Sale reports / Tennessee / McMinnville Livestock Auction / 2026-10-19

McMinnville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · McMinnville, Tennessee · Mon, Oct 19
● Final12 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3675
Receipts
220 head
▲ 220 vs last sale 0▲ 220 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend established, due to no report previous week.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $370.00/cwt on 9 head, up $8.49 from the prior sale (only 16 head in that comparison). That ranks 2 of 3 comparable sales and sits −88.08 against this barn's trailing median of $458.08.
Average price
$370.00
▲ 8.49 vs prior sale
9 head · 594 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,198
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−5.45
vs TN average
−69.05 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2594370.002,1989thin
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 sale9 hd
370.00
—
TN average17 barns · 541 hd
375.45
−5.45
National average184 barns · 33,564 hd
439.05
−69.05
This barn, trailing median3 sales
458.08
−88.08
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

12 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
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added594370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,1989
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2640327.50/cwt327.50–327.502,0961
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added672348.00/cwt348.00–348.002,33912
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2Value Added801341.75/cwt341.75–341.752,73765
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1Value Added832334.25/cwt334.25–334.252,78156
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2Value Added910311.50/cwt311.50–311.502,83557
Steers900–950Medium and Large 2920278.00/cwt278.00–278.002,5581
Feeder Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2635260.51/cwt259.00–262.001,6542
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 2870242.00/cwt242.00–242.002,1051
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1425386.00/cwt386.00–386.001,6412
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2555290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,6101
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1564339.94/cwt334.00–344.001,9175

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.