Sale reports / Tennessee / McMinnville Livestock Auction / 2021-11-17

McMinnville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · McMinnville, Tennessee · Wed, Nov 17
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2079
Receipts
1,435 head
▼ 116 vs last sale 1,551▼ 304 vs year ago 1,739 · −17.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Cattle were weighted on ground and graded by state graders. Mostly black, black white face and charlois 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 $144.42/cwt on 606 head.
Average price
$144.42
606 head · 589 lb average
Value per head Derived
$851
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$89
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$1.46/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.62
vs TN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2605144.83876434
Medium and Large 2-3549143.38787172
One grade step is worth $1.46/cwt here — about $89 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 sale606 hd
144.42
—
TN average11 barns · 2,388 hd
145.04
−0.62
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

39 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 2-3345158.50/cwt158.50–158.505474
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3379162.76/cwt153.00–164.0061713
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2388169.50/cwt169.50–169.506583
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3426156.05/cwt150.00–161.0066525
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2433162.18/cwt160.00–163.0070222
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2484156.68/cwt152.50–157.6075862
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3484146.14/cwt143.00–148.5070726
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2537150.90/cwt143.50–151.5081045
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3554141.73/cwt132.00–144.5078560
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2582145.73/cwt143.50–146.7584877
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added615155.00/cwt155.00–155.0095318
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2647139.25/cwt139.25–139.25901124
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2658136.62/cwt135.50–138.0089929
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3665133.06/cwt120.00–135.0088524
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3745122.00/cwt122.00–122.009093
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2768131.29/cwt128.00–132.501,00848
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3774127.50/cwt127.50–127.5098715
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3933117.03/cwt115.00–119.001,0922
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2944122.50/cwt122.50–122.501,1566
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3260131.00/cwt131.00–131.003412
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2272133.71/cwt133.00–135.003643
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2328135.21/cwt133.00–136.004434
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3334128.97/cwt127.00–130.004313
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3376129.00/cwt128.00–130.0048517
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2385133.92/cwt132.50–135.0051614
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2432129.72/cwt127.50–130.7556042
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3435120.67/cwt110.00–124.0052515
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3481120.35/cwt105.00–124.0057929
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2484127.20/cwt124.00–127.5061647
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2533123.00/cwt119.50–123.7565690
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-354999.00/cwt99.00–99.005447
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3557115.00/cwt115.00–115.0064146
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2584126.25/cwt119.00–127.75737109
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-364593.00/cwt93.00–93.006001
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2658121.98/cwt118.00–122.75803104
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3661104.00/cwt104.00–104.0068723
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2739122.50/cwt122.50–122.509054
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3758113.00/cwt113.00–113.008578
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2764118.10/cwt109.00–119.0090234

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.