Sale reports / Tennessee / McMinnville Livestock Auction / 2019-08-21

McMinnville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · McMinnville, Tennessee · Wed, Aug 21
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2079
Receipts
1,816 head
▲ 408 vs last sale 1,408▲ 1,816 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

1816 Steers and heifers Black , Bwf and char cattle.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $139.78/cwt on 836 head.
Average price
$139.78
836 head · 624 lb average
Value per head Derived
$873
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$89
per head · Medium and Large 2-3 over Medium and Large 1-2
$3.08/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.56
vs TN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2-3571141.91810258
Medium and Large 1-2648138.83900578
One grade step is worth $3.08/cwt here — about −$89 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 sale836 hd
139.78
—
TN average10 barns · 2,113 hd
137.22
+2.56
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

36 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3280158.50/cwt158.50–158.504441
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3343164.00/cwt164.00–164.005633
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3374154.52/cwt152.00–155.0057810
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2382156.55/cwt153.50–159.005989
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3429149.67/cwt133.00–152.5064223
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2436152.12/cwt148.50–153.5066318
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2480152.30/cwt145.50–153.0073141
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3481139.78/cwt133.00–142.0067228
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2536146.44/cwt136.00–148.5078561
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3564143.28/cwt132.00–144.00808108
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2586142.99/cwt135.00–145.0083885
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3643138.50/cwt138.50–138.508916
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2657136.70/cwt134.50–137.25898180
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3658137.79/cwt131.00–138.5090765
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2723130.00/cwt130.00–130.009406
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2778131.33/cwt127.00–137.001,022178
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3799130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,03912
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3890119.00/cwt119.00–119.001,0592
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3283127.00/cwt127.00–127.003593
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3305125.23/cwt111.00–135.003823
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2335137.00/cwt137.00–137.004591
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3376125.20/cwt124.00–135.0047112
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2379133.52/cwt124.00–136.0050616
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3429124.63/cwt116.00–127.0053530
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2432125.51/cwt123.00–126.0054233
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2479125.02/cwt120.00–125.7559955
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3481120.88/cwt111.00–122.0058139
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2528121.62/cwt116.00–123.5064279
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3560113.91/cwt109.50–114.5063887
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2585121.18/cwt115.00–123.25709119
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2646125.00/cwt125.00–125.0080817
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3654109.80/cwt107.00–110.2571838
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2656116.83/cwt111.00–118.00766157
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3741104.89/cwt103.00–106.007779
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2747115.48/cwt113.00–116.0086357
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2795113.00/cwt113.00–113.008984

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.