Sale reports / Tennessee / McMinnville Livestock Auction / 2025-12-03

McMinnville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · McMinnville, Tennessee · Wed, Dec 3
● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2079
Receipts
665 head
▼ 84 vs last sale 749▼ 205 vs year ago 870 · −23.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

The next graded sale will be held on January 7, 2026

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $381.03/cwt on 95 head. That ranks 4 of 10 comparable sales and sits −55.72 against this barn's trailing median of $436.75.
Average price
$381.03
95 head · 562 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,140
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$142
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$17.94/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+15.58
vs TN average
−48.12 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1563383.492,16082
Medium and Large 2552365.552,01813thin
One grade step is worth $17.94/cwt here — about $142 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale95 hd
381.03
—
TN average12 barns · 443 hd
365.46
+15.58
National average190 barns · 23,426 hd
429.15
−48.12
This barn, trailing median10 sales
436.75
−55.72
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

10 sales
508455402349median 436.7503/0405/0608/0509/1610/28
Steers 500–600 lb: high $493.65, low $363.24, median $436.75 across 10 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

48 lots · USDA AMS · Warren Co. Livestock Graded Sale - McMinnville, TN
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1250467.50/cwt467.50–467.501,1691
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2337420.84/cwt420.00–422.501,4183
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1358440.89/cwt433.00–445.001,5784
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2369413.53/cwt407.50–422.501,5264
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1432440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,90110
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2443452.00/cwt452.00–452.002,0024
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2482396.45/cwt370.00–445.001,91117
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1484425.82/cwt421.00–431.002,06124
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2509374.87/cwt350.00–399.001,9084
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1534397.37/cwt370.00–401.002,12230
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2571361.41/cwt354.00–369.002,0649
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1580375.48/cwt361.50–379.002,17852
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1629331.81/cwt323.00–340.502,0872
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2630336.05/cwt330.00–342.002,1172
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2660348.00/cwt348.00–348.002,2976
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added661358.00/cwt358.00–358.002,3668
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1661346.90/cwt345.50–347.002,29346
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2735328.00/cwt328.00–328.002,4111
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1768333.84/cwt320.00–335.002,56445
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2772326.97/cwt321.00–330.002,5243
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1287365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,0483
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2323374.18/cwt367.50–380.001,2094
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1327381.00/cwt381.00–381.001,2463
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2383383.59/cwt380.00–384.001,46910
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1388385.31/cwt381.00–386.001,4957
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1423372.00/cwt372.00–372.001,57410
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2423368.73/cwt361.00–390.001,5606
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1478360.16/cwt347.00–361.001,72217
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2480351.14/cwt334.00–355.001,68512
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1532351.21/cwt339.00–352.001,86816
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2566342.00/cwt342.00–342.001,93620
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1580333.44/cwt296.00–340.001,93432
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2623278.78/cwt240.00–301.001,7373
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1648316.85/cwt310.00–317.252,05347
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2664299.62/cwt290.00–301.001,9898
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1685288.00/cwt288.00–288.001,9732
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added734307.00/cwt307.00–307.002,25323
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2735275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,0212
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1747286.82/cwt280.00–289.002,14328
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2758263.00/cwt263.00–263.001,9949
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1783282.00/cwt282.00–282.002,2082
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1260445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,1571
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1354432.16/cwt405.00–437.001,5307
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1462437.38/cwt436.00–438.002,02116
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1554356.34/cwt341.00–359.001,97414
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1662326.50/cwt325.00–327.002,16116
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1768296.18/cwt289.00–300.002,27514
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1865278.00/cwt278.00–278.002,4051

This sale against other markets

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.