Sale reports / Tennessee / McMinnville Livestock Auction / 2023-08-02

McMinnville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · McMinnville, Tennessee · Wed, Aug 2
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2079
Receipts
1,343 head
▼ 290 vs last sale 1,633▼ 21 vs year ago 1,364 · −1.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Cattle were weighted on the ground, graded and grouped. Cattle were mostly black, bwf and charlois steers and heifers. 703 steers and 613 heifers.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $228.33/cwt on 574 head.
Average price
$228.33
574 head · 562 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,284
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$270
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$21.09/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.07
vs TN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2576232.441,339462
Medium and Large 2-3506211.361,069112
One grade step is worth $21.09/cwt here — about $270 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 sale574 hd
228.33
—
TN average14 barns · 2,596 hd
223.26
+5.07
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2260282.00/cwt282.00–282.007331
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3279272.98/cwt269.00–274.007625
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2340275.00/cwt275.00–275.009351
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3367286.40/cwt284.00–290.001,0515
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2386288.32/cwt288.00–290.001,1136
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3430251.71/cwt241.00–261.001,08211
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2436282.65/cwt282.00–289.001,23211
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3479250.36/cwt249.00–250.501,19922
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2483272.73/cwt269.00–273.001,31759
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2532267.43/cwt256.00–269.001,42359
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2586249.64/cwt245.00–255.001,46376
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3589213.30/cwt200.00–240.001,2566
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3635236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,4991
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2657244.85/cwt238.00–245.251,609162
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3659242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,59514
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3737231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,7023
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2772227.18/cwt220.00–229.001,75474
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3890198.00/cwt198.00–198.001,7621
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3915221.00/cwt221.00–221.002,0221
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2951207.19/cwt189.00–215.001,97010
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3955190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,8151
Steers—Medium and Large 1-21,070196.00/cwt196.00–196.002,0971
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3269226.78/cwt220.00–229.006109
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2330234.87/cwt233.00–236.007757
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3337228.33/cwt227.00–229.007693
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3379224.00/cwt224.00–224.008499
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2382238.76/cwt237.00–239.0091216
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2432238.93/cwt233.00–239.501,03238
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3437222.61/cwt208.00–229.0097311
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2485235.04/cwt220.00–237.001,14057
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3487217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,05721
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3500199.00/cwt199.00–199.009953
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2533232.03/cwt220.00–236.001,23771
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3558201.40/cwt178.00–207.501,12437
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2580243.01/cwt233.00–245.001,409108
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3640201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,2861
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2654227.25/cwt209.00–233.001,486120
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3660205.14/cwt204.00–205.501,35417
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2742210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,5583
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3755187.00/cwt187.00–187.001,4121
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2766211.35/cwt199.00–212.001,61941
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,015164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,6651

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.