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McMinnville Livestock Auction

Name: McMinnville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-08-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-11

Feeder Cattle · McMinnville, Tennessee · Mon, Aug 11

● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2079

← Aug 4Aug 11Aug 20 →

Receipts

519 head

▲ 231 vs last sale 288▲ 519 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $345.20/cwt on 16 head. That ranks 1 of 10 comparable sales and sits −91.55 against this barn's trailing median of $436.75.

Average price

$345.20

16 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,891

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$281

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3

$63.98/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−34.13

vs TN average

−42.29 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	535	385.00	2,060	3thin
Medium and Large 1	540	352.42	1,903	5thin
Medium and Large 2	568	340.00	1,931	2thin
Medium and Large 2-3	554	321.02	1,779	6thin

One grade step is worth $63.98/cwt here — about $281 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 sale16 hd

345.20

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TN average17 barns · 729 hd

379.33

−34.13

National average151 barns · 7,160 hd

387.49

−42.29

This barn, trailing median10 sales

436.75

−91.55

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

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

26 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	285	497.50/cwt	497.50–497.50	1,418	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	345	447.50/cwt	447.50–447.50	1,544	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	365	457.50/cwt	457.50–457.50	1,670	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400	416.00/cwt	416.00–416.00	1,664	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	455	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,729	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	530	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,675	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	535	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,060	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	540	352.42/cwt	350.00–356.00	1,903	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	559	322.02/cwt	310.00–325.00	1,800	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	568	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,931	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	619	366.28/cwt	358.00–369.50	2,267	14
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	620	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,176	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	666	364.93/cwt	356.00–365.50	2,430	67
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	734	346.24/cwt	339.00–349.50	2,541	84
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	784	333.52/cwt	327.00–333.75	2,615	29
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	817	337.41/cwt	326.00–341.50	2,757	111
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	875	323.50/cwt	323.50–323.50	2,831	31
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	909	314.50/cwt	314.50–314.50	2,859	29
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	981	303.50/cwt	303.50–303.50	2,977	13
Feeder Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	415	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,245	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	448	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,501	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	575	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,811	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	439	389.28/cwt	379.00–400.00	1,709	4
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	472	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,770	3
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	518	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	1,772	4
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	578	318.40/cwt	306.00–326.00	1,840	8

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

Mon Aug 11, 2025

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

Receipts 519Last week 288Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	497.50	497.50
1	300–350	345	447.50	447.50
1	350–400	365	457.50	457.50
1	400–450	400	416.00	416.00
1	450–500	455	380.00	380.00
5	500–550	540	350.00–356.00	352.42
1	600–650	620	351.00	351.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	535	385.00	385.00
14	600–650	619	358.00–369.50	366.28
67	650–700	666	356.00–365.50	364.93
84	700–750	734	339.00–349.50	346.24
29	750–800	784	327.00–333.75	333.52
111	800–850	817	326.00–341.50	337.41
31	850–900	875	323.50	323.50
29	900–950	909	314.50	314.50
13	950–1000	981	303.50	303.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	568	340.00	340.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	530	316.00	316.00
5	550–600	559	310.00–325.00	322.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	448	335.00	335.00
2	550–600	575	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	415	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	439	379.00–400.00	389.28
3	450–500	472	375.00	375.00
4	500–550	518	342.00	342.00
8	550–600	578	306.00–326.00	318.40

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.