Name: McMinnville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-06-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends established due to lack of receipts.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $294.77/cwt on 9 head. That ranks 1 of 5 comparable sales and sits −88.85 against this barn's trailing median of $383.63.

Average price

$294.77

9 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,604

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−30.18

vs TN average

−46.15 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	544	294.77	1,604	9thin

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

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

5 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $413.09, low $332.91, median $383.63 across 5 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 sale9 hd

294.77

—

TN average15 barns · 923 hd

324.95

−30.18

National average161 barns · 10,769 hd

340.92

−46.15

This barn, trailing median5 sales

383.63

−88.85

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	—	Low	1,140	163.00	1,858	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,088	138.45	1,507	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,385	130.00	1,801	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	810	101.00	818	1thin

Every lot, as filed

14 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
Bulls	—	—	1,140	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,858	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,385	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,801	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	940	147.67/cwt	140.50–155.00	1,388	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	790	285.50/cwt	285.50–285.50	2,255	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	655	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,487	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	658	248.31/cwt	232.00–265.00	1,634	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	810	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	818	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,385	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,662	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	463	360.16/cwt	350.00–370.00	1,668	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,659	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	410	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,517	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	561	282.16/cwt	276.00–313.00	1,583	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	510	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,632	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	500	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,925	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 Jun 9, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 20Last week 81Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 7Last week 0Year ago 0

No trends established due to lack of receipts.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,140	163.00	163.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,385	130.00	130.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	940	140.50–155.00	147.67
1	—	1,385	120.00	120.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	810	101.00	101.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	750–800	790	285.50	285.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	510	320.00	320.00
6	550–600	561	276.00–313.00	282.16
1	650–700	655	227.00	227.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	410	370.00	370.00
2	450–500	463	350.00–370.00	360.16
1	500–550	535	310.00	310.00
2	650–700	658	232.00–265.00	248.31
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	500	385.00	385.00

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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