Name: McMinnville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-01-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-01-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Cattle were graded and grouped. Weighted on the ground. Steers and heifers were mostly black, black white face and charolis. 536 steers and 438 heifers.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $152.42/cwt on 394 head.

Average price

$152.42

394 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$848

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$142

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

$1.32/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.75

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	588	152.88	898	255
Medium and Large 2-3	499	151.57	756	139

One grade step is worth $1.32/cwt here — about $142 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 sale394 hd

152.42

—

TN average8 barns · 2,422 hd

157.17

−4.75

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	—	335	152.04/cwt	149.00–155.00	509	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	635	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	895	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	917	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	1,036	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	813	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,057	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	157.77/cwt	152.00–159.50	600	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	439	164.31/cwt	160.00–165.00	721	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	769	161.38/cwt	156.50–162.00	1,241	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	652	162.91/cwt	157.00–163.50	1,062	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	182.31/cwt	179.00–182.50	966	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	649	163.50/cwt	163.50–163.50	1,061	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	439	202.80/cwt	180.00–210.00	890	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	482	193.00/cwt	187.00–194.00	930	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	435	208.26/cwt	204.50–209.00	906	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	553	165.74/cwt	153.00–169.00	917	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	887	164.50/cwt	164.50–164.50	1,459	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	838	168.50/cwt	168.50–168.50	1,412	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	340	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	697	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	178.21/cwt	168.50–180.00	1,030	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	655	156.00/cwt	152.00–156.50	1,022	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	163.12/cwt	160.00–164.00	780	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	482	193.26/cwt	187.00–195.00	932	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	977	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,466	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	653	160.45/cwt	152.00–162.00	1,048	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	364	216.28/cwt	214.00–217.00	787	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	567	145.79/cwt	142.00–146.00	827	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	378	161.06/cwt	157.00–161.50	609	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	789	159.50/cwt	159.50–159.50	1,258	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	725	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,153	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	582	151.02/cwt	140.00–152.00	879	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	535	153.56/cwt	143.00–155.00	822	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	334	145.21/cwt	144.00–146.00	485	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	784	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	1,015	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	779	132.20/cwt	128.50–132.50	1,030	26
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	547	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	968	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	270	139.00/cwt	135.00–140.00	375	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	725	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	899	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	434	159.16/cwt	157.50–164.50	691	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	600	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	858	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	662	133.65/cwt	132.00–134.00	885	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	479	163.76/cwt	154.50–164.50	784	29

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 Jan 4, 2023

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. Steers and heifers were mostly black, black white face and charolis. 536 steers and 438 heifers.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	335	149.00–155.00	152.04
3	—	635	141.00	141.00
3	—	917	113.00	113.00
4	—	813	130.00	130.00
9	—	380	152.00–159.50	157.77
25	—	439	160.00–165.00	164.31
71	—	655	152.00–156.50	156.00
26	—	478	160.00–164.00	163.12
35	—	582	140.00–152.00	151.02
51	—	535	143.00–155.00	153.56
26	—	779	128.50–132.50	132.20
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	567	142.00–146.00	145.79
20	—	378	157.00–161.50	161.06
5	—	334	144.00–146.00	145.21
5	—	784	129.50	129.50
5	—	270	135.00–140.00	139.00
1	—	725	124.00	124.00
30	—	434	157.50–164.50	159.16
2	—	600	143.00	143.00
23	—	662	132.00–134.00	133.65
29	—	479	154.50–164.50	163.76
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	769	156.50–162.00	161.38
68	—	652	157.00–163.50	162.91
37	—	530	179.00–182.50	182.31
8	—	649	163.50	163.50
6	—	435	204.50–209.00	208.26
34	—	578	168.50–180.00	178.21
32	—	482	187.00–195.00	193.26
3	—	977	150.00	150.00
4	—	364	214.00–217.00	216.28
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	439	180.00–210.00	202.80
12	—	482	187.00–194.00	193.00
10	—	553	153.00–169.00	165.74
4	—	340	205.00	205.00
27	—	653	152.00–162.00	160.45
10	—	789	159.50	159.50
1	—	725	159.00	159.00
25	—	547	177.00	177.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	887	164.50	164.50
18	—	838	168.50	168.50

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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