Name: McMinnville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-06-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-06-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Cattle were graded and grouped and weighted on ground. Mostly black, black white face and charlois steers and heifers. 934 steers and 735 heifers.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $243.72/cwt on 758 head.

Average price

$243.72

758 head · 583 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,421

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$149

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

$0.73/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.18

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	531	244.33	1,297	127
Medium and Large 1-2	594	243.60	1,446	631

One grade step is worth $0.73/cwt here — about −$149 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 sale758 hd

243.72

—

TN average11 barns · 2,543 hd

239.54

+4.18

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	—	634	205.14/cwt	197.00–208.00	1,301	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	659	213.50/cwt	213.50–213.50	1,407	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	484	227.52/cwt	216.00–228.50	1,101	100
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	582	223.66/cwt	206.00–227.00	1,302	100
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	536	224.95/cwt	224.00–225.00	1,206	108
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	740	176.68/cwt	175.00–180.00	1,307	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	382	279.95/cwt	272.00–281.00	1,069	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	776	205.84/cwt	203.00–210.50	1,597	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	566	238.83/cwt	210.00–242.50	1,352	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	435	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,183	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	262.51/cwt	250.00–268.00	1,268	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	343	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	954	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	333	278.88/cwt	278.00–282.00	929	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	656	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,502	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	655	231.22/cwt	227.00–231.50	1,514	223
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	867	210.50/cwt	210.50–210.50	1,825	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	585	249.02/cwt	235.00–250.00	1,457	133
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	485	243.26/cwt	223.00–253.00	1,180	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	385	241.99/cwt	239.00–245.00	932	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	690	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,290	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	743	211.50/cwt	211.50–211.50	1,571	37
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	379	269.00/cwt	268.00–269.50	1,020	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	718	187.32/cwt	174.00–200.00	1,345	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	779	206.86/cwt	206.00–207.00	1,611	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	483	216.71/cwt	180.00–221.00	1,047	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	270	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	594	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	433	264.66/cwt	243.00–268.00	1,146	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	535	254.79/cwt	243.00–255.50	1,363	105
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	426	242.19/cwt	225.00–245.00	1,032	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	335	231.67/cwt	231.00–232.00	776	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	794	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,302	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	564	211.12/cwt	178.00–216.00	1,191	38
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	615	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,046	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	935	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,646	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	328	226.37/cwt	199.00–236.00	742	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	630	201.23/cwt	200.00–208.00	1,268	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	425	225.32/cwt	198.00–229.50	958	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	380	228.03/cwt	200.00–242.50	867	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	544	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,229	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	752	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,369	23

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 Jun 8, 2023

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

Receipts 1,669Last week 1,558Year ago 1,298

Cattle were graded and grouped and weighted on ground. Mostly black, black white face and charlois steers and heifers. 934 steers and 735 heifers.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	634	197.00–208.00	205.14
70	—	659	213.50	213.50
100	—	484	216.00–228.50	227.52
100	—	582	206.00–227.00	223.66
108	—	536	224.00–225.00	224.95
3	—	740	175.00–180.00	176.68
12	—	385	239.00–245.00	241.99
29	—	426	225.00–245.00	242.19
6	—	335	231.00–232.00	231.67
23	—	752	182.00	182.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	690	187.00	187.00
42	—	483	180.00–221.00	216.71
3	—	270	220.00	220.00
5	—	794	164.00	164.00
38	—	564	178.00–216.00	211.12
19	—	328	199.00–236.00	226.37
13	—	630	200.00–208.00	201.23
37	—	425	198.00–229.50	225.32
24	—	380	200.00–242.50	228.03
5	—	544	226.00	226.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	382	272.00–281.00	279.95
13	—	776	203.00–210.50	205.84
31	—	435	272.00	272.00
70	—	483	250.00–268.00	262.51
2	—	343	278.00	278.00
223	—	655	227.00–231.50	231.22
5	—	867	210.50	210.50
133	—	585	235.00–250.00	249.02
37	—	743	211.50	211.50
105	—	535	243.00–255.50	254.79
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	566	210.00–242.50	238.83
9	—	333	278.00–282.00	278.88
20	—	656	229.00	229.00
17	—	485	223.00–253.00	243.26
9	—	379	268.00–269.50	269.00
2	—	718	174.00–200.00	187.32
7	—	779	206.00–207.00	206.86
25	—	433	243.00–268.00	264.66
1	—	615	170.00	170.00
1	—	935	176.00	176.00

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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