Sale reports / Tennessee / McMinnville Livestock Auction / 2023-09-13

McMinnville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · McMinnville, Tennessee · Wed, Sep 13
● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2079
Receipts
1,708 head
▲ 496 vs last sale 1,212▲ 194 vs year ago 1,514 · +12.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Cattle were weighted on the ground and sorted. Graded and grouped steers and heifers. Mostly black, black white face and charlois. 947 steers and 761 heifers.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $224.24/cwt on 703 head.
Average price
$224.24
703 head · 571 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,281
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$184
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$13.33/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.31
vs TN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2581226.691,316574
Medium and Large 2-3531213.351,132129
One grade step is worth $13.33/cwt here — about $184 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 sale703 hd
224.24
—
TN average13 barns · 3,187 hd
227.55
−3.31
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

47 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 · Steers26 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2275282.00/cwt282.00–282.007761
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3298270.00/cwt270.00–270.008052
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3300272.00/cwt272.00–272.008161
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2333282.00/cwt282.00–282.009392
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2384272.13/cwt271.00–275.001,0456
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3393257.97/cwt254.00–268.001,0147
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2432278.41/cwt274.00–281.001,20319
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3436267.64/cwt255.00–270.501,1678
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3479260.65/cwt245.00–269.001,24922
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2487277.89/cwt270.00–280.001,35347
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added498280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,39415
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2534250.02/cwt244.50–251.501,33580
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3559247.80/cwt231.00–249.001,38562
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2584265.94/cwt247.00–269.501,553110
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3623241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,5012
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2626257.50/cwt257.50–257.501,61212
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2653244.39/cwt237.50–245.501,596142
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3665236.26/cwt236.00–240.001,57132
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added749244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,8284
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added752244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,83520
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2766234.38/cwt225.00–235.501,79562
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3790230.91/cwt230.00–231.001,82411
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3810217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,7581
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2895207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,8534
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3925202.00/cwt202.00–202.001,8691
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2955212.50/cwt212.50–212.502,0294
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3245227.50/cwt227.50–227.505571
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2284223.45/cwt222.00–225.006354
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2310223.50/cwt223.50–223.506931
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3325200.00/cwt200.00–200.006502
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3384223.88/cwt223.00–227.0086013
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2388224.01/cwt220.00–229.0086913
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3429226.45/cwt225.00–227.0097111
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2432227.93/cwt224.00–228.5098532
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2479230.02/cwt222.50–232.501,10272
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3480217.29/cwt217.00–218.501,04326
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2528232.50/cwt225.00–234.501,22888
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3548220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,20634
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3564220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,24111
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2578229.18/cwt221.00–230.001,325162
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3641190.63/cwt188.00–191.001,22224
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3650214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,3911
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2651226.46/cwt220.00–230.001,474148
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3720190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,3681
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3759193.01/cwt189.00–199.001,4655
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2770208.85/cwt190.00–211.501,60851
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2903159.68/cwt155.00–162.001,4423

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.