Sale reports / Tennessee / McMinnville Livestock Auction / 2024-09-11

McMinnville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · McMinnville, Tennessee · Wed, Sep 11
● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2079
Receipts
1,363 head
▲ 254 vs last sale 1,109▼ 345 vs year ago 1,708 · −20.2%
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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 $245.63/cwt on 222 head. That ranks 1 of 10 comparable sales and sits −191.13 against this barn's trailing median of $436.75.
Average price
$245.63
222 head · 560 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,375
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$45
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$3.28/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.13
vs TN average
−22.57 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1563246.601,389156
Medium and Large 2552243.321,34466
One grade step is worth $3.28/cwt here — about $45 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale222 hd
245.63
—
TN average15 barns · 888 hd
248.76
−3.13
National average178 barns · 13,815 hd
268.20
−22.57
This barn, trailing median10 sales
436.75
−191.13
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

48 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1300285.00/cwt285.00–285.008551
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2328288.00/cwt288.00–288.009452
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1373282.55/cwt280.00–285.001,0542
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2387257.04/cwt230.00–271.009953
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2426262.73/cwt250.00–267.001,1198
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1435269.50/cwt269.00–270.001,1729
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1488268.12/cwt265.00–269.501,30836
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2490257.80/cwt251.00–259.001,26320
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2531227.86/cwt214.00–233.001,2105
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1533252.36/cwt245.50–253.501,34564
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2554244.59/cwt234.00–246.001,35561
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1584242.60/cwt221.00–243.501,41792
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1608233.20/cwt229.00–237.501,4182
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2646233.56/cwt218.00–234.501,50934
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1666235.43/cwt231.50–236.251,568132
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2669222.19/cwt207.00–230.501,48615
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1740215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,5911
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2756227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,71610
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1786221.61/cwt215.00–224.501,74280
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1880204.67/cwt204.50–205.001,8013
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 2964206.50/cwt206.50–206.501,9914
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1968196.00/cwt196.00–196.001,8972
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1255205.00/cwt205.00–205.005231
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2260200.00/cwt200.00–200.005202
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1372230.73/cwt229.00–231.008587
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2397224.00/cwt224.00–224.008896
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1434232.02/cwt223.00–233.001,00725
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2434220.00/cwt220.00–220.009555
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1478231.09/cwt228.00–232.001,10545
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2479226.16/cwt212.00–228.001,08323
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1525223.18/cwt206.00–224.001,17267
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2536182.00/cwt182.00–182.009764
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2554215.33/cwt201.00–217.001,19349
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1583229.50/cwt220.00–231.501,33897
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2633203.00/cwt203.00–203.001,2853
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1636226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,43710
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1652226.28/cwt218.00–227.501,475131
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2659191.46/cwt180.00–207.001,26221
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1749200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,4986
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1752199.25/cwt185.00–200.001,49826
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2780177.00/cwt177.00–177.001,3813
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1295267.50/cwt267.50–267.507891
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1358262.77/cwt250.00–265.0094120
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1466244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,13728
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1555226.44/cwt222.00–227.001,25738
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1656209.77/cwt204.00–210.001,37627
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1739203.57/cwt188.00–206.001,50422
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1855170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,4542

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.