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McMinnville Livestock Auction

Name: McMinnville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-03-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-30

Feeder Cattle · McMinnville, Tennessee · Mon, Mar 30

● Final11 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3675

← Mar 23Mar 30Apr 20 →

Receipts

329 head

▼ 35 vs last sale 364▲ 329 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 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 $413.09/cwt on 30 head. That ranks 3 of 3 comparable sales and sits +46.30 against this barn's trailing median of $366.79.

Average price

$413.09

30 head · 532 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,197

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$242

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2-3

$44.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.62

vs TN average

−10.11 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	532	421.50	2,242	21
Medium and Large 2	532	406.21	2,161	5thin
Medium and Large 2-3	530	377.50	2,001	4thin

One grade step is worth $44.00/cwt here — about $242 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 sale30 hd

413.09

—

TN average14 barns · 614 hd

405.47

+7.62

National average175 barns · 10,886 hd

423.19

−10.11

This barn, trailing median3 sales

366.79

+46.30

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.

Every lot

11 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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	640	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,784	20
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	738	390.50/cwt	390.50–390.50	2,882	8
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Value Added	859	356.50/cwt	356.50–356.50	3,062	62
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Value Added	428	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,012	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2Value Added	440	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	1,903	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Value Added	465	445.49/cwt	427.00–451.00	2,072	17
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	530	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,001	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	532	421.50/cwt	421.50–421.50	2,242	21
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2Value Added	532	406.21/cwt	405.00–408.00	2,161	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	641	385.50/cwt	385.50–385.50	2,471	75
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650	383.00/cwt	383.00–383.00	2,490	77

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 Mar 30, 2026

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

Receipts 329Last week 364Year ago 0

No trends established due to no comparable sales.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	428	470.00	470.00
17	450–500	465	427.00–451.00	445.49
21	500–550	532	421.50	421.50
75	600–650	641	385.50	385.50
77	650–700	650	383.00	383.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	432.50	432.50
5	500–550	532	405.00–408.00	406.21

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	530	377.50	377.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
20	600–650	640	435.00	435.00
8	700–750	738	390.50	390.50
62	850–900	859	356.50	356.50

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.