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McMinnville Livestock Auction

Name: McMinnville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-01-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-07

Feeder Cattle · McMinnville, Tennessee · Wed, Jan 7

● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2079

← Dec 3Jan 7Feb 4 →

Receipts

740 head

▲ 75 vs last sale 665▲ 21 vs year ago 719 · +2.9%

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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 $411.46/cwt on 104 head. That ranks 5 of 10 comparable sales and sits −25.30 against this barn's trailing median of $436.75.

Average price

$411.46

104 head · 561 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,307

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$101

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

$15.19/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.61

vs TN average

−54.87 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	562	416.72	2,342	68
Medium and Large 2	558	401.52	2,241	36

One grade step is worth $15.19/cwt here — about $101 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 sale104 hd

411.46

—

TN average14 barns · 673 hd

406.84

+4.61

National average195 barns · 28,890 hd

466.33

−54.87

This barn, trailing median10 sales

436.75

−25.30

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

54 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers	200–250	Medium and Large 1	215	575.00/cwt	575.00–575.00	1,236	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	323	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,567	3
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	330	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,815	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	389	507.00/cwt	507.00–507.00	1,972	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	425	456.07/cwt	425.00–500.00	1,938	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	430	486.03/cwt	480.00–487.00	2,090	15
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	483	490.32/cwt	460.00–495.00	2,368	12
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	483	459.93/cwt	382.50–467.00	2,221	24
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	515	364.49/cwt	352.00–371.00	1,877	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	536	439.00/cwt	439.00–439.00	2,353	27
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	562	404.89/cwt	340.00–414.00	2,275	33
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	579	402.04/cwt	386.00–426.00	2,328	41
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	663	370.08/cwt	363.00–370.50	2,454	77
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	673	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	2,450	7
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	733	351.55/cwt	347.50–357.00	2,577	7
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	769	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,699	4
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	769	350.22/cwt	335.00–351.00	2,693	42
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Value Added	798	355.50/cwt	355.50–355.50	2,837	19
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	878	337.01/cwt	334.00–340.00	2,959	2
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 2	885	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	3,009	1
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	990	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	3,059	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	260	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,170	1
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	277	454.11/cwt	450.00–470.00	1,258	5
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	345	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,570	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	373	445.57/cwt	425.00–455.00	1,662	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	384	442.65/cwt	397.50–460.00	1,700	11
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	429	431.80/cwt	377.50–437.50	1,852	22
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	432	450.17/cwt	432.50–462.50	1,945	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	471	408.95/cwt	360.00–427.50	1,926	27
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	484	418.22/cwt	417.50–420.00	2,024	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	531	382.01/cwt	358.00–389.00	2,028	25
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	548	354.69/cwt	337.00–355.50	1,944	36
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	563	326.99/cwt	325.00–330.00	1,841	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	583	350.87/cwt	330.00–353.50	2,046	35
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	648	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,106	14
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	663	342.08/cwt	330.50–343.00	2,268	54
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	678	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,244	3
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	738	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,362	2
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	751	314.50/cwt	314.50–314.50	2,362	5
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	755	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,341	11
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	850	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,465	1
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	920	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	2,502	1
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 2	965	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	2,210	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1	279	485.12/cwt	477.50–487.50	1,353	4
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	374	465.66/cwt	440.00–468.00	1,742	12
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	440	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,826	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	460	454.00/cwt	420.00–461.00	2,088	19
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	536	368.53/cwt	362.00–375.00	1,975	4
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	550	399.00/cwt	399.00–399.00	2,195	21
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	643	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,251	19
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	688	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,277	2
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	730	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,402	4
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	755	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,408	4
Bulls	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	983	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	2,546	2

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

Wed Jan 7, 2026

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

Receipts 740Last week 665Year ago 719

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	260	450.00	450.00
5	350–400	373	425.00–455.00	445.57
7	400–450	432	432.50–462.50	450.17
7	450–500	484	417.50–420.00	418.22
25	500–550	531	358.00–389.00	382.01
35	550–600	583	330.00–353.50	350.87
54	650–700	663	330.50–343.00	342.08
2	700–750	738	320.00	320.00
11	750–800	755	310.00	310.00
1	850–900	850	290.00	290.00
1	900–950	920	272.00	272.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	277	450.00–470.00	454.11
1	300–350	345	455.00	455.00
11	350–400	384	397.50–460.00	442.65
22	400–450	429	377.50–437.50	431.80
27	450–500	471	360.00–427.50	408.95
36	500–550	548	337.00–355.50	354.69
4	550–600	563	325.00–330.00	326.99
14	600–650	648	325.00	325.00
3	650–700	678	331.00	331.00
5	750–800	751	314.50	314.50
1	950–1000	965	229.00	229.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	323	485.00	485.00
4	400–450	425	425.00–500.00	456.07
12	450–500	483	460.00–495.00	490.32
3	500–550	515	352.00–371.00	364.49
33	550–600	562	340.00–414.00	404.89
7	650–700	673	364.00	364.00
4	750–800	769	351.00	351.00
1	850–900	885	340.00	340.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	215	575.00	575.00
1	300–350	330	550.00	550.00
5	350–400	389	507.00	507.00
15	400–450	430	480.00–487.00	486.03
24	450–500	483	382.50–467.00	459.93
27	500–550	536	439.00	439.00
41	550–600	579	386.00–426.00	402.04
77	650–700	663	363.00–370.50	370.08
7	700–750	733	347.50–357.00	351.55
42	750–800	769	335.00–351.00	350.22
2	850–900	878	334.00–340.00	337.01
1	950–1000	990	309.00	309.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
19	750–800	798	355.50	355.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	279	477.50–487.50	485.12
12	350–400	374	440.00–468.00	465.66
2	400–450	440	415.00	415.00
19	450–500	460	420.00–461.00	454.00
4	500–550	536	362.00–375.00	368.53
21	550–600	550	399.00	399.00
19	600–650	643	350.00	350.00
2	650–700	688	331.00	331.00
4	700–750	730	329.00	329.00
4	750–800	755	319.00	319.00
2	950–1000	983	259.00	259.00

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.