Name: McMinnville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-11-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-15

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $371.33/cwt on 111 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −85.50 against this barn's trailing median of $456.82.

Average price

$371.33

111 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,072

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$95

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

$18.31/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.66

vs TN average

−53.54 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	376.77	2,101	78
Medium and Large 2	560	358.46	2,006	33

One grade step is worth $18.31/cwt here — about $95 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.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

8 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $493.65, low $411.46, median $456.82 across 8 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale111 hd

371.33

—

TN average15 barns · 461 hd

365.67

+5.66

National average177 barns · 31,012 hd

424.87

−53.54

This barn, trailing median8 sales

456.82

−85.50

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

53 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	458.14/cwt	457.00–460.00	1,727	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	627	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,050	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	774	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	2,423	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	755	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	2,205	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	975	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,779	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	2,075	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	395.57/cwt	375.00–399.00	2,100	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	776	321.83/cwt	311.00–322.75	2,497	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	438	432.66/cwt	432.00–434.00	1,895	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	585	330.87/cwt	311.00–331.50	1,936	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	484	351.31/cwt	339.00–353.00	1,700	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	332.87/cwt	315.00–334.00	1,771	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	637	344.68/cwt	337.00–348.00	2,196	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,132	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	468.51/cwt	462.50–475.00	1,513	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	379	361.18/cwt	355.00–366.00	1,369	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	437	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	1,564	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	544	352.48/cwt	340.00–355.00	1,917	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	649	316.95/cwt	299.00–318.00	2,057	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,277	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	385.91/cwt	360.00–390.00	1,775	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	646	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,125	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	754	304.50/cwt	304.50–304.50	2,296	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	838	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	2,196	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	393	412.52/cwt	410.00–415.00	1,621	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,132	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	715	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,931	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	562	359.08/cwt	358.00–364.50	2,018	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	779	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	2,166	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	384	423.26/cwt	423.00–425.00	1,625	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	539	327.76/cwt	300.00–335.00	1,767	22
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,174	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	382	339.31/cwt	337.00–341.00	1,296	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	481	346.04/cwt	341.00–347.00	1,664	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	280	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,274	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	546	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,938	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	554	310.48/cwt	306.00–312.00	1,720	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	336	339.54/cwt	332.00–342.00	1,141	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	668	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	2,432	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	436	362.06/cwt	338.00–363.50	1,579	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	658	349.91/cwt	346.00–350.00	2,302	45
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	673	350.07/cwt	342.00–351.00	2,356	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	670	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,943	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	632	278.22/cwt	272.50–280.00	1,758	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	873	315.50/cwt	315.50–315.50	2,754	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	317	421.36/cwt	420.00–425.00	1,336	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	411.67/cwt	387.00–420.00	2,017	35
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	484	392.52/cwt	350.00–415.00	1,900	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	424	446.00/cwt	446.00–446.00	1,891	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	767	322.66/cwt	321.00–323.50	2,475	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,074	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	581	365.50/cwt	365.50–365.50	2,124	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	357.75/cwt	345.00–359.50	2,086	34

How this sale compares

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.

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Warren Co. Livestock Graded Sale - McMinnville, TN

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	323	462.50–475.00	468.51
6	350–400	377	457.00–460.00	458.14
9	400–450	438	432.00–434.00	432.66
35	450–500	490	387.00–420.00	411.67
38	500–550	531	375.00–399.00	395.57
34	550–600	583	345.00–359.50	357.75
7	600–650	637	337.00–348.00	344.68
45	650–700	658	346.00–350.00	349.91
1	700–750	715	290.00	290.00
29	750–800	776	311.00–322.75	321.83
2	850–900	873	315.50	315.50
1	950–1000	975	285.00	285.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	455.00	455.00
4	300–350	317	420.00–425.00	421.36
8	350–400	384	423.00–425.00	423.26
7	400–450	424	446.00	446.00
16	450–500	484	350.00–415.00	392.52
5	500–550	546	355.00	355.00
28	550–600	562	358.00–364.50	359.08
2	600–650	630	345.00	345.00
10	650–700	673	342.00–351.00	350.07
6	750–800	767	321.00–323.50	322.66
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	581	365.50	365.50
6	650–700	668	364.00	364.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	600–650	627	327.00	327.00
41	750–800	774	313.00	313.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	370.00	370.00
7	350–400	379	355.00–366.00	361.18
13	400–450	437	358.00	358.00
21	450–500	484	339.00–353.00	351.31
28	500–550	532	315.00–334.00	332.87
44	550–600	585	311.00–331.50	330.87
36	600–650	649	299.00–318.00	316.95
4	650–700	665	312.00	312.00
1	700–750	735	290.00	290.00
10	750–800	755	292.00	292.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	336	332.00–342.00	339.54
7	350–400	382	337.00–341.00	339.31
17	400–450	436	338.00–363.50	362.06
12	450–500	481	341.00–347.00	346.04
22	500–550	539	300.00–335.00	327.76
12	550–600	554	306.00–312.00	310.48
4	600–650	632	272.50–280.00	278.22
4	650–700	670	290.00	290.00
1	700–750	715	270.00	270.00
6	750–800	779	278.00	278.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	393	410.00–415.00	412.52
15	450–500	460	360.00–390.00	385.91
36	500–550	544	340.00–355.00	352.48
14	600–650	646	329.00	329.00
1	650–700	650	328.00	328.00
11	750–800	754	304.50	304.50
2	800–850	838	262.00	262.00

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.

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