Name: McMinnville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-04-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-04-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $223.47/cwt on 555 head.

Average price

$223.47

555 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,227

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$139

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

$6.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.57

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	490	228.16	1,118	121
Medium and Large 1-2	566	222.16	1,257	434

One grade step is worth $6.00/cwt here — about −$139 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 sale555 hd

223.47

—

TN average11 barns · 2,232 hd

221.90

+1.57

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	—	787	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,181	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	333	208.73/cwt	206.00–214.00	695	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	378	267.46/cwt	267.00–269.00	1,011	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	644	196.64/cwt	195.00–198.00	1,266	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	251.62/cwt	251.50–253.50	1,069	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	536	236.71/cwt	219.50–239.00	1,269	66
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	744	175.73/cwt	174.00–177.00	1,307	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	660	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	957	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	484	238.31/cwt	228.00–248.00	1,153	79
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	571	200.34/cwt	153.00–208.50	1,144	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	665	194.25/cwt	194.25–194.25	1,292	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	909	168.44/cwt	168.00–168.50	1,531	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	285	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	738	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	380	253.77/cwt	249.00–255.00	964	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	759	176.03/cwt	169.50–176.50	1,336	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	334	274.14/cwt	274.00–275.00	916	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	479	194.69/cwt	186.00–195.00	933	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	582	185.32/cwt	160.00–190.00	1,079	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	653	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,162	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	195.64/cwt	184.00–197.00	1,023	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	438	200.21/cwt	190.00–202.00	877	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	643	168.91/cwt	164.00–171.00	1,086	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	873	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,458	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	584	219.86/cwt	210.00–221.50	1,284	69
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	479	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,135	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	329	267.76/cwt	256.00–269.00	881	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	726	148.78/cwt	140.00–154.00	1,080	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	917	127.42/cwt	126.00–133.00	1,168	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	279	266.76/cwt	266.00–268.00	744	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	434	244.80/cwt	240.00–246.00	1,062	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	333	196.96/cwt	177.00–211.00	656	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	216.90/cwt	215.00–217.00	813	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	383	219.18/cwt	199.00–221.00	839	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	633	144.91/cwt	139.00–157.00	917	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	637	198.89/cwt	182.00–201.00	1,267	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,065	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,502	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	567	174.16/cwt	169.50–191.00	987	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	483	183.90/cwt	159.00–190.00	888	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	780	134.24/cwt	132.00–135.00	1,047	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	277	210.06/cwt	197.00–213.00	582	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	664	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	930	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	800	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	920	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	540	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,042	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	429	211.82/cwt	190.00–213.00	909	27

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 Apr 5, 2023

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

Receipts 1,404Last week 0Year ago 1,498

Cattle were graded and grouped, weighted on the ground. Black, Black white face and charlois 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
18	—	787	150.00	150.00
6	—	333	206.00–214.00	208.73
68	—	479	186.00–195.00	194.69
65	—	582	160.00–190.00	185.32
61	—	653	178.00	178.00
61	—	523	184.00–197.00	195.64
42	—	438	190.00–202.00	200.21
23	—	643	164.00–171.00	168.91
8	—	726	140.00–154.00	148.78
5	—	917	126.00–133.00	127.42
20	—	375	215.00–217.00	216.90
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	333	177.00–211.00	196.96
37	—	383	199.00–221.00	219.18
6	—	633	139.00–157.00	144.91
9	—	567	169.50–191.00	174.16
11	—	483	159.00–190.00	183.90
4	—	780	132.00–135.00	134.24
19	—	277	197.00–213.00	210.06
8	—	664	140.00	140.00
3	—	800	115.00	115.00
24	—	540	193.00	193.00
27	—	429	190.00–213.00	211.82
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	378	267.00–269.00	267.46
20	—	644	195.00–198.00	196.64
36	—	425	251.50–253.50	251.62
66	—	536	219.50–239.00	236.71
79	—	484	228.00–248.00	238.31
70	—	665	194.25	194.25
8	—	909	168.00–168.50	168.44
1	—	285	259.00	259.00
44	—	759	169.50–176.50	176.03
14	—	334	274.00–275.00	274.14
2	—	873	167.00	167.00
69	—	584	210.00–221.50	219.86
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	744	174.00–177.00	175.73
2	—	660	145.00	145.00
22	—	571	153.00–208.50	200.34
17	—	380	249.00–255.00	253.77
15	—	479	237.00	237.00
16	—	329	256.00–269.00	267.76
8	—	279	266.00–268.00	266.76
15	—	434	240.00–246.00	244.80
18	—	637	182.00–201.00	198.89
1	—	1,065	141.00	141.00

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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