Sale reports / Tennessee / McMinnville Livestock Auction / 2024-10-23

McMinnville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · McMinnville, Tennessee · Wed, Oct 23
● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2079
Receipts
945 head
▼ 38 vs last sale 983▼ 385 vs year ago 1,330 · −28.9%
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Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $229.29/cwt on 157 head. That ranks 1 of 10 comparable sales and sits −151.72 against this barn's trailing median of $381.01.
Average price
$229.29
157 head · 562 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,288
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$107
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$16.26/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.16
vs TN average
−30.34 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1563232.811,311123
Medium and Large 2556216.551,20534
One grade step is worth $16.26/cwt here — about $107 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale157 hd
229.29
—
TN average15 barns · 1,041 hd
234.44
−5.16
National average195 barns · 25,856 hd
259.63
−30.34
This barn, trailing median10 sales
381.01
−151.72
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
428389351312median 381.0103/0405/0608/0509/1610/28
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $413.65, low $326.07, median $381.01 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

51 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1340312.50/cwt312.50–312.501,0631
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2378288.00/cwt288.00–288.001,0892
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1383311.99/cwt311.00–313.001,1952
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1430298.80/cwt298.00–302.001,28510
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2434274.54/cwt255.00–284.001,1926
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2483252.76/cwt217.50–264.001,22110
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1486272.50/cwt265.00–278.001,32413
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1535260.20/cwt260.00–261.501,39230
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2564244.41/cwt219.00–247.501,37828
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1578256.72/cwt244.00–257.501,48469
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1616245.58/cwt244.00–246.001,5137
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2630237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,4931
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1662246.70/cwt239.00–254.001,633113
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2673230.67/cwt225.00–232.001,55215
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2745215.33/cwt190.00–228.001,6043
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1773228.64/cwt227.00–231.501,76740
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2800230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,84013
Steers850–900Medium and Large 2850215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,8281
Steers900–950Medium and Large 2900216.50/cwt216.50–216.501,9491
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2230261.00/cwt261.00–261.006001
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1295270.00/cwt270.00–270.007971
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2314245.71/cwt239.00–252.007728
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1334257.94/cwt250.00–259.508626
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2379246.09/cwt238.00–250.009337
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1393250.00/cwt250.00–250.009836
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2433238.89/cwt222.00–242.001,03413
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1441248.88/cwt242.00–250.001,09814
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1488247.22/cwt240.00–249.501,20654
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2489234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,1448
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2500210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,0501
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1529234.32/cwt220.00–237.001,24045
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2558216.75/cwt180.00–222.001,20933
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1583231.94/cwt220.00–235.001,35278
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1637217.62/cwt212.00–219.001,3865
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2643205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,3186
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1667218.25/cwt210.00–219.501,45659
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1759203.74/cwt191.00–207.001,54627
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2765186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,4234
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1895176.00/cwt176.00–176.001,5752
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1900171.00/cwt171.00–171.001,5391
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1291279.00/cwt279.00–279.008125
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1348296.00/cwt296.00–296.001,0302
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1358283.00/cwt283.00–283.001,01321
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1443252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,1164
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1458263.50/cwt263.50–263.501,20737
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1528223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,1773
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1553232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,28334
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1658202.00/cwt202.00–202.001,3299
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1729187.73/cwt181.00–196.001,36924
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1825155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,2792
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1875162.60/cwt153.00–165.001,42310

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.