Name: McMinnville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-05-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends Established, due to light recites.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $365.00/cwt on 2 head. That ranks 2 of 3 comparable sales and sits −93.08 against this barn's trailing median of $458.08.

Average price

$365.00

2 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,008

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−0.78

vs TN average

−19.60 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	365.00	2,008	2thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

3 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $467.94, low $361.51, median $458.08 across 3 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 sale2 hd

365.00

—

TN average16 barns · 606 hd

365.78

−0.78

National average159 barns · 12,107 hd

384.60

−19.60

This barn, trailing median3 sales

458.08

−93.08

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

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,845	156.05	2,879	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,333	140.31	1,871	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,825	137.00	2,500	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,083	108.12	1,171	6thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,100	$2,300	1thin

Every lot, as filed

29 lots · USDA AMS · Warren Co. Livestock Auction - 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
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,140	102.42/cwt	93.00–112.00	1,168	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	925	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	712	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,400	135.47/cwt	132.50–138.50	1,897	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,200	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,800	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,825	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	2,500	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,097	122.30/cwt	121.00–124.00	1,342	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	310	447.50/cwt	447.50–447.50	1,387	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	452.50/cwt	452.50–452.50	1,629	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	960	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,728	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	495	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,643	2
Heifers	Small 1	400–450	420	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,512	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	508	335.50/cwt	335.50–335.50	1,704	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	300	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	1,268	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	657	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,096	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,545	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,515	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	631	365.50/cwt	365.50–365.50	2,306	84
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	634	314.02/cwt	313.00–315.00	1,991	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,451	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	1,382	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,008	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	650	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,814	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	740	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	2,131	1
Bulls	—	—	1,845	156.05/cwt	152.00–161.00	2,879	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,953	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	505	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,768	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	290	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	1,138	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	295	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,460	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,100	2,300.00/head	2,300.00–2,300.00	2,300	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 Auction - McMinnville, TN

Mon May 12, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 118Last week 17Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 12Last week 20Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 1Last week 97Year ago 0

No trends Established, due to light recites.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,140	93.00–112.00	102.42
1	—	925	77.00	77.00
3	—	1,097	121.00–124.00	122.30
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,400	132.50–138.50	135.47
1	—	1,200	150.00	150.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,825	137.00	137.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,845	152.00–161.00	156.05

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	495.00	495.00
1	300–350	310	447.50	447.50
2	550–600	550	365.00	365.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	657	319.00	319.00
1	700–750	740	288.00	288.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
84	600–650	631	365.50	365.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	452.50	452.50
1	450–500	465	420.00	420.00
1	500–550	505	350.00	350.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	495	332.00	332.00
1	950–1000	960	180.00	180.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	420	360.00	360.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	392.50	392.50
1	300–350	300	422.50	422.50
1	350–400	365	415.00	415.00
3	500–550	508	335.50	335.50
4	600–650	634	313.00–315.00	314.02
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	359.00	359.00
1	450–500	465	312.00	312.00
1	500–550	515	300.00	300.00
1	650–700	650	279.00	279.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,100	2,300.00	2,300.00

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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McMinnville Livestock Auction

Reporter comment USDA

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Warren Co. Livestock Auction - McMinnville, TN

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