Name: McMinnville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-07-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-07-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Cattle were weighted on the ground and graded and grouped. Mostly Black, Blk white face and Charlois steers and heifers. 968 steers and 665 heifers.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $242.23/cwt on 729 head.

Average price

$242.23

729 head · 571 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,383

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$142

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

$4.82/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.22

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	583	243.46	1,420	544
Medium and Large 2-3	536	238.64	1,278	185

One grade step is worth $4.82/cwt here — about $142 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 sale729 hd

242.23

—

TN average8 barns · 2,052 hd

241.01

+1.22

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 2-3	—	538	202.37/cwt	198.00–216.00	1,089	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	485	216.41/cwt	193.00–221.00	1,050	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	930	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,200	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	870	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,296	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	429	185.56/cwt	175.00–189.00	796	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,494	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	325	226.28/cwt	219.00–230.00	735	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,493	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	383	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	862	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	431	223.02/cwt	214.00–224.00	961	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	769	206.26/cwt	181.00–208.00	1,586	32
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	656	226.61/cwt	207.00–240.00	1,487	23
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	432	245.53/cwt	229.00–248.00	1,061	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	435	254.28/cwt	251.00–255.00	1,106	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	768	218.32/cwt	205.00–222.00	1,677	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	910	207.75/cwt	207.00–208.00	1,891	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	265.32/cwt	258.00–267.00	1,008	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	285	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	730	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	305	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	808	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	925	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,499	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	284	241.10/cwt	230.00–245.00	685	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	484	250.42/cwt	248.00–252.00	1,212	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	533	242.69/cwt	237.00–244.00	1,294	103
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	374	244.82/cwt	220.00–255.50	916	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	758	218.67/cwt	204.00–220.50	1,658	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	486	220.52/cwt	217.00–223.00	1,072	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	651	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,452	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	656	241.79/cwt	229.00–245.00	1,586	117
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	582	249.65/cwt	243.00–251.00	1,453	123
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	710	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,605	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	890	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,477	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	655	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,461	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	336	217.88/cwt	211.00–221.00	732	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	481	242.14/cwt	219.00–245.00	1,165	39
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	566	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,415	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	581	230.42/cwt	229.00–239.00	1,339	96
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	223.93/cwt	218.00–226.50	1,187	98
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	745	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,423	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	389	200.08/cwt	198.00–204.00	778	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	333	234.52/cwt	232.00–237.00	781	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	527	231.29/cwt	213.00–246.00	1,219	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	285	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	599	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	775	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,442	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	641	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,423	15

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 Jul 12, 2023

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

Receipts 1,633Last week 1,669Year ago 1,736

Cattle were weighted on the ground and graded and grouped. Mostly Black, Blk white face and Charlois steers and heifers. 968 steers and 665 heifers.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	538	198.00–216.00	202.37
37	—	485	193.00–221.00	216.41
2	—	930	129.00	129.00
1	—	870	149.00	149.00
24	—	429	175.00–189.00	185.56
3	—	655	223.00	223.00
9	—	336	211.00–221.00	217.88
11	—	745	191.00	191.00
13	—	389	198.00–204.00	200.08
1	—	285	210.00	210.00
1	—	775	186.00	186.00
15	—	641	222.00	222.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	900	166.00	166.00
3	—	325	219.00–230.00	226.28
6	—	630	237.00	237.00
13	—	383	225.00	225.00
27	—	431	214.00–224.00	223.02
32	—	769	181.00–208.00	206.26
85	—	486	217.00–223.00	220.52
90	—	651	223.00	223.00
96	—	581	229.00–239.00	230.42
98	—	530	218.00–226.50	223.93
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	656	207.00–240.00	226.61
31	—	432	229.00–248.00	245.53
1	—	925	162.00	162.00
4	—	284	230.00–245.00	241.10
12	—	374	220.00–255.50	244.82
19	—	758	204.00–220.50	218.67
1	—	710	226.00	226.00
1	—	890	166.00	166.00
39	—	481	219.00–245.00	242.14
41	—	566	250.00	250.00
4	—	333	232.00–237.00	234.52
9	—	527	213.00–246.00	231.29
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	435	251.00–255.00	254.28
64	—	768	205.00–222.00	218.32
4	—	910	207.00–208.00	207.75
14	—	380	258.00–267.00	265.32
1	—	285	256.00	256.00
1	—	305	265.00	265.00
89	—	484	248.00–252.00	250.42
103	—	533	237.00–244.00	242.69
117	—	656	229.00–245.00	241.79
123	—	582	243.00–251.00	249.65

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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