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McMinnville Livestock Auction

Name: McMinnville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-05-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-01

Feeder Cattle · McMinnville, Tennessee · Wed, May 1

● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2079

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Receipts

1,193 head

▼ 302 vs last sale 1,495▼ 211 vs year ago 1,404 · −15.0%

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Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $285.21/cwt on 224 head. That ranks 1 of 10 comparable sales and sits −151.55 against this barn's trailing median of $436.75.

Average price

$285.21

224 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,591

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$67

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$9.97/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.04

vs TN average

−23.40 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	285.47	1,592	218
Medium and Large 2	554	275.50	1,525	6thin

One grade step is worth $9.97/cwt here — about $67 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale224 hd

285.21

—

TN average13 barns · 628 hd

290.25

−5.04

National average166 barns · 9,614 hd

308.61

−23.40

This barn, trailing median10 sales

436.75

−151.55

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

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

54 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers	200–250	Medium and Large 2	210	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	662	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	335	340.50/cwt	340.50–340.50	1,141	6
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	345	343.67/cwt	342.00–347.00	1,186	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	377	336.17/cwt	336.00–338.00	1,267	12
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	390	305.33/cwt	276.00–320.00	1,191	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	430	326.88/cwt	308.00–330.00	1,406	14
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	434	320.00/cwt	319.00–321.00	1,389	29
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	482	315.97/cwt	302.00–320.00	1,523	17
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	484	316.60/cwt	311.00–319.00	1,532	50
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	533	295.35/cwt	259.00–300.00	1,574	112
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	542	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,528	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	565	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,520	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	584	275.04/cwt	263.00–283.00	1,606	106
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	638	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,678	9
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	642	258.28/cwt	248.00–260.00	1,658	26
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	652	255.28/cwt	240.00–256.50	1,664	90
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	675	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,607	3
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	748	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,713	4
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	771	229.69/cwt	225.00–230.50	1,771	42
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	781	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,812	14
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 2	868	219.43/cwt	216.00–223.00	1,905	2
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 2	1,010	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,798	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	271	281.38/cwt	257.50–289.00	763	5
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	338	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,034	3
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	338	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	987	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	364	292.44/cwt	271.00–297.00	1,064	16
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	380	296.15/cwt	289.00–303.00	1,125	14
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	429	276.64/cwt	232.50–284.00	1,187	21
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	435	283.05/cwt	282.00–284.50	1,231	33
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	478	276.75/cwt	264.50–280.00	1,323	68
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	480	278.71/cwt	271.00–288.00	1,338	36
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	520	244.74/cwt	225.00–265.00	1,273	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	534	265.96/cwt	254.00–267.00	1,420	74
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	564	258.50/cwt	244.50–260.00	1,458	32
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	579	249.08/cwt	240.50–249.50	1,442	64
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	654	231.47/cwt	215.00–233.25	1,514	66
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	664	219.89/cwt	219.00–220.00	1,460	9
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	700	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,400	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	733	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,532	2
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	763	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,564	13
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	790	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,185	2
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	810	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,499	1
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	830	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,569	1
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	880	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,355	1
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	940	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,457	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1	253	362.91/cwt	355.00–365.00	918	5
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	373	326.88/cwt	322.00–327.50	1,219	17
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	468	313.12/cwt	309.00–313.50	1,465	35
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	538	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,442	6
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	563	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,571	32
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	640	254.50/cwt	254.50–254.50	1,629	13
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	660	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,577	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	743	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,657	6
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 1	898	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,545	2

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.

Tennessee feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Warren Co. Livestock Graded Sale - McMinnville, TN

Wed May 1, 2024

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Nashville, TN (LS-NV)

Receipts 1,193Last week 1,495Year ago 1,404

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	271	257.50–289.00	281.38
3	300–350	338	292.00	292.00
16	350–400	364	271.00–297.00	292.44
21	400–450	429	232.50–284.00	276.64
36	450–500	480	271.00–288.00	278.71
3	500–550	520	225.00–265.00	244.74
32	550–600	564	244.50–260.00	258.50
9	650–700	664	219.00–220.00	219.89
1	700–750	700	200.00	200.00
2	750–800	790	150.00	150.00
1	800–850	810	185.00	185.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	338	306.00	306.00
14	350–400	380	289.00–303.00	296.15
33	400–450	435	282.00–284.50	283.05
68	450–500	478	264.50–280.00	276.75
74	500–550	534	254.00–267.00	265.96
64	550–600	579	240.50–249.50	249.08
66	650–700	654	215.00–233.25	231.47
2	700–750	733	209.00	209.00
13	750–800	763	205.00	205.00
1	800–850	830	189.00	189.00
1	850–900	880	154.00	154.00
3	900–950	940	155.00	155.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	210	315.00	315.00
6	300–350	335	340.50	340.50
3	350–400	390	276.00–320.00	305.33
14	400–450	430	308.00–330.00	326.88
17	450–500	482	302.00–320.00	315.97
3	500–550	542	282.00	282.00
3	550–600	565	269.00	269.00
9	600–650	638	263.00	263.00
3	650–700	675	238.00	238.00
4	700–750	748	229.00	229.00
14	750–800	781	232.00	232.00
2	850–900	868	216.00–223.00	219.43
1	1000–1050	1,010	178.00	178.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	345	342.00–347.00	343.67
12	350–400	377	336.00–338.00	336.17
29	400–450	434	319.00–321.00	320.00
50	450–500	484	311.00–319.00	316.60
112	500–550	533	259.00–300.00	295.35
106	550–600	584	263.00–283.00	275.04
26	600–650	642	248.00–260.00	258.28
90	650–700	652	240.00–256.50	255.28
42	750–800	771	225.00–230.50	229.69

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	253	355.00–365.00	362.91
17	350–400	373	322.00–327.50	326.88
35	450–500	468	309.00–313.50	313.12
6	500–550	538	268.00	268.00
32	550–600	563	279.00	279.00
13	600–650	640	254.50	254.50
1	650–700	660	239.00	239.00
6	700–750	743	223.00	223.00
2	850–900	898	172.00	172.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.