Name: McMinnville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-02-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-02-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Cattle were weighted and graded on the ground. Mostly black, black white face and charolis steers and heifers.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $175.77/cwt on 374 head.

Average price

$175.77

374 head · 619 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,088

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$67

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

$0.41/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.07

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	630	175.89	1,107	265
Medium and Large 2-3	593	175.47	1,040	109

One grade step is worth $0.41/cwt here — about $67 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 sale374 hd

175.77

—

TN average10 barns · 1,432 hd

177.84

−2.07

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	—	340	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	544	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	355	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	568	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	948	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	995	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	677	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	944	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	423	166.27/cwt	164.00–168.00	703	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	486	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	838	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	775	158.78/cwt	154.50–159.50	1,231	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	653	169.09/cwt	159.00–170.00	1,104	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	735	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,154	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	576	179.72/cwt	179.50–180.50	1,035	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	968	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,394	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	825	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,295	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	318	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	617	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	437	205.92/cwt	205.00–211.00	900	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	880	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,399	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	604	179.50/cwt	179.50–179.50	1,084	35
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	631	156.50/cwt	156.50–156.50	988	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	600	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	975	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	384	198.19/cwt	175.00–206.00	761	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	490	186.23/cwt	162.00–196.00	913	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	381	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	834	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	875	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,356	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	573	172.87/cwt	161.00–179.50	991	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	665	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	1,150	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	558	143.35/cwt	138.00–150.00	800	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	634	146.29/cwt	136.00–148.00	927	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	538	193.62/cwt	185.00–196.00	1,042	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	482	195.49/cwt	185.00–197.00	942	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	536	160.65/cwt	143.00–163.50	861	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	576	159.32/cwt	147.00–160.00	918	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	546	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	805	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	369	168.13/cwt	165.00–170.00	620	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	431	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	875	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	773	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,198	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	491	163.16/cwt	133.00–168.50	801	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	436	172.38/cwt	172.00–172.50	752	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	745	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,088	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	289	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	413	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	762	143.00/cwt	141.00–144.00	1,090	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	643	154.19/cwt	154.00–155.00	991	70

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 Feb 1, 2023

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

Receipts 874Last week 974Year ago 1,427

Cattle were weighted and graded on the ground. Mostly black, black white face and charolis 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
1	—	340	160.00	160.00
1	—	355	160.00	160.00
2	—	948	105.00	105.00
6	—	677	139.50	139.50
16	—	423	164.00–168.00	166.27
24	—	486	172.50	172.50
37	—	536	143.00–163.50	160.65
42	—	576	147.00–160.00	159.32
50	—	762	141.00–144.00	143.00
70	—	643	154.00–155.00	154.19
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	558	138.00–150.00	143.35
12	—	634	136.00–148.00	146.29
23	—	546	147.50	147.50
13	—	369	165.00–170.00	168.13
13	—	491	133.00–168.50	163.16
17	—	436	172.00–172.50	172.38
1	—	745	146.00	146.00
4	—	289	143.00	143.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	775	154.50–159.50	158.78
68	—	653	159.00–170.00	169.09
1	—	735	157.00	157.00
37	—	576	179.50–180.50	179.72
2	—	968	144.00	144.00
6	—	437	205.00–211.00	205.92
1	—	600	162.50	162.50
6	—	381	219.00	219.00
1	—	875	155.00	155.00
23	—	538	185.00–196.00	193.62
25	—	482	185.00–197.00	195.49
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	825	157.00	157.00
2	—	318	194.00	194.00
1	—	880	159.00	159.00
9	—	631	156.50	156.50
4	—	384	175.00–206.00	198.19
21	—	490	162.00–196.00	186.23
19	—	573	161.00–179.50	172.87
27	—	665	173.00	173.00
10	—	431	203.00	203.00
15	—	773	155.00	155.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	604	179.50	179.50

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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