Name: McMinnville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-01-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends established, due to lack of comparable sales.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $401.00/cwt on 2 head. That ranks 2 of 3 comparable sales and sits −57.08 against this barn's trailing median of $458.08.

Average price

$401.00

2 head · 520 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,085

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−16.87

vs TN average

−70.98 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	520	401.00	2,085	2thin

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

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

3 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $467.94, low $361.51, median $458.08 across 3 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 sale2 hd

401.00

—

TN average16 barns · 648 hd

417.87

−16.87

National average187 barns · 29,067 hd

471.98

−70.98

This barn, trailing median3 sales

458.08

−57.08

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	1,940	157.00	3,046	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,885	152.26	2,870	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,310	144.14	1,888	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,117	124.45	1,390	3thin

Every lot, as filed

26 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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,885	152.26/cwt	150.50–154.00	2,870	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,310	144.14/cwt	140.50–150.00	1,888	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,085	118.18/cwt	115.00–122.00	1,282	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,180	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,617	1
Bulls	—	—	1,940	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	3,046	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,007	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	763	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	2,762	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	2,085	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	434.56/cwt	420.00–450.00	1,860	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	733	325.68/cwt	319.00–332.50	2,387	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	395	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,580	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	250	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	900	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,944	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	874	343.79/cwt	328.00–345.75	3,005	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	683	343.50/cwt	343.50–343.50	2,346	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,610	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	258	465.44/cwt	450.00–480.00	1,201	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	659	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,603	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	310	508.06/cwt	490.00–525.00	1,575	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	572	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,116	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	333	393.05/cwt	375.00–412.50	1,309	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	610	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,105	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	505	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,730	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	394.00/cwt	394.00–394.00	2,206	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	500	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,100	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	447.50/cwt	447.50–447.50	2,036	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 Jan 12, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 145Last week 339Year ago 283

Slaughter CattleReceipts 10Last week 28Year ago 0

No trends established, due to lack of comparable sales.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,885	150.50–154.00	152.26
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,310	140.50–150.00	144.14
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,085	115.00–122.00	118.18
1	—	1,180	137.00	137.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,940	157.00	157.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	258	450.00–480.00	465.44
1	550–600	580	346.00	346.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	250	360.00	360.00
2	300–350	333	375.00–412.50	393.05
1	350–400	395	400.00	400.00
2	450–500	460	350.00	350.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	572	370.00	370.00
2	650–700	683	343.50	343.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	650–700	659	395.00	395.00
19	750–800	763	362.00	362.00
77	850–900	874	328.00–345.75	343.79
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	480	405.00	405.00
2	500–550	520	401.00	401.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	310	490.00–525.00	508.06
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	428	420.00–450.00	434.56
1	450–500	455	447.50	447.50
1	500–550	500	420.00	420.00
1	550–600	560	394.00	394.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	505	342.50	342.50
1	600–650	610	345.00	345.00
2	700–750	733	319.00–332.50	325.68

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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