Sale reports / Tennessee / McMinnville Livestock Auction / 2021-09-16

McMinnville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · McMinnville, Tennessee · Thu, Sep 16
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2079
Receipts
1,322 head
▼ 394 vs last sale 1,716▼ 414 vs year ago 1,736 · −23.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Cattle were weighted on ground and graded and grouped. 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 $127.62/cwt on 505 head.
Average price
$127.62
505 head · 590 lb average
Value per head Derived
$753
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$75
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$7.74/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.15
vs TN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2596129.31770395
Medium and Large 2-3572121.57695110
One grade step is worth $7.74/cwt here — about $75 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 sale505 hd
127.62
—
TN average10 barns · 2,462 hd
129.78
−2.15
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

41 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 1-2290181.00/cwt181.00–181.005251
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2335176.00/cwt176.00–176.005901
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3380168.11/cwt165.00–170.006396
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2390159.20/cwt140.00–172.006215
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3429166.88/cwt156.00–172.0071611
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2434160.78/cwt136.00–173.5069829
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3480161.03/cwt155.00–162.0077314
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2489171.07/cwt164.00–172.2583728
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2533161.08/cwt155.00–163.0085937
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3566139.11/cwt133.00–147.0078731
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2587148.66/cwt143.50–149.2587396
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3638142.00/cwt142.00–142.009062
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3656138.02/cwt127.00–140.0090533
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2659147.87/cwt140.00–149.75974109
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2759134.99/cwt130.00–135.751,02547
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3771132.49/cwt129.00–133.501,02115
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2925124.48/cwt123.50–125.501,1512
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3930116.50/cwt116.50–116.501,0833
Steers—Medium and Large 1-21,008119.50/cwt119.50–119.501,2052
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2290140.00/cwt140.00–140.004062
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2310136.00/cwt136.00–136.004221
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3314139.00/cwt139.00–139.004364
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2375136.00/cwt136.00–136.005102
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3378139.00/cwt139.00–139.0052510
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3418134.48/cwt132.00–135.005626
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2429140.00/cwt140.00–140.0060116
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3479130.85/cwt127.00–131.5062721
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2480136.52/cwt132.00–138.0065545
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2531132.79/cwt128.00–134.7570554
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3535119.00/cwt119.00–119.006371
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3563127.50/cwt127.50–127.5071834
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2581129.26/cwt125.00–130.00751114
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3643120.00/cwt120.00–120.0077213
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2644127.00/cwt127.00–127.008185
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2658126.98/cwt123.50–127.50836120
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3659109.00/cwt109.00–109.007184
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2765121.73/cwt115.00–124.0093132
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-378695.00/cwt95.00–95.007478
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-289183.00/cwt83.00–83.007404
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-391474.50/cwt74.50–74.506817
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-397370.00/cwt70.00–70.006812

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.