Sale reports / Tennessee / McMinnville Livestock Auction / 2023-10-23

McMinnville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · McMinnville, Tennessee · Mon, Oct 23
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3675
Feeder Cattle receipts
51 head
178 vs last sale 229 51 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
15 head
5 vs last sale 10 15 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
27 vs last sale 32 5 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends available due to limited receipts.

Report for video loads: https://www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/ams_3665.pdf

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $165.86/cwt on 21 head.
Average price
$165.86
21 head · 530 lb average
Value per head Derived
$879
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$254
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$14.21/cwt at this weight
vs the market
41.25
vs TN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2541167.2190519thin
Medium and Large 2-3425153.006502thin
One grade step is worth $14.21/cwt here — about $254 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
165.86
TN average12 barns · 2,072 hd
207.10
−41.25
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
BullsLow2,021102.372,0694thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,30775.459863thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,61071.001,1431thin

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 Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,130$1,0032thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,020$8501thin
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,195$1,3501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,493$1,6913thin

Every lot, as filed

35 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 1-2520183.00/cwt183.00–183.009522
BullsMedium and Large 1-2390225.00/cwt225.00–225.008781
BullsMedium and Large 1-2405220.00/cwt220.00–220.008911
BullsMedium and Large 1-2985110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,0841
BullsMedium and Large 1-21,11582.00/cwt82.00–82.009141
BullsMedium and Large 2-3575179.00/cwt179.00–179.001,0291
SteersMedium and Large 1-2363270.00/cwt270.00–270.009802
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2433180.47/cwt176.00–185.007812
SteersMedium and Large 1-2409238.06/cwt234.00–250.009744
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600194.00/cwt194.00–194.001,1642
SteersMedium and Large 1-2265237.00/cwt237.00–237.006281
SteersMedium and Large 1-2313266.00/cwt266.00–266.008332
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3505136.00/cwt136.00–136.006871
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3345170.00/cwt170.00–170.005871
BullsMedium and Large 2-3635164.50/cwt164.50–164.501,0451
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2620138.00/cwt138.00–138.008561
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2310182.00/cwt182.00–182.005642
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added569165.00/cwt165.00–165.009395
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2673160.26/cwt159.50–161.001,0794
BullsMedium and Large 2-3350156.00/cwt156.00–156.005461
BullsMedium and Large 1-2760168.00/cwt160.00–176.001,2772
BullsMedium and Large 1-2630185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,1661
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2382192.00/cwt192.00–192.007333
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2700147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,0291
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2790125.00/cwt125.00–125.009881
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,4931,690.96/head1,625.00–1,750.001,6913
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,020850.00/head850.00–850.008501
Bred CowsSmall 1-2920780.00/head780.00–780.007801
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,3401,225.00/head1,225.00–1,225.001,2251
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-21,1951,350.00/head1,350.00–1,350.001,3501
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2943126.46/cwt125.00–128.001,1932
Bulls1,93595.00/cwt95.00–95.001,8381
Bulls2,050104.82/cwt103.00–107.002,1493
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,61071.00/cwt71.00–71.001,1431
CowsBoner 80-85%1,30775.45/cwt73.00–77.009863

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.