Name: McMinnville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-11-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-11-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Cattle were graded and grouped and weighted on the ground. Cattle were mostly black, black white face and charlois steers and heifers. 752 steers and 572 heifers.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $206.15/cwt on 504 head.

Average price

$206.15

504 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,146

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$202

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

$1.94/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.96

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	578	206.61	1,195	383
Medium and Large 2-3	485	204.67	993	121

One grade step is worth $1.94/cwt here — about $202 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 sale504 hd

206.15

—

TN average14 barns · 3,395 hd

197.19

+8.96

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

43 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	—	323	187.73/cwt	181.00–201.00	606	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	785	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,413	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	551	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,047	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	478	215.43/cwt	215.00–218.50	1,030	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	695	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,314	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	431	217.80/cwt	206.00–219.50	939	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	535	209.53/cwt	207.50–210.00	1,121	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	544	200.94/cwt	185.00–202.00	1,093	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	374	199.03/cwt	182.00–204.00	744	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	630	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,166	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	380	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	980	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	286	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	486	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	579	205.22/cwt	185.00–207.00	1,188	98
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	424	217.81/cwt	203.00–220.50	924	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	482	223.63/cwt	217.00–225.00	1,078	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	652	203.07/cwt	185.00–205.50	1,324	95
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	529	243.28/cwt	227.50–245.00	1,287	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	830	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,469	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	535	230.50/cwt	230.50–230.50	1,233	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	477	250.17/cwt	241.00–257.00	1,193	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	895	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,790	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	278	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	737	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	748	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,496	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	629	223.09/cwt	215.00–226.50	1,403	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	482	258.70/cwt	255.00–260.00	1,247	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	910	187.93/cwt	182.00–194.00	1,710	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	658	222.96/cwt	210.00–225.50	1,467	137
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	715	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	1,308	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	383	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,057	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	653	213.50/cwt	213.50–213.50	1,394	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	587	230.18/cwt	219.50–231.50	1,351	87
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	435	264.04/cwt	250.00–265.50	1,149	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	300	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	780	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	764	204.92/cwt	202.00–205.50	1,566	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	280.98/cwt	279.00–296.00	1,208	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	562	217.68/cwt	194.00–224.50	1,223	27
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	789	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,649	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	748	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,391	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	382	215.53/cwt	206.00–218.00	823	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	778	185.50/cwt	185.50–185.50	1,443	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	936	151.50/cwt	151.50–151.50	1,418	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	333	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	696	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	825	175.50/cwt	175.50–175.50	1,448	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 Nov 15, 2023

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

Receipts 1,324Last week 1,330Year ago 1,729

Cattle were graded and grouped and weighted on the ground. Cattle were mostly black, black white face and charlois steers and heifers. 752 steers and 572 heifers.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	323	181.00–201.00	187.73
1	—	785	180.00	180.00
4	—	551	190.00	190.00
18	—	478	215.00–218.50	215.43
1	—	695	189.00	189.00
30	—	431	206.00–219.50	217.80
47	—	544	185.00–202.00	200.94
10	—	374	182.00–204.00	199.03
2	—	630	185.00	185.00
4	—	286	170.00	170.00
1	—	830	177.00	177.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	535	207.50–210.00	209.53
98	—	579	185.00–207.00	205.22
26	—	424	203.00–220.50	217.81
51	—	482	217.00–225.00	223.63
95	—	652	185.00–205.50	203.07
25	—	748	186.00	186.00
15	—	382	206.00–218.00	215.53
9	—	778	185.50	185.50
4	—	936	151.50	151.50
3	—	333	209.00	209.00
2	—	825	175.50	175.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	380	258.00	258.00
4	—	535	230.50	230.50
9	—	477	241.00–257.00	250.17
1	—	895	200.00	200.00
2	—	278	265.00	265.00
10	—	629	215.00–226.50	223.09
1	—	715	183.00	183.00
21	—	653	213.50	213.50
10	—	435	250.00–265.50	264.04
27	—	562	194.00–224.50	217.68
14	—	789	209.00	209.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	529	227.50–245.00	243.28
2	—	748	200.00	200.00
34	—	482	255.00–260.00	258.70
2	—	910	182.00–194.00	187.93
137	—	658	210.00–225.50	222.96
5	—	383	276.00	276.00
87	—	587	219.50–231.50	230.18
1	—	300	260.00	260.00
73	—	764	202.00–205.50	204.92
16	—	430	279.00–296.00	280.98

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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