Sale reports / Tennessee / McMinnville Livestock Auction / 2025-07-07

McMinnville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · McMinnville, Tennessee · Mon, Jul 7
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3675
Feeder Cattle receipts
58 head
120 vs last sale 178 58 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
10 head
17 vs last sale 27 10 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
4 vs last sale 0 4 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends established, due to no sale previous week.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $299.24/cwt on 15 head.
Average price
$299.24
15 head · 536 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,604
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$541
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$95.56/cwt at this weight
vs the market
16.48
vs TN average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1538311.981,67713thin
Medium and Large 2525216.421,1362thin
One grade step is worth $95.56/cwt here — about $541 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale15 hd
299.24
TN average3 barns · 63 hd
315.72
−16.48
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
BullsLow1,073148.221,5902thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,220134.081,6364thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,578116.501,8382thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average968115.501,1172thin

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 $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,495$2,1251thin

Every lot, as filed

34 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
Bulls1,073148.22/cwt146.50–150.001,5902
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,360103.00/cwt103.00–103.001,4011
CowsLean 85-90%1,075130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,3981
CowsLean 85-90%860101.00/cwt101.00–101.008691
CowsBoner 80-85%1,410121.50/cwt121.00–122.001,7132
CowsBoner 80-85%1,030146.66/cwt140.00–153.001,5112
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500460310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,4261
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550521312.86/cwt292.50–319.001,6309
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600555279.00/cwt279.00–279.001,5481
BullsMedium and Large 2600–650600262.00/cwt262.00–262.001,5721
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600585336.00/cwt336.00–336.001,9661
BullsMedium and Large 2750–800778211.65/cwt207.00–214.001,6473
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450405277.50/cwt277.50–277.501,1241
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500480275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,3201
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450445287.00/cwt287.00–287.001,2771
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400355360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,2781
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550510285.50/cwt285.50–285.501,4561
SteersMedium and Large 2250–300267380.11/cwt375.00–382.501,0153
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550530248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,3141
HeifersMedium and Large 2300–350325290.00/cwt290.00–290.009431
BullsMedium and Large 1700–750729228.01/cwt226.00–231.001,6624
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650612320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,9583
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750705260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,8331
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550525216.42/cwt208.00–225.001,1362
SteersMedium and Large 2300–350305315.00/cwt315.00–315.009611
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500485235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,1401
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350305307.50/cwt307.50–307.509381
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650640272.50/cwt272.50–272.501,7441
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,795130.00/cwt130.00–130.002,3341
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450425340.68/cwt340.00–342.001,4483
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600575310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,7834
BullsMedium and Large 1600–650638292.00/cwt292.00–292.001,8634
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,4952,125.00/head2,125.00–2,125.002,1251
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600550305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,6782

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.