Sale reports / Tennessee / McMinnville Livestock Auction / 2025-07-30

McMinnville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · McMinnville, Tennessee · Wed, Jul 30
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2079
Receipts
704 head
▼ 520 vs last sale 1,224▼ 369 vs year ago 1,073 · −34.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

The next sale will be held on August 20, 2025

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $380.97/cwt on 143 head. That ranks 4 of 10 comparable sales and sits −55.79 against this barn's trailing median of $436.75.
Average price
$380.97
143 head · 558 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,126
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$49
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$0.37/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+12.38
vs TN average
−0.71 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1562381.092,14395
Medium and Large 2550380.722,09348
One grade step is worth $0.37/cwt here — about $49 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale143 hd
380.97
—
TN average12 barns · 423 hd
368.59
+12.38
National average143 barns · 4,821 hd
381.68
−0.71
This barn, trailing median10 sales
436.75
−55.79
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

45 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1265467.50/cwt467.50–467.501,2391
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1318422.50/cwt422.50–422.501,3442
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2335382.50/cwt382.50–382.501,2811
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2390412.00/cwt412.00–412.001,6072
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1395421.00/cwt400.00–428.001,6634
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1433408.01/cwt396.00–410.001,7678
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2439411.43/cwt410.00–412.001,8067
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2483397.00/cwt397.00–397.001,91812
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1488401.65/cwt370.00–405.001,96033
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2500378.00/cwt372.00–384.001,8902
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1538388.01/cwt382.00–388.502,08749
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2552380.84/cwt353.00–381.502,10246
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1588373.72/cwt370.00–375.002,19746
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1600365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,1901
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2652356.00/cwt356.00–356.002,3219
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1653359.40/cwt347.00–361.502,34786
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1700333.00/cwt333.00–333.002,3311
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2790318.00/cwt318.00–318.002,5123
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1798319.10/cwt300.00–320.002,54622
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1810321.50/cwt321.50–321.502,6041
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2330329.00/cwt329.00–329.001,0861
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1375369.00/cwt369.00–369.001,3841
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2382346.88/cwt345.00–348.001,3258
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2427346.26/cwt338.00–352.001,47917
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1430365.58/cwt355.00–369.001,5724
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1479348.84/cwt344.00–358.001,67119
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2485341.75/cwt327.00–343.501,65735
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1534342.40/cwt342.00–345.001,82837
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2541329.50/cwt329.50–329.501,7834
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2556323.48/cwt323.00–323.501,79931
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1590323.44/cwt322.50–323.501,90831
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2627305.85/cwt271.00–323.001,9183
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1640314.00/cwt314.00–314.002,0107
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1652319.03/cwt319.00–319.502,08050
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2659305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,01017
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2718291.00/cwt291.00–291.002,0893
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1758295.83/cwt293.00–297.002,2427
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1265447.50/cwt447.50–447.501,1861
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1370417.50/cwt417.50–417.501,5452
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1418404.00/cwt404.00–404.001,6892
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1469401.00/cwt401.00–401.001,88110
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1538348.00/cwt348.00–348.001,8725
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1554354.00/cwt354.00–354.001,96123
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1634324.00/cwt324.00–324.002,0549
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1755316.00/cwt316.00–316.002,3863

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.