Sale reports / Tennessee / McMinnville Livestock Auction / 2023-12-18

McMinnville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · McMinnville, Tennessee · Mon, Dec 18
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3675
Feeder Cattle receipts
80 head
1,273 vs last sale 1,353 80 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
7 head
4 vs last sale 3 7 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
28 head
26 vs last sale 2 28 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends available due to limited comparisons.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $165.37/cwt on 20 head.
Average price
$165.37
20 head · 502 lb average
Value per head Derived
$830
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$130
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$13.89/cwt at this weight
vs the market
34.67
vs TN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2510168.1485716thin
Medium and Large 2-3472154.257274thin
One grade step is worth $13.89/cwt here — about $130 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 sale20 hd
165.37
TN average12 barns · 1,555 hd
200.03
−34.67
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
BullsAverage1,74590.501,5791thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,45177.171,1206thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,50177.151,1585thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average98065.006371thin

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)Young (2-4 yrs)1,405$1,3001thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,418$1,2876
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,406$1,2829
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,385$1,1832thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,435$1,1601thin

Every lot, as filed

32 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 1-2685170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,1651
BullsMedium and Large 1-2865114.00/cwt114.00–114.009861
BullsMedium and Large 1-2735140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,0292
BullsMedium and Large 2-3445164.00/cwt164.00–164.007301
BullsMedium and Large 2-3610180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,0981
BullsMedium and Large 2-3375187.57/cwt180.00–196.007032
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2485174.00/cwt174.00–174.008441
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3655127.00/cwt127.00–127.008321
SteersMedium and Large 1-2315223.00/cwt223.00–223.007021
SteersMedium and Large 2-3315207.25/cwt207.00–208.006534
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3373161.00/cwt161.00–161.006012
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3485168.00/cwt168.00–168.008151
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2533174.86/cwt171.00–176.009325
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2645145.00/cwt145.00–145.009351
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2700159.00/cwt159.00–159.001,1131
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2410178.00/cwt178.00–178.007301
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2393174.50/cwt174.50–174.506866
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2890113.00/cwt113.00–113.001,0061
BullsMedium and Large 1-2410197.33/cwt195.00–208.008096
BullsMedium and Large 1-292599.00/cwt99.00–99.009161
BullsMedium and Large 1-2455203.92/cwt197.00–211.009282
BullsMedium and Large 1-2558134.50/cwt134.50–134.507512
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,4351,160.00/head1,160.00–1,160.001,1601
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,4821,338.91/head1,130.00–1,400.001,3395
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,4061,282.43/head1,120.00–1,400.001,2829
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,4051,300.00/head1,300.00–1,300.001,3001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,1001,025.00/head1,025.00–1,025.001,0251
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,3851,182.62/head1,125.00–1,230.001,1832
Bulls1,74590.50/cwt90.50–90.501,5791
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,50177.15/cwt73.50–82.001,1585
CowsLean 85-90%98065.00/cwt65.00–65.006371
CowsBoner 80-85%1,45177.17/cwt75.00–81.001,1206

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.