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McMinnville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · McMinnville, Tennessee · Mon, Jan 6
● Final2 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3675
← Aug 19Jan 6Jan 13 →
Receipts
217 head
▲ 192 vs last sale 25▲ 182 vs year ago 35 · +520.0%
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Weight class

Heifers · summary 600–700 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
600–700 lb heifers averaged $262.60/cwt on 147 head. That ranks 1 of 5 comparable sales and sits −110.40 against this barn's trailing median of $373.00.
Average price
$262.60
147 head · 639 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,678
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+12.65
vs TN average
−13.79 vs national

What quality paid 600–700 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1639262.601,678147
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 600–700 lb

5 sales
408383358334median 373.0001/1903/2303/3006/1508/10
Heifers 600–700 lb: high $393.50, low $347.65, median $373.00 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 600–700 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale147 hd
262.60
—
TN average6 barns · 376 hd
249.95
+12.65
National average154 barns · 19,285 hd
276.39
−13.79
This barn, trailing median5 sales
373.00
−110.40
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

2 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
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added700–750712279.00/cwt279.00–279.001,98670
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added600–650639262.60/cwt260.00–265.001,678147

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.
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