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McMinnville Livestock Auction

Name: McMinnville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-01-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-19

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · McMinnville, Tennessee · Mon, Jan 19

● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3675

← Jan 12Jan 19Feb 9 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

172 head

▲ 27 vs last sale 145▲ 172 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

7 head

▼ 3 vs last sale 10▲ 7 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 class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $392.64/cwt on 18 head. That ranks 3 of 3 comparable sales and sits +25.85 against this barn's trailing median of $366.79.

Average price

$392.64

18 head · 531 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,085

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$896

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

$177.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+21.27

vs TN average

−18.23 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	530	402.50	2,133	17thin
Medium and Large 2	550	225.00	1,238	1thin

One grade step is worth $177.50/cwt here — about $896 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 sale18 hd

392.64

—

TN average15 barns · 799 hd

371.37

+21.27

National average175 barns · 20,266 hd

410.87

−18.23

This barn, trailing median3 sales

366.79

+25.85

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

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,730	136.39	2,360	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,158	114.11	1,321	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,110	100.50	1,116	2thin

Every lot

24 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	270	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,283	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	330	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,551	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Value Added	380	512.50/cwt	512.50–512.50	1,948	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	703	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	2,615	2
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Value Added	863	339.25/cwt	339.25–339.25	2,928	48
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	361	453.73/cwt	437.50–456.00	1,638	9
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	396	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,663	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	398	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,990	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	398	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,433	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	429	442.00/cwt	442.00–442.00	1,896	29
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	480	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,064	24
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	530	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	2,133	17
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	550	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,238	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	607	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	2,222	16
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	645	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,058	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	675	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,890	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	683	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	2,206	8
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	780	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	2,005	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	570	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	2,143	1
Bulls	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	975	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	2,135	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,045	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	867	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,158	114.11/cwt	112.00–116.00	1,321	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,175	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,387	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,730	136.39/cwt	131.00–141.50	2,360	2

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 Auction - McMinnville, TN

Mon Jan 19, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 172Last week 145Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 7Last week 10Year ago 0

No trends established, due to lack of comparable sales.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	570	376.00	376.00
1	950–1000	975	219.00	219.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	750–800	780	257.00	257.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	398	360.00	360.00
1	550–600	550	225.00	225.00
1	600–650	645	319.00	319.00
1	650–700	675	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	361	437.50–456.00	453.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	398	500.00	500.00
29	400–450	429	442.00	442.00
24	450–500	480	430.00	430.00
17	500–550	530	402.50	402.50
16	600–650	607	366.00	366.00
8	650–700	683	323.00	323.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	396	420.00	420.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	512.50	512.50
2	700–750	703	372.00	372.00
48	850–900	863	339.25	339.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	475.00	475.00
1	300–350	330	470.00	470.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,730	131.00–141.50	136.39

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,175	118.00	118.00
1	—	1,045	83.00	83.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,158	112.00–116.00	114.11

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.