Sale reports / Tennessee / McMinnville Livestock Auction / 2021-04-08

McMinnville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · McMinnville, Tennessee · Thu, Apr 8
● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2079
Receipts
1,644 head
▲ 559 vs last sale 1,085▲ 1,644 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Cattle were graded and grouped by breed and weighed on ground. Most were black, bwf and charolis cross 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 $134.51/cwt on 707 head.
Average price
$134.51
707 head · 558 lb average
Value per head Derived
$750
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$76
per head · Medium and Large 2-3 over Medium and Large 1-2
$0.08/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.78
vs TN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2-3517134.57696198
Medium and Large 1-2573134.49771509
One grade step is worth $0.08/cwt here — about −$76 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 sale707 hd
134.51
—
TN average11 barns · 2,658 hd
135.29
−0.78
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

49 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 · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2250204.00/cwt204.00–204.005101
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3255195.00/cwt195.00–195.004971
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2320196.00/cwt196.00–196.006271
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3320181.67/cwt181.00–183.005816
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3372181.50/cwt181.50–181.506759
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2382188.83/cwt188.50–190.0072120
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3429181.78/cwt178.00–183.0078011
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2436182.50/cwt182.50–182.5079627
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3484174.32/cwt170.50–175.5084427
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2489176.23/cwt172.00–176.5086250
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2539161.30/cwt155.00–162.0086961
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3541149.00/cwt149.00–149.0080610
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3555158.33/cwt152.00–159.0087962
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2587154.39/cwt145.00–156.0090662
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3635131.00/cwt131.00–131.008322
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3656133.00/cwt133.00–133.008727
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2661142.62/cwt140.00–143.00943133
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3767130.28/cwt128.50–130.5099918
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2772132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,01961
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2802129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,0353
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3817116.00/cwt116.00–116.009485
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3900119.00/cwt119.00–119.001,0712
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2923121.00/cwt121.00–121.001,1175
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added936129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,20749
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2240139.00/cwt139.00–139.003341
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3264152.00/cwt152.00–152.004018
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2327135.99/cwt135.00–137.004454
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3333143.16/cwt141.00–144.504775
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3378143.26/cwt140.50–144.5054216
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2384143.76/cwt136.00–144.5055233
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3437141.16/cwt138.00–141.5061731
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2438139.05/cwt134.00–139.5060937
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added443144.00/cwt144.00–144.006385
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3479139.39/cwt137.00–140.0066835
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2485135.10/cwt129.00–135.7565590
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2533139.95/cwt130.00–141.5074674
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3534138.00/cwt138.00–138.007376
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3553134.60/cwt124.00–137.0074461
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2586138.78/cwt131.00–140.0081376
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2638133.00/cwt133.00–133.008498
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3643117.39/cwt109.00–121.0075523
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2656132.18/cwt132.00–133.00867126
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3717118.49/cwt118.00–119.008506
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3772106.36/cwt101.00–117.008213
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2773117.85/cwt108.00–119.0091147
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3880110.99/cwt110.00–112.009772
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2923106.50/cwt106.50–106.509837
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-31,05388.00/cwt88.00–88.009272
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,09099.00/cwt99.00–99.001,0791

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.