Sale reports / Tennessee / McMinnville Livestock Auction / 2024-06-17

McMinnville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · McMinnville, Tennessee · Mon, Jun 17
● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3675
Feeder Cattle receipts
43 head
459 vs last sale 502 43 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
9 head
18 vs last sale 27 9 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
5 vs last sale 9 4 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends available at this time.

Video load report :: https://www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/ams_3665.pdf

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $232.00/cwt on 1 head. That ranks 1 of 5 comparable sales and sits 151.63 against this barn's trailing median of $383.63.
Average price
$232.00
1 head · 585 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,357
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
32.02
vs TN average
35.22 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2585232.001,3571thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

5 sales
427391355319median 383.6312/1501/1902/1603/3008/10
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $413.09, low $332.91, median $383.63 across 5 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 sale1 hd
232.00
TN average12 barns · 468 hd
264.02
−32.02
National average151 barns · 8,584 hd
267.22
−35.22
This barn, trailing median5 sales
383.63
−151.63
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
BullsAverage1,634141.812,3174thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,188111.511,3252thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,28595.721,2302thin

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 CowsAll Stages (1-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,015$1,4001thin

Every lot, as filed

17 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 1-2550–600560278.00/cwt278.00–278.001,5571
BullsMedium and Large 1-2700–750740213.00/cwt213.00–213.001,5761
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2750–800760209.00/cwt209.00–209.001,5883
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750729264.50/cwt264.50–264.501,9285
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3450–500490212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,0391
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3600–650630217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,3671
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600585232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,3571
Bulls1,787147.25/cwt142.00–154.002,6313
BullsLight Weight1,175125.50/cwt125.50–125.501,4751
CowsBoner 80-85%1,188111.51/cwt110.50–112.501,3252
CowsLean 85-90%1,28595.72/cwt92.00–100.001,2302
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0151,400.00/head1,400.00–1,400.001,4001
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3650–700660220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,4522
BullsMedium and Large 1-2850–900880181.00/cwt181.00–181.001,5931
BullsMedium and Large 1-2350–400353341.00/cwt341.00–341.001,2042
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500498244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,2153
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2700–750739241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,78117

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.