Sale reports / Tennessee / McMinnville Livestock Auction / 2026-03-23

McMinnville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · McMinnville, Tennessee · Mon, Mar 23
● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3675
Receipts
364 head
▲ 364 vs last sale 0▲ 364 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends established due to no 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 $467.94/cwt on 16 head. That ranks 3 of 3 comparable sales and sits +9.85 against this barn's trailing median of $458.08.
Average price
$467.94
16 head · 570 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,667
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+17.62
vs TN average
−10.15 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1570467.942,66716thin
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 sale16 hd
467.94
—
TN average17 barns · 725 hd
450.32
+17.62
National average173 barns · 11,948 hd
478.09
−10.15
This barn, trailing median3 sales
458.08
+9.85
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
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.

Every lot

17 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Value Added389650.00/cwt650.00–650.002,5294
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added481540.00/cwt540.00–540.002,5977
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added540496.00/cwt496.00–496.002,6786
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added588451.10/cwt439.00–459.002,65210
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added625424.00/cwt424.00–424.002,6502
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added657423.00/cwt423.00–423.002,77934
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added701391.00/cwt391.00–391.002,74142
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Value Added769371.45/cwt354.00–373.252,85675
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1Value Added880339.00/cwt339.00–339.002,9834
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1Value Added975318.00/cwt318.00–318.003,1013
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added500425.00/cwt425.00–425.002,1256
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2Value Added505413.00/cwt413.00–413.002,0861
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added616393.50/cwt393.50–393.502,42483
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added729321.86/cwt321.00–322.002,3467
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Value Added777317.28/cwt315.00–322.002,4653
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1Value Added817315.32/cwt314.00–318.002,5763
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1Value Added874299.20/cwt299.00–300.002,6155

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.