Sale reports / Tennessee / McMinnville Livestock Auction / 2023-10-25

McMinnville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · McMinnville, Tennessee · Wed, Oct 25
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2079
Receipts
1,330 head
▲ 48 vs last sale 1,282▲ 59 vs year ago 1,271 · +4.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Cattle were graded and grouped on the ground. Steers and heifers mostly black, bwf and charlois. 716 head of steers and 614 heifers.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $207.04/cwt on 550 head.
Average price
$207.04
550 head · 556 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,152
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$278
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$17.92/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.56
vs TN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2577211.211,219422
Medium and Large 2-3487193.29942128
One grade step is worth $17.92/cwt here — about $278 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 sale550 hd
207.04
—
TN average13 barns · 2,752 hd
207.60
−0.56
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 1-2273273.00/cwt273.00–273.007452
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2320269.00/cwt269.00–269.008611
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3328253.13/cwt242.00–270.008304
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3382268.00/cwt268.00–268.001,0245
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3430257.50/cwt241.00–263.001,1074
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2434264.30/cwt260.00–265.001,1477
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2484254.66/cwt253.00–255.001,23330
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3484250.47/cwt250.00–260.001,21220
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2529245.24/cwt237.00–247.001,29750
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3532240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,2773
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3552244.50/cwt219.00–246.001,35038
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2581238.23/cwt232.00–239.501,38480
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2648223.50/cwt223.50–223.501,44818
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2656233.58/cwt228.50–234.001,532121
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3663230.50/cwt230.50–230.501,52819
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3700214.50/cwt214.50–214.501,5021
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2777216.47/cwt212.50–217.501,68263
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2895191.00/cwt191.00–191.001,7091
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2900193.50/cwt193.50–193.501,7421
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3265189.31/cwt185.00–190.005027
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2330184.00/cwt184.00–184.006071
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3335179.55/cwt176.00–181.006017
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3369205.07/cwt202.00–215.0075714
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2386201.67/cwt197.00–204.007789
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3424206.74/cwt185.00–215.0087734
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2434210.90/cwt200.00–214.0091520
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2482216.52/cwt212.00–218.001,04456
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3483190.16/cwt169.00–195.0091816
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2528218.52/cwt203.50–221.501,154103
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3555188.98/cwt185.00–190.001,04930
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2582216.72/cwt195.00–221.751,26194
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3620186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,1531
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2644198.00/cwt198.00–198.001,27529
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2655210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,37678
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3663178.56/cwt173.00–180.001,18410
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2742184.00/cwt183.50–184.501,3656
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2759187.50/cwt187.50–187.501,42320
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3774175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,3559
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2939157.50/cwt157.50–157.501,4795
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2995145.50/cwt145.50–145.501,4481

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.