Sale reports / Tennessee / McMinnville Livestock Auction / 2022-11-16

McMinnville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · McMinnville, Tennessee · Wed, Nov 16
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2079
Receipts
1,729 head
▲ 1,729 vs last sale 0▲ 1,729 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Cattle were graded and grouped, weighted on the ground. Cattle were mostly Black, Black white face and charlois steers and heifers. 923 steers and 779 heifers.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $140.46/cwt on 721 head.
Average price
$140.46
721 head · 565 lb average
Value per head Derived
$794
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$136
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$13.81/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.25
vs TN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2574143.28823574
Medium and Large 2-3531129.47687147
One grade step is worth $13.81/cwt here — about $136 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 sale721 hd
140.46
—
TN average11 barns · 3,090 hd
141.72
−1.25
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

44 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 1-2235166.00/cwt166.00–166.003901
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2285179.00/cwt179.00–179.005101
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3348190.00/cwt190.00–190.006612
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2365182.99/cwt182.00–184.006682
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3380186.09/cwt169.00–192.007078
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3427173.56/cwt150.00–181.0074117
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2435203.72/cwt201.00–204.0088621
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3476174.81/cwt168.00–183.008324
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2483194.45/cwt183.50–199.0093974
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2533175.61/cwt166.00–182.5093663
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3543156.00/cwt156.00–156.008472
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3555161.76/cwt150.00–163.5089863
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2581167.89/cwt159.00–169.75975116
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3644153.23/cwt136.00–154.0098750
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2648155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,00427
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2659159.29/cwt158.00–159.501,050137
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2733150.67/cwt150.00–151.001,1043
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3735143.00/cwt143.00–143.001,0511
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3769150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,15418
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2774148.30/cwt140.00–149.001,14866
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3860148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,2731
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2911145.65/cwt140.00–147.501,3274
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3258134.35/cwt134.00–135.003473
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3324128.52/cwt119.00–131.004165
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2331153.55/cwt152.00–154.005088
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3382131.11/cwt118.00–151.005019
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2383154.50/cwt154.50–154.5059212
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3420130.62/cwt109.00–136.0054911
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2436154.89/cwt135.00–156.0067529
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3479142.44/cwt139.00–143.0068231
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2483153.93/cwt153.00–154.0074391
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2532143.88/cwt130.00–147.00765126
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3548120.50/cwt120.50–120.5066018
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3563129.94/cwt129.00–130.0073249
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2585140.66/cwt130.00–142.50823136
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2642124.00/cwt124.00–124.0079614
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3646128.19/cwt126.00–128.508288
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2656140.27/cwt139.00–140.50920107
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3660108.00/cwt108.00–108.007132
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-373595.00/cwt95.00–95.006981
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3750116.00/cwt116.00–116.008707
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2760134.15/cwt128.00–135.001,02045
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-392390.00/cwt90.00–90.008313
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2968103.34/cwt103.00–105.001,0006

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.