Sale reports / Tennessee / McMinnville Livestock Auction / 2020-09-16

McMinnville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · McMinnville, Tennessee · Wed, Sep 16
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2079
Receipts
1,736 head
▲ 48 vs last sale 1,688▲ 1,736 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 charlois 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 $138.51/cwt on 734 head.
Average price
$138.51
734 head · 612 lb average
Value per head Derived
$848
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$48
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$3.88/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.40
vs TN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2616139.43859559
Medium and Large 2-3599135.55812175
One grade step is worth $3.88/cwt here — about $48 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 sale734 hd
138.51
—
TN average12 barns · 2,974 hd
138.10
+0.40
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

41 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 1-2295168.00/cwt168.00–168.004961
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3300160.00/cwt160.00–160.004801
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2333166.00/cwt166.00–166.005533
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2377162.30/cwt159.50–163.506125
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3381159.50/cwt159.50–159.5060810
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2429159.83/cwt158.00–160.5068622
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3437152.68/cwt144.50–153.5066711
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3484138.31/cwt125.00–143.506697
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2485150.16/cwt144.50–154.5072891
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2534147.26/cwt142.50–148.0078674
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3563136.21/cwt122.00–138.0076767
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2583138.65/cwt135.00–139.5080895
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3656130.97/cwt123.00–131.5085957
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2662134.28/cwt130.50–135.25889150
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3715123.50/cwt123.50–123.508831
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3759126.50/cwt126.50–126.5096018
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2772129.57/cwt125.50–130.501,000103
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2875122.00/cwt122.00–122.001,0681
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2932114.92/cwt114.00–115.001,07112
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3993109.00/cwt109.00–109.001,0823
Steers—Medium and Large 1-21,008113.00/cwt113.00–113.001,1392
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3285127.00/cwt127.00–127.003624
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2290135.00/cwt135.00–135.003921
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3319128.22/cwt119.00–130.004096
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2336131.55/cwt130.00–132.004429
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2380132.50/cwt132.50–132.5050412
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3380121.00/cwt121.00–121.004607
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3431123.59/cwt105.00–126.5053319
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2436131.14/cwt127.00–132.5057239
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2480126.63/cwt122.00–129.0060858
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3481119.95/cwt119.00–120.0057721
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2532123.12/cwt118.50–124.00655110
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3545115.35/cwt111.00–118.0062959
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2577121.93/cwt117.50–123.00704121
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2648122.30/cwt120.50–122.50793109
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3656114.50/cwt114.50–114.5075117
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2664115.50/cwt115.50–115.5076724
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3737109.77/cwt103.00–115.0080910
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2780108.96/cwt104.50–109.5085046
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-290096.00/cwt96.00–96.008641
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-295097.00/cwt97.00–97.009221

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.