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McMinnville Livestock Auction

Name: McMinnville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-01-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-08

Feeder Cattle · McMinnville, Tennessee · Wed, Jan 8

● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2079

← Dec 4Jan 8Feb 5 →

Receipts

719 head

▼ 151 vs last sale 870▼ 126 vs year ago 845 · −14.9%

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Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $278.83/cwt on 111 head. That ranks 1 of 10 comparable sales and sits −102.18 against this barn's trailing median of $381.01.

Average price

$278.83

111 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,552

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$19

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

$7.95/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.58

vs TN average

−26.41 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	280.41	1,556	89
Medium and Large 2	564	272.46	1,537	22

One grade step is worth $7.95/cwt here — about $19 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 sale111 hd

278.83

—

TN average14 barns · 681 hd

269.25

+9.58

National average163 barns · 22,771 hd

305.24

−26.41

This barn, trailing median10 sales

381.01

−102.18

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

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

46 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	313	357.19/cwt	349.00–365.00	1,118	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	388	345.86/cwt	336.00–349.00	1,342	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	429	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	1,454	11
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	430	343.19/cwt	340.00–356.00	1,476	14
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	476	331.73/cwt	324.00–334.00	1,579	16
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	482	352.30/cwt	345.00–353.00	1,698	23
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	531	323.47/cwt	315.00–328.00	1,718	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	536	328.52/cwt	320.00–329.00	1,761	33
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	565	300.30/cwt	264.00–306.00	1,697	29
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	582	300.03/cwt	290.00–302.00	1,746	29
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	647	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,831	12
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	662	285.95/cwt	282.00–286.50	1,893	46
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	715	255.50/cwt	255.50–255.50	1,827	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	747	254.66/cwt	254.00–256.00	1,902	3
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	777	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	2,012	51
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	801	253.50/cwt	253.50–253.50	2,031	9
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	807	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,058	9
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 2	935	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	2,225	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	289	289.50/cwt	289.50–289.50	837	14
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	290	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	885	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	325	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	943	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	341	303.50/cwt	303.50–303.50	1,035	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	382	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,154	7
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	384	286.68/cwt	280.00–288.00	1,101	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	426	294.62/cwt	291.00–295.00	1,255	10
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	432	274.54/cwt	267.00–281.50	1,186	12
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	474	287.37/cwt	278.00–288.50	1,362	9
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	486	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,327	9
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	529	281.78/cwt	272.00–282.50	1,491	42
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	564	272.46/cwt	267.00–276.00	1,537	22
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	578	279.18/cwt	270.00–279.50	1,614	47
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	616	264.63/cwt	258.00–271.00	1,630	10
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	650	257.55/cwt	257.50–258.00	1,674	11
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	656	261.16/cwt	255.00–261.50	1,713	40
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	726	222.08/cwt	216.00–239.00	1,612	7
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	734	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,776	21
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	735	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,566	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	782	229.70/cwt	222.00–233.00	1,796	31
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	948	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,896	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	340	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	1,176	4
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	457	318.82/cwt	311.00–322.00	1,457	21
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	545	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,564	17
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	550	274.50/cwt	274.50–274.50	1,510	6
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	630	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,600	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	667	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,674	9
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	725	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,784	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 Jan 8, 2025

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

Receipts 719Last week 870Year ago 845

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	340	346.00	346.00
21	450–500	457	311.00–322.00	318.82
17	500–550	545	287.00	287.00
6	550–600	550	274.50	274.50
1	600–650	630	254.00	254.00
9	650–700	667	251.00	251.00
2	700–750	725	246.00	246.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	313	349.00–365.00	357.19
4	350–400	388	336.00–349.00	345.86
11	400–450	429	339.00	339.00
16	450–500	476	324.00–334.00	331.73
5	500–550	531	315.00–328.00	323.47
29	550–600	565	264.00–306.00	300.30
12	600–650	647	283.00	283.00
1	700–750	715	255.50	255.50
9	800–850	801	253.50	253.50
1	900–950	935	238.00	238.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	400–450	430	340.00–356.00	343.19
23	450–500	482	345.00–353.00	352.30
33	500–550	536	320.00–329.00	328.52
29	550–600	582	290.00–302.00	300.03
46	650–700	662	282.00–286.50	285.95
3	700–750	747	254.00–256.00	254.66
51	750–800	777	259.00	259.00
9	800–850	807	255.00	255.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	305.00	305.00
1	300–350	325	290.00	290.00
6	350–400	384	280.00–288.00	286.68
12	400–450	432	267.00–281.50	274.54
9	450–500	486	273.00	273.00
22	550–600	564	267.00–276.00	272.46
11	650–700	650	257.50–258.00	257.55
7	700–750	726	216.00–239.00	222.08

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	250–300	289	289.50	289.50
4	300–350	341	303.50	303.50
7	350–400	382	302.00	302.00
10	400–450	426	291.00–295.00	294.62
9	450–500	474	278.00–288.50	287.37
42	500–550	529	272.00–282.50	281.78
47	550–600	578	270.00–279.50	279.18
10	600–650	616	258.00–271.00	264.63
40	650–700	656	255.00–261.50	261.16
1	700–750	735	213.00	213.00
31	750–800	782	222.00–233.00	229.70
2	900–950	948	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
21	700–750	734	242.00	242.00

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.