Name: McMinnville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-03-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends established due to no comparable sales.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $413.09/cwt on 30 head, up $29.46 from the prior sale (only 10 head in that comparison). That ranks 5 of 5 comparable sales and sits +29.46 against this barn's trailing median of $383.63.

Average price

$413.09

▲ 29.46 vs prior sale

30 head · 532 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,197

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$242

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2-3

$44.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.62

vs TN average

−10.11 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	532	421.50	2,242	21
Medium and Large 2	532	406.21	2,161	5thin
Medium and Large 2-3	530	377.50	2,001	4thin

One grade step is worth $44.00/cwt here — about $242 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 sale30 hd

413.09

—

TN average14 barns · 614 hd

405.47

+7.62

National average175 barns · 10,886 hd

423.19

−10.11

This barn, trailing median5 sales

383.63

+29.46

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

11 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	600–650	641	385.50/cwt	385.50–385.50	2,471	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	532	421.50/cwt	421.50–421.50	2,242	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	859	356.50/cwt	356.50–356.50	3,062	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	640	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,784	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	738	390.50/cwt	390.50–390.50	2,882	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	532	406.21/cwt	405.00–408.00	2,161	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	400–450	440	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	1,903	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	650	383.00/cwt	383.00–383.00	2,490	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	465	445.49/cwt	427.00–451.00	2,072	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	428	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,012	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	530	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,001	4

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 30, 2026

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

Receipts 329Last week 364Year 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
5	400–450	428	470.00	470.00
17	450–500	465	427.00–451.00	445.49
21	500–550	532	421.50	421.50
75	600–650	641	385.50	385.50
77	650–700	650	383.00	383.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	432.50	432.50
5	500–550	532	405.00–408.00	406.21
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	530	377.50	377.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
20	600–650	640	435.00	435.00
8	700–750	738	390.50	390.50
62	850–900	859	356.50	356.50

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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