Name: McMinnville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-01-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends established, due to lack of comparable sales.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $392.64/cwt on 18 head, up $59.73 from the prior sale (only 11 head in that comparison). That ranks 4 of 5 comparable sales and sits +9.01 against this barn's trailing median of $383.63.

Average price

$392.64

▲ 59.73 vs prior sale

18 head · 531 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,085

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$896

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

$177.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+21.27

vs TN average

−18.23 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	402.50	2,133	17thin
Medium and Large 2	550	225.00	1,238	1thin

One grade step is worth $177.50/cwt here — about $896 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale18 hd

392.64

—

TN average15 barns · 799 hd

371.37

+21.27

National average175 barns · 20,266 hd

410.87

−18.23

This barn, trailing median5 sales

383.63

+9.01

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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,730	136.39	2,360	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,158	114.11	1,321	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,110	100.50	1,116	2thin

Every lot, as filed

24 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	550–600	570	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	2,143	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	975	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	2,135	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	780	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	2,005	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	675	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,890	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	398	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,433	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	361	453.73/cwt	437.50–456.00	1,638	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	350–400	380	512.50/cwt	512.50–512.50	1,948	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	703	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	2,615	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	480	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,064	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	350–400	396	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,663	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	683	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	2,206	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	863	339.25/cwt	339.25–339.25	2,928	48
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	270	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,283	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,551	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	350–400	398	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,990	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	607	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	2,222	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	429	442.00/cwt	442.00–442.00	1,896	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	550	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,238	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,058	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	530	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	2,133	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,730	136.39/cwt	131.00–141.50	2,360	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,175	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,387	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,045	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	867	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,158	114.11/cwt	112.00–116.00	1,321	2

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 19, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 172Last week 145Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 7Last week 10Year ago 0

No trends established, due to lack of comparable sales.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	570	376.00	376.00
1	950–1000	975	219.00	219.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	750–800	780	257.00	257.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	398	360.00	360.00
1	550–600	550	225.00	225.00
1	600–650	645	319.00	319.00
1	650–700	675	280.00	280.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	361	437.50–456.00	453.73
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	398	500.00	500.00
29	400–450	429	442.00	442.00
24	450–500	480	430.00	430.00
17	500–550	530	402.50	402.50
16	600–650	607	366.00	366.00
8	650–700	683	323.00	323.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	396	420.00	420.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	512.50	512.50
2	700–750	703	372.00	372.00
48	850–900	863	339.25	339.25
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	475.00	475.00
1	300–350	330	470.00	470.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,730	131.00–141.50	136.39
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,175	118.00	118.00
1	—	1,045	83.00	83.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,158	112.00–116.00	114.11

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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