Sale reports / Tennessee / McMinnville Livestock Auction / 2023-11-20

McMinnville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · McMinnville, Tennessee · Mon, Nov 20
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3675
Feeder Cattle receipts
249 head
217 vs last sale 32 249 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
24 head
17 vs last sale 41 24 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
22 head
21 vs last sale 43 22 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparisons on feeder cattle due to limited comparable receipts. Slaughter cows/bulls steady to 3.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $197.64/cwt on 239 head.
Average price
$197.64
239 head · 801 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,583
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$516
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$41.92/cwt at this weight
vs the market
0.90
vs TN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2807199.921,614226
Medium and Large 2-3695158.001,09813thin
One grade step is worth $41.92/cwt here — about $516 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 sale239 hd
197.64
TN average12 barns · 2,766 hd
198.54
−0.90
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
BullsAverage1,340123.001,6481thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,50376.381,1488thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,23974.419227thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,08550.715503thin

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)1,673$1,5502thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,506$1,3574thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,180$9213thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)960$6801thin
BullsN/AYoung (2-4 yrs)1,150$1,3201thin

Every lot, as filed

27 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
CowsBoner 80-85%1,25573.31/cwt70.00–79.009206
CowsBoner 80-85%1,14081.00/cwt81.00–81.009231
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,04065.00/cwt65.00–65.006761
CowsLean 85-90%1,08550.71/cwt47.00–55.005503
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,56978.00/cwt75.00–82.001,2247
Bulls1,340123.00/cwt123.00–123.001,6481
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,5061,356.90/head1,170.00–1,475.001,3574
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,180920.73/head800.00–990.009213
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,6731,550.37/head1,500.00–1,600.001,5502
Bred CowsSmall 1-2960680.00/head680.00–680.006801
BullsMedium and Large 1-21,1501,320.00/head1,320.00–1,320.001,3201
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2570180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,0261
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3778102.00/cwt102.00–102.007942
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3603170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,0257
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2430198.00/cwt198.00–198.008511
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added770191.00/cwt191.00–191.001,4711
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3Value Added814165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,3434
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added723198.63/cwt197.50–200.001,43632
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added815201.50/cwt201.50–201.501,642124
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added911164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,4945
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2470200.48/cwt200.00–201.009422
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added853201.50/cwt201.50–201.501,71959
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Full660161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,0631
BullsMedium and Large 1-2820120.00/cwt120.00–120.009841
BullsMedium and Large 1-2465200.00/cwt200.00–200.009301
BullsMedium and Large 1-2379258.49/cwt225.00–276.009803
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Full640178.00/cwt178.00–178.001,1391

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.