Sale reports / Tennessee / McMinnville Livestock Auction / 2025-02-05

McMinnville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · McMinnville, Tennessee · Wed, Feb 5
● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2079
Receipts
1,018 head
▲ 299 vs last sale 719▲ 1,018 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $277.56/cwt on 141 head. That ranks 1 of 10 comparable sales and sits −103.45 against this barn's trailing median of $381.01.
Average price
$277.56
141 head · 553 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,534
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$44
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$4.75/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.24
vs TN average
−21.30 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1555278.981,54799
Medium and Large 2548274.231,50342
One grade step is worth $4.75/cwt here — about $44 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 sale141 hd
277.56
—
TN average15 barns · 1,054 hd
271.32
+6.24
National average192 barns · 21,303 hd
298.86
−21.30
This barn, trailing median10 sales
381.01
−103.45
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

52 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 2318348.73/cwt346.00–349.001,10911
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1382360.71/cwt360.00–361.001,3787
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2383358.12/cwt351.00–359.001,3729
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2429339.27/cwt319.00–346.001,45511
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1432339.37/cwt326.00–342.001,46612
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2482339.00/cwt339.00–339.001,63411
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1484333.10/cwt309.00–335.001,61231
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1538305.32/cwt295.00–307.001,64338
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2539295.95/cwt270.00–303.001,5959
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2559295.54/cwt248.00–300.001,65224
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1582283.84/cwt271.00–294.001,65251
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1615257.93/cwt255.00–261.001,5862
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2638248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,5822
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1653276.94/cwt241.00–280.001,80895
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2671250.72/cwt250.00–257.001,68210
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added741271.75/cwt271.75–271.752,01417
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2745242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,8031
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2766255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,9535
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1775243.37/cwt238.00–246.001,88642
Steers900–950Medium and Large 2900234.50/cwt234.50–234.502,1111
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 2954231.50/cwt231.50–231.502,2098
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2293317.50/cwt317.50–317.509302
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2322302.43/cwt270.00–307.5097411
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1340303.00/cwt303.00–303.001,0303
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2372298.57/cwt263.00–301.001,11116
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1382300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,14616
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2426304.49/cwt281.00–307.001,29724
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1430292.78/cwt268.00–295.001,25926
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2474291.74/cwt260.00–297.001,38325
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1479272.43/cwt259.00–284.001,30515
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1528281.32/cwt270.00–282.001,48551
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2547274.62/cwt257.50–278.001,50240
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2570266.49/cwt266.00–267.001,5192
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1583276.49/cwt270.00–280.001,61248
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2645235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,5161
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1666254.63/cwt241.00–257.001,69662
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2667245.57/cwt233.00–250.001,63823
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1700231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,6171
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2740229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,6952
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2770232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,7861
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1777230.71/cwt222.50–235.001,79330
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2800217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,7367
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1245325.00/cwt325.00–325.007961
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1270345.00/cwt345.00–345.009322
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1372342.58/cwt332.50–344.001,27416
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1445305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,3576
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1455317.00/cwt317.00–317.001,44235
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1541287.00/cwt287.00–287.001,55338
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1565262.00/cwt262.00–262.001,48013
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1639252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,61014
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1759240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,8225
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1817220.75/cwt220.00–221.001,8044

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.