Name: McMinnville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-08-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-10

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 $366.79/cwt on 25 head, down $46.30 from the prior sale. That ranks 1 of 4 comparable sales and sits −21.35 against this barn's trailing median of $388.13.

Average price

$366.79

▼ 46.30 vs prior sale

25 head · 573 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,103

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−8.71

vs TN average

+0.10 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	573	366.79	2,103	25

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

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $413.09, low $366.79, median $388.13 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 sale25 hd

366.79

—

TN average18 barns · 1,064 hd

375.49

−8.71

National average162 barns · 7,051 hd

366.69

+0.10

This barn, trailing median4 sales

388.13

−21.35

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

8 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 1-2	450–500	498	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,992	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	416	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	1,716	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	515	373.93/cwt	345.00–386.00	1,926	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	801	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	2,459	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	681	324.38/cwt	322.50–325.50	2,209	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	588	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,146	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	721	336.50/cwt	336.50–336.50	2,426	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	663	361.48/cwt	357.00–366.00	2,397	157

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 Aug 10, 2026

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

Receipts 273Last week 49Year ago 0

No trends established due to lack of comparable sales.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	416	412.50	412.50
2	450–500	498	400.00	400.00
5	500–550	515	345.00–386.00	373.93
20	550–600	588	365.00	365.00
7	650–700	681	322.50–325.50	324.38
6	800–850	801	307.00	307.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
157	650–700	663	357.00–366.00	361.48
61	700–750	721	336.50	336.50

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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