Name: McMinnville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-12-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends established, no comparable data available. Today's offering included 2 loads Pre-Con heifers and one load Pre-Con steers.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $332.91/cwt on 11 head. That ranks 1 of 5 comparable sales and sits −50.72 against this barn's trailing median of $383.63.

Average price

$332.91

11 head · 513 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,709

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$80

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

$39.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−13.61

vs TN average

−57.00 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	504	342.50	1,726	8thin
Medium and Large 1	530	315.00	1,670	1thin
Medium and Large 2	543	303.50	1,646	2thin

One grade step is worth $39.00/cwt here — about $80 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 sale11 hd

332.91

—

TN average15 barns · 609 hd

346.52

−13.61

National average175 barns · 15,310 hd

389.91

−57.00

This barn, trailing median5 sales

383.63

−50.72

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	1,705	166.82	2,844	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,432	140.11	2,006	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,220	100.50	1,226	1thin

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	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,215	$3,419	5
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,272	$3,358	14
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,200	$2,325	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,312	$4,662	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,149	$4,268	14
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,165	$3,775	1thin

Every lot, as filed

32 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	—	—	1,705	166.82/cwt	162.00–170.00	2,844	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,432	140.11/cwt	135.00–147.50	2,006	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,220	100.50/cwt	100.50–100.50	1,226	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	1,765	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	627	354.50/cwt	354.50–354.50	2,223	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,670	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	315	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	1,315	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	504	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,726	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	650–700	678	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,939	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,160	4,225.00/head	4,125.00–4,325.00	4,225	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,200	2,325.00/head	2,325.00–2,325.00	2,325	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	455	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,843	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	653	339.50/cwt	339.50–339.50	2,217	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,757	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	818	338.25/cwt	338.25–338.25	2,767	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	300	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,095	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	1,427	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,518	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	663	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,896	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,184	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,089	4,401.97/head	4,175.00–4,500.00	4,402	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,209	4,133.16/head	4,025.00–4,275.00	4,133	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,238	3,654.75/head	3,300.00–4,300.00	3,655	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,272	3,357.65/head	3,125.00–3,675.00	3,358	14
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,165	3,775.00/head	3,775.00–3,775.00	3,775	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	593	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,313	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,539	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,125	2,475.00/head	2,475.00–2,475.00	2,475	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	433	323.50/cwt	323.50–323.50	1,401	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	671	339.41/cwt	330.00–342.00	2,277	98
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	683	274.55/cwt	270.00–279.00	1,875	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,363	4,808.26/head	4,275.00–4,900.00	4,808	6

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 Dec 15, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 339Last week 90Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 28Last week 0Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 34Last week 0Year ago 0

No trends established, no comparable data available. Today's offering included 2 loads Pre-Con heifers and one load Pre-Con steers.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,705	162.00–170.00	166.82
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,432	135.00–147.50	140.11
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,220	100.50	100.50

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	485	364.00	364.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	432.50	432.50
1	450–500	460	330.00	330.00
2	650–700	663	286.00	286.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
78	600–650	627	354.50	354.50
98	650–700	671	330.00–342.00	339.41
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	365.00	365.00
1	500–550	530	315.00	315.00
2	650–700	683	270.00–279.00	274.55
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	504	342.50	342.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	650–700	678	286.00	286.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	320.00	320.00
2	400–450	433	323.50	323.50
1	500–550	520	296.00	296.00
1	550–600	565	311.00	311.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	417.50	417.50
1	450–500	455	405.00	405.00
2	650–700	653	339.50	339.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
40	550–600	593	390.00	390.00
63	800–850	818	338.25	338.25

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,160	4,125.00–4,325.00	4,225.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,089	4,175.00–4,500.00	4,401.97
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,209	4,025.00–4,275.00	4,133.16
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,165	3,775.00	3,775.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	1,363	4,275.00–4,900.00	4,808.26
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,200	2,325.00	2,325.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,125	2,475.00	2,475.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,238	3,300.00–4,300.00	3,654.75
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	14	—	1,272	3,125.00–3,675.00	3,357.65

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

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

Slaughter Cattle

Feeder Cattle

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