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

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Cattle were weighed on ground, graded and grouped. Mostly black,bwf and charlois. Steers 849 and heifers 709.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $194.12/cwt on 642 head.

Average price

$194.12

642 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,047

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$135

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

$2.63/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.08

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	484	196.02	949	178
Medium and Large 1-2	561	193.39	1,084	464

One grade step is worth $2.63/cwt here — about −$135 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 sale642 hd

194.12

—

TN average11 barns · 2,880 hd

198.20

−4.08

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
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	525	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,103	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	484	201.06/cwt	193.00–202.00	973	87
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	435	267.03/cwt	260.00–268.00	1,162	49
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	485	246.71/cwt	234.00–248.00	1,197	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	699	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,412	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	341	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	951	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	384	267.78/cwt	242.00–270.00	1,028	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	771	181.19/cwt	165.00–182.50	1,397	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	275	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	787	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	658	198.69/cwt	198.50–200.00	1,307	104
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	385	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,059	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	753	191.50/cwt	191.50–191.50	1,442	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	532	231.23/cwt	226.00–231.50	1,230	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	488	247.82/cwt	227.00–249.75	1,209	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	909	168.50/cwt	168.50–168.50	1,532	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	633	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	1,219	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	767	149.88/cwt	145.00–150.00	1,150	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	435	216.58/cwt	212.00–218.00	942	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	389	219.11/cwt	212.00–222.00	852	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	320	232.16/cwt	232.00–233.00	743	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	640	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,178	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	295	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	687	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	656	198.90/cwt	198.00–199.00	1,305	21
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	559	225.21/cwt	221.00–225.50	1,259	32
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	325	268.20/cwt	268.00–269.00	872	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	255	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	701	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	324	225.50/cwt	225.50–225.50	731	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	279	232.71/cwt	230.00–234.00	649	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	585	219.57/cwt	218.00–219.75	1,284	109
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	767	181.50/cwt	181.50–181.50	1,392	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	576	193.05/cwt	183.00–193.50	1,112	102
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	531	198.01/cwt	185.00–200.00	1,051	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	536	176.35/cwt	174.00–188.00	945	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	744	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,116	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	429	252.38/cwt	219.00–255.00	1,083	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	995	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,562	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	472	201.09/cwt	195.00–202.00	949	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	760	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,117	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	375	216.02/cwt	206.00–219.00	810	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	429	205.69/cwt	204.00–206.00	882	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	651	185.60/cwt	170.00–186.00	1,208	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	664	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,162	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	666	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,086	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	553	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,006	43

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 May 4, 2023

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

Receipts 1,558Last week 1,404Year ago 1,550

Cattle were weighed on ground, graded and grouped. Mostly black,bwf and charlois. Steers 849 and heifers 709.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	525	210.00	210.00
11	—	485	234.00–248.00	246.71
13	—	384	242.00–270.00	267.78
21	—	656	198.00–199.00	198.90
32	—	559	221.00–225.50	225.21
5	—	325	268.00–269.00	268.20
1	—	255	275.00	275.00
7	—	767	181.50	181.50
14	—	429	219.00–255.00	252.38
1	—	995	157.00	157.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	435	260.00–268.00	267.03
10	—	341	279.00	279.00
49	—	771	165.00–182.50	181.19
1	—	275	286.00	286.00
104	—	658	198.50–200.00	198.69
21	—	385	275.00	275.00
75	—	532	226.00–231.50	231.23
57	—	488	227.00–249.75	247.82
4	—	909	168.50	168.50
2	—	633	192.50	192.50
109	—	585	218.00–219.75	219.57
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	699	202.00	202.00
11	—	753	191.50	191.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
87	—	484	193.00–202.00	201.06
42	—	767	145.00–150.00	149.88
41	—	435	212.00–218.00	216.58
14	—	389	212.00–222.00	219.11
6	—	320	232.00–233.00	232.16
5	—	640	184.00	184.00
2	—	295	233.00	233.00
102	—	576	183.00–193.50	193.05
78	—	531	185.00–200.00	198.01
81	—	651	170.00–186.00	185.60
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	324	225.50	225.50
3	—	279	230.00–234.00	232.71
6	—	536	174.00–188.00	176.35
6	—	744	150.00	150.00
43	—	472	195.00–202.00	201.09
3	—	760	147.00	147.00
31	—	375	206.00–219.00	216.02
32	—	429	204.00–206.00	205.69
7	—	666	163.00	163.00
43	—	553	182.00	182.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	664	175.00	175.00

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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