Sale reports / Tennessee / McMinnville Livestock Auction / 2025-10-22

McMinnville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · McMinnville, Tennessee · Wed, Oct 22
● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2079
Receipts
954 head
▲ 97 vs last sale 857▲ 9 vs year ago 945 · +1.0%
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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 $377.94/cwt on 117 head. That ranks 4 of 10 comparable sales and sits −58.81 against this barn's trailing median of $436.75.
Average price
$377.94
117 head · 561 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,120
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$12
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$5.83/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−19.86
vs TN average
−80.20 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1560379.192,12392
Medium and Large 2565373.362,11125
One grade step is worth $5.83/cwt here — about $12 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale117 hd
377.94
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TN average14 barns · 812 hd
397.80
−19.86
National average182 barns · 38,495 hd
458.14
−80.20
This barn, trailing median10 sales
436.75
−58.81
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

57 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 · Steers25 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2295465.00/cwt465.00–465.001,3721
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1309470.46/cwt469.00–475.001,4544
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2369440.30/cwt425.00–445.001,6257
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1374450.31/cwt447.50–462.501,6845
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2434417.99/cwt400.00–422.501,8145
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1439424.69/cwt417.50–429.001,86410
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2478412.06/cwt407.50–425.001,9709
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1484413.10/cwt402.00–415.001,99921
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2500367.50/cwt367.50–367.501,8381
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1536390.68/cwt388.00–391.002,09441
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2568373.60/cwt335.00–387.002,12224
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1579369.95/cwt359.00–385.002,14251
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2600362.50/cwt362.50–362.502,1751
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1657364.27/cwt354.00–374.002,39381
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2662351.95/cwt344.00–353.502,33041
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added667374.00/cwt374.00–374.002,49517
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1725337.00/cwt337.00–337.002,4431
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2Value Added739320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,3654
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1763347.19/cwt344.00–354.502,64970
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Value Added766354.50/cwt354.50–354.502,71521
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2789327.08/cwt305.00–336.002,5817
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1815326.00/cwt326.00–326.002,6571
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2824313.42/cwt310.00–320.002,5833
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1913310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,8303
Steers900–950Medium and Large 2928307.00/cwt307.00–307.002,8493
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2275387.50/cwt387.50–387.501,06610
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2337363.03/cwt361.00–367.501,2233
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2376356.53/cwt344.00–362.001,3416
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1380373.91/cwt361.00–392.501,42114
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1437351.53/cwt335.00–354.001,53616
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2437342.88/cwt331.00–350.001,49815
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1477360.19/cwt336.00–363.001,71833
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2484335.02/cwt321.00–342.001,6219
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1532346.22/cwt320.00–348.001,84234
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2543322.51/cwt316.00–345.001,75112
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2553337.50/cwt337.50–337.501,86617
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1584337.47/cwt326.00–339.501,97161
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2630270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,7011
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1634332.50/cwt332.50–332.502,1087
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1658331.02/cwt322.50–333.002,17863
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2663323.00/cwt323.00–323.002,14116
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added736345.50/cwt345.50–345.502,54331
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1736344.31/cwt276.00–346.502,53432
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2748259.00/cwt259.00–259.001,9372
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1785300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,3552
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2803276.00/cwt276.00–276.002,2168
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1819305.26/cwt305.00–307.502,50019
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1300440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,3201
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1370414.02/cwt350.00–424.001,53219
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1435379.00/cwt379.00–379.001,6493
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1473390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,84523
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1548342.00/cwt342.00–342.001,8747
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1562345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,93949
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1645319.00/cwt319.00–319.002,0582
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1663325.39/cwt325.00–325.502,15714
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1754290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,1879
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1860268.00/cwt268.00–268.002,3051

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.