Sale reports / Tennessee / McMinnville Livestock Auction / 2025-07-10

McMinnville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · McMinnville, Tennessee · Thu, Jul 10
● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2079
Receipts
1,224 head
▲ 157 vs last sale 1,067▲ 1,224 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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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 $363.56/cwt on 226 head. That ranks 2 of 10 comparable sales and sits −73.20 against this barn's trailing median of $436.75.
Average price
$363.56
226 head · 565 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,055
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$262
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$39.07/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.77
vs TN average
−15.57 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1568372.722,117173
Medium and Large 2556333.651,85653
One grade step is worth $39.07/cwt here — about $262 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale226 hd
363.56
—
TN average12 barns · 638 hd
360.79
+2.77
National average153 barns · 8,707 hd
379.13
−15.57
This barn, trailing median10 sales
436.75
−73.20
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
Steers200–250Medium and Large 2240432.50/cwt432.50–432.501,0381
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2330420.95/cwt412.50–437.501,3893
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2371402.05/cwt388.00–407.501,49211
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1388405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,5714
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2426404.03/cwt369.00–411.001,72115
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1443397.17/cwt397.00–400.001,75918
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2482384.26/cwt360.00–388.001,85221
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1488395.27/cwt385.00–398.001,92928
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2510306.00/cwt306.00–306.001,5612
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1536381.68/cwt373.00–398.002,04660
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2558334.73/cwt325.00–349.001,86851
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1583367.74/cwt358.00–369.002,14493
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added595369.00/cwt369.00–369.002,19620
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2638315.74/cwt273.00–322.502,0147
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1642327.59/cwt305.00–330.002,10324
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2654319.26/cwt318.00–319.502,08826
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1665343.60/cwt323.00–344.502,285131
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2735305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,2421
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1760318.22/cwt300.50–320.502,41862
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2761313.15/cwt312.00–313.502,38317
Steers850–900Medium and Large 2860275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,3651
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1882302.39/cwt302.00–304.002,6675
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2258352.50/cwt352.50–352.509093
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2370330.28/cwt310.00–334.001,2227
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1385334.00/cwt334.00–334.001,2861
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1421333.93/cwt332.00–340.001,4067
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2433318.29/cwt280.00–326.501,37821
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1479343.42/cwt300.00–422.001,64531
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2481319.49/cwt313.00–322.001,53719
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1534319.67/cwt315.50–320.501,70754
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2543299.41/cwt289.00–311.501,62613
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2555308.96/cwt289.00–309.501,71540
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1586309.87/cwt303.50–312.001,81681
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2613274.51/cwt271.00–278.001,6834
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1635305.71/cwt302.00–306.001,94113
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2654295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,92923
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1655309.18/cwt290.00–312.502,025109
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1772258.53/cwt255.00–260.001,99624
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2775256.33/cwt250.00–258.001,9879
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2800243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,9441
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1995223.00/cwt223.00–223.002,2191
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1332396.03/cwt390.00–399.001,31524
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1455356.07/cwt335.00–361.001,62022
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1547327.00/cwt327.00–327.001,78927
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1573306.00/cwt306.00–306.001,7533
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1648298.48/cwt294.00–299.001,93419
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1760263.00/cwt263.00–263.001,9994
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1840240.00/cwt240.00–240.002,0161

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.