Sale reports / Tennessee / McMinnville Livestock Auction / 2026-07-27

McMinnville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · McMinnville, Tennessee · Mon, Jul 27
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3675
Feeder Cattle receipts
49 head
▼ 169 vs last sale 218▲ 49 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
10 head
▼ 6 vs last sale 16▲ 10 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
39 head
▲ 37 vs last sale 2▲ 39 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends established due to no report previous week. However lower undertones prevailed.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $300.00/cwt on 2 head.
Average price
$300.00
2 head · 565 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,695
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−66.06
vs TN average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2565300.001,6952thin
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 sale2 hd
300.00
—
TN average15 barns · 298 hd
366.06
−66.06
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

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—Average1,930179.503,4642thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,345163.072,1932thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,300161.052,0948thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,030150.501,5501thin

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)1,226$2,85112
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,301$2,4456
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)990$2,3143thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,150$2,2251thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,268$2,1875
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,305$3,4251thin

Every lot

35 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 · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1350480.00/cwt480.00–480.001,6802
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2675301.00/cwt285.00–317.002,0322
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2350345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,2081
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1415372.50/cwt372.50–372.501,5461
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2438307.54/cwt300.00–315.001,3472
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1450342.50/cwt342.50–342.501,5411
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2455290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,3201
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2569281.42/cwt263.00–294.001,6017
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1570305.58/cwt301.00–310.001,7422
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2818216.53/cwt213.00–220.001,7712
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1380445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,6911
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1425420.74/cwt412.50–430.001,7882
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2460350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,6101
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1476367.17/cwt365.00–368.001,7487
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2565300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,6952
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1635300.01/cwt280.00–310.001,9056
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2645255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,6451
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2690240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,6561
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2790210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,6592
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 2860217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,8661
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 2915180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,6472
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,755164.50/cwt164.50–164.502,8871
Bulls——2,105194.50/cwt194.50–194.504,0941
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,030150.50/cwt150.50–150.501,5501
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,300161.05/cwt154.50–167.502,0948
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,345163.07/cwt162.50–163.502,1932
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows8 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 29532,420.80/head2,025.00–2,750.002,4212
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,0432,531.68/head2,325.00–2,850.002,5324
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0652,100.00/head2,100.00–2,100.002,1001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1502,225.00/head2,225.00–2,225.002,2251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2682,187.09/head1,975.00–2,325.002,1875
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2852,419.51/head2,200.00–2,750.002,4205
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,3183,011.29/head2,500.00–3,600.003,0118
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,3802,575.00/head2,575.00–2,575.002,5751
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,3053,425.00/head3,425.00–3,425.003,4251

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.