Sale reports / Tennessee / McMinnville Livestock Auction / 2026-06-03

McMinnville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · McMinnville, Tennessee · Wed, Jun 3
● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2079
Receipts
1,005 head
▼ 385 vs last sale 1,390▼ 62 vs year ago 1,067 · −5.8%
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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 $460.63/cwt on 159 head, down $10.94 from the prior sale. That ranks 7 of 10 comparable sales and sits +23.88 against this barn's trailing median of $436.75.
Average price
$460.63
▼ 10.94 vs prior sale
159 head · 561 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,583
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$166
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$24.63/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+22.17
vs TN average
+1.44 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1562466.052,620124
Medium and Large 2556441.422,45435
One grade step is worth $24.63/cwt here — about $166 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale159 hd
460.63
—
TN average15 barns · 688 hd
438.46
+22.17
National average164 barns · 12,433 hd
459.19
+1.44
This barn, trailing median10 sales
436.75
+23.88
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

51 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 2250675.00/cwt675.00–675.001,6881
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1270700.00/cwt700.00–700.001,8901
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2318612.99/cwt600.00–625.001,9492
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1376606.80/cwt602.50–627.502,28212
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2383574.44/cwt567.50–575.002,20013
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2426517.97/cwt510.00–527.502,20710
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1433554.84/cwt545.00–563.002,40221
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2479473.93/cwt444.00–478.002,27033
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1486518.44/cwt511.00–522.002,52037
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1536487.67/cwt470.00–491.502,61455
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2556441.42/cwt390.00–453.002,45435
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1583448.82/cwt440.00–452.002,61769
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1637412.69/cwt410.00–430.002,6297
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2641390.33/cwt375.00–391.502,50215
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1662407.48/cwt400.00–409.002,69864
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2688388.00/cwt388.00–388.002,6692
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1747364.25/cwt350.00–366.002,72140
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1750347.00/cwt347.00–347.002,6031
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2758343.00/cwt343.00–343.002,6007
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2800314.00/cwt314.00–314.002,5122
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1910317.50/cwt317.50–317.502,8891
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2339435.61/cwt424.00–452.501,4779
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1371461.07/cwt443.00–467.501,7114
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2384417.79/cwt402.50–424.001,60420
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2425426.01/cwt385.00–430.001,81129
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1433424.13/cwt424.00–426.001,83615
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2484415.03/cwt372.50–425.002,00942
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1488423.61/cwt421.00–424.002,06731
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3506345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,7465
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2513370.98/cwt370.00–372.001,9032
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1528404.75/cwt367.50–414.002,13752
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2554394.86/cwt380.00–397.502,18833
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1578393.34/cwt350.00–395.002,27460
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2644335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,15713
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1649346.03/cwt346.00–347.502,24650
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1670330.50/cwt330.50–330.502,2142
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2678302.00/cwt302.00–302.002,0482
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1740318.00/cwt318.00–318.002,3531
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1757334.42/cwt329.00–336.002,5329
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 2905242.00/cwt242.00–242.002,1901
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1913251.00/cwt251.00–251.002,2922
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,029248.00/cwt248.00–248.002,55210
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1280670.00/cwt670.00–670.001,8762
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1360612.50/cwt612.50–612.502,20510
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1447501.43/cwt500.00–515.002,24130
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1547430.00/cwt430.00–430.002,35220
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1551416.00/cwt416.00–416.002,2926
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1657369.77/cwt346.00–373.002,42917
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1763314.10/cwt301.00–321.002,3973
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1890307.50/cwt307.50–307.502,7371
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1940272.00/cwt272.00–272.002,5572

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.