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

McMinnville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · McMinnville, Tennessee · Wed, Aug 4
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2079
Receipts
1,669 head
▼ 481 vs last sale 2,150▼ 188 vs year ago 1,857 · −10.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Cattle were weighed on the ground. Graded and some grouped. Mostly black, bwf and charolis 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 $134.44/cwt on 648 head.
Average price
$134.44
648 head · 551 lb average
Value per head Derived
$741
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$67
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$6.44/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.80
vs TN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2557135.97757494
Medium and Large 2-3533129.53690154
One grade step is worth $6.44/cwt here — about $67 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 sale648 hd
134.44
—
TN average9 barns · 2,321 hd
137.23
−2.80
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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3329173.00/cwt173.00–173.005696
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2343182.00/cwt182.00–182.006246
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3384171.97/cwt164.00–172.5066015
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2394178.88/cwt178.50–180.007054
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3419172.53/cwt153.00–175.0072319
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2434176.15/cwt174.00–180.0076422
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3482163.57/cwt147.00–165.0078812
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2486173.31/cwt166.00–175.0084262
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2533168.04/cwt160.00–172.0089657
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3542156.50/cwt156.50–156.508485
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2568156.57/cwt153.00–161.0088974
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3571152.00/cwt152.00–152.008684
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2648152.50/cwt152.50–152.5098811
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2658156.66/cwt152.00–157.501,031157
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3664149.76/cwt143.00–150.0099429
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3728137.00/cwt137.00–137.009972
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2766142.68/cwt137.00–143.751,09394
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3777141.50/cwt141.50–141.501,09919
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2846147.75/cwt147.75–147.751,25041
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2883135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,1922
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2960126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,2101
Steers—Medium and Large 1-21,040117.00/cwt117.00–117.001,2171
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2292144.13/cwt143.00–149.004215
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2329151.00/cwt151.00–151.004974
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3338131.00/cwt131.00–131.004433
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2382147.00/cwt147.00–147.005629
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3385133.88/cwt126.00–141.005158
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3425135.41/cwt125.00–136.5057522
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2429139.63/cwt137.00–147.0059950
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3478132.90/cwt126.00–133.5063524
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2487140.59/cwt138.00–142.50685103
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2530137.07/cwt131.50–139.0072697
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3564128.55/cwt118.00–140.0072573
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2582140.00/cwt140.00–140.0081566
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3629126.86/cwt122.00–127.5079817
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2643127.26/cwt125.00–130.5081822
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2653130.50/cwt130.50–130.50852110
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3660105.00/cwt105.00–105.006932
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2730121.50/cwt121.50–121.508871
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2765120.75/cwt115.00–121.5092426
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3771114.09/cwt105.00–123.008804
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3865107.50/cwt107.50–107.509301
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2895107.00/cwt107.00–107.009581

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.