Sale reports / Tennessee / McMinnville Livestock Auction / 2025-06-16

McMinnville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · McMinnville, Tennessee · Mon, Jun 16
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3675
Feeder Cattle receipts
178 head
▲ 158 vs last sale 20▲ 135 vs year ago 43 · +314.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
27 head
▲ 20 vs last sale 7▲ 18 vs year ago 9 · +200.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends established, due to lack of comparable recites.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $295.00/cwt on 7 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −71.79 against this barn's trailing median of $366.79.
Average price
$295.00
7 head · 595 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,755
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−32.22
vs TN average
−39.11 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1595295.001,7557thin
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 sale7 hd
295.00
—
TN average15 barns · 690 hd
327.22
−32.22
National average153 barns · 9,567 hd
334.11
−39.11
This barn, trailing median3 sales
366.79
−71.79
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

3 sales
427383338294median 366.7903/3003/3008/1010/2610/26
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $413.09, low $308.13, median $366.79 across 3 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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—Average1,981152.863,0284thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,276143.201,82710
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,355133.751,8122thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,053115.791,2205thin

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 · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added684340.35/cwt340.35–340.352,32877
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2830295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,4491
Feeder Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1295350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,0331
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1595295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,7557
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2673229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,5413
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2745171.00/cwt171.00–171.001,2741
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Value Added754301.50/cwt301.50–301.502,27366
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 21,040202.00/cwt202.00–202.002,1011
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2370350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,2951
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1425375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,5941
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2438327.50/cwt327.50–327.501,4342
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2565267.50/cwt267.50–267.501,5111
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2624251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,5667
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1633300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,8992
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1695259.00/cwt259.00–259.001,8001
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1815239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,9482
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 1975205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,9991
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,981152.86/cwt150.00–158.003,0284
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,013100.22/cwt90.00–110.501,0152
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,020171.00/cwt171.00–171.001,7441
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,080126.17/cwt126.00–126.501,3633
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,175125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,4691
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,268148.15/cwt145.00–152.501,8795
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,349130.06/cwt128.50–131.501,7554
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,535142.50/cwt142.50–142.502,1871

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.