Sale reports / Tennessee / McMinnville Livestock Auction / 2025-09-10

McMinnville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · McMinnville, Tennessee · Wed, Sep 10
● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2079
Receipts
970 head
▼ 163 vs last sale 1,133▼ 393 vs year ago 1,363 · −28.8%
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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 $381.51/cwt on 173 head. That ranks 4 of 10 comparable sales and sits −55.25 against this barn's trailing median of $436.75.
Average price
$381.51
173 head · 556 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,122
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$105
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$12.49/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.72
vs TN average
−32.01 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1557383.172,136150
Medium and Large 2548370.672,03123
One grade step is worth $12.49/cwt here — about $105 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 sale173 hd
381.51
—
TN average14 barns · 743 hd
387.22
−5.72
National average170 barns · 13,807 hd
413.52
−32.01
This barn, trailing median10 sales
436.75
−55.25
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

53 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
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2280505.00/cwt505.00–505.001,4141
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1335452.50/cwt452.50–452.501,5161
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2345445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,5351
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2363436.47/cwt430.00–442.501,5842
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2426417.50/cwt417.50–417.501,7795
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1434427.26/cwt420.00–429.001,85411
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1486411.58/cwt391.00–419.002,00020
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2486402.38/cwt386.00–410.001,95610
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added510406.00/cwt406.00–406.002,07111
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2525371.11/cwt355.00–379.001,9486
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1536397.70/cwt381.00–400.002,13266
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2556370.52/cwt341.00–372.502,06017
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1584366.59/cwt364.00–368.002,14173
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2637350.35/cwt347.00–352.002,2323
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1657352.69/cwt344.00–355.002,317108
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2658358.79/cwt346.00–361.002,36114
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1773337.59/cwt325.00–340.502,61068
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2775333.57/cwt326.50–337.502,58517
Steers850–900Medium and Large 2890300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,6701
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1925314.00/cwt314.00–314.002,9051
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1951315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,9964
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2257375.73/cwt340.00–387.509664
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1300370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,1101
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2307392.50/cwt392.50–392.501,2053
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1373390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,4552
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2378386.93/cwt380.00–390.001,4638
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2431369.85/cwt342.50–380.001,5945
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1435380.13/cwt369.00–386.001,6549
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2481368.84/cwt365.00–369.001,77423
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1483379.60/cwt365.00–383.001,83330
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2500352.50/cwt352.50–352.501,7631
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1534363.77/cwt355.00–366.001,94346
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2566348.73/cwt341.00–357.001,97434
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1586348.37/cwt343.50–350.502,04165
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1635306.00/cwt306.00–306.001,9432
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2640314.28/cwt311.00–324.002,0118
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1659328.76/cwt322.50–331.502,16779
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2676318.00/cwt318.00–318.002,15010
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1723311.50/cwt311.50–311.502,2522
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2733281.00/cwt281.00–281.002,0605
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1771304.34/cwt283.00–306.502,34631
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2790276.00/cwt276.00–276.002,1801
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2820261.00/cwt261.00–261.002,1401
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1850275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,3381
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1260462.50/cwt462.50–462.501,2031
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1343426.00/cwt426.00–426.001,4613
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1350425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,4881
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1460398.31/cwt390.00–399.001,83239
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1533325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,7324
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1553344.50/cwt344.50–344.501,90516
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1647335.15/cwt335.00–338.002,16819
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1746308.00/cwt308.00–308.002,29813
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1838270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,2634

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.