Name: McMinnville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-06-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-06-03

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $460.63/cwt on 159 head, down $10.94 from the prior sale. That ranks 5 of 8 comparable sales and sits +3.81 against this barn's trailing median of $456.82.

Average price

$460.63

▼ 10.94 vs prior sale

159 head · 561 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,583

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$166

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

$24.63/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+22.17

vs TN average

+1.44 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	562	466.05	2,620	124
Medium and Large 2	556	441.42	2,454	35

One grade step is worth $24.63/cwt here — about $166 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale159 hd

460.63

—

TN average15 barns · 688 hd

438.46

+22.17

National average164 barns · 12,433 hd

459.19

+1.44

This barn, trailing median8 sales

456.82

+3.81

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

51 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 2	600–650	641	390.33/cwt	375.00–391.50	2,502	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	426.01/cwt	385.00–430.00	1,811	29
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	688	388.00/cwt	388.00–388.00	2,669	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	800	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	2,512	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	384	417.79/cwt	402.50–424.00	1,604	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	644	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,157	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	513	370.98/cwt	370.00–372.00	1,903	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	905	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	2,190	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	637	412.69/cwt	410.00–430.00	2,629	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	506	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,746	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	484	415.03/cwt	372.50–425.00	2,009	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	554	394.86/cwt	380.00–397.50	2,188	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	393.34/cwt	350.00–395.00	2,274	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	404.75/cwt	367.50–414.00	2,137	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	740	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	2,353	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	383	574.44/cwt	567.50–575.00	2,200	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	426	517.97/cwt	510.00–527.50	2,207	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	758	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	2,600	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	554.84/cwt	545.00–563.00	2,402	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	376	606.80/cwt	602.50–627.50	2,282	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	371	461.07/cwt	443.00–467.50	1,711	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	250	675.00/cwt	675.00–675.00	1,688	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	556	441.42/cwt	390.00–453.00	2,454	35
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	479	473.93/cwt	444.00–478.00	2,270	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	913	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	2,292	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	330.50/cwt	330.50–330.50	2,214	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	747	364.25/cwt	350.00–366.00	2,721	40
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	318	612.99/cwt	600.00–625.00	1,949	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	339	435.61/cwt	424.00–452.50	1,477	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	678	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	2,048	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,029	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	2,552	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	757	334.42/cwt	329.00–336.00	2,532	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	536	487.67/cwt	470.00–491.50	2,614	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	649	346.03/cwt	346.00–347.50	2,246	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	488	423.61/cwt	421.00–424.00	2,067	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	424.13/cwt	424.00–426.00	1,836	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	486	518.44/cwt	511.00–522.00	2,520	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	448.82/cwt	440.00–452.00	2,617	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	662	407.48/cwt	400.00–409.00	2,698	64
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	447	501.43/cwt	500.00–515.00	2,241	30
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	547	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,352	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	657	369.77/cwt	346.00–373.00	2,429	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	910	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,889	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	750	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,603	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	270	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	1,890	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	612.50/cwt	612.50–612.50	2,205	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	551	416.00/cwt	416.00–416.00	2,292	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	763	314.10/cwt	301.00–321.00	2,397	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	900–950	940	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	2,557	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	280	670.00/cwt	670.00–670.00	1,876	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	890	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	2,737	1

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 Jun 3, 2026

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

Receipts 1,005Last week 1,390Year ago 1,067

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	250	675.00	675.00
2	300–350	318	600.00–625.00	612.99
13	350–400	383	567.50–575.00	574.44
10	400–450	426	510.00–527.50	517.97
33	450–500	479	444.00–478.00	473.93
35	550–600	556	390.00–453.00	441.42
15	600–650	641	375.00–391.50	390.33
2	650–700	688	388.00	388.00
7	750–800	758	343.00	343.00
2	800–850	800	314.00	314.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	700.00	700.00
12	350–400	376	602.50–627.50	606.80
21	400–450	433	545.00–563.00	554.84
37	450–500	486	511.00–522.00	518.44
55	500–550	536	470.00–491.50	487.67
69	550–600	583	440.00–452.00	448.82
7	600–650	637	410.00–430.00	412.69
64	650–700	662	400.00–409.00	407.48
40	700–750	747	350.00–366.00	364.25
1	750–800	750	347.00	347.00
1	900–950	910	317.50	317.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	339	424.00–452.50	435.61
20	350–400	384	402.50–424.00	417.79
29	400–450	425	385.00–430.00	426.01
42	450–500	484	372.50–425.00	415.03
2	500–550	513	370.00–372.00	370.98
33	550–600	554	380.00–397.50	394.86
13	600–650	644	335.00	335.00
2	650–700	678	302.00	302.00
1	900–950	905	242.00	242.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	506	345.00	345.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	371	443.00–467.50	461.07
15	400–450	433	424.00–426.00	424.13
31	450–500	488	421.00–424.00	423.61
52	500–550	528	367.50–414.00	404.75
60	550–600	578	350.00–395.00	393.34
50	600–650	649	346.00–347.50	346.03
2	650–700	670	330.50	330.50
1	700–750	740	318.00	318.00
9	750–800	757	329.00–336.00	334.42
2	900–950	913	251.00	251.00
10	1000–1050	1,029	248.00	248.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	280	670.00	670.00
10	350–400	360	612.50	612.50
30	400–450	447	500.00–515.00	501.43
20	500–550	547	430.00	430.00
6	550–600	551	416.00	416.00
17	650–700	657	346.00–373.00	369.77
3	750–800	763	301.00–321.00	314.10
1	850–900	890	307.50	307.50
2	900–950	940	272.00	272.00

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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