Name: McMinnville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-08-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends established due to lack of comparable sales.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $361.51/cwt on 16 head, down $96.58 from the prior sale (only 18 head in that comparison). That ranks 1 of 4 comparable sales and sits −62.53 against this barn's trailing median of $424.04.

Average price

$361.51

▼ 96.58 vs prior sale

16 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,993

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−37.57

vs TN average

−26.90 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	551	361.51	1,993	16thin

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 sale16 hd

361.51

—

TN average13 barns · 390 hd

399.08

−37.57

National average109 barns · 4,104 hd

388.41

−26.90

This barn, trailing median4 sales

424.04

−62.53

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

22 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	250–300	265	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,140	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,554	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,739	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,833	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	815	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	2,099	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	348	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,496	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	950–1000	950	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	2,351	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	850–900	859	258.82/cwt	252.50–272.50	2,223	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	1000–1050	1,000	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	2,810	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	632	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	2,282	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	950–1000	982	268.50/cwt	268.50–268.50	2,637	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	593	345.19/cwt	340.00–346.00	2,047	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	1,787	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	645	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,819	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	737	327.56/cwt	300.00–333.00	2,414	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	519	374.20/cwt	367.50–375.00	1,942	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	348.76/cwt	347.50–350.00	1,517	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	850–900	873	308.94/cwt	292.50–315.50	2,697	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	781	333.25/cwt	319.50–345.00	2,603	166
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	843	323.26/cwt	300.00–326.50	2,725	191
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	673	364.91/cwt	333.50–370.00	2,456	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	900–950	919	306.37/cwt	283.50–308.00	2,816	114

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 17, 2026

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

Receipts 749Last week 273Year 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	250–300	265	430.00	430.00
2	300–350	348	430.00	430.00
1	400–450	420	370.00	370.00
3	500–550	515	347.00	347.00
1	600–650	630	276.00	276.00
1	650–700	650	282.00	282.00
1	800–850	815	257.50	257.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	850–900	859	252.50–272.50	258.82
1	950–1000	950	247.50	247.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	500–550	519	367.50–375.00	374.20
7	550–600	593	340.00–346.00	345.19
10	600–650	632	361.00	361.00
85	650–700	673	333.50–370.00	364.91
52	700–750	737	300.00–333.00	327.56
166	750–800	781	319.50–345.00	333.25
191	800–850	843	300.00–326.50	323.26
70	850–900	873	292.50–315.50	308.94
114	900–950	919	283.50–308.00	306.37
5	950–1000	982	268.50	268.50
2	1000–1050	1,000	281.00	281.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	435	347.50–350.00	348.76
1	600–650	645	282.00	282.00

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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