Sale reports / Tennessee / McMinnville Livestock Auction / 2019-12-04

McMinnville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · McMinnville, Tennessee · Wed, Dec 4
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2079
Receipts
1,615 head
▼ 159 vs last sale 1,774▲ 1,615 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Cattle were Steers and heifers Black, Bwf and Charlois cross.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $135.93/cwt on 671 head.
Average price
$135.93
671 head · 604 lb average
Value per head Derived
$821
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$98
per head · Medium and Large 2-3 over Medium and Large 1-2
$2.97/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.59
vs TN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2-3542138.11749178
Medium and Large 1-2626135.14847493
One grade step is worth $2.97/cwt here — about −$98 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 sale671 hd
135.93
—
TN average9 barns · 3,602 hd
135.35
+0.59
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

39 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3290136.00/cwt136.00–136.003941
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3320146.00/cwt146.00–146.004674
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2325142.00/cwt142.00–142.004621
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3375147.43/cwt140.00–148.5055318
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2384153.00/cwt153.00–153.005889
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3425146.33/cwt141.50–149.0062230
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2433150.58/cwt147.00–153.0065220
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3474147.45/cwt137.00–151.5069925
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2478151.79/cwt142.00–153.0072628
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2532145.18/cwt137.00–146.0077240
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3557137.23/cwt121.50–139.0076445
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2584136.04/cwt131.00–137.0079492
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2625137.23/cwt131.50–140.5085860
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3633126.49/cwt125.00–130.5080111
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2660130.78/cwt125.50–131.50863159
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3666130.50/cwt130.50–130.5086922
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3768122.58/cwt117.00–124.5094122
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2776125.16/cwt121.00–125.5097181
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2890123.00/cwt123.00–123.001,0951
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2920117.00/cwt117.00–117.001,0762
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1305116.00/cwt116.00–116.003541
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2326122.99/cwt120.00–125.004015
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3340117.00/cwt117.00–117.003986
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2376127.86/cwt123.00–130.0048113
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3382129.21/cwt125.00–130.0049413
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3429127.33/cwt100.00–130.2554620
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2433128.17/cwt121.00–131.0055539
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2483127.92/cwt122.00–129.0061852
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3483127.65/cwt122.00–128.0061734
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2530123.50/cwt118.00–124.2565580
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3548105.50/cwt105.50–105.5057812
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3564114.31/cwt112.50–114.5064552
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2589121.01/cwt113.50–122.50713102
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3640114.00/cwt114.00–114.007305
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3662113.51/cwt109.00–114.7575123
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2664121.42/cwt114.00–123.25806105
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2742110.92/cwt106.50–112.008235
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2767106.54/cwt106.50–107.0081742
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-383194.00/cwt94.00–94.007814

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.