Sale reports / Tennessee / McMinnville Livestock Auction / 2025-08-20

McMinnville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · McMinnville, Tennessee · Wed, Aug 20
● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2079
Receipts
1,133 head
▲ 429 vs last sale 704▲ 24 vs year ago 1,109 · +2.2%
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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 $382.30/cwt on 149 head. That ranks 4 of 10 comparable sales and sits −54.46 against this barn's trailing median of $436.75.
Average price
$382.30
149 head · 559 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,135
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$85
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$9.72/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.61
vs TN average
−17.59 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1560384.122,151121
Medium and Large 2552374.402,06728
One grade step is worth $9.72/cwt here — about $85 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale149 hd
382.30
—
TN average15 barns · 517 hd
379.69
+2.61
National average156 barns · 7,040 hd
399.89
−17.59
This barn, trailing median10 sales
436.75
−54.46
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

56 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 · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1256500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,2804
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2270490.00/cwt490.00–490.001,3231
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1322463.07/cwt462.50–467.001,4918
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2329465.81/cwt450.00–470.001,5335
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1355467.67/cwt435.00–472.501,6608
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2375375.60/cwt327.50–420.001,4092
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1430459.03/cwt440.00–463.001,97422
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2433432.46/cwt405.00–435.001,87312
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2480422.03/cwt405.00–425.002,02623
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1481421.00/cwt411.00–422.002,02524
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2510367.87/cwt349.00–387.501,8764
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1535393.54/cwt382.00–395.502,10559
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2559375.49/cwt375.00–378.002,09924
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1584375.16/cwt362.00–378.002,19162
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1630349.00/cwt349.00–349.002,1991
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2630321.29/cwt320.00–324.002,0243
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1656356.15/cwt345.00–357.502,336100
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2658335.52/cwt307.00–351.002,20815
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added678376.50/cwt376.50–376.502,55336
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1733313.00/cwt313.00–313.002,2944
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2746325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,4254
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1768335.89/cwt320.50–338.502,58055
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2780327.00/cwt327.00–327.002,5511
Steers850–900Medium and Large 2875320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,8001
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2230397.50/cwt397.50–397.509142
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2267361.25/cwt345.00–370.009653
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2321375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,2048
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1334372.67/cwt353.00–375.001,24512
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2381370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,4104
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1384361.17/cwt353.00–365.001,38714
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2426345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,47014
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1433362.05/cwt361.00–367.001,56828
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1478356.49/cwt345.00–358.501,70434
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2481347.00/cwt347.00–347.001,66923
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2528321.13/cwt307.50–328.001,6964
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1530352.22/cwt339.00–356.001,86755
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2565339.34/cwt306.00–340.001,91751
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1585348.46/cwt336.50–350.502,03862
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2643323.44/cwt309.00–329.002,08011
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1649330.83/cwt326.00–331.002,14757
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1665329.01/cwt321.00–330.002,1889
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added667341.50/cwt341.50–341.502,27830
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1732312.17/cwt299.00–320.002,2854
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1764312.00/cwt312.00–312.002,3848
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2764309.00/cwt309.00–309.002,3614
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1925247.00/cwt247.00–247.002,2851
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1235457.50/cwt457.50–457.501,0754
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1332422.50/cwt422.50–422.501,4036
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1350420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,4703
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1446398.00/cwt398.00–398.001,7755
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1456409.53/cwt408.00–410.001,86734
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1526337.96/cwt334.00–345.001,7788
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1556345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,91832
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1640328.65/cwt323.00–329.502,10322
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1758292.48/cwt286.00–299.002,2172
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1823253.00/cwt253.00–253.002,0822

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.