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McMinnville Livestock Auction

Name: McMinnville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-10-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-10-07

Feeder Cattle · McMinnville, Tennessee · Wed, Oct 7

● Final55 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2079

← Sep 16Oct 7Oct 28 →

Receipts

1,005 head

▲ 392 vs last sale 613▲ 1,005 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $363.24/cwt on 103 head, down $2.92 from the prior sale. That ranks 1 of 10 comparable sales and sits −73.51 against this barn's trailing median of $436.75.

Average price

$363.24

▼ 2.92 vs prior sale

103 head · 569 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,067

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$133

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

$10.42/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.69

vs TN average

−67.12 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	577	367.29	2,120	63
Medium and Large 2	557	356.87	1,987	40

One grade step is worth $10.42/cwt here — about $133 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 800–900 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale103 hd

363.24

—

TN average15 barns · 446 hd

364.93

−1.69

National average183 barns · 26,018 hd

430.36

−67.12

This barn, trailing median10 sales

436.75

−73.51

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

10 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $493.65, low $363.24, median $436.75 across 10 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot, as filed

55 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	337	482.50/cwt	482.50–482.50	1,626	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	426	423.97/cwt	352.50–437.50	1,806	7
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	438	452.91/cwt	435.00–455.00	1,984	17
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	478	417.04/cwt	377.50–422.50	1,993	9
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	483	428.69/cwt	428.00–435.00	2,071	30
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	538	376.88/cwt	350.00–390.00	2,028	7
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	541	341.61/cwt	338.00–343.00	1,848	7
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	560	360.11/cwt	332.50–362.00	2,017	33
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	582	366.09/cwt	349.50–369.00	2,131	56
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	620	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,052	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	622	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,099	5
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	659	334.04/cwt	322.00–336.50	2,201	107
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	660	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,317	10
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	660	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,171	21
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	700	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,303	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	702	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,436	9
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	718	308.46/cwt	300.00–325.00	2,215	3
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	758	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,350	5
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	762	325.68/cwt	318.00–329.00	2,482	45
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	840	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	2,587	1
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 2	885	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	2,487	1
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 2	908	289.50/cwt	288.00–290.00	2,629	4
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	280	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,120	1
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	295	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,283	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	323	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,389	4
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	340	351.67/cwt	347.50–360.00	1,196	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	363	349.24/cwt	345.00–357.50	1,268	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	375	381.73/cwt	380.00–385.00	1,431	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	426	376.65/cwt	357.00–381.00	1,605	14
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	437	336.50/cwt	336.00–340.50	1,471	9
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	481	342.02/cwt	325.00–345.00	1,645	28
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	481	321.08/cwt	288.00–330.00	1,544	21
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	500	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,600	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	535	341.70/cwt	314.00–343.50	1,828	38
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	562	313.43/cwt	289.00–321.50	1,761	37
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	583	337.62/cwt	310.00–342.00	1,968	70
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	600	295.00/cwt	280.00–310.00	1,770	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	644	291.89/cwt	260.00–293.50	1,880	20
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	658	309.55/cwt	284.00–312.50	2,037	83
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	670	282.14/cwt	259.00–290.00	1,890	6
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	2,142	10
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	749	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,247	6
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	755	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,265	2
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	770	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,310	1
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	810	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,430	12
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	820	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,460	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1	295	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,475	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	367	443.83/cwt	410.00–447.50	1,629	11
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	458	415.72/cwt	400.00–419.00	1,904	40
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	535	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,779	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	550	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	1,942	31
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	608	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,961	2
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	654	311.75/cwt	290.00–314.00	2,039	22
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	735	273.56/cwt	269.00–274.00	2,011	11
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 1	850	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,896	4

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 Oct 7, 2026

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

Receipts 1,005Last week 613Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	500.00	500.00
11	350–400	367	410.00–447.50	443.83
40	450–500	458	400.00–419.00	415.72
1	500–550	535	332.50	332.50
31	550–600	550	353.00	353.00
2	600–650	608	322.50	322.50
22	650–700	654	290.00–314.00	311.75
11	700–750	735	269.00–274.00	273.56
4	850–900	850	223.00	223.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	435.00	435.00
4	300–350	323	430.00	430.00
3	350–400	375	380.00–385.00	381.73
14	400–450	426	357.00–381.00	376.65
28	450–500	481	325.00–345.00	342.02
38	500–550	535	314.00–343.50	341.70
70	550–600	583	310.00–342.00	337.62
2	600–650	600	280.00–310.00	295.00
83	650–700	658	284.00–312.50	309.55
2	750–800	755	300.00	300.00
12	800–850	810	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	400.00	400.00
3	300–350	340	347.50–360.00	351.67
3	350–400	363	345.00–357.50	349.24
9	400–450	437	336.00–340.50	336.50
21	450–500	481	288.00–330.00	321.08
1	500–550	500	320.00	320.00
37	550–600	562	289.00–321.50	313.43
20	600–650	644	260.00–293.50	291.89
6	650–700	670	259.00–290.00	282.14
6	700–750	749	300.00	300.00
1	750–800	770	300.00	300.00
1	800–850	820	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	700–750	700	306.00	306.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	622	337.50	337.50
10	650–700	660	351.00	351.00
9	700–750	702	347.00	347.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	337	482.50	482.50
17	400–450	438	435.00–455.00	452.91
30	450–500	483	428.00–435.00	428.69
7	500–550	538	350.00–390.00	376.88
56	550–600	582	349.50–369.00	366.09
107	650–700	659	322.00–336.50	334.04
1	700–750	700	329.00	329.00
45	750–800	762	318.00–329.00	325.68
1	800–850	840	308.00	308.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	426	352.50–437.50	423.97
9	450–500	478	377.50–422.50	417.04
7	500–550	541	338.00–343.00	341.61
33	550–600	560	332.50–362.00	360.11
2	600–650	620	331.00	331.00
21	650–700	660	329.00	329.00
3	700–750	718	300.00–325.00	308.46
5	750–800	758	310.00	310.00
1	850–900	885	281.00	281.00
4	900–950	908	288.00–290.00	289.50

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.