Sale reports / Tennessee / McMinnville Livestock Auction / 2025-03-10

McMinnville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · McMinnville, Tennessee · Mon, Mar 10
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3675
Feeder Cattle receipts
35 head
▼ 38 vs last sale 73▲ 35 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
13 head
▼ 9 vs last sale 22▲ 13 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
19 head
▲ 13 vs last sale 6▲ 19 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends established, due to no report previous week.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $310.00/cwt on 1 head.
Average price
$310.00
1 head · 560 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,736
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+0.62
vs TN average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2560310.001,7361thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale1 hd
310.00
—
TN average16 barns · 400 hd
309.38
+0.62
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
Bulls—Low1,347171.172,3053thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,140140.501,6021thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,110124.461,3822thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,144117.311,34210

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
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,005$1,7296

Every lot

25 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 2230305.00/cwt305.00–305.007021
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2265360.00/cwt360.00–360.009541
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1485337.00/cwt337.00–337.001,6341
Steers600–650Small 2635237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,5051
Feeder Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1485311.14/cwt300.00–335.001,5095
Heifers500–550Small 1Fleshy540172.50/cwt172.50–172.509321
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1645248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,6001
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2275397.50/cwt397.50–397.501,0931
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1325402.50/cwt402.50–402.501,3081
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2335385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,2901
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1365392.50/cwt392.50–392.501,4331
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1478369.34/cwt369.00–370.001,7653
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2560310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,7361
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1645268.00/cwt268.00–268.001,7293
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1675269.00/cwt269.00–269.001,8161
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 2805225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,8111
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,105178.00/cwt178.00–178.001,9671
Bulls——1,235188.00/cwt188.00–188.002,3221
Bulls——1,700147.50/cwt147.50–147.502,5081
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,110124.46/cwt124.00–125.001,3822
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,140140.50/cwt140.50–140.501,6021
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,144122.02/cwt119.00–124.001,3966
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,144110.25/cwt110.00–110.501,2614
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 29532,070.08/head1,900.00–2,200.002,0702
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,0311,558.39/head1,375.00–1,950.001,5584

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.