Sale reports / Tennessee / McMinnville Livestock Auction / 2021-12-08

McMinnville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · McMinnville, Tennessee · Wed, Dec 8
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2079
Receipts
1,096 head
▼ 339 vs last sale 1,435▼ 70 vs year ago 1,166 · −6.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Cattle were weighed on ground, graded and grouped. 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 $156.30/cwt on 447 head.
Average price
$156.30
447 head · 602 lb average
Value per head Derived
$941
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$109
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$4.08/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.53
vs TN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2613157.12963358
Medium and Large 2-3558153.0385489
One grade step is worth $4.08/cwt here — about $109 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 sale447 hd
156.30
—
TN average9 barns · 2,110 hd
156.83
−0.53
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 1-2315175.00/cwt175.00–175.005512
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3330186.50/cwt186.50–186.506154
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2378179.53/cwt179.00–183.006797
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3384175.95/cwt174.00–182.006764
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2424173.87/cwt170.50–177.5073710
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3435165.44/cwt151.00–169.007205
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2480171.63/cwt166.00–173.0082442
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3481157.60/cwt149.00–159.5075818
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2533166.55/cwt164.00–167.0088853
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3540150.00/cwt150.00–150.008101
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3564154.14/cwt144.00–155.2586930
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2586154.28/cwt152.00–154.7590470
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3662138.77/cwt130.00–141.0091921
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2668149.31/cwt143.50–150.50997105
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2722157.00/cwt157.00–157.001,13422
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2768148.77/cwt148.75–149.001,14341
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3771136.31/cwt135.00–143.001,0516
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2804143.00/cwt143.00–143.001,1504
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2918132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,2122
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3270127.00/cwt127.00–127.003432
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3310149.00/cwt149.00–149.004621
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2375145.10/cwt143.00–149.005448
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3387135.30/cwt134.00–145.005248
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3426129.20/cwt125.00–130.0055012
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2434138.65/cwt137.00–139.0060227
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3481129.13/cwt118.00–130.0062126
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2482133.90/cwt129.50–134.5064542
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2535133.49/cwt125.00–137.0071468
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3539126.44/cwt102.00–130.0068215
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2579136.71/cwt127.00–138.0079262
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2635139.00/cwt139.00–139.0088315
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2660131.37/cwt122.00–133.0086786
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3671124.00/cwt124.00–124.008329
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3740123.17/cwt121.50–123.509116
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2754125.00/cwt125.00–125.0094329
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2815117.49/cwt115.50–119.5095810
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2930103.50/cwt103.50–103.509631

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.