Sale reports / Tennessee / McMinnville Livestock Auction / 2021-03-03

McMinnville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · McMinnville, Tennessee · Wed, Mar 3
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2079
Receipts
1,085 head
▲ 90 vs last sale 995▲ 70 vs year ago 1,015 · +6.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Cattle were weighed on ground. Mostly black, black white face and charolis 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 $142.06/cwt on 490 head.
Average price
$142.06
490 head · 611 lb average
Value per head Derived
$868
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$50
per head · Medium and Large 2-3 over Medium and Large 1-2
$9.28/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.29
vs TN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2-3561148.38832156
Medium and Large 1-2634139.11882334
One grade step is worth $9.28/cwt here — about −$50 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 sale490 hd
142.06
—
TN average12 barns · 3,892 hd
138.77
+3.29
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

43 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3343182.00/cwt182.00–182.006243
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2363185.00/cwt185.00–185.006722
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3386177.48/cwt177.00–182.0068510
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2433178.19/cwt170.00–183.0077214
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3436163.59/cwt158.50–165.0071318
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3483161.86/cwt152.00–164.0078228
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2484164.83/cwt160.00–165.5079825
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2524148.72/cwt132.00–156.0077940
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3549152.00/cwt152.00–152.0083446
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3576139.84/cwt138.00–145.5080516
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2582143.00/cwt138.00–144.0083263
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3638133.00/cwt133.00–133.008493
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3655118.00/cwt118.00–118.007734
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2660133.41/cwt127.50–134.75881116
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2782123.04/cwt118.00–123.5096269
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3784117.54/cwt115.00–118.0092226
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2928111.50/cwt111.50–111.501,0352
Steers—Medium and Large 2-392897.00/cwt97.00–97.009002
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2950110.17/cwt109.50–111.501,0473
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3210151.00/cwt151.00–151.003171
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2280141.52/cwt141.00–142.003962
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3341140.00/cwt140.00–140.004774
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2342141.00/cwt141.00–141.004823
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2376141.40/cwt141.00–141.5053210
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3386142.41/cwt141.00–143.005507
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2431137.43/cwt136.50–137.5059227
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3435135.26/cwt130.50–137.5058819
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2482138.46/cwt136.50–139.0066733
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3483132.56/cwt121.00–139.0064014
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2530135.91/cwt135.00–136.2572037
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3541122.08/cwt121.50–139.0066028
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3572117.50/cwt117.50–117.5067212
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2586123.73/cwt119.50–127.0072563
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3640104.00/cwt104.00–104.006662
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2644116.00/cwt116.00–116.007478
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2661119.50/cwt119.50–119.5079069
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3661111.50/cwt111.50–111.5073711
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3739111.51/cwt110.00–112.008244
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2749109.12/cwt109.00–116.0081756
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3795114.00/cwt114.00–114.009061
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2823110.50/cwt110.50–110.509093
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2905105.00/cwt105.00–105.009501
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3915102.00/cwt102.00–102.009331

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.