Name: McMinnville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-03-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends established due to no comparable sales.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $467.94/cwt on 16 head. That ranks 3 of 3 comparable sales and sits +9.85 against this barn's trailing median of $458.08.

Average price

$467.94

16 head · 570 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,667

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+17.62

vs TN average

−10.15 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	570	467.94	2,667	16thin

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 sale16 hd

467.94

—

TN average17 barns · 725 hd

450.32

+17.62

National average173 barns · 11,948 hd

478.09

−10.15

This barn, trailing median3 sales

458.08

+9.85

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

17 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	777	317.28/cwt	315.00–322.00	2,465	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	817	315.32/cwt	314.00–318.00	2,576	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	874	299.20/cwt	299.00–300.00	2,615	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	500	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,125	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	729	321.86/cwt	321.00–322.00	2,346	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	616	393.50/cwt	393.50–393.50	2,424	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	701	391.00/cwt	391.00–391.00	2,741	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	769	371.45/cwt	354.00–373.25	2,856	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	625	424.00/cwt	424.00–424.00	2,650	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	950–1000	975	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	3,101	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	505	413.00/cwt	413.00–413.00	2,086	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	350–400	389	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	2,529	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	880	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,983	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	540	496.00/cwt	496.00–496.00	2,678	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	481	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	2,597	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	588	451.10/cwt	439.00–459.00	2,652	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	657	423.00/cwt	423.00–423.00	2,779	34

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 Mar 23, 2026

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

Receipts 364Last week 0Year ago 0

No trends established due to no comparable sales.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	500	425.00	425.00
83	600–650	616	393.50	393.50
7	700–750	729	321.00–322.00	321.86
3	750–800	777	315.00–322.00	317.28
3	800–850	817	314.00–318.00	315.32
5	850–900	874	299.00–300.00	299.20
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	505	413.00	413.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	389	650.00	650.00
7	450–500	481	540.00	540.00
6	500–550	540	496.00	496.00
10	550–600	588	439.00–459.00	451.10
2	600–650	625	424.00	424.00
34	650–700	657	423.00	423.00
42	700–750	701	391.00	391.00
75	750–800	769	354.00–373.25	371.45
4	850–900	880	339.00	339.00
3	950–1000	975	318.00	318.00

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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