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McMinnville Livestock Auction

Name: McMinnville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-02-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-04

Feeder Cattle · McMinnville, Tennessee · Wed, Feb 4

● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2079

← Jan 7Feb 4Mar 4 →

Receipts

586 head

▼ 154 vs last sale 740▼ 432 vs year ago 1,018 · −42.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Next sale March 4th 2026

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $438.54/cwt on 82 head. That ranks 6 of 10 comparable sales and sits +1.79 against this barn's trailing median of $436.75.

Average price

$438.54

82 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,404

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$94

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$29.15/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.62

vs TN average

−44.49 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	544	447.43	2,432	57
Medium and Large 2	559	418.28	2,338	25

One grade step is worth $29.15/cwt here — about $94 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale82 hd

438.54

—

TN average11 barns · 213 hd

434.92

+3.62

National average143 barns · 13,122 hd

483.03

−44.49

This barn, trailing median10 sales

436.75

+1.79

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

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

58 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers25 lots · lightest first
Steers	200–250	Medium and Large 1	243	585.00/cwt	585.00–585.00	1,422	3
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	331	585.00/cwt	585.00–585.00	1,936	4
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	333	604.62/cwt	595.00–615.00	2,013	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	382	567.10/cwt	560.00–572.50	2,166	6
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	437	513.66/cwt	510.00–550.00	2,245	10
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	440	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,200	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	469	476.23/cwt	475.00–480.00	2,234	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	481	477.62/cwt	466.00–496.00	2,297	22
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	500	441.25/cwt	420.00–462.50	2,206	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	528	474.73/cwt	472.00–476.00	2,507	13
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	531	451.13/cwt	420.00–455.00	2,396	30
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	564	416.28/cwt	381.00–429.00	2,348	23
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	585	414.16/cwt	390.00–421.00	2,423	14
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	638	365.87/cwt	342.00–378.00	2,334	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	640	384.00/cwt	384.00–384.00	2,458	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	653	385.24/cwt	382.00–389.00	2,516	41
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	669	379.63/cwt	350.00–387.00	2,540	9
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	716	351.49/cwt	350.00–352.00	2,517	4
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	730	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,592	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	763	363.78/cwt	352.00–364.25	2,776	26
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Value Added	776	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,871	11
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	787	358.26/cwt	357.50–358.50	2,820	8
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	805	351.50/cwt	351.50–351.50	2,830	3
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Value Added	853	346.50/cwt	346.50–346.50	2,956	5
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	935	321.00/cwt	311.50–330.50	3,001	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 2	235	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,116	3
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	280	467.50/cwt	467.50–467.50	1,309	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	310	477.39/cwt	472.50–485.00	1,480	4
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	327	464.93/cwt	460.00–475.00	1,520	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	379	479.16/cwt	477.50–482.50	1,816	6
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	395	477.50/cwt	477.50–477.50	1,886	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	428	436.69/cwt	431.00–438.00	1,869	11
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	432	470.86/cwt	460.00–473.00	2,034	8
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	482	451.11/cwt	445.00–452.00	2,174	16
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	485	426.28/cwt	411.00–434.00	2,067	12
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	500	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,125	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	530	435.10/cwt	360.00–444.00	2,306	24
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	575	391.90/cwt	368.00–400.00	2,253	18
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	584	395.35/cwt	370.00–396.50	2,309	30
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	620	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,860	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	637	367.31/cwt	362.50–388.00	2,340	5
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	659	358.12/cwt	350.00–359.50	2,360	28
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	664	358.50/cwt	358.50–358.50	2,380	29
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	670	360.50/cwt	360.50–360.50	2,415	5
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	715	349.50/cwt	349.50–349.50	2,499	10
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	720	297.97/cwt	290.00–305.50	2,145	2
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	733	312.12/cwt	310.50–319.00	2,288	5
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	777	305.50/cwt	305.50–305.50	2,374	9
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Value Added	813	310.50/cwt	310.50–310.50	2,524	5
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	850	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	2,559	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1	286	578.04/cwt	575.00–590.00	1,653	5
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	365	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	1,989	4
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	400	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,960	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	465	481.59/cwt	473.00–483.00	2,239	21
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	555	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,276	23
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	653	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,351	6
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	749	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,434	7
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 1	865	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,292	1

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.

Tennessee feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Warren Co. Livestock Graded Sale - McMinnville, TN

Wed Feb 4, 2026

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Nashville, TN (LS-NV)

Receipts 586Last week 740Year ago 1,018

Next sale March 4th 2026

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
13	500–550	528	472.00–476.00	474.73
11	750–800	776	370.00	370.00
5	850–900	853	346.50	346.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	243	585.00	585.00
2	300–350	333	595.00–615.00	604.62
6	350–400	382	560.00–572.50	567.10
10	400–450	437	510.00–550.00	513.66
22	450–500	481	466.00–496.00	477.62
30	500–550	531	420.00–455.00	451.13
14	550–600	585	390.00–421.00	414.16
1	600–650	640	384.00	384.00
41	650–700	653	382.00–389.00	385.24
1	700–750	730	355.00	355.00
26	750–800	763	352.00–364.25	363.78
3	800–850	805	351.50	351.50
2	900–950	935	311.50–330.50	321.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	331	585.00	585.00
1	400–450	440	500.00	500.00
4	450–500	469	475.00–480.00	476.23
2	500–550	500	420.00–462.50	441.25
23	550–600	564	381.00–429.00	416.28
3	600–650	638	342.00–378.00	365.87
9	650–700	669	350.00–387.00	379.63
4	700–750	716	350.00–352.00	351.49
8	750–800	787	357.50–358.50	358.26

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	650–700	670	360.50	360.50
10	700–750	715	349.50	349.50
5	800–850	813	310.50	310.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	467.50	467.50
5	300–350	327	460.00–475.00	464.93
6	350–400	379	477.50–482.50	479.16
8	400–450	432	460.00–473.00	470.86
16	450–500	482	445.00–452.00	451.11
24	500–550	530	360.00–444.00	435.10
30	550–600	584	370.00–396.50	395.35
5	600–650	637	362.50–388.00	367.31
28	650–700	659	350.00–359.50	358.12
2	700–750	720	290.00–305.50	297.97
9	750–800	777	305.50	305.50
1	850–900	850	301.00	301.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	235	475.00	475.00
4	300–350	310	472.50–485.00	477.39
2	350–400	395	477.50	477.50
11	400–450	428	431.00–438.00	436.69
12	450–500	485	411.00–434.00	426.28
1	500–550	500	425.00	425.00
18	550–600	575	368.00–400.00	391.90
1	600–650	620	300.00	300.00
29	650–700	664	358.50	358.50
5	700–750	733	310.50–319.00	312.12

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	286	575.00–590.00	578.04
4	350–400	365	545.00	545.00
2	400–450	400	490.00	490.00
21	450–500	465	473.00–483.00	481.59
23	550–600	555	410.00	410.00
6	650–700	653	360.00	360.00
7	700–750	749	325.00	325.00
1	850–900	865	265.00	265.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.