Sale reports / Tennessee / McMinnville Livestock Auction / 2020-02-05

McMinnville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · McMinnville, Tennessee · Wed, Feb 5
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2079
Receipts
1,036 head
▼ 469 vs last sale 1,505▲ 1,036 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Cattle weighted off truck, Black, Bwf and Charlois cross, Steers and heifers

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $120.35/cwt on 445 head.
Average price
$120.35
445 head · 582 lb average
Value per head Derived
$701
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$118
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$1.04/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.77
vs TN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2614120.70741293
Medium and Large 2-3521119.66623152
One grade step is worth $1.04/cwt here — about $118 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 sale445 hd
120.35
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TN average11 barns · 2,803 hd
124.12
−3.77
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

44 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3334164.88/cwt162.50–165.5055110
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3373165.86/cwt165.50–167.006194
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2386166.00/cwt166.00–166.006415
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2423162.00/cwt162.00–162.006856
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3435150.58/cwt141.00–156.0065517
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3483142.88/cwt130.00–153.0069011
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2487161.00/cwt161.00–161.0078413
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2530147.68/cwt137.00–150.0078334
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3557138.75/cwt125.00–141.0077338
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2583133.34/cwt126.25–145.0077780
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3620122.18/cwt120.50–132.007587
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2621136.00/cwt136.00–136.0084510
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3659129.00/cwt129.00–129.0085026
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2660132.00/cwt127.00–133.5087171
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2712132.00/cwt132.00–132.009407
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2779125.24/cwt120.00–126.0097670
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3781122.00/cwt122.00–122.0095315
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3803115.00/cwt115.00–115.009235
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3890116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,0321
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2925101.00/cwt101.00–101.009341
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2950114.50/cwt114.50–114.501,0888
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3284130.00/cwt130.00–130.003694
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2298141.00/cwt141.00–141.004203
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3319138.65/cwt135.00–140.004424
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2328139.50/cwt139.50–139.504585
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2379132.50/cwt132.50–132.5050212
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3384133.39/cwt125.00–140.0051213
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2431126.46/cwt119.00–129.0054518
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3437123.17/cwt105.00–126.5053826
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2481126.33/cwt124.00–126.5060830
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3482122.19/cwt113.00–124.7558940
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2537126.60/cwt121.00–127.0068048
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3549116.15/cwt115.50–116.5063831
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3553112.00/cwt112.00–112.006192
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2583121.59/cwt117.50–126.0070923
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3632113.34/cwt113.00–113.507163
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2647115.00/cwt115.00–115.007449
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3657118.50/cwt118.50–118.5077917
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2666119.91/cwt111.50–121.2579973
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2779111.68/cwt105.00–112.5087065
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-378993.02/cwt90.00–94.507343
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-380294.50/cwt94.50–94.507587
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-290895.50/cwt95.50–95.508677
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-395885.00/cwt85.00–85.008142

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.