Name: McMinnville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-08-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-26

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $369.98/cwt on 135 head, down $50.51 from the prior sale. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −86.85 against this barn's trailing median of $456.82.

Average price

$369.98

▼ 50.51 vs prior sale

135 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,066

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$82

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

$13.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.79

vs TN average

−1.02 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	559	373.54	2,089	98
Medium and Large 2	556	360.54	2,006	37

One grade step is worth $13.00/cwt here — about $82 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 $369.98, 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 sale135 hd

369.98

—

TN average14 barns · 506 hd

367.19

+2.79

National average153 barns · 5,891 hd

371.00

−1.02

This barn, trailing median8 sales

456.82

−86.85

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

47 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	600–650	639	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,917	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	347.32/cwt	332.50–350.00	1,660	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	319.96/cwt	315.00–321.00	1,360	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	500	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	1,745	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	558	360.86/cwt	325.00–366.00	2,014	36
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	890	280.50/cwt	280.50–280.50	2,496	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,460	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	803	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,008	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	742	316.34/cwt	315.00–316.50	2,347	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,990	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	991	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	554	313.09/cwt	307.00–314.00	1,735	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	385.40/cwt	376.00–388.00	2,046	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	381	318.78/cwt	315.00–322.50	1,215	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	441	415.35/cwt	407.50–417.50	1,832	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	544	311.15/cwt	297.50–318.00	1,693	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	438	384.82/cwt	347.50–391.00	1,686	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	327.68/cwt	310.00–330.00	1,606	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	315.00/cwt	312.50–317.50	1,055	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	657	335.65/cwt	332.00–336.00	2,205	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	336.31/cwt	307.00–340.00	1,614	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	910	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	2,575	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	755	312.67/cwt	302.00–314.00	2,361	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	658	330.73/cwt	320.00–332.50	2,176	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	2,089	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,638	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	534	333.73/cwt	287.50–337.00	1,782	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	484	400.17/cwt	386.00–401.00	1,937	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	774	286.15/cwt	286.00–288.00	2,215	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	367	309.70/cwt	306.00–311.00	1,137	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,879	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	363.47/cwt	358.00–365.00	2,119	53
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	457	355.60/cwt	330.00–370.00	1,625	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	648	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,041	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	545	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,668	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	772	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,007	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	656	302.89/cwt	300.00–305.00	1,987	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	582	329.90/cwt	311.00–332.00	1,920	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	270	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	810	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	606	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,860	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	302.95/cwt	300.00–308.00	1,303	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	653	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,894	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	348	417.00/cwt	417.00–417.00	1,451	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	835	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,904	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	400	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,510	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	295	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	988	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	235	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	940	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 Aug 26, 2026

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

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	325	305.00	305.00
6	350–400	381	315.00–322.50	318.78
6	400–450	425	315.00–321.00	319.96
26	450–500	490	310.00–330.00	327.68
3	500–550	544	297.50–318.00	311.15
39	550–600	554	307.00–314.00	313.09
9	600–650	639	300.00	300.00
2	800–850	803	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	300.00	300.00
2	300–350	335	312.50–317.50	315.00
4	350–400	367	306.00–311.00	309.70
12	400–450	430	300.00–308.00	302.95
26	450–500	480	307.00–340.00	336.31
42	500–550	534	287.50–337.00	333.73
60	550–600	582	311.00–332.00	329.90
15	600–650	606	307.00	307.00
45	650–700	656	300.00–305.00	302.89
2	700–750	728	287.00	287.00
13	750–800	774	286.00–288.00	286.15
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	365	400.00	400.00
7	400–450	438	347.50–391.00	384.82
20	450–500	478	332.50–350.00	347.32
1	500–550	500	349.00	349.00
36	550–600	558	325.00–366.00	360.86
1	600–650	640	311.00	311.00
23	650–700	657	332.00–336.00	335.65
9	700–750	742	315.00–316.50	316.34
1	850–900	890	280.50	280.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	368	445.00	445.00
7	400–450	441	407.50–417.50	415.35
24	450–500	484	386.00–401.00	400.17
45	500–550	531	376.00–388.00	385.40
53	550–600	583	358.00–365.00	363.47
74	650–700	658	320.00–332.50	330.73
55	750–800	755	302.00–314.00	312.67
1	900–950	910	283.00	283.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	235	400.00	400.00
1	250–300	295	335.00	335.00
2	300–350	348	417.00	417.00
1	400–450	400	377.50	377.50
11	450–500	457	330.00–370.00	355.60
6	500–550	545	306.00	306.00
24	550–600	571	329.00	329.00
10	600–650	648	315.00	315.00
2	650–700	653	290.00	290.00
5	750–800	772	260.00	260.00
1	800–850	835	228.00	228.00

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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