Sale reports / Tennessee / McMinnville Livestock Auction / 2026-07-08

McMinnville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · McMinnville, Tennessee · Wed, Jul 8
● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2079
Receipts
1,163 head
▲ 158 vs last sale 1,005▲ 1,163 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $400.27/cwt on 196 head, up $4.58 from the prior sale. That ranks 7 of 10 comparable sales and sits +19.26 against this barn's trailing median of $381.01.
Average price
$400.27
▲ 4.58 vs prior sale
196 head · 562 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,251
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$309
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$47.67/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.30
vs TN average
−15.84 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1564409.032,308160
Medium and Large 2553361.361,99936
One grade step is worth $47.67/cwt here — about $309 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 sale196 hd
400.27
—
TN average12 barns · 672 hd
394.97
+5.30
National average149 barns · 8,242 hd
416.11
−15.84
This barn, trailing median10 sales
381.01
+19.26
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
428389351312median 381.0103/0405/0608/0509/1610/28
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $413.65, low $326.07, median $381.01 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1320612.31/cwt605.00–617.501,9595
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1378592.89/cwt585.00–597.502,24110
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2392537.50/cwt537.50–537.502,1073
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2430487.82/cwt477.50–490.002,09811
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1437544.24/cwt527.50–547.502,37814
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1483499.37/cwt486.00–501.002,41240
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2484472.78/cwt457.00–485.002,28815
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2515425.00/cwt425.00–425.002,1893
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1537476.29/cwt464.00–484.002,55863
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2560427.46/cwt327.50–441.002,39436
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1580445.91/cwt431.00–461.002,58665
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1639414.87/cwt414.50–418.002,6519
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1661409.11/cwt391.00–413.002,704107
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2662380.15/cwt344.00–391.002,51714
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added715392.50/cwt392.50–392.502,80610
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1736361.50/cwt330.00–375.002,66110
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2745360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,6821
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2761357.00/cwt357.00–357.002,7177
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1766366.50/cwt366.50–366.502,80736
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Value Added767379.00/cwt379.00–379.002,90714
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2Value Added787349.00/cwt349.00–349.002,7477
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1940322.00/cwt322.00–322.003,0271
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2270500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,3502
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2319442.13/cwt405.00–475.001,4107
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1329422.50/cwt422.50–422.501,3906
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2382429.49/cwt405.00–435.001,64114
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1385453.78/cwt430.00–456.001,74713
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2433410.61/cwt355.00–428.001,77816
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1438444.83/cwt425.00–450.001,94820
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added461444.00/cwt444.00–444.002,0479
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1481448.14/cwt412.50–455.002,15637
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2491382.15/cwt350.00–384.001,87642
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1535420.31/cwt386.00–432.502,24960
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2545368.00/cwt368.00–368.002,00623
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2568349.62/cwt327.50–360.001,98613
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1582402.26/cwt373.50–408.002,341100
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2628340.24/cwt337.50–347.502,13710
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1657356.99/cwt347.00–360.002,34570
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added666360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,39817
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2670340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,2781
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added700340.50/cwt340.50–340.502,38410
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1725363.76/cwt362.50–365.002,6372
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2761337.50/cwt337.50–337.502,5685
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1772340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,62513
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2Value Added788322.50/cwt322.50–322.502,5416
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1297582.50/cwt582.50–582.501,7303
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1348515.00/cwt515.00–515.001,7925
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1373542.50/cwt542.50–542.502,02411
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1471467.18/cwt440.00–473.002,20034
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1535390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,0871
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1560414.00/cwt414.00–414.002,31833
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1657386.20/cwt370.00–388.002,53720
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1760350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,6601
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1860327.50/cwt327.50–327.502,8171

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.