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McMinnville Livestock Auction

Name: McMinnville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-03-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-04

Feeder Cattle · McMinnville, Tennessee · Wed, Mar 4

● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2079

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Receipts

1,109 head

▲ 523 vs last sale 586▲ 245 vs year ago 864 · +28.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Next Sale April,1, 2026

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 $485.39/cwt on 126 head. That ranks 9 of 10 comparable sales and sits +48.63 against this barn's trailing median of $436.75.

Average price

$485.39

126 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,701

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$118

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

$17.60/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+17.15

vs TN average

+9.83 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	488.60	2,723	103
Medium and Large 2	553	471.00	2,604	23

One grade step is worth $17.60/cwt here — about $118 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 sale126 hd

485.39

—

TN average14 barns · 603 hd

468.23

+17.15

National average177 barns · 11,580 hd

475.56

+9.83

This barn, trailing median10 sales

436.75

+48.63

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

62 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 · Steers29 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	262	670.00/cwt	670.00–670.00	1,755	3
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	275	675.00/cwt	675.00–675.00	1,856	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	345	575.00/cwt	575.00–575.00	1,984	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	348	605.00/cwt	605.00–605.00	2,105	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	374	592.72/cwt	550.00–615.00	2,217	15
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	374	587.01/cwt	535.00–617.50	2,195	16
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	426	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	2,428	8
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	434	547.17/cwt	542.50–547.50	2,375	15
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	482	518.70/cwt	490.00–532.00	2,500	13
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	485	508.10/cwt	475.00–512.50	2,464	41
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	531	502.75/cwt	475.00–506.00	2,670	51
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	548	475.50/cwt	475.50–475.50	2,606	17
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	567	458.24/cwt	441.00–476.00	2,598	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	583	474.72/cwt	446.00–478.50	2,768	52
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	600	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,640	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	615	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	2,660	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	636	449.00/cwt	449.00–449.00	2,856	16
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	659	420.10/cwt	386.00–428.00	2,768	86
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	671	381.80/cwt	367.00–384.00	2,562	8
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	730	384.50/cwt	384.00–386.00	2,807	28
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	783	354.46/cwt	336.00–355.00	2,775	34
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Value Added	794	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	2,906	19
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Value Added	807	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	2,929	27
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	822	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,811	5
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	831	343.50/cwt	343.50–343.50	2,854	4
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Value Added	885	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	3,018	4
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	909	319.36/cwt	312.50–320.50	2,903	7
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 2	935	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,805	1
Steers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 2	1,075	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,956	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	281	559.10/cwt	550.00–585.00	1,571	11
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	332	492.55/cwt	460.00–510.00	1,635	7
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	335	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	1,725	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	369	494.87/cwt	485.00–497.50	1,826	10
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	375	507.64/cwt	487.50–510.00	1,904	12
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	425	458.72/cwt	420.00–462.00	1,950	28
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	428	460.87/cwt	441.00–490.00	1,973	18
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	480	438.49/cwt	403.00–447.50	2,105	41
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	481	445.72/cwt	425.00–448.00	2,144	31
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	526	423.72/cwt	393.00–425.00	2,229	28
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	549	409.00/cwt	409.00–409.00	2,245	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	562	420.94/cwt	420.50–421.00	2,366	41
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	584	394.27/cwt	360.00–399.50	2,303	29
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	613	354.46/cwt	330.00–367.50	2,173	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	625	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,125	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	652	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,249	23
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	663	357.43/cwt	338.00–360.00	2,370	69
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	700	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,296	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	746	328.50/cwt	328.50–328.50	2,451	9
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	746	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	2,178	4
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	755	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	2,122	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	776	315.94/cwt	313.00–317.00	2,452	16
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	841	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	2,380	4
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 2	900	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,935	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1	265	647.50/cwt	647.50–647.50	1,716	12
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	347	605.00/cwt	605.00–605.00	2,099	15
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	378	565.00/cwt	565.00–565.00	2,136	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	475	488.79/cwt	450.00–493.00	2,322	30
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	563	436.48/cwt	391.00–440.50	2,457	45
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	666	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	2,544	26
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	768	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,450	14
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1	820	313.50/cwt	313.50–313.50	2,571	1
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 1	890	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,759	1

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 Mar 4, 2026

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

Receipts 1,109Last week 586Year ago 864

Next Sale April,1, 2026

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	250–300	265	647.50	647.50
15	300–350	347	605.00	605.00
2	350–400	378	565.00	565.00
30	450–500	475	450.00–493.00	488.79
45	550–600	563	391.00–440.50	436.48
26	650–700	666	382.00	382.00
14	750–800	768	319.00	319.00
1	800–850	820	313.50	313.50
1	850–900	890	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	250–300	281	550.00–585.00	559.10
7	300–350	332	460.00–510.00	492.55
10	350–400	369	485.00–497.50	494.87
28	400–450	425	420.00–462.00	458.72
41	450–500	480	403.00–447.50	438.49
4	500–550	549	409.00	409.00
41	550–600	562	420.50–421.00	420.94
1	600–650	625	340.00	340.00
23	650–700	652	345.00	345.00
4	700–750	746	292.00	292.00
1	750–800	755	281.00	281.00
4	800–850	841	283.00	283.00
1	900–950	900	215.00	215.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	700–750	746	328.50	328.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	335	515.00	515.00
12	350–400	375	487.50–510.00	507.64
18	400–450	428	441.00–490.00	460.87
31	450–500	481	425.00–448.00	445.72
28	500–550	526	393.00–425.00	423.72
29	550–600	584	360.00–399.50	394.27
3	600–650	613	330.00–367.50	354.46
69	650–700	663	338.00–360.00	357.43
1	700–750	700	328.00	328.00
16	750–800	776	313.00–317.00	315.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
16	600–650	636	449.00	449.00
28	700–750	730	384.00–386.00	384.50
19	750–800	794	366.00	366.00
27	800–850	807	363.00	363.00
4	850–900	885	341.00	341.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	275	675.00	675.00
3	300–350	348	605.00	605.00
15	350–400	374	550.00–615.00	592.72
15	400–450	434	542.50–547.50	547.17
41	450–500	485	475.00–512.50	508.10
51	500–550	531	475.00–506.00	502.75
52	550–600	583	446.00–478.50	474.72
1	600–650	600	440.00	440.00
86	650–700	659	386.00–428.00	420.10
34	750–800	783	336.00–355.00	354.46
5	800–850	822	342.00	342.00
7	900–950	909	312.50–320.50	319.36

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	262	670.00	670.00
1	300–350	345	575.00	575.00
16	350–400	374	535.00–617.50	587.01
8	400–450	426	570.00	570.00
13	450–500	482	490.00–532.00	518.70
17	500–550	548	475.50	475.50
6	550–600	567	441.00–476.00	458.24
1	600–650	615	432.50	432.50
8	650–700	671	367.00–384.00	381.80
4	800–850	831	343.50	343.50
1	900–950	935	300.00	300.00
1	1050–1100	1,075	275.00	275.00

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.