Sale reports / Tennessee / McMinnville Livestock Auction / 2022-03-02

McMinnville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · McMinnville, Tennessee · Wed, Mar 2
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2079
Receipts
1,034 head
▼ 393 vs last sale 1,427▼ 51 vs year ago 1,085 · −4.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Cattle were weighted off truck, graded and grouped. Mostly black, Black white face and charolis 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 $146.37/cwt on 461 head.
Average price
$146.37
461 head · 564 lb average
Value per head Derived
$826
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$112
per head · Medium and Large 2-3 over Medium and Large 1-2
$0.96/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.33
vs TN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2-3509147.03748143
Medium and Large 1-2589146.07861318
One grade step is worth $0.96/cwt here — about −$112 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 sale461 hd
146.37
—
TN average10 barns · 1,634 hd
147.70
−1.33
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

45 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3278207.00/cwt207.00–207.005752
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2295209.00/cwt209.00–209.006171
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3330204.92/cwt200.00–209.006767
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2337203.16/cwt201.00–206.006859
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3360196.72/cwt187.00–207.007082
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2384193.34/cwt188.00–195.0074211
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3419203.23/cwt198.00–204.008528
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2437190.69/cwt190.00–191.0083319
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3480184.98/cwt175.00–186.0088815
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2483190.98/cwt189.00–192.0092233
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2528181.98/cwt181.00–186.0096136
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3556177.09/cwt165.00–178.5098541
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2582170.17/cwt164.00–173.0099047
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2644155.86/cwt154.00–158.001,00426
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3645157.89/cwt156.00–158.001,01818
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2664159.50/cwt159.50–159.501,05949
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3685149.00/cwt149.00–149.001,0211
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3728147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,0702
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3753146.50/cwt146.50–146.501,1039
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2791143.79/cwt141.00–144.001,13756
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3891140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,2474
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3900135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,2151
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2270163.00/cwt163.00–163.004401
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3272152.50/cwt152.50–152.504153
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3335171.00/cwt171.00–171.005733
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2345171.00/cwt171.00–171.005901
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2373169.18/cwt167.00–172.506319
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3380161.72/cwt159.00–163.0061522
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2431162.06/cwt161.00–162.5069826
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3433156.64/cwt154.00–157.0067817
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3480152.13/cwt144.00–153.0073021
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2483153.84/cwt152.00–154.0074337
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2530142.52/cwt141.00–148.0075527
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added535154.50/cwt154.50–154.5082726
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3536137.95/cwt135.00–142.0073920
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3557145.00/cwt145.00–145.0080838
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2581146.30/cwt140.50–147.0085059
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3625130.00/cwt130.00–130.008131
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2647140.00/cwt140.00–140.009066
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3656132.50/cwt132.00–138.0086912
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2659140.38/cwt134.00–141.0092578
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2745124.00/cwt124.00–124.009243
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2763134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,02245
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3785110.00/cwt110.00–110.008641
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3800108.00/cwt108.00–108.008645

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.