Name: McMinnville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-10-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-10-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Cattle were graded and grouped on the ground. Steers and heifers mostly black, bwf and charlois. 716 head of steers and 614 heifers.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $207.04/cwt on 550 head.

Average price

$207.04

550 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,152

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$278

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

$17.92/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.56

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	577	211.21	1,219	422
Medium and Large 2-3	487	193.29	942	128

One grade step is worth $17.92/cwt here — about $278 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 sale550 hd

207.04

—

TN average13 barns · 2,752 hd

207.60

−0.56

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

40 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	—	482	216.52/cwt	212.00–218.00	1,044	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	774	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,355	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	265	189.31/cwt	185.00–190.00	502	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	620	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,153	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	555	188.98/cwt	185.00–190.00	1,049	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	483	190.16/cwt	169.00–195.00	918	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	430	257.50/cwt	241.00–263.00	1,107	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	644	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,275	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	369	205.07/cwt	202.00–215.00	757	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	663	178.56/cwt	173.00–180.00	1,184	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	582	216.72/cwt	195.00–221.75	1,261	94
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	655	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,376	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	529	245.24/cwt	237.00–247.00	1,297	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	656	233.58/cwt	228.50–234.00	1,532	121
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	335	179.55/cwt	176.00–181.00	601	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	424	206.74/cwt	185.00–215.00	877	34
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	700	214.50/cwt	214.50–214.50	1,502	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	382	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,024	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	484	250.47/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,212	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	663	230.50/cwt	230.50–230.50	1,528	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	759	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	1,423	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	218.52/cwt	203.50–221.50	1,154	103
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	328	253.13/cwt	242.00–270.00	830	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	193.50/cwt	193.50–193.50	1,742	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	777	216.47/cwt	212.50–217.50	1,682	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	320	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	861	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	552	244.50/cwt	219.00–246.00	1,350	38
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	532	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,277	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	484	254.66/cwt	253.00–255.00	1,233	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	581	238.23/cwt	232.00–239.50	1,384	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	648	223.50/cwt	223.50–223.50	1,448	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	434	264.30/cwt	260.00–265.00	1,147	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	273	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	745	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	895	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,709	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	434	210.90/cwt	200.00–214.00	915	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	386	201.67/cwt	197.00–204.00	778	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	742	184.00/cwt	183.50–184.50	1,365	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	939	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	1,479	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	995	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	1,448	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	330	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	607	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 Oct 25, 2023

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

Receipts 1,330Last week 1,282Year ago 1,271

Cattle were graded and grouped on the ground. Steers and heifers mostly black, bwf and charlois. 716 head of steers and 614 heifers.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	482	212.00–218.00	216.52
29	—	644	198.00	198.00
94	—	582	195.00–221.75	216.72
78	—	655	210.00	210.00
20	—	759	187.50	187.50
103	—	528	203.50–221.50	218.52
20	—	434	200.00–214.00	210.90
9	—	386	197.00–204.00	201.67
6	—	742	183.50–184.50	184.00
5	—	939	157.50	157.50
1	—	995	145.50	145.50
1	—	330	184.00	184.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	774	175.00	175.00
7	—	265	185.00–190.00	189.31
1	—	620	186.00	186.00
30	—	555	185.00–190.00	188.98
16	—	483	169.00–195.00	190.16
14	—	369	202.00–215.00	205.07
10	—	663	173.00–180.00	178.56
7	—	335	176.00–181.00	179.55
34	—	424	185.00–215.00	206.74
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	430	241.00–263.00	257.50
1	—	700	214.50	214.50
5	—	382	268.00	268.00
20	—	484	250.00–260.00	250.47
19	—	663	230.50	230.50
4	—	328	242.00–270.00	253.13
38	—	552	219.00–246.00	244.50
3	—	532	240.00	240.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	529	237.00–247.00	245.24
121	—	656	228.50–234.00	233.58
1	—	900	193.50	193.50
63	—	777	212.50–217.50	216.47
1	—	320	269.00	269.00
30	—	484	253.00–255.00	254.66
80	—	581	232.00–239.50	238.23
18	—	648	223.50	223.50
7	—	434	260.00–265.00	264.30
2	—	273	273.00	273.00
1	—	895	191.00	191.00

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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