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McMinnville Livestock Auction

Name: McMinnville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-02-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-02-05

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · McMinnville, Tennessee · Mon, Feb 5

● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3675

← Jan 29Feb 5Feb 19 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

285 head

▲ 25 vs last sale 260▲ 285 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

15 head

▲ 7 vs last sale 8▲ 15 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends available for this market due to insufficient comparable receipts.

Video Load Report: https://www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/ams_3665.pdf

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $247.38/cwt on 215 head.

Average price

$247.38

215 head · 505 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,250

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$249

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

$57.35/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+15.30

vs TN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	504	250.58	1,263	203
Medium and Large 2-3	525	193.23	1,014	12thin

One grade step is worth $57.35/cwt here — about $249 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 sale215 hd

247.38

—

TN average11 barns · 3,927 hd

232.08

+15.30

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,364	114.80	1,566	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,253	95.06	1,191	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,660	85.52	1,420	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,193	70.07	836	4thin

Every lot

35 lots · USDA AMS · Warren Co. Livestock Auction - McMinnville, TN

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	329	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	790	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	338	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	997	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	615	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,476	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	781	229.50/cwt	229.50–229.50	1,792	9
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	300	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	777	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	392	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,047	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	396	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	820	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	431	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,146	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	486	227.15/cwt	226.00–229.00	1,104	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	488	163.90/cwt	150.00–171.00	800	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	501	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,265	98
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	535	222.51/cwt	222.00–223.00	1,190	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	555	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,193	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	589	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,419	51
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	635	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,378	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	687	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,298	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	870	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,235	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	388	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,180	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	417	286.34/cwt	279.00–288.00	1,194	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	431	242.13/cwt	225.00–248.00	1,044	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	478	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,334	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	515	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,380	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	520	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,144	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	560	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,260	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	730	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	905	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	775	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,170	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	845	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,327	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	920	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,343	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	960	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,411	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—Light Weight	1,175	104.17/cwt	96.50–114.00	1,224	2
Bulls	—	—Light Weight	1,273	129.32/cwt	125.50–133.00	1,646	2
Bulls	—	—	1,925	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	2,060	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,193	70.07/cwt	66.00–72.00	836	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,253	95.06/cwt	94.00–96.50	1,191	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,660	85.52/cwt	83.00–88.50	1,420	2

This sale against other markets

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 Auction - McMinnville, TN

Mon Feb 5, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 285Last week 260Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 15Last week 8Year ago 0

No trends available for this market due to insufficient comparable receipts.

Video Load Report: https://www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/ams_3665.pdf

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	920	146.00	146.00
1	—	960	147.00	147.00
2	—	515	268.00	268.00
2	—	478	279.00	279.00
3	—	388	304.00	304.00
6	—	417	279.00–288.00	286.34
1	—	845	157.00	157.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	431	225.00–248.00	242.13
2	—	560	225.00	225.00
1	—	520	220.00	220.00
1	—	775	151.00	151.00
1	—	730	124.00	124.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	535	222.00–223.00	222.51
8	—	486	226.00–229.00	227.15
17	—	392	267.00	267.00
4	—	300	259.00	259.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	687	189.00	189.00
1	—	555	215.00	215.00
4	—	396	207.00	207.00
1	—	635	217.00	217.00
3	—	488	150.00–171.00	163.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	431	266.00	266.00
51	—	589	241.00	241.00
98	—	501	252.50	252.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	870	142.00	142.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	615	240.00	240.00
2	—	338	295.00	295.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	781	229.50	229.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	329	240.00	240.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,193	66.00–72.00	70.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,660	83.00–88.50	85.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,253	94.00–96.50	95.06

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,925	107.00	107.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,175	96.50–114.00	104.17
2	—	1,273	125.50–133.00	129.32

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.