Name: McMinnville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-08-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-08-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Cattle were weighted on the ground, graded and grouped. Cattle were mostly black, bwf and charlois steers and heifers. 703 steers and 613 heifers.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $228.33/cwt on 574 head.

Average price

$228.33

574 head · 562 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,284

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$270

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

$21.09/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.07

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	576	232.44	1,339	462
Medium and Large 2-3	506	211.36	1,069	112

One grade step is worth $21.09/cwt here — about $270 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 sale574 hd

228.33

—

TN average14 barns · 2,596 hd

223.26

+5.07

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

42 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	—	659	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,595	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	430	251.71/cwt	241.00–261.00	1,082	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	737	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,702	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	386	288.32/cwt	288.00–290.00	1,113	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,070	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	2,097	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	589	213.30/cwt	200.00–240.00	1,256	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	367	286.40/cwt	284.00–290.00	1,051	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	279	272.98/cwt	269.00–274.00	762	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	772	227.18/cwt	220.00–229.00	1,754	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	340	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	935	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	260	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	733	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	586	249.64/cwt	245.00–255.00	1,463	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	436	282.65/cwt	282.00–289.00	1,232	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	951	207.19/cwt	189.00–215.00	1,970	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	657	244.85/cwt	238.00–245.25	1,609	162
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	766	211.35/cwt	199.00–212.00	1,619	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	432	238.93/cwt	233.00–239.50	1,032	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	382	238.76/cwt	237.00–239.00	912	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	330	234.87/cwt	233.00–236.00	775	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	742	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,558	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,015	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,665	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	479	250.36/cwt	249.00–250.50	1,199	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	272.73/cwt	269.00–273.00	1,317	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	532	267.43/cwt	256.00–269.00	1,423	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	243.01/cwt	233.00–245.00	1,409	108
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	654	227.25/cwt	209.00–233.00	1,486	120
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	635	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,499	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	890	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,762	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	915	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	2,022	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	955	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,815	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	437	222.61/cwt	208.00–229.00	973	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	660	205.14/cwt	204.00–205.50	1,354	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	640	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,286	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	755	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,412	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	235.04/cwt	220.00–237.00	1,140	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	533	232.03/cwt	220.00–236.00	1,237	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	487	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,057	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	558	201.40/cwt	178.00–207.50	1,124	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	337	228.33/cwt	227.00–229.00	769	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	500	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	995	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	269	226.78/cwt	220.00–229.00	610	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	379	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	849	9

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 Aug 2, 2023

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

Receipts 1,343Last week 1,633Year ago 1,364

Cattle were weighted on the ground, graded and grouped. Cattle were mostly black, bwf and charlois steers and heifers. 703 steers and 613 heifers.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	659	242.00	242.00
11	—	430	241.00–261.00	251.71
3	—	737	231.00	231.00
6	—	589	200.00–240.00	213.30
5	—	367	284.00–290.00	286.40
5	—	279	269.00–274.00	272.98
22	—	479	249.00–250.50	250.36
1	—	635	236.00	236.00
1	—	890	198.00	198.00
1	—	915	221.00	221.00
1	—	955	190.00	190.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	386	288.00–290.00	288.32
1	—	1,070	196.00	196.00
74	—	772	220.00–229.00	227.18
1	—	340	275.00	275.00
1	—	260	282.00	282.00
76	—	586	245.00–255.00	249.64
11	—	436	282.00–289.00	282.65
10	—	951	189.00–215.00	207.19
162	—	657	238.00–245.25	244.85
59	—	483	269.00–273.00	272.73
59	—	532	256.00–269.00	267.43
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	766	199.00–212.00	211.35
38	—	432	233.00–239.50	238.93
16	—	382	237.00–239.00	238.76
7	—	330	233.00–236.00	234.87
3	—	742	210.00	210.00
1	—	1,015	164.00	164.00
108	—	580	233.00–245.00	243.01
120	—	654	209.00–233.00	227.25
57	—	485	220.00–237.00	235.04
71	—	533	220.00–236.00	232.03
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	437	208.00–229.00	222.61
17	—	660	204.00–205.50	205.14
1	—	640	201.00	201.00
1	—	755	187.00	187.00
21	—	487	217.00	217.00
37	—	558	178.00–207.50	201.40
3	—	337	227.00–229.00	228.33
3	—	500	199.00	199.00
9	—	269	220.00–229.00	226.78
9	—	379	224.00	224.00

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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