Name: McMinnville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-05-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-06

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $471.57/cwt on 244 head, down $22.08 from the prior sale. That ranks 6 of 8 comparable sales and sits +14.75 against this barn's trailing median of $456.82.

Average price

$471.57

▼ 22.08 vs prior sale

244 head · 561 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,646

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$180

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

$30.30/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.15

vs TN average

−15.98 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	561	475.17	2,668	215
Medium and Large 2	559	444.87	2,487	29

One grade step is worth $30.30/cwt here — about $180 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 sale244 hd

471.57

—

TN average15 barns · 670 hd

473.72

−2.15

National average180 barns · 14,267 hd

487.55

−15.98

This barn, trailing median8 sales

456.82

+14.75

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

67 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	479.49/cwt	462.50–481.00	2,062	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	388	516.94/cwt	512.50–517.50	2,006	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	681	337.20/cwt	329.00–361.00	2,296	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	589	398.83/cwt	370.00–404.00	2,349	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	793	299.12/cwt	260.00–312.00	2,372	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	561	407.63/cwt	331.00–412.00	2,287	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	538	422.02/cwt	370.00–424.00	2,270	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	438	463.55/cwt	413.00–478.00	2,030	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	666	353.90/cwt	343.00–355.00	2,357	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	689	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	2,542	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	333	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,832	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	566	407.45/cwt	401.00–411.00	2,306	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	600	394.00/cwt	394.00–394.00	2,364	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	220	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	1,276	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	484	439.71/cwt	395.00–444.00	2,128	56
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	644	423.73/cwt	417.50–424.00	2,729	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	823	319.50/cwt	319.00–320.00	2,629	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	561	446.01/cwt	442.00–447.00	2,502	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	495.83/cwt	485.00–501.00	2,638	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	510.53/cwt	506.00–511.00	2,466	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	843	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	2,664	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	656	421.06/cwt	411.00–422.50	2,762	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	290	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	1,566	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	319	633.14/cwt	632.00–637.50	2,020	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	275	609.21/cwt	530.00–655.00	1,675	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	384.00/cwt	384.00–384.00	2,796	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	472.86/cwt	447.50–475.00	2,057	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	850–900	865	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	2,301	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	768	335.67/cwt	334.00–336.00	2,578	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	392	501.45/cwt	500.00–507.50	1,966	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	885	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,345	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,015	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	2,345	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	658	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,632	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	344	597.50/cwt	597.50–597.50	2,055	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	860	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,675	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	450.49/cwt	447.00–482.50	2,162	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	546	412.00/cwt	412.00–412.00	2,250	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	546	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,129	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	265	482.50/cwt	482.50–482.50	1,279	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	644	365.16/cwt	324.00–371.00	2,352	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	680	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	2,645	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	753	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,786	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	459.23/cwt	454.00–477.00	2,677	109
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	928	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	3,081	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	391	547.50/cwt	547.50–547.50	2,141	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	2,772	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	684	411.50/cwt	411.50–411.50	2,815	29
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	543	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,362	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	310	695.00/cwt	695.00–695.00	2,155	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	788	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	2,923	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	388	638.84/cwt	632.50–640.00	2,479	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	539.54/cwt	507.50–590.00	2,309	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	640	416.00/cwt	416.00–416.00	2,662	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	482	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,217	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	865	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,984	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	792	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,970	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	564	477.00/cwt	477.00–477.00	2,690	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	732	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	2,946	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	849	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	3,035	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	647	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,750	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	650–700	698	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	2,485	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	430.24/cwt	405.00–432.00	2,427	45
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	279	606.00/cwt	606.00–606.00	1,691	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	403.00/cwt	403.00–403.00	2,519	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	769	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,730	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	459	500.39/cwt	477.50–505.00	2,297	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	592.50/cwt	592.50–592.50	2,151	8

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 May 6, 2026

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

Receipts 1,390Last week 1,186Year ago 1,315

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	482.50	482.50
10	300–350	333	550.00	550.00
18	350–400	388	512.50–517.50	516.94
42	400–450	430	462.50–481.00	479.49
39	450–500	480	447.00–482.50	450.49
13	500–550	546	390.00	390.00
41	550–600	561	331.00–412.00	407.63
8	600–650	644	324.00–371.00	365.16
12	650–700	681	329.00–361.00	337.20
4	750–800	793	260.00–312.00	299.12
1	850–900	885	265.00	265.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	220	580.00	580.00
1	250–300	290	540.00	540.00
5	350–400	392	500.00–507.50	501.45
33	400–450	438	413.00–478.00	463.55
56	450–500	484	395.00–444.00	439.71
81	500–550	538	370.00–424.00	422.02
45	550–600	589	370.00–404.00	398.83
5	600–650	600	394.00	394.00
45	650–700	666	343.00–355.00	353.90
12	750–800	768	334.00–336.00	335.67
2	800–850	823	319.00–320.00	319.50
1	1000–1050	1,015	231.00	231.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
26	550–600	566	401.00–411.00	407.45
11	650–700	689	369.00	369.00
7	800–850	843	316.00	316.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	546	412.00	412.00
12	850–900	865	266.00	266.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	275	530.00–655.00	609.21
5	300–350	319	632.00–637.50	633.14
5	350–400	391	547.50	547.50
13	400–450	435	447.50–475.00	472.86
9	450–500	482	460.00	460.00
3	500–550	543	435.00	435.00
26	550–600	561	442.00–447.00	446.01
24	600–650	644	417.50–424.00	423.73
2	650–700	680	389.00	389.00
6	750–800	753	370.00	370.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	695.00	695.00
13	350–400	388	632.50–640.00	638.84
20	400–450	428	507.50–590.00	539.54
51	450–500	483	506.00–511.00	510.53
82	500–550	532	485.00–501.00	495.83
109	550–600	583	454.00–477.00	459.23
9	600–650	647	425.00	425.00
78	650–700	656	411.00–422.50	421.06
12	700–750	728	384.00	384.00
43	750–800	788	371.00	371.00
2	800–850	825	336.00	336.00
4	900–950	928	332.00	332.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
24	550–600	564	477.00	477.00
3	600–650	640	416.00	416.00
29	650–700	684	411.50	411.50
11	700–750	732	402.50	402.50
19	750–800	792	375.00	375.00
27	800–850	849	357.50	357.50
5	850–900	865	345.00	345.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	650–700	698	356.00	356.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	279	606.00	606.00
4	300–350	344	597.50	597.50
8	350–400	363	592.50	592.50
25	450–500	459	477.50–505.00	500.39
45	550–600	564	405.00–432.00	430.24
3	600–650	625	403.00	403.00
15	650–700	658	400.00	400.00
4	750–800	769	355.00	355.00
2	850–900	860	311.00	311.00

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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