Sale reports / Tennessee / McMinnville Livestock Auction / 2024-07-31

McMinnville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · McMinnville, Tennessee · Wed, Jul 31
● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2079
Receipts
1,073 head
▼ 443 vs last sale 1,516▼ 270 vs year ago 1,343 · −20.1%
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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 $280.63/cwt on 128 head. That ranks 1 of 10 comparable sales and sits −156.12 against this barn's trailing median of $436.75.
Average price
$280.63
128 head · 560 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,573
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$113
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$16.85/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.09
vs TN average
−7.16 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1562284.191,597101
Medium and Large 2555267.341,48427
One grade step is worth $16.85/cwt here — about $113 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale128 hd
280.63
—
TN average14 barns · 469 hd
280.55
+0.09
National average138 barns · 5,135 hd
287.79
−7.16
This barn, trailing median10 sales
436.75
−156.12
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

56 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 · Steers25 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2255312.00/cwt312.00–312.007961
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1265323.00/cwt323.00–323.008561
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2330305.67/cwt289.00–309.001,0096
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1335319.00/cwt319.00–319.001,0693
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1372318.00/cwt318.00–318.001,18315
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2376303.65/cwt297.00–307.001,14211
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2426290.46/cwt268.00–300.001,23714
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1433320.67/cwt320.00–321.501,38933
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2476282.53/cwt270.00–299.001,34517
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1480307.46/cwt307.00–315.001,47645
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1532296.28/cwt291.00–300.001,57645
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2555267.34/cwt218.00–273.501,48427
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1586274.47/cwt270.00–275.001,60856
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1633262.91/cwt260.00–266.001,66414
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2641256.89/cwt256.00–259.001,64717
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1662263.50/cwt263.50–263.501,74477
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2693254.00/cwt254.00–254.001,7602
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2700238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,6661
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1725227.33/cwt225.00–232.001,6483
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1767235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,80245
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2777235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,8265
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2840229.50/cwt229.50–229.501,9282
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1886220.34/cwt219.50–222.501,95214
Steers900–950Medium and Large 2930210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,9531
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1940204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,9181
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2282250.00/cwt250.00–250.007055
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1325272.40/cwt269.00–275.008854
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2342252.82/cwt249.00–259.008658
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1375270.58/cwt265.00–274.001,0159
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2382247.88/cwt223.00–264.5094716
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2426253.11/cwt230.00–259.001,07821
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1436267.92/cwt266.50–270.501,16819
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2480252.94/cwt220.00–255.501,21426
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1485269.77/cwt258.00–272.501,30836
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2503214.45/cwt182.00–231.001,0793
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1529257.90/cwt245.00–262.001,36455
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2555248.26/cwt215.00–250.001,37867
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1580244.97/cwt239.00–246.501,42161
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1640231.69/cwt229.00–240.001,4834
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2641193.50/cwt192.00–194.001,2404
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2663206.05/cwt177.00–224.001,36612
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1669238.97/cwt217.50–240.001,59964
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1737207.34/cwt205.50–211.001,5283
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2740189.00/cwt189.00–189.001,3991
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1753219.50/cwt219.50–219.501,65320
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2762176.59/cwt175.00–177.001,3465
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1810210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,7015
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 2850168.00/cwt168.00–168.001,4281
Heifers1250–1300Medium and Large 11,280145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,8561
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1278272.00/cwt272.00–272.007564
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1366304.72/cwt304.00–306.001,1158
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1442290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,2829
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1458295.50/cwt295.50–295.501,35317
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1539265.54/cwt264.00–266.001,43139
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1657245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,6108
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1752217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,6327

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.