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McMinnville Livestock Auction

Name: McMinnville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-12-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-12-07

Feeder Cattle · McMinnville, Tennessee · Thu, Dec 7

● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2079

← Nov 15Dec 7Jan 4 →

Receipts

889 head

▼ 435 vs last sale 1,324▲ 55 vs year ago 834 · +6.6%

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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. 468 steers and 421 heifers.

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 $188.74/cwt on 366 head.

Average price

$188.74

366 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,023

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$152

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

$0.16/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.48

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	567	188.79	1,070	253
Medium and Large 2-3	487	188.62	918	113

One grade step is worth $0.16/cwt here — about $152 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 sale366 hd

188.74

—

TN average12 barns · 2,749 hd

192.21

−3.48

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

Every lot

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. 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 · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	245	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	554	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	283	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	724	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	297	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	799	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	343	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	899	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	373	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	970	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	388	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,028	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	427	254.03/cwt	246.00–262.00	1,085	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	434	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,085	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	479	226.39/cwt	180.00–242.00	1,084	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	482	258.12/cwt	258.00–260.00	1,244	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	529	217.97/cwt	215.00–219.00	1,153	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	533	241.01/cwt	219.00–243.50	1,285	44
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	561	224.50/cwt	224.50–224.50	1,259	38
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	585	229.40/cwt	226.00–230.00	1,342	56
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	639	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,310	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	657	213.02/cwt	196.00–215.00	1,400	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	659	217.41/cwt	216.50–217.50	1,433	59
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	770	190.50/cwt	185.00–191.50	1,467	47
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	785	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,444	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	803	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,301	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	875	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,593	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	903	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	1,571	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	950	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,558	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	1,054	153.50/cwt	153.50–153.50	1,618	7
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	242	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	455	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	280	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	532	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	333	196.67/cwt	196.00–199.00	655	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	382	197.96/cwt	197.00–200.50	756	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	388	201.91/cwt	199.00–203.00	783	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	421	203.12/cwt	201.00–203.50	855	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	434	196.15/cwt	150.00–200.00	851	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	478	187.44/cwt	160.00–199.00	896	33
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	488	193.78/cwt	179.00–195.00	946	39
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	530	197.72/cwt	184.00–200.00	1,048	57
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	543	189.24/cwt	189.00–193.00	1,028	33
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	582	189.95/cwt	181.00–192.00	1,106	47
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	646	166.50/cwt	166.50–166.50	1,076	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	650	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,034	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	653	178.33/cwt	170.00–180.00	1,164	54
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	740	169.48/cwt	155.00–171.00	1,254	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	825	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,312	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	905	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,412	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,010	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,364	1

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 Graded Sale - McMinnville, TN

Thu Dec 7, 2023

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

Receipts 889Last week 1,324Year ago 834

Cattle were weighted on the ground, graded and grouped. Cattle were mostly black, black white face and charlois steers and heifers. 468 steers and 421 heifers.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	488	179.00–195.00	193.78
54	—	653	170.00–180.00	178.33
3	—	905	156.00	156.00
20	—	421	201.00–203.50	203.12
23	—	740	155.00–171.00	169.48
47	—	582	181.00–192.00	189.95
7	—	382	197.00–200.50	197.96
57	—	530	184.00–200.00	197.72
3	—	242	188.00	188.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	646	166.50	166.50
1	—	650	159.00	159.00
33	—	478	160.00–199.00	187.44
33	—	543	189.00–193.00	189.24
1	—	825	159.00	159.00
13	—	434	150.00–200.00	196.15
9	—	333	196.00–199.00	196.67
4	—	280	190.00	190.00
1	—	1,010	135.00	135.00
10	—	388	199.00–203.00	201.91

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	427	246.00–262.00	254.03
15	—	482	258.00–260.00	258.12
2	—	903	174.00	174.00
47	—	770	185.00–191.50	190.50
59	—	659	216.50–217.50	217.41
3	—	297	269.00	269.00
44	—	533	219.00–243.50	241.01
56	—	585	226.00–230.00	229.40
3	—	388	265.00	265.00
1	—	875	182.00	182.00
7	—	639	205.00	205.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,054	153.50	153.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	657	196.00–215.00	213.02
1	—	245	226.00	226.00
12	—	479	180.00–242.00	226.39
38	—	561	224.50	224.50
4	—	529	215.00–219.00	217.97
6	—	343	262.00	262.00
2	—	785	184.00	184.00
2	—	803	162.00	162.00
1	—	950	164.00	164.00
12	—	434	250.00	250.00
2	—	283	256.00	256.00
3	—	373	260.00	260.00

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.