Sale reports / Tennessee / McMinnville Livestock Auction / 2024-01-08

McMinnville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · McMinnville, Tennessee · Mon, Jan 8
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3675
Feeder Cattle receipts
35 head
45 vs last sale 80 35 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
12 head
5 vs last sale 7 12 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
6 head
22 vs last sale 28 6 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends for this market at this time.

Report for Video Loads can be found: 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 $218.14/cwt on 12 head.
Average price
$218.14
12 head · 366 lb average
Value per head Derived
$797
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+4.40
vs TN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2366218.1479712thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale12 hd
218.14
TN average10 barns · 2,427 hd
213.73
+4.40
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
BullsLow1,81090.401,6363thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,27083.601,0622thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,67581.851,3715thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,29549.006351thin

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)1,040$1,1901thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)850$9251thin
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,000$1,1862thin
Bred Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)850$7801thin
Stock CowsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)655$5101thin

Every lot, as filed

26 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
CowsLean 85-90%1,29549.00/cwt49.00–49.006351
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,67581.85/cwt79.50–86.001,3715
CowsBoner 80-85%1,27083.60/cwt82.00–86.001,0622
Bulls1,78075.00/cwt75.00–75.001,3351
Bulls1,82598.10/cwt94.00–102.001,7902
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0401,190.00/head1,190.00–1,190.001,1901
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2655510.00/head510.00–510.005101
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-2850780.00/head780.00–780.007801
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-21,0001,186.00/head1,075.00–1,275.001,1862
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2850925.00/head925.00–925.009251
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2378228.35/cwt221.00–236.008632
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2435190.00/cwt190.00–190.008271
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2533180.00/cwt180.00–180.009592
BullsMedium and Large 2-3395200.00/cwt200.00–200.007901
BullsMedium and Large 1-2635130.00/cwt130.00–130.008261
SteersMedium and Large 1-2295265.00/cwt265.00–265.007822
SteersMedium and Large 2-3435189.00/cwt189.00–189.008221
SteersMedium and Large 2-3455196.00/cwt196.00–196.008921
SteersMedium and Large 1-2455231.50/cwt230.00–233.001,0532
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2316232.19/cwt224.00–238.007345
SteersMedium and Large 1-2319252.28/cwt241.00–268.008054
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2275225.00/cwt225.00–225.006192
BullsMedium and Large 2-3580176.00/cwt176.00–176.001,0211
BullsMedium and Large 1-2478192.00/cwt192.00–192.009183
BullsMedium and Large 1-2385241.67/cwt232.00–261.009303
BullsMedium and Large 1-2445200.00/cwt200.00–200.008901

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.