Sale reports / Tennessee / McMinnville Livestock Auction / 2021-10-07

McMinnville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · McMinnville, Tennessee · Thu, Oct 7
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2079
Receipts
1,069 head
▼ 253 vs last sale 1,322▼ 324 vs year ago 1,393 · −23.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Cattle were weighted on ground and graded and grouped. Cattle were mostly black, black white face and charlois.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $127.02/cwt on 485 head.
Average price
$127.02
485 head · 561 lb average
Value per head Derived
$713
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$83
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$8.29/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.48
vs TN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2567128.47728400
Medium and Large 2-3537120.1964585
One grade step is worth $8.29/cwt here — about $83 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 sale485 hd
127.02
—
TN average11 barns · 1,982 hd
125.54
+1.48
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

35 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2355165.00/cwt165.00–165.005861
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3395152.50/cwt152.00–153.006022
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3438149.00/cwt149.00–149.0065312
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2439158.94/cwt151.00–160.5069812
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2485155.13/cwt146.00–158.5075219
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3487145.99/cwt132.00–148.5071119
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2536155.40/cwt147.00–156.2583354
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3566142.69/cwt130.50–147.0080841
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2583153.30/cwt145.00–154.0089464
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2600151.00/cwt151.00–151.009062
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3634126.00/cwt126.00–126.007999
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3658140.22/cwt139.00–140.2592338
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2660146.34/cwt140.00–147.0096662
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2776130.50/cwt130.50–130.501,01334
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3778127.50/cwt127.50–127.5099215
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3800124.00/cwt124.00–124.009924
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2806126.50/cwt126.50–126.501,0204
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2904132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,1934
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3320139.00/cwt139.00–139.004451
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2325139.52/cwt139.00–140.004532
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3377126.27/cwt121.00–128.004767
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2380133.00/cwt133.00–133.005059
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3424120.00/cwt120.00–120.005098
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2431127.94/cwt123.00–130.0055127
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2481137.90/cwt136.00–138.2566358
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3483128.28/cwt124.00–128.5062021
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3500125.00/cwt125.00–125.006251
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2534129.25/cwt128.50–129.5069087
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3557124.50/cwt124.50–124.5069328
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2584130.52/cwt118.00–133.00762112
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2657122.59/cwt113.50–127.0080588
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3666102.00/cwt102.00–102.0067914
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3741100.00/cwt100.00–100.007415
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2776107.81/cwt107.50–110.0083716
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-292584.00/cwt84.00–84.007771

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.