Sale reports / Tennessee / McMinnville Livestock Auction / 2020-08-26

McMinnville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · McMinnville, Tennessee · Wed, Aug 26
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2079
Receipts
1,688 head
▼ 169 vs last sale 1,857▲ 1,688 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Cattle weighted on ground, Black, Black white face and Charolais steers and heifers.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $141.63/cwt on 652 head.
Average price
$141.63
652 head · 600 lb average
Value per head Derived
$850
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$71
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$7.67/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.45
vs TN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2607144.30875425
Medium and Large 2-3589136.63804227
One grade step is worth $7.67/cwt here — about $71 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 sale652 hd
141.63
—
TN average10 barns · 2,000 hd
141.18
+0.45
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 1-2265167.00/cwt167.00–167.004431
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3387150.09/cwt145.00–164.005817
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2388167.00/cwt167.00–167.006487
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2437159.39/cwt158.00–159.5069714
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3437148.59/cwt142.00–152.5064912
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2485158.15/cwt155.50–158.5076744
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3490140.74/cwt130.00–141.0069041
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3500137.00/cwt137.00–137.006852
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2537154.01/cwt149.00–154.7582779
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3558139.10/cwt131.50–140.0077685
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2584145.91/cwt142.75–146.7585276
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2656137.32/cwt132.50–138.50901150
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3661133.20/cwt122.00–134.5088049
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3715118.00/cwt118.00–118.008441
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3769124.30/cwt122.00–124.5095625
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2776129.50/cwt129.50–129.501,00548
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2814121.50/cwt121.50–121.509895
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2880125.50/cwt125.50–125.501,1041
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3930114.00/cwt114.00–114.001,0602
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3993111.00/cwt111.00–111.001,1023
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2270139.00/cwt139.00–139.003751
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3270136.00/cwt136.00–136.003671
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3335134.00/cwt134.00–134.004491
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2343135.00/cwt135.00–135.004632
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2379135.00/cwt135.00–135.0051213
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3384132.36/cwt131.00–132.5050810
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3425123.85/cwt119.00–124.5052617
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2427130.54/cwt128.00–131.5055722
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3477125.07/cwt115.00–126.5059730
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2485127.55/cwt122.00–128.0061966
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2540129.92/cwt129.50–130.0070289
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3557122.84/cwt114.00–124.0068481
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2586124.56/cwt120.00–126.00730108
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2645120.00/cwt120.00–120.0077410
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2653129.86/cwt125.00–130.00848105
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3654111.14/cwt100.00–113.5072741
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3740106.00/cwt106.00–106.007843
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2763111.56/cwt108.00–112.0085127
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3798104.00/cwt104.00–104.008304

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.