Sale reports / Tennessee / McMinnville Livestock Auction / 2021-08-31

McMinnville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · McMinnville, Tennessee · Tue, Aug 31
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2079
Receipts
1,716 head
▲ 47 vs last sale 1,669▲ 1,716 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 some grouped . Mostly black, black white face 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 $134.63/cwt on 651 head.
Average price
$134.63
651 head · 557 lb average
Value per head Derived
$749
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$98
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$9.65/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.28
vs TN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2565137.06775487
Medium and Large 2-3531127.41676164
One grade step is worth $9.65/cwt here — about $98 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 sale651 hd
134.63
—
TN average8 barns · 2,068 hd
134.35
+0.28
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

42 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 1-2260180.00/cwt180.00–180.004681
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2383176.01/cwt173.00–177.006745
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3383160.25/cwt160.00–161.506146
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3440156.50/cwt156.50–156.506898
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2444175.60/cwt170.00–178.0078025
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3484152.87/cwt138.00–158.0074025
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2488169.35/cwt165.00–170.2582641
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2535160.27/cwt155.00–162.0085755
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3549143.00/cwt143.00–143.0078510
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3568144.77/cwt138.00–145.5082251
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2585155.62/cwt151.00–157.2591094
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2646154.00/cwt154.00–154.0099511
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3655137.65/cwt129.50–140.0090240
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2661156.75/cwt156.75–156.751,036115
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2708141.00/cwt141.00–141.0099818
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2763142.89/cwt139.50–143.751,09096
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3770138.96/cwt130.00–139.501,07017
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2800149.50/cwt149.50–149.501,19613
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2920127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,1682
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3245135.67/cwt127.00–140.003323
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2292146.64/cwt143.00–154.004283
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2324150.15/cwt145.00–151.004867
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3325144.37/cwt144.00–144.504694
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3374138.99/cwt136.50–147.5052010
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2385145.32/cwt142.00–147.5055918
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2433138.20/cwt133.00–138.5059838
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3437132.00/cwt132.00–132.0057721
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3482133.00/cwt133.00–133.0064130
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2486139.80/cwt135.00–140.7567966
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2533136.53/cwt132.00–138.5072883
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3540128.00/cwt128.00–128.006918
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3569126.86/cwt118.00–128.0072263
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2584142.50/cwt130.50–144.50832116
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2648125.00/cwt125.00–125.0081022
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3648118.47/cwt118.00–120.0076817
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2650134.71/cwt129.00–135.50876107
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-372591.00/cwt91.00–91.006601
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2743120.00/cwt120.00–120.0089223
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2765115.50/cwt115.50–115.508841
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-382091.00/cwt91.00–91.007467
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-298088.00/cwt88.00–88.008622
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,04586.00/cwt86.00–86.008991

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.