Sale reports / Tennessee / McMinnville Livestock Auction / 2026-07-13

McMinnville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · McMinnville, Tennessee · Mon, Jul 13
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3675
Feeder Cattle receipts
218 head
▲ 116 vs last sale 102▲ 58 vs year ago 160 · +36.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
16 head
▲ 13 vs last sale 3▲ 11 vs year ago 5 · +220.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
2 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 7▲ 0 vs year ago 2 · +0.0%
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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 $437.42/cwt on 6 head, down $20.67 from the prior sale (only 18 head in that comparison). That ranks 2 of 3 comparable sales and sits −20.67 against this barn's trailing median of $458.08.
Average price
$437.42
▼ 20.67 vs prior sale
6 head · 547 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,391
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−2.66
vs TN average
−1.73 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1547437.422,3916thin
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 sale6 hd
437.42
—
TN average15 barns · 678 hd
440.07
−2.66
National average158 barns · 7,617 hd
439.15
−1.73
This barn, trailing median3 sales
458.08
−20.67
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—Low1,363174.002,3712thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,486157.502,3404thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,284149.051,9147thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,168140.411,6403thin

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 Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)865$2,3092thin

Every lot

31 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
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2305415.50/cwt410.00–421.001,2672
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Value Added395547.50/cwt547.50–547.502,1631
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added528446.00/cwt446.00–446.002,3553
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1530424.00/cwt424.00–424.002,2471
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added583431.25/cwt420.00–443.002,5142
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2650355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,3081
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added669413.00/cwt413.00–413.002,7638
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added744381.50/cwt381.50–381.502,8385
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2Value Added860345.25/cwt345.25–345.252,96956
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1Value Added921333.75/cwt333.75–333.753,07456
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1300422.50/cwt422.50–422.501,2681
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2455311.00/cwt311.00–311.001,4151
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added523362.00/cwt362.00–362.001,8933
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2540330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,7821
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1570327.00/cwt327.00–327.001,8641
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1670319.00/cwt319.00–319.002,1371
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2Value Added818323.50/cwt323.50–323.502,64661
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2425354.00/cwt354.00–354.001,5051
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1500439.00/cwt439.00–439.002,1951
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2575343.95/cwt338.00–350.001,9782
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1625345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,1561
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2630330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,0791
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2665309.00/cwt309.00–309.002,0551
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1745276.00/cwt276.00–276.002,0561
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1915216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,9761
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——Light Weight1,235188.00/cwt188.00–188.002,3221
Bulls——1,490160.00/cwt160.00–160.002,3841
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,168140.41/cwt136.00–144.001,6403
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,284149.05/cwt145.00–152.001,9147
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,486157.50/cwt152.00–166.002,3404
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 18652,309.25/head2,125.00–2,500.002,3092

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.