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McMinnville Livestock Auction

Name: McMinnville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-08-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-05

Feeder Cattle · McMinnville, Tennessee · Wed, Aug 5

● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2079

← Jul 8Aug 5Aug 26 →

Receipts

1,129 head

▼ 34 vs last sale 1,163▲ 1,129 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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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 $420.49/cwt on 207 head, down $32.53 from the prior sale. That ranks 5 of 10 comparable sales and sits −16.26 against this barn's trailing median of $436.75.

Average price

$420.49

▼ 32.53 vs prior sale

207 head · 561 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,361

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$218

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

$36.87/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.48

vs TN average

+6.25 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	562	431.18	2,424	147
Medium and Large 2	560	394.31	2,206	60

One grade step is worth $36.87/cwt here — about $218 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 sale207 hd

420.49

—

TN average15 barns · 513 hd

413.01

+7.48

National average157 barns · 6,223 hd

414.24

+6.25

This barn, trailing median10 sales

436.75

−16.26

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

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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	285	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	1,625	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	310	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,271	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	336	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	1,882	7
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	374	429.18/cwt	425.00–437.50	1,605	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	384	513.05/cwt	502.50–517.50	1,970	7
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	431	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,724	10
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	436	475.02/cwt	442.50–477.50	2,071	21
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	483	410.49/cwt	399.00–412.00	1,983	21
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	485	440.71/cwt	380.00–445.00	2,137	41
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	525	387.73/cwt	370.00–410.00	2,036	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	533	431.49/cwt	396.00–438.00	2,300	66
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	562	394.78/cwt	393.00–407.00	2,219	56
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	586	430.92/cwt	362.00–436.00	2,525	81
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	659	380.81/cwt	364.00–402.00	2,510	122
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	661	399.00/cwt	399.00–399.00	2,637	18
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	661	369.87/cwt	349.00–376.50	2,445	33
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	709	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	2,581	10
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	734	344.71/cwt	336.00–348.00	2,530	6
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	745	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,466	2
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	759	350.50/cwt	350.50–350.50	2,660	8
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	772	352.73/cwt	341.00–356.00	2,723	65
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 2	920	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	2,783	1
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 2	973	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	2,948	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	265	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	1,146	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	310	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,318	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	330	405.85/cwt	400.00–415.00	1,339	6
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	376	413.53/cwt	390.00–417.50	1,555	7
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	378	431.00/cwt	431.00–431.00	1,629	8
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	424	425.40/cwt	395.00–427.50	1,804	21
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	429	424.86/cwt	387.50–428.00	1,823	16
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	483	393.35/cwt	350.00–400.00	1,900	29
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	484	403.43/cwt	362.50–410.00	1,953	41
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	533	380.28/cwt	361.00–385.00	2,027	44
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	544	362.59/cwt	327.00–368.00	1,972	34
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	554	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	1,878	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	589	360.96/cwt	345.50–370.00	2,126	65
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	600	331.25/cwt	315.00–347.50	1,988	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	635	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,016	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	666	342.43/cwt	330.00–344.50	2,281	66
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	666	324.78/cwt	307.50–330.00	2,163	11
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	671	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,281	14
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	757	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	2,226	7
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	782	314.22/cwt	313.00–318.00	2,457	4
Heifers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 2	1,005	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,513	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1	285	508.51/cwt	497.50–530.00	1,449	3
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	367	455.03/cwt	422.50–465.00	1,670	13
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	435	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	1,816	3
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	461	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,028	27
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	548	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,028	10
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	557	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,200	15
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	635	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	2,207	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	668	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,345	14
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	710	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	2,173	2
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	750	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,175	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 Aug 5, 2026

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

Receipts 1,129Last week 1,163Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	265	432.50	432.50
6	300–350	330	400.00–415.00	405.85
7	350–400	376	390.00–417.50	413.53
16	400–450	429	387.50–428.00	424.86
29	450–500	483	350.00–400.00	393.35
34	500–550	544	327.00–368.00	362.59
5	550–600	554	339.00	339.00
2	600–650	635	317.50	317.50
11	650–700	666	307.50–330.00	324.78
7	750–800	757	294.00	294.00
2	1000–1050	1,005	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	425.00	425.00
8	350–400	378	431.00	431.00
21	400–450	424	395.00–427.50	425.40
41	450–500	484	362.50–410.00	403.43
44	500–550	533	361.00–385.00	380.28
65	550–600	589	345.50–370.00	360.96
2	600–650	600	315.00–347.50	331.25
66	650–700	666	330.00–344.50	342.43
4	750–800	782	313.00–318.00	314.22

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
14	650–700	671	340.00	340.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	285	497.50–530.00	508.51
13	350–400	367	422.50–465.00	455.03
3	400–450	435	417.50	417.50
27	450–500	461	440.00	440.00
10	500–550	548	370.00	370.00
15	550–600	557	395.00	395.00
1	600–650	635	347.50	347.50
14	650–700	668	351.00	351.00
2	700–750	710	306.00	306.00
1	750–800	750	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	570.00	570.00
7	300–350	336	560.00	560.00
7	350–400	384	502.50–517.50	513.05
21	400–450	436	442.50–477.50	475.02
41	450–500	485	380.00–445.00	440.71
66	500–550	533	396.00–438.00	431.49
81	550–600	586	362.00–436.00	430.92
122	650–700	659	364.00–402.00	380.81
2	700–750	745	331.00	331.00
65	750–800	772	341.00–356.00	352.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
18	650–700	661	399.00	399.00
10	700–750	709	364.00	364.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	410.00	410.00
3	350–400	374	425.00–437.50	429.18
10	400–450	431	400.00	400.00
21	450–500	483	399.00–412.00	410.49
4	500–550	525	370.00–410.00	387.73
56	550–600	562	393.00–407.00	394.78
33	650–700	661	349.00–376.50	369.87
6	700–750	734	336.00–348.00	344.71
8	750–800	759	350.50	350.50
1	900–950	920	302.50	302.50
3	950–1000	973	303.00	303.00

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.