Sale reports / Tennessee / McMinnville Livestock Auction / 2026-10-19

McMinnville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · McMinnville, Tennessee · Mon, Oct 19
● Final12 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3675
Receipts
220 head
▲ 220 vs last sale 0▲ 220 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend established, due to no report previous week.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $370.00/cwt on 9 head, up $8.49 from the prior sale (only 16 head in that comparison). That ranks 2 of 3 comparable sales and sits −88.08 against this barn's trailing median of $458.08.
Average price
$370.00
▲ 8.49 vs prior sale
9 head · 594 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,198
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−5.45
vs TN average
−69.27 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2594370.002,1989thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale9 hd
370.00
—
TN average17 barns · 541 hd
375.45
−5.45
National average183 barns · 33,329 hd
439.27
−69.27
This barn, trailing median3 sales
458.08
−88.08
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

3 sales
482437392348median 458.0803/2303/2304/2008/1708/17
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.

Every lot, as filed

12 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added594370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,1989
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2640327.50/cwt327.50–327.502,0961
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added672348.00/cwt348.00–348.002,33912
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2Value Added801341.75/cwt341.75–341.752,73765
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1Value Added832334.25/cwt334.25–334.252,78156
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2Value Added910311.50/cwt311.50–311.502,83557
Steers900–950Medium and Large 2920278.00/cwt278.00–278.002,5581
Feeder Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2635260.51/cwt259.00–262.001,6542
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 2870242.00/cwt242.00–242.002,1051
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1425386.00/cwt386.00–386.001,6412
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2555290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,6101
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1564339.94/cwt334.00–344.001,9175

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.