Sale reports / Tennessee / McMinnville Livestock Auction / 2022-05-05

McMinnville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · McMinnville, Tennessee · Thu, May 5
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2079
Receipts
1,550 head
▲ 52 vs last sale 1,498▲ 179 vs year ago 1,371 · +13.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Cattle were graded and grouped on the ground. Steers and heifers were mostly black, black white face and charolis.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $170.34/cwt on 694 head.
Average price
$170.34
694 head · 579 lb average
Value per head Derived
$986
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$44
per head · Medium and Large 2-3 over Medium and Large 1-2
$9.58/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.24
vs TN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2-3534178.08950133
Medium and Large 1-2590168.50994561
One grade step is worth $9.58/cwt here — about −$44 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 sale694 hd
170.34
—
TN average10 barns · 1,675 hd
169.09
+1.24
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

40 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 2-3243207.00/cwt207.00–207.005032
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2270202.00/cwt202.00–202.005451
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3322209.08/cwt195.00–211.006738
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2335213.96/cwt191.00–220.007177
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3386204.14/cwt200.00–206.5078814
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2391201.80/cwt201.00–203.007895
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3434189.73/cwt189.00–190.0082311
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2435194.58/cwt192.00–195.0084649
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3480183.82/cwt147.00–186.0088225
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2485187.73/cwt180.50–188.5091059
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2534178.43/cwt175.00–178.7595394
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3560179.72/cwt158.00–184.501,00638
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2586166.60/cwt161.50–167.00976136
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2645151.00/cwt151.00–151.0097411
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3650153.55/cwt145.00–154.0099820
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2657156.53/cwt155.50–156.751,028139
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3763143.80/cwt142.50–144.001,09715
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2779140.95/cwt137.00–142.001,09849
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2833135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,1254
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2890133.50/cwt133.50–133.501,1882
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2920129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,1871
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2965129.50/cwt129.50–129.501,2504
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3266156.28/cwt154.00–157.004164
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2290143.00/cwt143.00–143.004153
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3334159.00/cwt159.00–159.0053111
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2334158.70/cwt158.00–159.0053010
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3373159.91/cwt159.00–160.5059613
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2384156.43/cwt155.00–156.7560117
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3430153.60/cwt144.00–154.5066024
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2432152.42/cwt149.50–154.0065857
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2480151.00/cwt150.00–151.7572558
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3486150.99/cwt147.00–151.5073426
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2533150.28/cwt146.00–154.0080171
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3556146.26/cwt143.00–147.0081349
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2580148.25/cwt144.00–150.0086097
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3641145.00/cwt145.00–145.009294
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2653143.71/cwt142.00–144.0093862
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3658135.79/cwt135.00–136.0089319
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3732128.34/cwt127.00–131.009393
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2775128.21/cwt128.00–129.0099424

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.