Sale reports / Tennessee / McMinnville Livestock Auction / 2023-04-05

McMinnville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · McMinnville, Tennessee · Wed, Apr 5
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2079
Receipts
1,404 head
▲ 1,404 vs last sale 0▼ 94 vs year ago 1,498 · −6.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Cattle were graded and grouped, weighted on the ground. Black, Black white face and charlois 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 $223.47/cwt on 555 head.
Average price
$223.47
555 head · 549 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,227
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$139
per head · Medium and Large 2-3 over Medium and Large 1-2
$6.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.57
vs TN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2-3490228.161,118121
Medium and Large 1-2566222.161,257434
One grade step is worth $6.00/cwt here — about −$139 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 sale555 hd
223.47
—
TN average11 barns · 2,232 hd
221.90
+1.57
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 2-3279266.76/cwt266.00–268.007448
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2285259.00/cwt259.00–259.007381
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3329267.76/cwt256.00–269.0088116
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2334274.14/cwt274.00–275.0091614
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2378267.46/cwt267.00–269.001,01125
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3380253.77/cwt249.00–255.0096417
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2425251.62/cwt251.50–253.501,06936
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3434244.80/cwt240.00–246.001,06215
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3479237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,13515
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2484238.31/cwt228.00–248.001,15379
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2536236.71/cwt219.50–239.001,26966
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3571200.34/cwt153.00–208.501,14422
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2584219.86/cwt210.00–221.501,28469
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3637198.89/cwt182.00–201.001,26718
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2644196.64/cwt195.00–198.001,26620
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3660145.00/cwt145.00–145.009572
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2665194.25/cwt194.25–194.251,29270
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3744175.73/cwt174.00–177.001,3077
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2759176.03/cwt169.50–176.501,33644
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2873167.00/cwt167.00–167.001,4582
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2909168.44/cwt168.00–168.501,5318
Steers—Medium and Large 2-31,065141.00/cwt141.00–141.001,5021
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3277210.06/cwt197.00–213.0058219
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2333208.73/cwt206.00–214.006956
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3333196.96/cwt177.00–211.0065619
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2375216.90/cwt215.00–217.0081320
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3383219.18/cwt199.00–221.0083937
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3429211.82/cwt190.00–213.0090927
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2438200.21/cwt190.00–202.0087742
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2479194.69/cwt186.00–195.0093368
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3483183.90/cwt159.00–190.0088811
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2523195.64/cwt184.00–197.001,02361
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3540193.00/cwt193.00–193.001,04224
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3567174.16/cwt169.50–191.009879
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2582185.32/cwt160.00–190.001,07965
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3633144.91/cwt139.00–157.009176
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2643168.91/cwt164.00–171.001,08623
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2653178.00/cwt178.00–178.001,16261
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3664140.00/cwt140.00–140.009308
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2726148.78/cwt140.00–154.001,0808
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3780134.24/cwt132.00–135.001,0474
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2787150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,18118
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3800115.00/cwt115.00–115.009203
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2917127.42/cwt126.00–133.001,1685

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.