Sale reports / Tennessee / McMinnville Livestock Auction / 2024-04-03

McMinnville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · McMinnville, Tennessee · Wed, Apr 3
● Final61 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2079
Receipts
1,495 head
▲ 1,495 vs last sale 0▲ 91 vs year ago 1,404 · +6.5%
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Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $276.68/cwt on 160 head. That ranks 1 of 10 comparable sales and sits −160.08 against this barn's trailing median of $436.75.
Average price
$276.68
160 head · 558 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,543
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$125
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$19.32/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.90
vs TN average
−34.08 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1559279.211,559139
Medium and Large 2552259.901,43421
One grade step is worth $19.32/cwt here — about $125 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale160 hd
276.68
—
TN average10 barns · 400 hd
282.58
−5.90
National average173 barns · 11,586 hd
310.76
−34.08
This barn, trailing median10 sales
436.75
−160.08
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

10 sales
508455402349median 436.7503/0405/0608/0509/1610/28
Steers 500–600 lb: high $493.65, low $363.24, median $436.75 across 10 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

61 lots · USDA AMS · Warren Co. Livestock Graded Sale - 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 · Steers28 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 2235321.00/cwt321.00–321.007541
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2282336.68/cwt333.00–353.009495
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2328327.00/cwt327.00–327.001,0735
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1345320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,1041
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1385330.76/cwt324.00–332.001,27313
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2386322.15/cwt321.00–329.001,24317
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1430321.75/cwt314.00–323.001,38451
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2435317.52/cwt300.00–319.001,38121
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1482304.50/cwt293.00–306.001,46876
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2484286.92/cwt224.00–301.001,38927
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1534290.41/cwt284.00–293.001,55168
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2545265.38/cwt240.00–271.001,44616
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2574242.35/cwt232.00–259.001,3915
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1582268.49/cwt259.50–270.501,56371
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1640256.79/cwt251.00–257.501,64319
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2647247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,59813
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2653217.36/cwt194.00–241.001,4196
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1656254.14/cwt251.00–254.501,66780
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added676267.50/cwt267.50–267.501,80831
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1700241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,6871
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2720205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,4761
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1777225.35/cwt220.00–226.251,75155
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2781225.13/cwt219.00–227.501,75818
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1820217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,7791
Steers850–900Medium and Large 2850225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,9131
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1919206.50/cwt206.50–206.501,8987
Steers900–950Medium and Large 2920199.76/cwt197.00–202.501,8382
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 2960198.50/cwt198.50–198.501,9064
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2275301.70/cwt277.50–305.0083012
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2330293.31/cwt273.00–298.0096822
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1336286.08/cwt286.00–287.0096111
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1378291.34/cwt282.00–292.001,10121
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2382278.94/cwt251.00–281.001,06632
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2430271.55/cwt234.00–275.001,16825
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1434279.85/cwt259.50–283.501,21543
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2481263.80/cwt249.00–279.001,26949
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1485263.64/cwt245.00–266.001,27947
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2518231.80/cwt231.00–232.001,2015
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1532247.16/cwt235.00–254.501,31558
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2559236.18/cwt236.00–237.001,32027
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1581244.48/cwt240.00–245.501,42084
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1620228.71/cwt220.00–238.001,4184
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2645203.00/cwt203.00–203.001,3091
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1664219.88/cwt219.00–229.001,46089
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2673193.03/cwt190.00–202.001,29912
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2700187.00/cwt187.00–187.001,3091
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1727188.55/cwt186.00–200.001,3717
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2754191.50/cwt191.00–194.001,4446
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1769190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,46128
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2808178.00/cwt178.00–178.001,4382
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1845183.00/cwt183.00–183.001,5461
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1920135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,2421
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1263311.00/cwt311.00–311.008183
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1340304.00/cwt304.00–304.001,0344
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1361312.00/cwt312.00–312.001,12626
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1452308.93/cwt299.50–311.501,39657
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1546237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,2947
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1557260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,44856
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1640236.24/cwt232.00–236.501,51217
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1727211.65/cwt209.00–212.501,5398
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1840182.00/cwt182.00–182.001,5291

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.