Name: McMinnville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-02-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends established due to lack of comparable data.

To view 70 head 760lb heifers sold on video. Go to, https://mymarketnews.ams.usda.gov/viewReport/3665

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $458.33/cwt on 6 head, up $68.33 from the prior sale. That ranks 4 of 4 comparable sales and sits +34.29 against this barn's trailing median of $424.04.

Average price

$458.33

▲ 68.33 vs prior sale

6 head · 565 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,590

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+4.00

vs TN average

−29.02 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	565	458.33	2,590	6thin

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

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

4 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $467.94, low $361.51, median $424.04 across 4 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 sale6 hd

458.33

—

TN average15 barns · 490 hd

454.33

+4.00

National average178 barns · 13,390 hd

487.35

−29.02

This barn, trailing median4 sales

424.04

+34.29

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	1,699	140.96	2,394	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,385	169.00	2,341	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	868	98.60	856	3thin

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)	1,073	$2,617	2thin

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	905	107.90/cwt	105.00–111.00	976	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,385	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	2,341	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	795	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	636	1
Bulls	—	—	1,618	155.94/cwt	152.00–162.00	2,523	2
Bulls	—	—	1,860	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	2,065	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,073	2,616.90/head	2,225.00–2,850.00	2,617	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,847	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,722	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	415	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	1,753	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	603	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,050	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	800–850	800	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,860	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,240	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	333.64/cwt	327.50–340.00	1,885	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	546	424.00/cwt	424.00–424.00	2,315	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	840	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,436	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	665	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,181	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	1,641	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	750	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	2,243	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	687	390.50/cwt	390.50–390.50	2,683	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	462	399.12/cwt	382.50–424.00	1,844	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	405	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,681	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	350–400	390	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	2,340	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	298	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	1,937	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	333	645.00/cwt	645.00–645.00	2,148	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	553	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	1,947	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	500	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,725	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	590	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,478	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	560	466.00/cwt	466.00–466.00	2,610	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,932	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	885	274.00/cwt	268.00–280.00	2,425	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	484.64/cwt	470.00–500.00	2,011	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	670	328.30/cwt	287.50–349.00	2,200	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	462	452.50/cwt	452.50–452.50	2,091	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,205	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 Feb 16, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 79Last week 150Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 6Last week 10Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 2Last week 140Year ago 0

No trends established due to lack of comparable data.

To view 70 head 760lb heifers sold on video. Go to, https://mymarketnews.ams.usda.gov/viewReport/3665

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	905	105.00–111.00	107.90
1	—	795	80.00	80.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,385	169.00	169.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,618	152.00–162.00	155.94
1	—	1,860	111.00	111.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,073	2,225.00–2,850.00	2,616.90

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	415	445.00	445.00
1	450–500	460	420.00	420.00
8	650–700	670	287.50–349.00	328.30
1	750–800	750	299.00	299.00
1	800–850	800	232.50	232.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	415	470.00–500.00	484.64
3	450–500	462	452.50	452.50
1	500–550	525	420.00	420.00
1	550–600	560	400.00	400.00
2	850–900	885	268.00–280.00	274.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	485.00	485.00
5	450–500	462	382.50–424.00	399.12
2	550–600	553	352.00	352.00
2	600–650	603	340.00	340.00
1	800–850	840	290.00	290.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	415	422.50	422.50
5	500–550	546	424.00	424.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	437.50	437.50
1	400–450	405	415.00	415.00
1	500–550	500	345.00	345.00
2	550–600	565	327.50–340.00	333.64
1	650–700	665	328.00	328.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	600.00	600.00
5	550–600	560	466.00	466.00
19	650–700	687	390.50	390.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	298	650.00	650.00
1	550–600	590	420.00	420.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	333	645.00	645.00

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

Steers · 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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