Sale reports / Tennessee / McMinnville Livestock Auction / 2024-05-20

McMinnville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · McMinnville, Tennessee · Mon, May 20
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3675
Feeder Cattle receipts
261 head
▲ 189 vs last sale 72▲ 261 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
13 head
▲ 10 vs last sale 3▲ 13 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 13▲ 10 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparisons available due to limited comparable receipts

Video load report can be found:: https://www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/ams_3665.pdf

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $305.91/cwt on 28 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −152.17 against this barn's trailing median of $458.08.
Average price
$305.91
28 head · 564 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,725
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+6.56
vs TN average
−8.19 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2564305.911,72528
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale28 hd
305.91
—
TN average11 barns · 353 hd
299.35
+6.56
National average158 barns · 11,390 hd
314.10
−8.19
This barn, trailing median3 sales
458.08
−152.17
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

3 sales
482437392348median 458.0803/2303/2304/2008/1708/17
Steers 500–600 lb: high $467.94, low $361.51, median $458.08 across 3 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,671137.252,2934thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
BullsN/AYoung (2-4 yrs)1,455$1,7801thin

Every lot

25 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2300310.00/cwt310.00–310.009302
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2435325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,4142
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2540302.50/cwt302.50–302.501,6349
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added575309.57/cwt309.00–314.001,78017
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2575290.21/cwt284.00–296.001,6692
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2625282.50/cwt282.50–282.501,76677
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2665278.50/cwt278.50–278.501,85221
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2756249.25/cwt249.25–249.251,88427
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2335298.00/cwt298.00–298.009982
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2425277.00/cwt277.00–277.001,1771
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2478275.63/cwt272.00–278.001,3183
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2529262.80/cwt256.00–264.001,39011
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3548255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,3973
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3555220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,2211
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2620242.13/cwt237.00–243.001,50120
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2685238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,6301
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2716229.58/cwt229.00–231.001,64435
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2377322.98/cwt319.00–331.001,2183
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2-3495289.00/cwt289.00–289.001,4311
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2565262.00/cwt262.00–262.001,4804
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2-3770200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,5401
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2799240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,9184
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——Light Weight1,110105.50/cwt105.50–105.501,1711
Bulls——1,858147.83/cwt136.50–159.002,7473
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-21,4551,780.00/head1,780.00–1,780.001,7801

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.