Sale reports / Tennessee / McMinnville Livestock Auction / 2026-01-12

McMinnville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · McMinnville, Tennessee · Mon, Jan 12
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3675
Feeder Cattle receipts
145 head
▼ 194 vs last sale 339▼ 138 vs year ago 283 · −48.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
10 head
▼ 18 vs last sale 28▲ 10 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends established, due to lack of comparable sales.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $401.00/cwt on 2 head. That ranks 2 of 3 comparable sales and sits −57.08 against this barn's trailing median of $458.08.
Average price
$401.00
2 head · 520 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,085
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−16.87
vs TN average
−70.98 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2520401.002,0852thin
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 sale2 hd
401.00
—
TN average16 barns · 648 hd
417.87
−16.87
National average187 barns · 29,067 hd
471.98
−70.98
This barn, trailing median3 sales
458.08
−57.08
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
482437392348median 458.0803/2303/2304/2008/1708/17
Steers 500–600 lb: high $467.94, low $361.51, median $458.08 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—Low1,940157.003,0461thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,885152.262,8702thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,310144.141,8882thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,117124.451,3903thin

Every lot

26 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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1310508.06/cwt490.00–525.001,5752
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2480405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,9442
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2520401.00/cwt401.00–401.002,0852
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added659395.00/cwt395.00–395.002,6039
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Value Added763362.00/cwt362.00–362.002,76219
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1Value Added874343.79/cwt328.00–345.753,00577
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2250360.00/cwt360.00–360.009001
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1258465.44/cwt450.00–480.001,2012
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2333393.05/cwt375.00–412.501,3092
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2395400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,5801
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2460350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,6102
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added572370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,1165
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1580346.00/cwt346.00–346.002,0071
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added683343.50/cwt343.50–343.502,3462
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1428434.56/cwt420.00–450.001,8602
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1455447.50/cwt447.50–447.502,0361
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1500420.00/cwt420.00–420.002,1001
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2505342.50/cwt342.50–342.501,7301
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1560394.00/cwt394.00–394.002,2061
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2610345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,1051
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2733325.68/cwt319.00–332.502,3872
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,940157.00/cwt157.00–157.003,0461
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,085118.18/cwt115.00–122.001,2822
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,180137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,6171
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,310144.14/cwt140.50–150.001,8882
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,885152.26/cwt150.50–154.002,8702

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.