Sale reports / Tennessee / McMinnville Livestock Auction / 2021-01-06

McMinnville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · McMinnville, Tennessee · Wed, Jan 6
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2079
Receipts
1,156 head
▼ 10 vs last sale 1,166▼ 349 vs year ago 1,505 · −23.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Cattle were weighted on the ground and graded. Mostly black, black white face and charlois 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 $114.66/cwt on 439 head.
Average price
$114.66
439 head · 573 lb average
Value per head Derived
$657
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$87
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$2.44/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.14
vs TN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2589115.28680328
Medium and Large 2-3525112.84593111
One grade step is worth $2.44/cwt here — about $87 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 sale439 hd
114.66
—
TN average8 barns · 2,085 hd
118.81
−4.14
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

36 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3320151.00/cwt151.00–151.004831
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3380153.92/cwt151.00–157.005852
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2435164.66/cwt164.00–165.007163
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3438168.00/cwt168.00–168.007365
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3484150.38/cwt143.00–153.0072823
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2494155.50/cwt155.50–155.5076815
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2535146.95/cwt140.00–147.5078641
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3562135.21/cwt123.00–137.5076066
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2586134.65/cwt128.00–135.0078960
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3648126.96/cwt125.50–127.0082336
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2665128.36/cwt124.50–129.2585491
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3665127.00/cwt127.00–127.008452
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2776118.50/cwt116.00–120.509209
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3776116.52/cwt112.00–117.5090411
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2803120.50/cwt120.50–120.5096854
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2928112.50/cwt112.50–112.501,0446
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3937111.50/cwt111.50–111.501,0456
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2268144.00/cwt144.00–144.003868
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3336130.00/cwt130.00–130.004374
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2376130.50/cwt130.50–130.5049110
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3392129.00/cwt129.00–129.005066
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3430122.22/cwt121.50–126.0052614
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2438124.68/cwt122.50–130.505468
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3482117.78/cwt110.00–120.0056823
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2485123.55/cwt122.00–124.0059927
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2530118.10/cwt110.50–119.5062672
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3555107.00/cwt107.00–107.0059445
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2578111.21/cwt105.00–112.5064368
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2618116.25/cwt116.25–116.257182
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3636107.38/cwt107.00–108.5068316
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2663115.63/cwt110.00–117.0076795
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3680104.00/cwt104.00–104.007071
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-375089.00/cwt89.00–89.006681
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-276498.50/cwt98.50–98.5075337
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-287595.00/cwt95.00–95.008311
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-394085.00/cwt85.00–85.007991

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.