Sale reports / Tennessee / McMinnville Livestock Auction / 2021-10-27

McMinnville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · McMinnville, Tennessee · Wed, Oct 27
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2079
Receipts
1,551 head
▲ 482 vs last sale 1,069▲ 134 vs year ago 1,417 · +9.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Cattle were weighted on ground and graded. Mostly Black, Black white face and charolis steers and heifers.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $144.65/cwt on 591 head.
Average price
$144.65
591 head · 584 lb average
Value per head Derived
$845
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$48
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$2.61/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.23
vs TN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2591145.40859420
Medium and Large 2-3568142.79811171
One grade step is worth $2.61/cwt here — about $48 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 sale591 hd
144.65
—
TN average10 barns · 1,926 hd
144.42
+0.23
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

37 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 1-2290174.00/cwt174.00–174.005051
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3332161.00/cwt161.00–161.005355
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2386169.55/cwt169.50–170.0065410
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3388158.75/cwt156.00–159.5061614
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2436159.51/cwt156.00–160.0069528
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3441153.00/cwt153.00–153.0067520
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3481149.18/cwt148.00–149.5071819
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2483152.76/cwt149.50–153.2573864
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2539146.25/cwt142.00–146.7578852
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3565140.51/cwt134.00–142.0079454
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2580144.16/cwt138.00–145.50836102
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2649142.00/cwt142.00–142.009229
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3649134.00/cwt134.00–134.008704
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2654142.45/cwt138.50–143.2593295
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3662137.86/cwt137.50–138.0091332
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3725129.50/cwt129.50–129.509391
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2773132.84/cwt125.00–133.501,02759
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3774129.00/cwt129.00–129.0099821
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3805122.00/cwt122.00–122.009821
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2295133.00/cwt133.00–133.003922
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2333136.46/cwt136.00–136.5045412
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3335124.56/cwt121.00–125.004179
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3375123.46/cwt123.00–126.0046317
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2383131.91/cwt131.50–134.0050518
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3432128.41/cwt124.00–128.7555524
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2433129.73/cwt129.50–131.0056233
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2476127.53/cwt126.00–132.0060712
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3481130.66/cwt123.00–132.0062833
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3527103.00/cwt103.00–103.005435
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2533126.91/cwt126.50–127.0067686
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3553119.46/cwt118.50–130.0066141
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2656127.21/cwt126.00–129.0083420
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3666104.30/cwt95.00–105.0069514
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3734105.12/cwt104.00–105.5077212
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2740102.00/cwt102.00–102.007551
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-375586.00/cwt86.00–86.006491
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2775107.26/cwt106.50–107.5083116

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.