Sale reports / Tennessee / McMinnville Livestock Auction / 2023-08-21

McMinnville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · McMinnville, Tennessee · Mon, Aug 21
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3675
Feeder Cattle receipts
45 head
830 vs last sale 875 45 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
6 head
9 vs last sale 15 6 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
13 head
7 vs last sale 20 13 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to this sale last week, feeder classes were too limited to compare; however, slaughter cows and bulls were up 2.00 to 4.00.

Video load report can be found at the following link: https://www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/ams_3665.pdf

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $184.75/cwt on 21 head.
Average price
$184.75
21 head · 596 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,101
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$194
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$54.93/cwt at this weight
vs the market
26.64
vs TN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2583192.601,12318thin
Medium and Large 2-3675137.679293thin
One grade step is worth $54.93/cwt here — about $194 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 sale21 hd
184.75
TN average12 barns · 1,054 hd
211.39
−26.64
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,06894.251,0072thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,48287.181,2923thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,04370.357344thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,175$1,4251thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,270$1,0801thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)963$7602thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)760$5701thin
Stock CowsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)800$6302thin

Every lot, as filed

29 lots · USDA AMS · Warren Co. Livestock Auction - McMinnville, TN
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 1-2818136.28/cwt131.00–139.001,1153
BullsMedium and Large 1-2466215.17/cwt212.00–216.001,0035
BullsMedium and Large 1-2590203.00/cwt203.00–203.001,1981
BullsMedium and Large 1-2615197.00/cwt197.00–197.001,2122
BullsMedium and Large 2-3680160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,0881
BullsMedium and Large 2-383596.00/cwt96.00–96.008021
BullsMedium and Large 1-2665168.00/cwt168.00–168.001,1171
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3485150.00/cwt150.00–150.007281
SteersLarge 1-2620195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,2091
SteersMedium and Large 1-2305240.00/cwt240.00–240.007321
SteersMedium and Large 1-2545225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,2261
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3425195.50/cwt195.50–195.508311
BullsMedium and Large 1-2333240.01/cwt220.00–249.007993
BullsMedium and Large 1-2742165.70/cwt143.00–177.001,2293
BullsMedium and Large 2-3510157.00/cwt157.00–157.008011
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2498217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,0812
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2637186.77/cwt179.00–198.001,1903
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2542191.00/cwt191.00–191.001,0353
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3760570.00/head570.00–570.005701
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1751,425.00/head1,425.00–1,425.001,4251
Bred CowsSmall 1-2870720.00/head720.00–720.007201
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,055800.00/head800.00–800.008001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2701,080.00/head1,080.00–1,080.001,0801
Stock CowsSmall 1-2800629.75/head550.00–695.006302
CowsBoner 80-85%1,06894.25/cwt94.00–94.501,0072
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,37893.27/cwt93.00–93.501,2852
CowsLean 85-90%1,07374.69/cwt70.00–81.508012
CowsLean 85-90%1,01366.00/cwt66.00–66.006692
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,69075.00/cwt75.00–75.001,2681

How this sale compares

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.