Sale reports / Tennessee / McMinnville Livestock Auction / 2026-06-01

McMinnville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · McMinnville, Tennessee · Mon, Jun 1
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3675
Feeder Cattle receipts
202 head
▲ 202 vs last sale 0▲ 121 vs year ago 81 · +149.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
16 head
▲ 16 vs last sale 0▲ 16 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
12 head
▲ 12 vs last sale 0▲ 12 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 recent sales. Today's offering included 123 steers 910lbs on video, 2 load lots. View video lots at https://www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/ams_3665.pdf

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 700–800 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
700–800 lb steers averaged $331.78/cwt on 9 head, down $46.69 from the prior sale. That ranks 2 of 5 comparable sales and sits −46.69 against this barn's trailing median of $378.47.
Average price
$331.78
▼ 46.69 vs prior sale
9 head · 732 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,430
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$113
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$28.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−40.20
vs TN average
−52.26 vs national

Price by quality 700–800 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1726338.002,4547thin
Medium and Large 2755310.002,3412thin
One grade step is worth $28.00/cwt here — about $113 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 900–1000 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 700–800 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale9 hd
331.78
—
TN average12 barns · 229 hd
371.98
−40.20
National average138 barns · 8,633 hd
384.04
−52.26
This barn, trailing median5 sales
378.47
−46.69
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 700–800 lb

5 sales
423386349311median 378.4703/2306/2207/0608/1710/05
Steers 700–800 lb: high $409.25, low $325.19, median $378.47 across 5 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
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,658155.712,5823thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,243145.171,8044thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,053121.371,2786thin

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 Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,265$2,8751thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,445$2,7312thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,225$2,6092thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,340$2,5251thin

Every lot

28 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1726338.00/cwt338.00–338.002,4547
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2755310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,3412
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2Value Added860349.00/cwt349.00–349.003,00161
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1860322.00/cwt322.00–322.002,7692
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2Value Added915336.00/cwt336.00–336.003,07457
Steers900–950Medium and Large 2935300.50/cwt300.50–300.502,8101
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 2-3Value Added1,050293.50/cwt293.50–293.503,08250
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1420400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,6801
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1490390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,9112
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1535382.00/cwt382.00–382.002,0441
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2645272.00/cwt272.00–272.001,7541
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1663310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,0552
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2705269.50/cwt269.50–269.501,9002
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1795292.50/cwt292.50–292.502,3252
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1355550.00/cwt550.00–550.001,9531
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1528417.50/cwt417.50–417.502,2042
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1615339.00/cwt339.00–339.002,0851
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2615290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,7841
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1797288.00/cwt288.00–288.002,2953
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,038110.69/cwt107.50–113.501,1493
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,068132.04/cwt122.00–137.001,4103
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,243145.17/cwt143.00–147.001,8044
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,655152.56/cwt147.00–157.002,5252
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,665162.00/cwt162.00–162.002,6971
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2252,609.29/head2,225.00–2,925.002,6092
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,2652,875.00/head2,875.00–2,875.002,8751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,3402,525.00/head2,525.00–2,525.002,5251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,4452,731.23/head2,575.00–2,875.002,7312

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.