Name: McMinnville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-10-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-10-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Cattle were weighted on the ground, graded and grouped. Cattle were mostly Black, Black white face and charlois steers and heifers. 711 steers and 569 heifers.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $230.88/cwt on 508 head.

Average price

$230.88

508 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,282

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$180

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

$23.06/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+17.16

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	562	237.24	1,332	368
Medium and Large 2-3	538	214.17	1,153	140

One grade step is worth $23.06/cwt here — about $180 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 sale508 hd

230.88

—

TN average14 barns · 2,825 hd

213.72

+17.16

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

45 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	—	335	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	704	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	559	244.07/cwt	220.00–253.00	1,364	34
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	655	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,526	23
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	426	267.21/cwt	262.00–269.00	1,138	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	655	240.62/cwt	238.00–241.00	1,576	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	386	278.58/cwt	278.00–282.00	1,075	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	930	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,879	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	483	257.55/cwt	222.00–263.00	1,244	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	641	232.26/cwt	227.00–237.50	1,489	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	799	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,742	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	870	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,557	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	925	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,859	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	345	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	928	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	715	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,609	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	334	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	892	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	367	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	987	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	752	188.44/cwt	180.00–189.25	1,417	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	435	254.64/cwt	234.00–257.50	1,108	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	387	237.07/cwt	237.00–238.00	917	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	322	229.41/cwt	222.00–232.00	739	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	825	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,518	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	270	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	581	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	940	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,213	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	985	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,271	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	533	271.89/cwt	267.00–272.50	1,449	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	582	260.88/cwt	255.00–262.00	1,518	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	775	224.05/cwt	220.50–225.25	1,736	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	546	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,289	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	254.88/cwt	254.00–258.00	1,218	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	641	228.17/cwt	224.00–229.00	1,463	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	432	285.55/cwt	281.00–286.00	1,234	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	643	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,505	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	484	269.44/cwt	255.00–288.00	1,304	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	582	240.59/cwt	236.50–241.50	1,400	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	752	171.02/cwt	144.00–177.00	1,286	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	643	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,215	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	574	207.58/cwt	200.00–213.00	1,192	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	667	158.00/cwt	141.00–183.00	1,054	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	875	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,846	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	434	230.28/cwt	183.00–236.00	999	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	379	201.58/cwt	176.00–210.00	764	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	484	230.33/cwt	215.00–234.50	1,115	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	532	251.12/cwt	234.00–254.00	1,336	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	215	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	462	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	265	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	588	2

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 Oct 4, 2023

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

Receipts 1,282Last week 1,708Year ago 1,418

Cattle were weighted on the ground, graded and grouped. Cattle were mostly Black, Black white face and charlois steers and heifers. 711 steers and 569 heifers.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	335	210.00	210.00
2	—	940	129.00	129.00
1	—	985	129.00	129.00
39	—	546	236.00	236.00
11	—	752	144.00–177.00	171.02
16	—	643	189.00	189.00
5	—	574	200.00–213.00	207.58
5	—	667	141.00–183.00	158.00
19	—	434	183.00–236.00	230.28
11	—	379	176.00–210.00	201.58
26	—	484	215.00–234.50	230.33
1	—	215	215.00	215.00
2	—	265	222.00	222.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	752	180.00–189.25	188.44
28	—	435	234.00–257.50	254.64
13	—	387	237.00–238.00	237.07
8	—	322	222.00–232.00	229.41
3	—	825	184.00	184.00
3	—	270	215.00	215.00
49	—	478	254.00–258.00	254.88
75	—	641	224.00–229.00	228.17
77	—	582	236.50–241.50	240.59
77	—	532	234.00–254.00	251.12
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	559	220.00–253.00	244.07
23	—	655	233.00	233.00
23	—	426	262.00–269.00	267.21
17	—	483	222.00–263.00	257.55
10	—	641	227.00–237.50	232.26
7	—	799	218.00	218.00
2	—	870	179.00	179.00
1	—	925	201.00	201.00
4	—	715	225.00	225.00
4	—	334	267.00	267.00
3	—	367	269.00	269.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
86	—	655	238.00–241.00	240.62
7	—	386	278.00–282.00	278.58
1	—	930	202.00	202.00
1	—	345	269.00	269.00
55	—	533	267.00–272.50	271.89
78	—	582	255.00–262.00	260.88
79	—	775	220.50–225.25	224.05
11	—	432	281.00–286.00	285.55
12	—	643	234.00	234.00
30	—	484	255.00–288.00	269.44
1	—	875	211.00	211.00

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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