Sale reports / Tennessee / McMinnville Livestock Auction / 2020-12-11

McMinnville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · McMinnville, Tennessee · Fri, Dec 11
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2079
Receipts
1,166 head
▼ 573 vs last sale 1,739▲ 1,166 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Cattle were weighted on ground, graded and grouped. Steers and heifers mostly black, black white face and charolais.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $116.12/cwt on 482 head.
Average price
$116.12
482 head · 562 lb average
Value per head Derived
$653
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$51
per head · Medium and Large 2-3 over Medium and Large 1-2
$4.24/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.66
vs TN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2-3514119.35613114
Medium and Large 1-2577115.12664368
One grade step is worth $4.24/cwt here — about −$51 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 sale482 hd
116.12
—
TN average9 barns · 2,533 hd
117.78
−1.66
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

40 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 1-2315163.00/cwt163.00–163.005131
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3323158.88/cwt156.00–162.005134
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2370164.00/cwt164.00–164.006071
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3378160.59/cwt157.00–163.006075
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3430160.80/cwt160.00–161.5069113
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2435158.99/cwt157.00–160.506927
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3481152.06/cwt150.00–152.5073134
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2482152.88/cwt152.00–153.0073716
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2533145.25/cwt140.50–151.0077431
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3548120.00/cwt120.00–120.006583
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3559134.85/cwt130.00–135.0075436
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2586137.87/cwt134.50–146.0080865
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3632115.99/cwt115.00–117.007334
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2644125.50/cwt125.50–125.508086
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3654126.00/cwt126.00–126.0082432
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2668130.21/cwt128.50–134.00870118
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2772123.62/cwt118.00–124.5095459
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3775120.70/cwt114.00–121.5093519
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2915106.50/cwt106.50–106.509741
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2955109.50/cwt109.50–109.501,0466
Steers—Medium and Large 2-31,005105.50/cwt105.50–105.501,0603
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3285136.00/cwt136.00–136.003881
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2327128.58/cwt125.00–134.004205
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3340134.63/cwt129.00–138.004588
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3377136.00/cwt136.00–136.005138
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2381129.61/cwt129.00–130.0049410
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3431125.95/cwt120.00–128.5054320
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2433127.29/cwt125.00–128.0055129
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2482122.91/cwt119.50–123.5059241
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3484119.76/cwt115.00–121.5058026
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3526116.50/cwt116.50–116.506134
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2533117.52/cwt112.50–123.5062667
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3573114.14/cwt109.00–115.0065429
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2582112.44/cwt106.50–113.0065481
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2651112.07/cwt108.00–112.2573099
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3653106.80/cwt103.00–107.5069713
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3747104.00/cwt104.00–104.007773
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2753100.16/cwt100.00–102.5075432
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2803103.00/cwt103.00–103.008274
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-396098.00/cwt98.00–98.009412

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.