Name: McMinnville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-08-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-08-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Cattle were weighted on ground. Graded and grouped. Had a few weaned cattle, mostly black, black white face and charlois steers and heifers. Steers 648 head and heifers 560 head.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $215.45/cwt on 510 head.

Average price

$215.45

510 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,167

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$226

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

$20.83/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	552	219.41	1,211	413
Medium and Large 2-3	496	198.58	985	97

One grade step is worth $20.83/cwt here — about $226 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 sale510 hd

215.45

—

TN average11 barns · 1,840 hd

220.52

−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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	270	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	586	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	330	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	723	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	742	192.22/cwt	186.00–193.00	1,426	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	661	211.86/cwt	210.00–214.00	1,400	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	435	220.19/cwt	218.00–220.50	958	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	389	222.07/cwt	218.00–223.00	864	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	657	238.50/cwt	238.50–238.50	1,567	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	386	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,042	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	490	268.37/cwt	266.00–268.50	1,315	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	762	226.58/cwt	220.00–227.00	1,727	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	536	257.51/cwt	225.00–266.00	1,380	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	728	235.50/cwt	235.50–235.50	1,714	26
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	374	262.14/cwt	261.00–266.00	980	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	430	259.61/cwt	244.00–262.00	1,116	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	656	220.91/cwt	208.00–225.00	1,449	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	335	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	928	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	880	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,901	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	584	248.58/cwt	240.00–249.50	1,452	67
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	280	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	753	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	484	250.80/cwt	225.00–256.00	1,214	30
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	559	241.50/cwt	229.50–244.00	1,350	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	433	276.54/cwt	270.00–277.00	1,197	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	641	228.23/cwt	219.00–235.00	1,463	31
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	768	218.83/cwt	216.00–221.00	1,681	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	218.02/cwt	216.00–218.50	1,265	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	532	224.13/cwt	224.00–225.00	1,192	84
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	488	225.18/cwt	210.00–227.00	1,099	87
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	712	216.50/cwt	216.50–216.50	1,541	24
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	541	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,347	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	890	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,860	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	339	200.99/cwt	189.00–204.00	681	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	633	190.37/cwt	190.00–191.50	1,205	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	740	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,184	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	476	206.92/cwt	185.00–214.00	985	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	780	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,030	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	648	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,377	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	377	184.59/cwt	182.00–189.00	696	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	428	214.17/cwt	203.00–218.00	917	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	572	204.36/cwt	198.50–209.00	1,169	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	290	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	522	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	528	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	935	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	658	168.50/cwt	168.50–168.50	1,109	4

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 23, 2023

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

Receipts 1,212Last week 1,343Year ago 1,483

Cattle were weighted on ground. Graded and grouped. Had a few weaned cattle, mostly black, black white face and charlois steers and heifers. Steers 648 head and heifers 560 head.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	270	217.00	217.00
4	—	330	219.00	219.00
9	—	742	186.00–193.00	192.22
17	—	661	210.00–214.00	211.86
24	—	435	218.00–220.50	220.19
26	—	389	218.00–223.00	222.07
74	—	580	216.00–218.50	218.02
84	—	532	224.00–225.00	224.13
87	—	488	210.00–227.00	225.18
63	—	648	212.50	212.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	712	216.50	216.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	339	189.00–204.00	200.99
8	—	633	190.00–191.50	190.37
1	—	740	160.00	160.00
26	—	476	185.00–214.00	206.92
1	—	780	132.00	132.00
11	—	377	182.00–189.00	184.59
14	—	428	203.00–218.00	214.17
21	—	572	198.50–209.00	204.36
2	—	290	180.00	180.00
4	—	528	177.00	177.00
4	—	658	168.50	168.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
79	—	657	238.50	238.50
8	—	386	270.00	270.00
38	—	490	266.00–268.50	268.37
40	—	762	220.00–227.00	226.58
54	—	536	225.00–266.00	257.51
1	—	335	277.00	277.00
1	—	880	216.00	216.00
67	—	584	240.00–249.50	248.58
15	—	433	270.00–277.00	276.54
31	—	641	219.00–235.00	228.23
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	728	235.50	235.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	374	261.00–266.00	262.14
14	—	430	244.00–262.00	259.61
25	—	656	208.00–225.00	220.91
2	—	280	269.00	269.00
30	—	484	225.00–256.00	250.80
53	—	559	229.50–244.00	241.50
7	—	768	216.00–221.00	218.83
7	—	541	249.00	249.00
1	—	890	209.00	209.00

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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