Sale reports / Tennessee / McMinnville Livestock Auction / 2025-07-07

McMinnville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · McMinnville, Tennessee · Mon, Jul 7
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3675
Feeder Cattle receipts
58 head
▼ 120 vs last sale 178▲ 58 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
10 head
▼ 17 vs last sale 27▲ 10 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 0▲ 4 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends established, due to no sale 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 $299.24/cwt on 15 head.
Average price
$299.24
15 head · 536 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,604
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$541
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$95.56/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−16.48
vs TN average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1538311.981,67713thin
Medium and Large 2525216.421,1362thin
One grade step is worth $95.56/cwt here — about $541 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale15 hd
299.24
—
TN average3 barns · 63 hd
315.72
−16.48
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—Low1,073148.221,5902thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,220134.081,6364thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,578116.501,8382thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average968115.501,1172thin

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
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,495$2,1251thin

Every lot

34 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
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2267380.11/cwt375.00–382.501,0153
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2305315.00/cwt315.00–315.009611
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1585336.00/cwt336.00–336.001,9661
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1612320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,9583
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1305307.50/cwt307.50–307.509381
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2325290.00/cwt290.00–290.009431
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2405277.50/cwt277.50–277.501,1241
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1445287.00/cwt287.00–287.001,2771
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2480275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,3201
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1510285.50/cwt285.50–285.501,4561
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2530248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,3141
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1550305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,6782
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2555279.00/cwt279.00–279.001,5481
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1640272.50/cwt272.50–272.501,7441
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1705260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,8331
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1355360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,2781
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1425340.68/cwt340.00–342.001,4483
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1460310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,4261
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2485235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,1401
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1521312.86/cwt292.50–319.001,6309
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2525216.42/cwt208.00–225.001,1362
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1575310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,7834
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2600262.00/cwt262.00–262.001,5721
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1638292.00/cwt292.00–292.001,8634
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1729228.01/cwt226.00–231.001,6624
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2778211.65/cwt207.00–214.001,6473
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,073148.22/cwt146.50–150.001,5902
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%860101.00/cwt101.00–101.008691
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,030146.66/cwt140.00–153.001,5112
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,075130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,3981
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,360103.00/cwt103.00–103.001,4011
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,410121.50/cwt121.00–122.001,7132
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,795130.00/cwt130.00–130.002,3341
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,4952,125.00/head2,125.00–2,125.002,1251

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.