Name: McMinnville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-12-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

The next graded sale will be held on January 7, 2026

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $381.03/cwt on 95 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −75.79 against this barn's trailing median of $456.82.

Average price

$381.03

95 head · 562 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,140

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$142

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

$17.94/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+15.58

vs TN average

−48.12 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	563	383.49	2,160	82
Medium and Large 2	552	365.55	2,018	13thin

One grade step is worth $17.94/cwt here — about $142 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 sale95 hd

381.03

—

TN average12 barns · 443 hd

365.46

+15.58

National average190 barns · 23,426 hd

429.15

−48.12

This barn, trailing median8 sales

456.82

−75.79

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

48 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	662	326.50/cwt	325.00–327.00	2,161	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	260	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,157	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	865	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	2,405	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	354	432.16/cwt	405.00–437.00	1,530	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	554	356.34/cwt	341.00–359.00	1,974	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	768	296.18/cwt	289.00–300.00	2,275	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	287	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,048	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	327	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	1,246	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	388	385.31/cwt	381.00–386.00	1,495	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	747	286.82/cwt	280.00–289.00	2,143	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	333.44/cwt	296.00–340.00	1,934	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	351.21/cwt	339.00–352.00	1,868	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	360.16/cwt	347.00–361.00	1,722	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	648	316.85/cwt	310.00–317.25	2,053	47
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	462	437.38/cwt	436.00–438.00	2,021	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,973	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	783	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	2,208	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	768	333.84/cwt	320.00–335.00	2,564	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	661	346.90/cwt	345.50–347.00	2,293	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	250	467.50/cwt	467.50–467.50	1,169	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,901	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	484	425.82/cwt	421.00–431.00	2,061	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	1,574	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	375.48/cwt	361.50–379.00	2,178	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	661	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	2,366	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	734	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	2,253	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	358	440.89/cwt	433.00–445.00	1,578	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	331.81/cwt	323.00–340.50	2,087	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	534	397.37/cwt	370.00–401.00	2,122	30
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	660	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	2,297	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	571	361.41/cwt	354.00–369.00	2,064	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	482	396.45/cwt	370.00–445.00	1,911	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	337	420.84/cwt	420.00–422.50	1,418	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	772	326.97/cwt	321.00–330.00	2,524	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	443	452.00/cwt	452.00–452.00	2,002	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	664	299.62/cwt	290.00–301.00	1,989	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	323	374.18/cwt	367.50–380.00	1,209	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	383	383.59/cwt	380.00–384.00	1,469	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	566	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	1,936	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	758	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,994	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	735	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,021	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	368.73/cwt	361.00–390.00	1,560	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	509	374.87/cwt	350.00–399.00	1,908	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	351.14/cwt	334.00–355.00	1,685	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	735	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,411	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	336.05/cwt	330.00–342.00	2,117	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	369	413.53/cwt	407.50–422.50	1,526	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	623	278.78/cwt	240.00–301.00	1,737	3

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.

Tennessee feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Warren Co. Livestock Graded Sale - McMinnville, TN

Wed Dec 3, 2025

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

Receipts 665Last week 749Year ago 870

The next graded sale will be held on January 7, 2026

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	260	445.00	445.00
7	350–400	354	405.00–437.00	432.16
16	450–500	462	436.00–438.00	437.38
14	550–600	554	341.00–359.00	356.34
16	650–700	662	325.00–327.00	326.50
14	750–800	768	289.00–300.00	296.18
1	850–900	865	278.00	278.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	287	365.00	365.00
3	300–350	327	381.00	381.00
7	350–400	388	381.00–386.00	385.31
10	400–450	423	372.00	372.00
17	450–500	478	347.00–361.00	360.16
16	500–550	532	339.00–352.00	351.21
32	550–600	580	296.00–340.00	333.44
47	600–650	648	310.00–317.25	316.85
2	650–700	685	288.00	288.00
28	700–750	747	280.00–289.00	286.82
2	750–800	783	282.00	282.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
23	700–750	734	307.00	307.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	323	367.50–380.00	374.18
10	350–400	383	380.00–384.00	383.59
6	400–450	423	361.00–390.00	368.73
12	450–500	480	334.00–355.00	351.14
20	550–600	566	342.00	342.00
3	600–650	623	240.00–301.00	278.78
8	650–700	664	290.00–301.00	299.62
2	700–750	735	275.00	275.00
9	750–800	758	263.00	263.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	250	467.50	467.50
4	350–400	358	433.00–445.00	440.89
10	400–450	432	440.00	440.00
24	450–500	484	421.00–431.00	425.82
30	500–550	534	370.00–401.00	397.37
52	550–600	580	361.50–379.00	375.48
2	600–650	629	323.00–340.50	331.81
46	650–700	661	345.50–347.00	346.90
45	750–800	768	320.00–335.00	333.84
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	650–700	661	358.00	358.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	337	420.00–422.50	420.84
4	350–400	369	407.50–422.50	413.53
4	400–450	443	452.00	452.00
17	450–500	482	370.00–445.00	396.45
4	500–550	509	350.00–399.00	374.87
9	550–600	571	354.00–369.00	361.41
2	600–650	630	330.00–342.00	336.05
6	650–700	660	348.00	348.00
1	700–750	735	328.00	328.00
3	750–800	772	321.00–330.00	326.97

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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