Sale reports / Tennessee / McMinnville Livestock Auction / 2023-11-15

McMinnville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · McMinnville, Tennessee · Wed, Nov 15
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2079
Receipts
1,324 head
▼ 6 vs last sale 1,330▼ 405 vs year ago 1,729 · −23.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Cattle were graded and grouped and weighted on the ground. Cattle were mostly black, black white face and charlois steers and heifers. 752 steers and 572 heifers.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $206.15/cwt on 504 head.
Average price
$206.15
504 head · 556 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,146
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$202
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$1.94/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.96
vs TN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2578206.611,195383
Medium and Large 2-3485204.67993121
One grade step is worth $1.94/cwt here — about $202 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 sale504 hd
206.15
—
TN average14 barns · 3,395 hd
197.19
+8.96
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

43 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3278265.00/cwt265.00–265.007372
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2300260.00/cwt260.00–260.007801
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3380258.00/cwt258.00–258.009801
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2383276.00/cwt276.00–276.001,0575
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2430280.98/cwt279.00–296.001,20816
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3435264.04/cwt250.00–265.501,14910
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3477250.17/cwt241.00–257.001,1939
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2482258.70/cwt255.00–260.001,24734
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2529243.28/cwt227.50–245.001,28746
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3535230.50/cwt230.50–230.501,2334
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3562217.68/cwt194.00–224.501,22327
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2587230.18/cwt219.50–231.501,35187
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3629223.09/cwt215.00–226.501,40310
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3653213.50/cwt213.50–213.501,39421
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2658222.96/cwt210.00–225.501,467137
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3715183.00/cwt183.00–183.001,3081
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2748200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,4962
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2764204.92/cwt202.00–205.501,56673
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3789209.00/cwt209.00–209.001,64914
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3895200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,7901
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2910187.93/cwt182.00–194.001,7102
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3286170.00/cwt170.00–170.004864
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3323187.73/cwt181.00–201.006063
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2333209.00/cwt209.00–209.006963
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3374199.03/cwt182.00–204.0074410
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2382215.53/cwt206.00–218.0082315
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2424217.81/cwt203.00–220.5092426
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3431217.80/cwt206.00–219.5093930
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3478215.43/cwt215.00–218.501,03018
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2482223.63/cwt217.00–225.001,07851
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2535209.53/cwt207.50–210.001,12155
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3544200.94/cwt185.00–202.001,09347
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3551190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,0474
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2579205.22/cwt185.00–207.001,18898
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3630185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,1662
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2652203.07/cwt185.00–205.501,32495
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3695189.00/cwt189.00–189.001,3141
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2748186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,39125
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2778185.50/cwt185.50–185.501,4439
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3785180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,4131
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2825175.50/cwt175.50–175.501,4482
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3830177.00/cwt177.00–177.001,4691
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2936151.50/cwt151.50–151.501,4184

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.