Sale reports / Tennessee / McMinnville Livestock Auction / 2022-12-07

McMinnville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · McMinnville, Tennessee · Wed, Dec 7
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2079
Receipts
834 head
▲ 834 vs last sale 0▲ 834 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Cattle weighted on the ground, graded and grouped. Mostly Black, Black white face and Charlois steers and heifers. 495 steers and 339 heifers.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $163.91/cwt on 349 head.
Average price
$163.91
349 head · 622 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,019
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$172
per head · Medium and Large 2-3 over Medium and Large 1-2
$8.41/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.93
vs TN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2-3517170.5288275
Medium and Large 1-2650162.101,054274
One grade step is worth $8.41/cwt here — about −$172 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 sale349 hd
163.91
—
TN average11 barns · 2,535 hd
164.84
−0.93
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

42 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3265197.00/cwt197.00–197.005221
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3323201.00/cwt201.00–201.006492
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2374199.35/cwt198.00–200.007463
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3387193.50/cwt193.50–193.507497
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3427183.31/cwt140.00–188.5078316
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2431196.97/cwt195.00–198.008496
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3480179.45/cwt177.00–181.0086113
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2485186.80/cwt184.00–188.0090620
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2530170.06/cwt165.00–172.5090139
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3558159.46/cwt135.00–164.5089018
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2574165.12/cwt160.50–167.5094845
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3639151.44/cwt147.00–153.0096815
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2645154.25/cwt154.25–154.2599553
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2657152.50/cwt151.50–154.001,00215
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3745148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,1032
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2749149.50/cwt149.50–149.501,1204
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2761149.29/cwt143.00–149.751,13629
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added815157.75/cwt157.75–157.751,28652
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added853155.50/cwt155.50–155.501,3268
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3980131.50/cwt131.50–131.501,2891
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2263150.00/cwt150.00–150.003952
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3281142.00/cwt142.00–142.003995
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2305160.00/cwt160.00–160.004881
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3338136.00/cwt136.00–136.004602
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2380151.19/cwt140.00–157.0057520
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3382144.00/cwt144.00–144.005505
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3425151.28/cwt141.00–154.006435
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2426154.87/cwt145.00–155.5066017
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3472146.95/cwt135.00–147.5069422
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2478152.59/cwt150.00–153.0072945
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2532152.43/cwt148.00–153.0081152
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3535151.20/cwt151.00–154.0080914
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3550135.00/cwt135.00–135.007431
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2585151.91/cwt146.00–152.7588938
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2636135.18/cwt126.00–143.0086011
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2650145.00/cwt145.00–145.0094341
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3665124.24/cwt115.00–127.008269
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3743108.00/cwt108.00–108.008022
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2770125.64/cwt125.00–125.7596720
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3783111.00/cwt111.00–111.008692
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2810117.50/cwt117.50–117.509522
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2970107.00/cwt107.00–107.001,0381

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.