Sale reports / Tennessee / McMinnville Livestock Auction / 2024-08-19

McMinnville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · McMinnville, Tennessee · Mon, Aug 19
● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3675
Feeder Cattle receipts
25 head
355 vs last sale 380 20 vs year ago 45 · 44.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
3 head
22 vs last sale 25 3 vs year ago 6 · 50.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
9 head
41 vs last sale 50 4 vs year ago 13 · 30.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough receipts for a trend.

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

Weight class

Bulls · summary 400–500 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
400–500 lb bulls averaged $249.33/cwt on 3 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits 126.83 against this barn's trailing median of $376.17.
Average price
$249.33
3 head · 467 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,164
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$78
per head · Small 1 over Medium and Large 1
$2.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
19.50
vs TN average

What quality paid 400–500 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Small 1455250.001,1382thin
Medium and Large 1490248.001,2151thin
One grade step is worth $2.00/cwt here — about −$78 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 400–500 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale3 hd
249.33
TN average13 barns · 284 hd
268.84
−19.50
This barn, trailing median1 sales
376.17
−126.83
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
BullsAverage1,670148.212,4753thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,165143.001,6661thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,845137.782,5422thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,187132.631,5743thin

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)Aged (>8 yrs)1,117$1,6223thin

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 1700–750738217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,6016
BullsMedium and Large 1850–900862191.00/cwt191.00–191.001,6463
SteersLarge 1550–600565244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,3792
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350340265.00/cwt265.00–265.009011
BullsSmall 1450–500455250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,1382
BullsMedium and Large 1900–950945164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,5501
CowsLean 85-90%1,187132.63/cwt125.00–137.001,5743
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,845137.78/cwt136.50–139.502,5422
CowsBoner 80-85%1,165143.00/cwt143.00–143.001,6661
BullsLight Weight950115.50/cwt115.50–115.501,0971
Bulls2,030164.56/cwt161.50–167.003,3412
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,0051,625.00/head1,625.00–1,625.001,6251
Bred CowsSmall 1-21,1451,550.00/head1,550.00–1,550.001,5501
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2001,690.00/head1,690.00–1,690.001,6901
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550535229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,2251
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added600–650645227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,4644
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500490248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,2151

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.