Sale reports / Tennessee / McMinnville Livestock Auction / 2024-01-29

McMinnville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · McMinnville, Tennessee · Mon, Jan 29
● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3675
Feeder Cattle receipts
260 head
225 vs last sale 35 260 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
8 head
4 vs last sale 12 8 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

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $246.17/cwt on 164 head.
Average price
$246.17
164 head · 682 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,679
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$7
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$14.43/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.33
vs TN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1659254.001,67475
Medium and Large 1-2702239.571,68189
One grade step is worth $14.43/cwt here — about −$7 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 sale164 hd
246.17
TN average12 barns · 1,992 hd
241.85
+4.33
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
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,35399.571,3474thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,47895.501,4112thin

Every lot, as filed

16 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
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,60081.00/cwt81.00–81.001,2961
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added669244.25/cwt244.25–244.251,63464
BullsMedium and Large 1-2550224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,2321
BullsMedium and Large 1-2543246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,3362
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2735173.00/cwt173.00–173.001,2721
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added577248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,43185
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3550141.00/cwt141.00–141.007761
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added493285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,4054
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added862213.50/cwt213.50–213.501,84020
SteersMedium and Large 1-2425280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,1901
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added659254.00/cwt254.00–254.001,67475
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2390239.00/cwt239.00–239.009321
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2660179.00/cwt179.00–179.001,1811
CowsBoner 80-85%1,292104.60/cwt99.50–108.001,3513
CowsBoner 80-85%1,53584.50/cwt84.50–84.501,2971
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,355110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,4911

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.