Name: McMinnville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-03-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Next Sale April,1, 2026

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $485.39/cwt on 126 head, up $46.84 from the prior sale. That ranks 7 of 8 comparable sales and sits +28.56 against this barn's trailing median of $456.82.

Average price

$485.39

▲ 46.84 vs prior sale

126 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,701

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$118

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

$17.60/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+17.15

vs TN average

+9.83 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	488.60	2,723	103
Medium and Large 2	553	471.00	2,604	23

One grade step is worth $17.60/cwt here — about $118 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale126 hd

485.39

—

TN average14 barns · 603 hd

468.23

+17.15

National average177 barns · 11,580 hd

475.56

+9.83

This barn, trailing median8 sales

456.82

+28.56

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

62 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	450–500	475	488.79/cwt	450.00–493.00	2,322	30
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	436.48/cwt	391.00–440.50	2,457	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	332	492.55/cwt	460.00–510.00	1,635	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	549	409.00/cwt	409.00–409.00	2,245	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	746	328.50/cwt	328.50–328.50	2,451	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	423.72/cwt	393.00–425.00	2,229	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	746	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	2,178	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	438.49/cwt	403.00–447.50	2,105	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	755	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	2,122	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	369	494.87/cwt	485.00–497.50	1,826	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	700	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,296	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	666	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	2,544	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	281	559.10/cwt	550.00–585.00	1,571	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	458.72/cwt	420.00–462.00	1,950	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	1,725	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	357.43/cwt	338.00–360.00	2,370	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	900	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,935	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	841	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	2,380	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	460.87/cwt	441.00–490.00	1,973	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,125	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	885	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	3,018	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	474.72/cwt	446.00–478.50	2,768	52
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	820	313.50/cwt	313.50–313.50	2,571	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	890	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,759	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	565.00/cwt	565.00–565.00	2,136	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	265	647.50/cwt	647.50–647.50	1,716	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	768	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,450	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	347	605.00/cwt	605.00–605.00	2,099	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	508.10/cwt	475.00–512.50	2,464	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	659	420.10/cwt	386.00–428.00	2,768	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	592.72/cwt	550.00–615.00	2,217	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	482	518.70/cwt	490.00–532.00	2,500	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	636	449.00/cwt	449.00–449.00	2,856	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	794	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	2,906	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	275	675.00/cwt	675.00–675.00	1,856	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	434	547.17/cwt	542.50–547.50	2,375	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	822	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,811	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	909	319.36/cwt	312.50–320.50	2,903	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	807	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	2,929	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	730	384.50/cwt	384.00–386.00	2,807	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	600	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,640	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	348	605.00/cwt	605.00–605.00	2,105	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	575.00/cwt	575.00–575.00	1,984	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	615	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	2,660	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	426	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	2,428	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	671	381.80/cwt	367.00–384.00	2,562	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	567	458.24/cwt	441.00–476.00	2,598	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	548	475.50/cwt	475.50–475.50	2,606	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	445.72/cwt	425.00–448.00	2,144	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	502.75/cwt	475.00–506.00	2,670	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	783	354.46/cwt	336.00–355.00	2,775	34
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	262	670.00/cwt	670.00–670.00	1,755	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	935	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,805	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	1050–1100	1,075	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,956	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	507.64/cwt	487.50–510.00	1,904	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	776	315.94/cwt	313.00–317.00	2,452	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	374	587.01/cwt	535.00–617.50	2,195	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	831	343.50/cwt	343.50–343.50	2,854	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	613	354.46/cwt	330.00–367.50	2,173	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	584	394.27/cwt	360.00–399.50	2,303	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	652	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,249	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	562	420.94/cwt	420.50–421.00	2,366	41

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 Mar 4, 2026

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

Receipts 1,109Last week 586Year ago 864

Next Sale April,1, 2026

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	250–300	265	647.50	647.50
15	300–350	347	605.00	605.00
2	350–400	378	565.00	565.00
30	450–500	475	450.00–493.00	488.79
45	550–600	563	391.00–440.50	436.48
26	650–700	666	382.00	382.00
14	750–800	768	319.00	319.00
1	800–850	820	313.50	313.50
1	850–900	890	310.00	310.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	250–300	281	550.00–585.00	559.10
7	300–350	332	460.00–510.00	492.55
10	350–400	369	485.00–497.50	494.87
28	400–450	425	420.00–462.00	458.72
41	450–500	480	403.00–447.50	438.49
4	500–550	549	409.00	409.00
41	550–600	562	420.50–421.00	420.94
1	600–650	625	340.00	340.00
23	650–700	652	345.00	345.00
4	700–750	746	292.00	292.00
1	750–800	755	281.00	281.00
4	800–850	841	283.00	283.00
1	900–950	900	215.00	215.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	700–750	746	328.50	328.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	335	515.00	515.00
12	350–400	375	487.50–510.00	507.64
18	400–450	428	441.00–490.00	460.87
31	450–500	481	425.00–448.00	445.72
28	500–550	526	393.00–425.00	423.72
29	550–600	584	360.00–399.50	394.27
3	600–650	613	330.00–367.50	354.46
69	650–700	663	338.00–360.00	357.43
1	700–750	700	328.00	328.00
16	750–800	776	313.00–317.00	315.94
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
16	600–650	636	449.00	449.00
28	700–750	730	384.00–386.00	384.50
19	750–800	794	366.00	366.00
27	800–850	807	363.00	363.00
4	850–900	885	341.00	341.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	275	675.00	675.00
3	300–350	348	605.00	605.00
15	350–400	374	550.00–615.00	592.72
15	400–450	434	542.50–547.50	547.17
41	450–500	485	475.00–512.50	508.10
51	500–550	531	475.00–506.00	502.75
52	550–600	583	446.00–478.50	474.72
1	600–650	600	440.00	440.00
86	650–700	659	386.00–428.00	420.10
34	750–800	783	336.00–355.00	354.46
5	800–850	822	342.00	342.00
7	900–950	909	312.50–320.50	319.36
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	262	670.00	670.00
1	300–350	345	575.00	575.00
16	350–400	374	535.00–617.50	587.01
8	400–450	426	570.00	570.00
13	450–500	482	490.00–532.00	518.70
17	500–550	548	475.50	475.50
6	550–600	567	441.00–476.00	458.24
1	600–650	615	432.50	432.50
8	650–700	671	367.00–384.00	381.80
4	800–850	831	343.50	343.50
1	900–950	935	300.00	300.00
1	1050–1100	1,075	275.00	275.00

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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