Name: McMinnville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-03-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-03-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Cattle were weighted on the ground graded and grouped. Mostly black, bwf and charolis. 686 steers and 543 heifers.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $177.63/cwt on 513 head.

Average price

$177.63

513 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$973

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$82

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

$1.51/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.65

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	513	178.65	917	167
Medium and Large 1-2	564	177.14	999	346

One grade step is worth $1.51/cwt here — about −$82 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 sale513 hd

177.63

—

TN average10 barns · 2,509 hd

175.98

+1.65

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

48 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 2-3	—	805	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,409	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	397	226.67/cwt	224.00–228.00	900	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	895	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,325	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	563	196.55/cwt	178.00–210.00	1,107	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	581	178.81/cwt	165.00–180.50	1,039	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	182.39/cwt	165.00–185.00	958	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	648	164.43/cwt	163.50–164.75	1,066	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	384	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	768	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	775	146.54/cwt	137.50–150.50	1,136	27
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	945	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,418	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	284	162.13/cwt	155.00–164.00	460	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	643	159.50/cwt	159.00–160.00	1,026	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	480	223.17/cwt	220.00–224.00	1,071	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	429	221.79/cwt	208.00–229.00	951	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	632	175.95/cwt	174.00–183.00	1,112	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	339	226.14/cwt	220.00–232.50	767	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	740	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,325	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	651	190.75/cwt	190.75–190.75	1,242	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	581	206.82/cwt	194.50–209.00	1,202	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	482	224.33/cwt	216.00–225.00	1,081	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	771	173.42/cwt	169.00–174.00	1,337	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	531	218.34/cwt	208.00–219.00	1,159	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	429	232.90/cwt	231.50–234.50	999	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	933	165.50/cwt	165.50–165.50	1,544	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	794	180.50/cwt	180.50–180.50	1,433	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,010	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,586	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	648	190.50/cwt	190.50–190.50	1,234	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	373	243.31/cwt	239.00–245.50	908	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	800	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,368	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	280	246.02/cwt	245.00–247.00	689	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	328	190.22/cwt	190.00–192.00	624	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	877	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,201	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	723	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	1,139	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	668	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,096	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	953	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,220	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	273	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	461	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,005	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,457	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	268	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	590	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	436	194.12/cwt	191.00–196.00	846	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	766	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,042	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	429	197.64/cwt	189.00–200.00	848	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	481	190.58/cwt	180.00–191.00	917	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	652	164.50/cwt	164.50–164.50	1,073	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	379	199.30/cwt	185.00–200.00	755	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	477	186.49/cwt	175.00–189.50	890	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	554	175.57/cwt	165.00–184.00	973	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	820	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,066	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	331	177.90/cwt	176.00–178.50	589	4

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

Thu Mar 2, 2023

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

Receipts 1,229Last week 1,115Year ago 1,034

Cattle were weighted on the ground graded and grouped. Mostly black, bwf and charolis. 686 steers and 543 heifers.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	805	175.00	175.00
3	—	397	224.00–228.00	226.67
1	—	895	148.00	148.00
33	—	563	178.00–210.00	196.55
1	—	945	150.00	150.00
18	—	480	220.00–224.00	223.17
18	—	429	208.00–229.00	221.79
17	—	632	174.00–183.00	175.95
4	—	339	220.00–232.50	226.14
3	—	740	179.00	179.00
1	—	1,005	145.00	145.00
2	—	268	220.00	220.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
59	—	651	190.75	190.75
49	—	581	194.50–209.00	206.82
45	—	482	216.00–225.00	224.33
42	—	771	169.00–174.00	173.42
42	—	531	208.00–219.00	218.34
19	—	429	231.50–234.50	232.90
16	—	933	165.50	165.50
1	—	1,010	157.00	157.00
9	—	648	190.50	190.50
8	—	373	239.00–245.50	243.31
5	—	800	171.00	171.00
2	—	280	245.00–247.00	246.02
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	794	180.50	180.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	581	165.00–180.50	178.81
63	—	525	165.00–185.00	182.39
75	—	648	163.50–164.75	164.43
14	—	384	200.00	200.00
27	—	775	137.50–150.50	146.54
9	—	328	190.00–192.00	190.22
5	—	877	137.00	137.00
4	—	723	157.50	157.50
4	—	668	164.00	164.00
2	—	953	128.00	128.00
2	—	273	169.00	169.00
33	—	429	189.00–200.00	197.64
51	—	481	180.00–191.00	190.58
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	284	155.00–164.00	162.13
6	—	643	159.00–160.00	159.50
8	—	436	191.00–196.00	194.12
8	—	766	136.00	136.00
16	—	652	164.50	164.50
23	—	379	185.00–200.00	199.30
47	—	477	175.00–189.50	186.49
49	—	554	165.00–184.00	175.57
1	—	820	130.00	130.00
4	—	331	176.00–178.50	177.90

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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