Name: McMinnville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-09-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends established, due to no report previous week.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $337.63/cwt on 30 head. That ranks 2 of 5 comparable sales and sits −45.99 against this barn's trailing median of $383.63.

Average price

$337.63

30 head · 537 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,813

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$37

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

$21.22/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.18

vs TN average

−31.28 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	530	344.00	1,823	21
Medium and Large 1	553	322.78	1,786	9thin

One grade step is worth $21.22/cwt here — about $37 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

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 sale30 hd

337.63

—

TN average15 barns · 645 hd

340.81

−3.18

National average182 barns · 13,299 hd

368.91

−31.28

This barn, trailing median5 sales

383.63

−45.99

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	1,708	164.98	2,818	2thin

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	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,240	$2,525	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,185	$2,225	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,235	$1,900	1thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	820	$1,925	2thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	795	$1,825	1thin

Every lot, as filed

41 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	Medium and Large 1	400–450	440	370.90/cwt	350.00–381.00	1,632	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	505	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,677	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	955	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	2,397	1
Bulls	—	—	1,708	164.98/cwt	162.00–168.50	2,818	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	404.00/cwt	404.00–404.00	1,555	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	585	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	1,907	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	900–950	905	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,638	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	820	1,925.00/head	1,925.00–1,925.00	1,925	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,240	2,525.00/head	2,525.00–2,525.00	2,525	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	658	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,040	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	1,303	1
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	495	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,374	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	541	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,769	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	2,087	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	722	276.62/cwt	268.00–281.00	1,997	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	1,941	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,185	2,225.00/head	2,225.00–2,225.00	2,225	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	795	1,825.00/head	1,825.00–1,825.00	1,825	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	322.51/cwt	315.00–324.00	1,993	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	742	339.50/cwt	339.50–339.50	2,519	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	326.69/cwt	320.00–333.00	1,382	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,913	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,398	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	800–850	819	206.41/cwt	202.00–211.00	1,690	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	588	306.08/cwt	300.00–312.00	1,800	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,235	1,900.00/head	1,900.00–1,900.00	1,900	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	815	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	2,510	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	329	417.19/cwt	400.00–428.00	1,373	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	680	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,768	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	730	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,526	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	670	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,010	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	498	408.00/cwt	408.00–408.00	2,032	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,181	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,807	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	280	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,043	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	651	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,148	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	530	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	1,823	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	596	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	2,271	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	329.30/cwt	327.00–332.00	1,544	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	461	393.29/cwt	350.00–401.00	1,813	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	585	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,135	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 Sep 29, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 211Last week 185Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 3Last week 9Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 5Last week 39Year ago 0

No trends established, due to no report previous week.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	404.00	404.00
3	400–450	440	350.00–381.00	370.90
16	450–500	461	350.00–401.00	393.29
3	500–550	505	332.00	332.00
1	550–600	585	326.00	326.00
6	600–650	618	315.00–324.00	322.51
3	650–700	658	310.00	310.00
1	900–950	905	181.00	181.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	588	300.00–312.00	306.08
1	700–750	730	209.00	209.00
4	800–850	819	202.00–211.00	206.41
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	372.50	372.50
1	550–600	585	327.00	327.00
1	650–700	670	300.00	300.00
1	950–1000	955	251.00	251.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	329	400.00–428.00	417.19
1	550–600	585	365.00	365.00
2	800–850	815	308.00	308.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	498	408.00	408.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	596	381.00	381.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	352.50	352.50
1	350–400	380	343.00	343.00
2	400–450	423	320.00–333.00	326.69
4	450–500	469	327.00–332.00	329.30
5	500–550	541	327.00	327.00
4	550–600	569	317.50	317.50
2	600–650	620	313.00	313.00
3	700–750	722	268.00–281.00	276.62
2	750–800	770	271.00	271.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	495	277.50	277.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
72	700–750	742	339.50	339.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	425	329.00	329.00
1	650–700	680	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
21	500–550	530	344.00	344.00
24	650–700	651	330.00	330.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,708	162.00–168.50	164.98

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	820	1,925.00	1,925.00
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	795	1,825.00	1,825.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,240	2,525.00	2,525.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,185	2,225.00	2,225.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,235	1,900.00	1,900.00

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McMinnville Livestock Auction

Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · 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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