Name: McMinnville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-09-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-09-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Cattle were weighted on the ground and sorted. Graded and grouped steers and heifers. Mostly black, black white face and charlois. 947 steers and 761 heifers.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $224.24/cwt on 703 head.

Average price

$224.24

703 head · 571 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,281

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$184

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

$13.33/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.31

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	581	226.69	1,316	574
Medium and Large 2-3	531	213.35	1,132	129

One grade step is worth $13.33/cwt here — about $184 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 sale703 hd

224.24

—

TN average13 barns · 3,187 hd

227.55

−3.31

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

47 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 1-2	—	653	244.39/cwt	237.50–245.50	1,596	142
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	479	260.65/cwt	245.00–269.00	1,249	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	487	277.89/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,353	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	275	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	776	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	623	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,501	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	766	234.38/cwt	225.00–235.50	1,795	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	584	265.94/cwt	247.00–269.50	1,553	110
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	626	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,612	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	300	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	816	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	432	278.41/cwt	274.00–281.00	1,203	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	955	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	2,029	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	384	272.13/cwt	271.00–275.00	1,045	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	895	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,853	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	333	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	939	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	752	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,835	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	749	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,828	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	498	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,394	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	770	208.85/cwt	190.00–211.50	1,608	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	432	227.93/cwt	224.00–228.50	985	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	388	224.01/cwt	220.00–229.00	869	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	284	223.45/cwt	222.00–225.00	635	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	903	159.68/cwt	155.00–162.00	1,442	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	310	223.50/cwt	223.50–223.50	693	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	650	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,391	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	480	217.29/cwt	217.00–218.50	1,043	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	759	193.01/cwt	189.00–199.00	1,465	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	429	226.45/cwt	225.00–227.00	971	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	245	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	557	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	564	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,241	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	232.50/cwt	225.00–234.50	1,228	88
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	325	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	650	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	651	226.46/cwt	220.00–230.00	1,474	148
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	720	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,368	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	641	190.63/cwt	188.00–191.00	1,222	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	548	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,206	34
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	298	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	805	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	384	223.88/cwt	223.00–227.00	860	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	810	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,758	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	393	257.97/cwt	254.00–268.00	1,014	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	559	247.80/cwt	231.00–249.00	1,385	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	229.18/cwt	221.00–230.00	1,325	162
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	790	230.91/cwt	230.00–231.00	1,824	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	479	230.02/cwt	222.50–232.50	1,102	72
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	665	236.26/cwt	236.00–240.00	1,571	32
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	436	267.64/cwt	255.00–270.50	1,167	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	534	250.02/cwt	244.50–251.50	1,335	80
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	925	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,869	1

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 Sep 13, 2023

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

Receipts 1,708Last week 1,212Year ago 1,514

Cattle were weighted on the ground and sorted. Graded and grouped steers and heifers. Mostly black, black white face and charlois. 947 steers and 761 heifers.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
142	—	653	237.50–245.50	244.39
47	—	487	270.00–280.00	277.89
1	—	275	282.00	282.00
62	—	766	225.00–235.50	234.38
110	—	584	247.00–269.50	265.94
12	—	626	257.50	257.50
19	—	432	274.00–281.00	278.41
4	—	955	212.50	212.50
6	—	384	271.00–275.00	272.13
4	—	895	207.00	207.00
2	—	333	282.00	282.00
80	—	534	244.50–251.50	250.02
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	479	245.00–269.00	260.65
2	—	623	241.00	241.00
1	—	300	272.00	272.00
2	—	298	270.00	270.00
1	—	810	217.00	217.00
7	—	393	254.00–268.00	257.97
62	—	559	231.00–249.00	247.80
11	—	790	230.00–231.00	230.91
32	—	665	236.00–240.00	236.26
8	—	436	255.00–270.50	267.64
1	—	925	202.00	202.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	752	244.00	244.00
4	—	749	244.00	244.00
15	—	498	280.00	280.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	770	190.00–211.50	208.85
32	—	432	224.00–228.50	227.93
13	—	388	220.00–229.00	224.01
4	—	284	222.00–225.00	223.45
3	—	903	155.00–162.00	159.68
1	—	310	223.50	223.50
88	—	528	225.00–234.50	232.50
148	—	651	220.00–230.00	226.46
162	—	578	221.00–230.00	229.18
72	—	479	222.50–232.50	230.02
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	650	214.00	214.00
26	—	480	217.00–218.50	217.29
5	—	759	189.00–199.00	193.01
11	—	429	225.00–227.00	226.45
1	—	245	227.50	227.50
11	—	564	220.00	220.00
2	—	325	200.00	200.00
1	—	720	190.00	190.00
24	—	641	188.00–191.00	190.63
34	—	548	220.00	220.00
13	—	384	223.00–227.00	223.88

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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