Sale reports / Tennessee / McMinnville Livestock Auction / 2024-11-13

McMinnville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · McMinnville, Tennessee · Wed, Nov 13
● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2079
Receipts
1,095 head
▲ 150 vs last sale 945▼ 229 vs year ago 1,324 · −17.3%
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Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $230.90/cwt on 188 head. That ranks 1 of 10 comparable sales and sits −150.11 against this barn's trailing median of $381.01.
Average price
$230.90
188 head · 559 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,290
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$102
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$18.81/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.64
vs TN average
−34.20 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1558234.101,307156
Medium and Large 2560215.291,20532
One grade step is worth $18.81/cwt here — about $102 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 sale188 hd
230.90
—
TN average14 barns · 808 hd
230.26
+0.64
National average194 barns · 23,548 hd
265.10
−34.20
This barn, trailing median10 sales
381.01
−150.11
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

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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2330327.00/cwt327.00–327.001,0791
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1374337.76/cwt330.00–344.001,2636
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2380267.00/cwt267.00–267.001,0151
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2430328.00/cwt328.00–328.001,4109
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1435325.97/cwt312.00–330.001,41811
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2478284.28/cwt254.00–290.001,35918
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1482293.44/cwt276.00–296.001,41430
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2533241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,2852
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1537269.69/cwt258.00–272.001,44850
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2562252.25/cwt214.00–255.501,41845
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1584259.49/cwt223.00–262.501,51554
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1600247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,4822
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2639237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,5144
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2656242.13/cwt233.00–245.001,58838
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1660251.94/cwt217.00–256.501,66388
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added686269.50/cwt269.50–269.501,84923
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2762239.50/cwt239.50–239.501,8259
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1766232.19/cwt225.00–232.501,77949
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1860210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,8061
Steers900–950Medium and Large 2945179.00/cwt179.00–179.001,6921
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,005199.00/cwt199.00–199.002,0001
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2280275.06/cwt264.00–285.007702
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2316275.00/cwt275.00–275.008694
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1320264.27/cwt245.00–270.008468
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2381262.77/cwt256.00–268.001,00110
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1384263.68/cwt256.00–265.001,01318
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2430245.23/cwt225.00–252.501,05415
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1431243.26/cwt238.00–249.001,04811
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1482240.31/cwt228.00–245.001,15860
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2486237.19/cwt221.00–243.001,15320
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1532233.49/cwt225.00–235.501,24275
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2538220.89/cwt211.00–224.001,1884
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2563214.49/cwt184.00–224.001,20828
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1583234.67/cwt229.00–235.501,36881
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1600228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,3681
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2646208.05/cwt208.00–209.001,34421
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2651180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,1724
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1665227.85/cwt223.50–228.751,51566
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2728170.00/cwt169.00–171.001,2382
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1754218.86/cwt211.50–219.501,65025
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1363328.71/cwt311.00–335.001,19320
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1469274.18/cwt255.00–277.001,28630
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1564238.48/cwt220.00–239.501,34539
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1634229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,4526
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1659224.50/cwt224.50–224.501,47919
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1745223.50/cwt223.50–223.501,66512
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1780216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,6851
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1900164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,4761

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.