Sale reports / Tennessee / McMinnville Livestock Auction / 2024-06-03

McMinnville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · McMinnville, Tennessee · Mon, Jun 3
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3675
Feeder Cattle receipts
502 head
241 vs last sale 261 502 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
27 head
14 vs last sale 13 27 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
9 head
1 vs last sale 10 9 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends available due to limited comparable receipts; but a higher demand was noted on value-added load lot cattle.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $194.00/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 1 of 4 comparable sales and sits 194.13 against this barn's trailing median of $388.13.
Average price
$194.00
4 head · 578 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,121
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
65.17
vs TN average
79.03 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2-3578194.001,1214thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

4 sales
427402378353median 388.1301/1902/1603/3008/1008/10
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $413.09, low $366.79, median $388.13 across 4 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale4 hd
194.00
TN average11 barns · 605 hd
259.17
−65.17
National average170 barns · 13,742 hd
273.03
−79.03
This barn, trailing median4 sales
388.13
−194.13
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
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,425142.582,0322thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,256132.471,6644thin
CowsLean 85-90%High935119.501,1171thin

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)1,335$1,7643thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,185$1,6101thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,105$1,5132thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,108$1,4553thin
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)920$1,7251thin

Every lot, as filed

25 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%935119.50/cwt119.50–119.501,1171
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,425142.58/cwt140.00–145.502,0322
CowsBoner 80-85%1,256132.47/cwt124.00–138.001,6644
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added600–650618274.25/cwt274.25–274.251,69584
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added750–800752238.25/cwt238.25–238.251,79264
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added700–750744238.50/cwt238.50–238.501,77468
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400378301.00/cwt301.00–301.001,1382
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy450–500475270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,2831
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,0201,322.55/head1,200.00–1,450.001,3232
BullsMedium and Large 2-3550–600565230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,3001
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3550–600578194.00/cwt194.00–194.001,1214
SteersMedium and Large 2-3300–350305287.00/cwt287.00–287.008751
BullsMedium and Large 1-2400–450440320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,4083
BullsMedium and Large 1-2950–1000950179.00/cwt179.00–179.001,7011
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-29201,725.00/head1,725.00–1,725.001,7251
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2851,720.00/head1,720.00–1,720.001,7201
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1851,610.00/head1,610.00–1,610.001,6101
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1051,512.50/head1,500.00–1,525.001,5132
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added850–900880223.58/cwt220.00–228.751,968228
BullsMedium and Large 2-3400–450435254.00/cwt254.00–254.001,1051
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,3351,763.64/head1,740.00–1,775.001,7643
SteersMedium and Large 1-2300–350308343.00/cwt343.00–343.001,0562
BullsMedium and Large 1-2350–400375353.00/cwt353.00–353.001,3241
BullsMedium and Large 1-2750–800780224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,7471
BullsMedium and Large 1-2800–850825207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,7081

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.