Name: McMinnville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-02-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Next sale March 4th 2026

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $438.54/cwt on 82 head, up $27.09 from the prior sale. That ranks 3 of 8 comparable sales and sits −18.28 against this barn's trailing median of $456.82.

Average price

$438.54

▲ 27.09 vs prior sale

82 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,404

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$94

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

$29.15/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.62

vs TN average

−44.49 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	544	447.43	2,432	57
Medium and Large 2	559	418.28	2,338	25

One grade step is worth $29.15/cwt here — about $94 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale82 hd

438.54

—

TN average11 barns · 213 hd

434.92

+3.62

National average143 barns · 13,122 hd

483.03

−44.49

This barn, trailing median8 sales

456.82

−18.28

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

58 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 1Value Added	850–900	853	346.50/cwt	346.50–346.50	2,956	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	384.00/cwt	384.00–384.00	2,458	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,592	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	670	360.50/cwt	360.50–360.50	2,415	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	379	479.16/cwt	477.50–482.50	1,816	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	469	476.23/cwt	475.00–480.00	2,234	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	331	585.00/cwt	585.00–585.00	1,936	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	763	363.78/cwt	352.00–364.25	2,776	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	477.62/cwt	466.00–496.00	2,297	22
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	638	365.87/cwt	342.00–378.00	2,334	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	716	351.49/cwt	350.00–352.00	2,517	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,200	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	564	416.28/cwt	381.00–429.00	2,348	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	333	604.62/cwt	595.00–615.00	2,013	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	585	414.16/cwt	390.00–421.00	2,423	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	500	441.25/cwt	420.00–462.50	2,206	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	787	358.26/cwt	357.50–358.50	2,820	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	437	513.66/cwt	510.00–550.00	2,245	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	243	585.00/cwt	585.00–585.00	1,422	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	653	385.24/cwt	382.00–389.00	2,516	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	451.13/cwt	420.00–455.00	2,396	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	382	567.10/cwt	560.00–572.50	2,166	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	805	351.50/cwt	351.50–351.50	2,830	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	749	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,434	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	653	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,351	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	286	578.04/cwt	575.00–590.00	1,653	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	1,989	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	400	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,960	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	865	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,292	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	391.90/cwt	368.00–400.00	2,253	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	426.28/cwt	411.00–434.00	2,067	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	428	436.69/cwt	431.00–438.00	1,869	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	637	367.31/cwt	362.50–388.00	2,340	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	777	305.50/cwt	305.50–305.50	2,374	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	715	349.50/cwt	349.50–349.50	2,499	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	235	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,116	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	500	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,125	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	481.59/cwt	473.00–483.00	2,239	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,276	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	435.10/cwt	360.00–444.00	2,306	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,860	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	280	467.50/cwt	467.50–467.50	1,309	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	584	395.35/cwt	370.00–396.50	2,309	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	310	477.39/cwt	472.50–485.00	1,480	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	664	358.50/cwt	358.50–358.50	2,380	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	482	451.11/cwt	445.00–452.00	2,174	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	850	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	2,559	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	528	474.73/cwt	472.00–476.00	2,507	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	813	310.50/cwt	310.50–310.50	2,524	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	733	312.12/cwt	310.50–319.00	2,288	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	395	477.50/cwt	477.50–477.50	1,886	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	470.86/cwt	460.00–473.00	2,034	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	327	464.93/cwt	460.00–475.00	1,520	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	669	379.63/cwt	350.00–387.00	2,540	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	935	321.00/cwt	311.50–330.50	3,001	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	659	358.12/cwt	350.00–359.50	2,360	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	297.97/cwt	290.00–305.50	2,145	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	776	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,871	11

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 Feb 4, 2026

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

Receipts 586Last week 740Year ago 1,018

Next sale March 4th 2026

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
13	500–550	528	472.00–476.00	474.73
11	750–800	776	370.00	370.00
5	850–900	853	346.50	346.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	243	585.00	585.00
2	300–350	333	595.00–615.00	604.62
6	350–400	382	560.00–572.50	567.10
10	400–450	437	510.00–550.00	513.66
22	450–500	481	466.00–496.00	477.62
30	500–550	531	420.00–455.00	451.13
14	550–600	585	390.00–421.00	414.16
1	600–650	640	384.00	384.00
41	650–700	653	382.00–389.00	385.24
1	700–750	730	355.00	355.00
26	750–800	763	352.00–364.25	363.78
3	800–850	805	351.50	351.50
2	900–950	935	311.50–330.50	321.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	331	585.00	585.00
1	400–450	440	500.00	500.00
4	450–500	469	475.00–480.00	476.23
2	500–550	500	420.00–462.50	441.25
23	550–600	564	381.00–429.00	416.28
3	600–650	638	342.00–378.00	365.87
9	650–700	669	350.00–387.00	379.63
4	700–750	716	350.00–352.00	351.49
8	750–800	787	357.50–358.50	358.26
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	650–700	670	360.50	360.50
10	700–750	715	349.50	349.50
5	800–850	813	310.50	310.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	467.50	467.50
5	300–350	327	460.00–475.00	464.93
6	350–400	379	477.50–482.50	479.16
8	400–450	432	460.00–473.00	470.86
16	450–500	482	445.00–452.00	451.11
24	500–550	530	360.00–444.00	435.10
30	550–600	584	370.00–396.50	395.35
5	600–650	637	362.50–388.00	367.31
28	650–700	659	350.00–359.50	358.12
2	700–750	720	290.00–305.50	297.97
9	750–800	777	305.50	305.50
1	850–900	850	301.00	301.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	235	475.00	475.00
4	300–350	310	472.50–485.00	477.39
2	350–400	395	477.50	477.50
11	400–450	428	431.00–438.00	436.69
12	450–500	485	411.00–434.00	426.28
1	500–550	500	425.00	425.00
18	550–600	575	368.00–400.00	391.90
1	600–650	620	300.00	300.00
29	650–700	664	358.50	358.50
5	700–750	733	310.50–319.00	312.12
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	286	575.00–590.00	578.04
4	350–400	365	545.00	545.00
2	400–450	400	490.00	490.00
21	450–500	465	473.00–483.00	481.59
23	550–600	555	410.00	410.00
6	650–700	653	360.00	360.00
7	700–750	749	325.00	325.00
1	850–900	865	265.00	265.00

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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