Sale reports / Tennessee / McMinnville Livestock Auction / 2025-06-16

McMinnville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · McMinnville, Tennessee · Mon, Jun 16
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3675
Feeder Cattle receipts
178 head
158 vs last sale 20 135 vs year ago 43 · +314.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
27 head
20 vs last sale 7 18 vs year ago 9 · +200.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends established, due to lack of comparable recites.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $295.00/cwt on 7 head. That ranks 1 of 4 comparable sales and sits 93.13 against this barn's trailing median of $388.13.
Average price
$295.00
7 head · 595 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,755
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
32.22
vs TN average
39.11 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1595295.001,7557thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

4 sales
427402378353median 388.1301/1902/1603/3008/1008/10
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $413.09, low $366.79, median $388.13 across 4 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 sale7 hd
295.00
TN average15 barns · 690 hd
327.22
−32.22
National average153 barns · 9,567 hd
334.11
−39.11
This barn, trailing median4 sales
388.13
−93.13
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsAverage1,981152.863,0284thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,276143.201,82710
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,355133.751,8122thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,053115.791,2205thin

Every lot, as filed

25 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 1600–650633300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,8992
BullsMedium and Large 2350–400370350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,2951
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450425375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,5941
BullsMedium and Large 1650–700695259.00/cwt259.00–259.001,8001
BullsMedium and Large 1950–1000975205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,9991
BullsMedium and Large 2550–600565267.50/cwt267.50–267.501,5111
CowsBoner 80-85%1,349130.06/cwt128.50–131.501,7554
CowsLean 85-90%1,080126.17/cwt126.00–126.501,3633
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,535142.50/cwt142.50–142.502,1871
Bulls1,981152.86/cwt150.00–158.003,0284
CowsBoner 80-85%1,020171.00/cwt171.00–171.001,7441
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,175125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,4691
CowsLean 85-90%1,013100.22/cwt90.00–110.501,0152
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added650–700684340.35/cwt340.35–340.352,32877
HeifersMedium and Large 1250–300295350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,0331
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600595295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,7557
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added750–800754301.50/cwt301.50–301.502,27366
SteersMedium and Large 2800–850830295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,4491
CowsBoner 80-85%1,268148.15/cwt145.00–152.501,8795
HeifersMedium and Large 21000–10501,040202.00/cwt202.00–202.002,1011
HeifersMedium and Large 2650–700673229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,5413
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450438327.50/cwt327.50–327.501,4342
BullsMedium and Large 2600–650624251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,5667
HeifersMedium and Large 2700–750745171.00/cwt171.00–171.001,2741
BullsMedium and Large 1800–850815239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,9482

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.