Name: McMinnville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-01-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-01-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Cattle were weighted on the ground, graded and grouped. Steers and heifers Black, Black white face and charlois cattle. 474 steers and 371 heifers.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $239.98/cwt on 345 head.

Average price

$239.98

345 head · 627 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,504

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$224

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

$9.99/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.27

vs TN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2-3	530	248.35	1,315	56
Medium and Large 1-2	646	238.36	1,539	289

One grade step is worth $9.99/cwt here — about −$224 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 sale345 hd

239.98

—

TN average4 barns · 1,292 hd

229.71

+10.27

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 1-2	—	810	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,490	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	880	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,417	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	382	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	947	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	484	230.98/cwt	229.00–237.00	1,118	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	739	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,389	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	344	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	784	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	269.60/cwt	258.00–272.00	1,308	24
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	792	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,703	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	379	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,042	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	441	277.75/cwt	277.00–278.00	1,225	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	483	258.39/cwt	245.00–260.00	1,248	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	650	236.50/cwt	236.50–236.50	1,537	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	802	221.50/cwt	221.50–221.50	1,776	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	540	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,291	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	531	255.38/cwt	254.50–255.50	1,356	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	885	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,363	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	532	231.09/cwt	220.00–232.00	1,229	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	789	214.62/cwt	213.50–218.50	1,693	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	646	233.34/cwt	227.50–235.50	1,507	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	680	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,578	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	581	245.50/cwt	230.00–246.00	1,426	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	426	235.21/cwt	228.00–238.00	1,002	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	790	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,390	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	615	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,384	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	431	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,134	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	556	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,373	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	330	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	921	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	335	236.20/cwt	236.00–237.00	791	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	378	228.59/cwt	226.00–229.00	864	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	646	215.04/cwt	206.00–218.50	1,389	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	635	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,441	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	393	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,089	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	940	203.50/cwt	203.50–203.50	1,913	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	780	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,303	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	630	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,342	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	583	230.11/cwt	226.50–230.50	1,342	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	835	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,612	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	510	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,193	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	745	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,334	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	295	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	708	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	434	245.26/cwt	244.00–245.50	1,064	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	474	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,100	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	540	218.43/cwt	217.00–223.00	1,180	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	558	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,205	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	653	219.50/cwt	219.50–219.50	1,433	40

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

Thu Jan 4, 2024

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

Receipts 845Last week 889Year ago 974

Cattle were weighted on the ground, graded and grouped. Steers and heifers Black, Black white face and charlois cattle. 474 steers and 371 heifers.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	810	184.00	184.00
1	—	880	161.00	161.00
3	—	382	248.00	248.00
4	—	484	229.00–237.00	230.98
4	—	739	188.00	188.00
5	—	344	228.00	228.00
35	—	532	220.00–232.00	231.09
15	—	790	176.00	176.00
18	—	646	206.00–218.50	215.04
52	—	583	226.50–230.50	230.11
19	—	434	244.00–245.50	245.26
40	—	653	219.50	219.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	885	154.00	154.00
14	—	426	228.00–238.00	235.21
5	—	335	236.00–237.00	236.20
7	—	378	226.00–229.00	228.59
7	—	780	167.00	167.00
11	—	630	213.00	213.00
1	—	745	179.00	179.00
2	—	295	240.00	240.00
19	—	474	232.00	232.00
17	—	540	217.00–223.00	218.43
3	—	558	216.00	216.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	615	225.00	225.00
5	—	835	193.00	193.00
15	—	510	234.00	234.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	485	258.00–272.00	269.60
8	—	441	277.00–278.00	277.75
84	—	650	236.50	236.50
34	—	531	254.50–255.50	255.38
57	—	789	213.50–218.50	214.62
11	—	646	227.50–235.50	233.34
45	—	581	230.00–246.00	245.50
2	—	393	277.00	277.00
4	—	940	203.50	203.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	792	215.00	215.00
4	—	379	275.00	275.00
9	—	483	245.00–260.00	258.39
3	—	540	239.00	239.00
1	—	680	232.00	232.00
10	—	431	263.00	263.00
10	—	556	247.00	247.00
3	—	330	279.00	279.00
13	—	635	227.00	227.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	802	221.50	221.50

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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