Sale reports / Tennessee / McMinnville Livestock Auction / 2022-09-14

McMinnville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · McMinnville, Tennessee · Wed, Sep 14
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2079
Receipts
1,514 head
▲ 31 vs last sale 1,483▲ 192 vs year ago 1,322 · +14.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Cattle were weighted on the ground and graded and grouped. Cattle were mostly black , black white face and charolis cross steers and heifers. 876 steers and bulls. Heifers 638.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $167.14/cwt on 643 head.
Average price
$167.14
643 head · 603 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,008
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$29
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$5.54/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.33
vs TN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2602168.351,014503
Medium and Large 2-3605162.81985140
One grade step is worth $5.54/cwt here — about $29 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 sale643 hd
167.14
—
TN average8 barns · 1,798 hd
172.47
−5.33
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

46 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 · Steers25 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3265179.00/cwt179.00–179.004741
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2295201.00/cwt201.00–201.005931
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2320200.00/cwt200.00–200.006401
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3330180.00/cwt180.00–180.005941
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2385194.03/cwt190.00–196.007479
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3389188.79/cwt188.50–189.007347
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2433191.81/cwt187.00–192.5083120
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3438180.00/cwt180.00–180.007886
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2479189.08/cwt181.50–191.0090651
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3482173.62/cwt173.00–179.008379
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2528175.58/cwt170.00–176.5092784
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3538152.00/cwt152.00–152.008182
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3563162.23/cwt162.00–164.0091336
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2582168.89/cwt163.00–170.50983117
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3638156.50/cwt154.00–157.0099818
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2654160.02/cwt154.00–160.751,047135
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3659161.50/cwt161.50–161.501,06441
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2740148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,0958
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3745154.50/cwt154.50–154.501,15116
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2762153.17/cwt151.50–153.501,16774
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3835142.00/cwt142.00–142.001,1861
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3880139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,2231
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2895142.50/cwt142.50–142.501,2751
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2940139.50/cwt139.50–139.501,3112
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3940134.50/cwt134.50–134.501,2641
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3288138.47/cwt135.00–142.003992
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3318144.00/cwt144.00–144.004588
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2330151.00/cwt151.00–151.004982
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2376145.08/cwt137.00–150.005467
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3377141.44/cwt140.00–144.0053311
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2432144.99/cwt136.00–148.0062621
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3434133.98/cwt122.00–139.0058112
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2481145.63/cwt138.00–147.0070049
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3488139.00/cwt139.00–139.0067828
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2526140.71/cwt137.00–141.0074083
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3533136.38/cwt133.00–137.0072712
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3553133.03/cwt129.00–134.0073647
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2581139.82/cwt133.00–142.0081290
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3630120.00/cwt120.00–120.007561
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2644138.54/cwt131.00–140.00892130
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3663125.50/cwt125.50–125.5083220
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3739131.50/cwt131.50–131.509726
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2744137.34/cwt133.50–138.001,02227
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2752136.50/cwt136.50–136.501,02612
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3755120.00/cwt120.00–120.009061
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2868120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,0422

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.