Sale reports / Tennessee / McMinnville Livestock Auction / 2023-02-01

McMinnville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · McMinnville, Tennessee · Wed, Feb 1
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2079
Receipts
874 head
▼ 100 vs last sale 974▼ 553 vs year ago 1,427 · −38.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Cattle were weighted and graded on the ground. Mostly black, black white face and charolis steers and heifers.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $175.77/cwt on 374 head.
Average price
$175.77
374 head · 619 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,088
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$67
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$0.41/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.07
vs TN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2630175.891,107265
Medium and Large 2-3593175.471,040109
One grade step is worth $0.41/cwt here — about $67 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 sale374 hd
175.77
—
TN average10 barns · 1,432 hd
177.84
−2.07
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 2-3318194.00/cwt194.00–194.006172
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2381219.00/cwt219.00–219.008346
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3384198.19/cwt175.00–206.007614
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3431203.00/cwt203.00–203.0087510
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2437205.92/cwt205.00–211.009006
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2482195.49/cwt185.00–197.0094225
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3490186.23/cwt162.00–196.0091321
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2538193.62/cwt185.00–196.001,04223
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3573172.87/cwt161.00–179.5099119
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2576179.72/cwt179.50–180.501,03537
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2600162.50/cwt162.50–162.509751
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added604179.50/cwt179.50–179.501,08435
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3631156.50/cwt156.50–156.509889
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2653169.09/cwt159.00–170.001,10468
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3665173.00/cwt173.00–173.001,15027
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2735157.00/cwt157.00–157.001,1541
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3773155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,19815
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2775158.78/cwt154.50–159.501,23160
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3825157.00/cwt157.00–157.001,2951
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2875155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,3561
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3880159.00/cwt159.00–159.001,3991
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2968144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,3942
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3289143.00/cwt143.00–143.004134
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2340160.00/cwt160.00–160.005441
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2355160.00/cwt160.00–160.005681
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3369168.13/cwt165.00–170.0062013
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2423166.27/cwt164.00–168.0070316
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3436172.38/cwt172.00–172.5075217
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2486172.50/cwt172.50–172.5083824
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3491163.16/cwt133.00–168.5080113
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2536160.65/cwt143.00–163.5086137
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3546147.50/cwt147.50–147.5080523
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3558143.35/cwt138.00–150.008009
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2576159.32/cwt147.00–160.0091842
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3634146.29/cwt136.00–148.0092712
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2643154.19/cwt154.00–155.0099170
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2677139.50/cwt139.50–139.509446
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3745146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,0881
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2762143.00/cwt141.00–144.001,09050
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2948105.00/cwt105.00–105.009952

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.