Sale reports / Tennessee / McMinnville Livestock Auction / 2023-01-04

McMinnville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · McMinnville, Tennessee · Wed, Jan 4
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2079
Receipts
974 head
▲ 974 vs last sale 0▲ 974 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. Steers and heifers were mostly black, black white face and charolis. 536 steers and 438 heifers.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $152.42/cwt on 394 head.
Average price
$152.42
394 head · 556 lb average
Value per head Derived
$848
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$142
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$1.32/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.75
vs TN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2588152.88898255
Medium and Large 2-3499151.57756139
One grade step is worth $1.32/cwt here — about $142 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 sale394 hd
152.42
—
TN average8 barns · 2,422 hd
157.17
−4.75
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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3340205.00/cwt205.00–205.006974
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2364216.28/cwt214.00–217.007874
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2435208.26/cwt204.50–209.009066
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3439202.80/cwt180.00–210.0089012
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2482193.26/cwt187.00–195.0093232
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3482193.00/cwt187.00–194.0093012
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2530182.31/cwt179.00–182.5096637
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3547177.00/cwt177.00–177.0096825
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3553165.74/cwt153.00–169.0091710
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2578178.21/cwt168.50–180.001,03034
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2649163.50/cwt163.50–163.501,0618
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2652162.91/cwt157.00–163.501,06268
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3653160.45/cwt152.00–162.001,04827
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3725159.00/cwt159.00–159.001,1531
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2769161.38/cwt156.50–162.001,24154
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3789159.50/cwt159.50–159.501,25810
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added838168.50/cwt168.50–168.501,41218
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added887164.50/cwt164.50–164.501,45914
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2977150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,4663
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3270139.00/cwt135.00–140.003755
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3334145.21/cwt144.00–146.004855
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2335152.04/cwt149.00–155.005092
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3378161.06/cwt157.00–161.5060920
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2380157.77/cwt152.00–159.506009
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3434159.16/cwt157.50–164.5069130
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2439164.31/cwt160.00–165.0072125
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2478163.12/cwt160.00–164.0078026
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3479163.76/cwt154.50–164.5078429
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2535153.56/cwt143.00–155.0082251
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3567145.79/cwt142.00–146.0082719
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2582151.02/cwt140.00–152.0087935
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3600143.00/cwt143.00–143.008582
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2635141.00/cwt141.00–141.008953
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2655156.00/cwt152.00–156.501,02271
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3662133.65/cwt132.00–134.0088523
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3725124.00/cwt124.00–124.008991
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2779132.20/cwt128.50–132.501,03026
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3784129.50/cwt129.50–129.501,0155
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2813130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,0574
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2917113.00/cwt113.00–113.001,0363

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.