200.00	199.35
53	—	645	154.25	154.25
29	—	761	143.00–149.75	149.29
4	—	749	149.50	149.50
6	—	431	195.00–198.00	196.97
15	—	657	151.50–154.00	152.50
20	—	485	184.00–188.00	186.80
45	—	574	160.50–167.50	165.12
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	853	155.50	155.50
52	—	815	157.75	157.75
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	323	201.00	201.00
2	—	745	148.00	148.00
1	—	265	197.00	197.00
7	—	387	193.50	193.50
13	—	480	177.00–181.00	179.45
15	—	639	147.00–153.00	151.44
18	—	558	135.00–164.50	159.46
1	—	980	131.50	131.50
16	—	427	140.00–188.50	183.31
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	426	145.00–155.50	154.87
20	—	380	140.00–157.00	151.19
20	—	770	125.00–125.75	125.64
38	—	585	146.00–152.75	151.91
41	—	650	145.00	145.00
45	—	478	150.00–153.00	152.59
1	—	305	160.00	160.00
1	—	970	107.00	107.00
2	—	263	150.00	150.00
52	—	532	148.00–153.00	152.43
2	—	810	117.50	117.50
11	—	636	126.00–143.00	135.18
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	783	111.00	111.00
5	—	281	142.00	142.00
14	—	535	151.00–154.00	151.20
22	—	472	135.00–147.50	146.95
5	—	382	144.00	144.00
5	—	425	141.00–154.00	151.28
9	—	665	115.00–127.00	124.24
1	—	550	135.00	135.00
2	—	338	136.00	136.00
2	—	743	108.00	108.00

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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