Sale reports / Tennessee / McMinnville Livestock Auction / 2023-11-06

McMinnville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · McMinnville, Tennessee · Mon, Nov 6
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3675
Feeder Cattle receipts
47 head
126 vs last sale 173 47 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
20 head
9 vs last sale 11 20 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
19 head
125 vs last sale 144 19 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 and quality.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $181.86/cwt on 26 head.
Average price
$181.86
26 head · 602 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,094
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$136
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$56.29/cwt at this weight
vs the market
18.58
vs TN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2575192.691,10821
Medium and Large 2-3713136.409735thin
One grade step is worth $56.29/cwt here — about $136 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 sale26 hd
181.86
TN average11 barns · 1,089 hd
200.44
−18.58
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
BullsAverage1,77379.891,4162thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,38479.611,1026thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,29377.089979thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,12772.308153thin

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 Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,330$1,0401thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)990$9701thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,190$1,2001thin
Bred Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)620$5801thin

Every lot, as filed

36 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 1-2385231.00/cwt231.00–231.008891
BullsMedium and Large 1-2660150.00/cwt150.00–150.009901
BullsMedium and Large 1-2920129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,1871
BullsMedium and Large 1-2705141.00/cwt141.00–141.009941
BullsMedium and Large 1-2415220.00/cwt220.00–220.009132
BullsMedium and Large 1-2755142.00/cwt142.00–142.001,0721
SteersMedium and Large 2-3355200.00/cwt200.00–200.007101
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2360200.00/cwt200.00–200.007201
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400179.14/cwt179.00–180.007177
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600179.00/cwt179.00–179.001,0741
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3350178.00/cwt178.00–178.006231
SteersMedium and Large 2-3225172.00/cwt172.00–172.003871
SteersMedium and Large 1-2560194.00/cwt194.00–194.001,0861
BullsMedium and Large 2-31,03092.00/cwt92.00–92.009481
BullsMedium and Large 2-3765115.00/cwt115.00–115.008801
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy665126.00/cwt126.00–126.008381
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2680159.00/cwt159.00–159.001,0812
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2513162.00/cwt162.00–162.008313
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2480187.00/cwt187.00–187.008981
BullsMedium and Large 2-3445204.00/cwt204.00–204.009081
BullsMedium and Large 1-2570207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,1801
BullsMedium and Large 1-2860135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,1611
BullsMedium and Large 2-3595150.00/cwt150.00–150.008931
BullsMedium and Large 2-3730121.00/cwt121.00–121.008831
BullsMedium and Large 1-2533205.95/cwt194.00–207.001,09812
Bred CowsSmall 1-2990970.00/head970.00–970.009701
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,3301,040.00/head1,040.00–1,040.001,0401
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-21,48590.00/cwt90.00–90.001,3371
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-2620580.00/head580.00–580.005801
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-21,1901,200.00/head1,200.00–1,200.001,2001
Bulls1,77379.89/cwt77.00–82.501,4162
CowsBoner 80-85%1,32378.17/cwt75.50–80.501,0345
CowsBoner 80-85%1,13590.00/cwt90.00–90.001,0221
CowsBoner 80-85%1,29770.96/cwt70.50–71.509203
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,38479.61/cwt72.50–83.501,1026
CowsLean 85-90%1,12772.30/cwt69.50–75.008153

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.