Name: McMinnville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-04-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-03

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $276.68/cwt on 160 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −180.15 against this barn's trailing median of $456.82.

Average price

$276.68

160 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,543

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$125

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

$19.32/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.90

vs TN average

−34.08 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	559	279.21	1,559	139
Medium and Large 2	552	259.90	1,434	21

One grade step is worth $19.32/cwt here — about $125 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

8 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $493.65, low $411.46, median $456.82 across 8 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 sale160 hd

276.68

—

TN average10 barns · 400 hd

282.58

−5.90

National average173 barns · 11,586 hd

310.76

−34.08

This barn, trailing median8 sales

456.82

−180.15

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

61 lots · USDA AMS · Warren Co. Livestock Graded Sale - 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	534	290.41/cwt	284.00–293.00	1,551	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	582	268.49/cwt	259.50–270.50	1,563	71
Steers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	920	199.76/cwt	197.00–202.50	1,838	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	777	225.35/cwt	220.00–226.25	1,751	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	256.79/cwt	251.00–257.50	1,643	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	247.16/cwt	235.00–254.50	1,315	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	434	279.85/cwt	259.50–283.50	1,215	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	291.34/cwt	282.00–292.00	1,101	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	482	304.50/cwt	293.00–306.00	1,468	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,104	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	664	219.88/cwt	219.00–229.00	1,460	89
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	228.71/cwt	220.00–238.00	1,418	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	452	308.93/cwt	299.50–311.50	1,396	57
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	361	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,126	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	820	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,779	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	920	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,242	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	845	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	1,546	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	263.64/cwt	245.00–266.00	1,279	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	769	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,461	28
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	557	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,448	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	321.75/cwt	314.00–323.00	1,384	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	727	188.55/cwt	186.00–200.00	1,371	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	581	244.48/cwt	240.00–245.50	1,420	84
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	336	286.08/cwt	286.00–287.00	961	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	236.24/cwt	232.00–236.50	1,512	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	727	211.65/cwt	209.00–212.50	1,539	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	546	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,294	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,034	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	263	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	818	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	840	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,529	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	850	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,913	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	235	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	754	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	382	278.94/cwt	251.00–281.00	1,066	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	481	263.80/cwt	249.00–279.00	1,269	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	518	231.80/cwt	231.00–232.00	1,201	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	265.38/cwt	240.00–271.00	1,446	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	328	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,073	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	720	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,476	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	673	193.03/cwt	190.00–202.00	1,299	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	559	236.18/cwt	236.00–237.00	1,320	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	754	191.50/cwt	191.00–194.00	1,444	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	653	217.36/cwt	194.00–241.00	1,419	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	484	286.92/cwt	224.00–301.00	1,389	27
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	781	225.13/cwt	219.00–227.50	1,758	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	808	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,438	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	275	301.70/cwt	277.50–305.00	830	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	271.55/cwt	234.00–275.00	1,168	25
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	647	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,598	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	317.52/cwt	300.00–319.00	1,381	21
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	282	336.68/cwt	333.00–353.00	949	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	386	322.15/cwt	321.00–329.00	1,243	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	293.31/cwt	273.00–298.00	968	22
Steers	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	960	198.50/cwt	198.50–198.50	1,906	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	700	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,309	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	919	206.50/cwt	206.50–206.50	1,898	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	700	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,687	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	656	254.14/cwt	251.00–254.50	1,667	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	1,309	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	676	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,808	31
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	574	242.35/cwt	232.00–259.00	1,391	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	330.76/cwt	324.00–332.00	1,273	13

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 Graded Sale - McMinnville, TN

Wed Apr 3, 2024

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

Receipts 1,495Last week 0Year ago 1,404

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	320.00	320.00
13	350–400	385	324.00–332.00	330.76
51	400–450	430	314.00–323.00	321.75
76	450–500	482	293.00–306.00	304.50
68	500–550	534	284.00–293.00	290.41
71	550–600	582	259.50–270.50	268.49
19	600–650	640	251.00–257.50	256.79
80	650–700	656	251.00–254.50	254.14
1	700–750	700	241.00	241.00
55	750–800	777	220.00–226.25	225.35
1	800–850	820	217.00	217.00
7	900–950	919	206.50	206.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	235	321.00	321.00
5	250–300	282	333.00–353.00	336.68
5	300–350	328	327.00	327.00
17	350–400	386	321.00–329.00	322.15
21	400–450	435	300.00–319.00	317.52
27	450–500	484	224.00–301.00	286.92
16	500–550	545	240.00–271.00	265.38
5	550–600	574	232.00–259.00	242.35
13	600–650	647	247.00	247.00
6	650–700	653	194.00–241.00	217.36
1	700–750	720	205.00	205.00
18	750–800	781	219.00–227.50	225.13
1	850–900	850	225.00	225.00
2	900–950	920	197.00–202.50	199.76
4	950–1000	960	198.50	198.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
31	650–700	676	267.50	267.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	336	286.00–287.00	286.08
21	350–400	378	282.00–292.00	291.34
43	400–450	434	259.50–283.50	279.85
47	450–500	485	245.00–266.00	263.64
58	500–550	532	235.00–254.50	247.16
84	550–600	581	240.00–245.50	244.48
4	600–650	620	220.00–238.00	228.71
89	650–700	664	219.00–229.00	219.88
7	700–750	727	186.00–200.00	188.55
28	750–800	769	190.00	190.00
1	800–850	845	183.00	183.00
1	900–950	920	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	250–300	275	277.50–305.00	301.70
22	300–350	330	273.00–298.00	293.31
32	350–400	382	251.00–281.00	278.94
25	400–450	430	234.00–275.00	271.55
49	450–500	481	249.00–279.00	263.80
5	500–550	518	231.00–232.00	231.80
27	550–600	559	236.00–237.00	236.18
1	600–650	645	203.00	203.00
12	650–700	673	190.00–202.00	193.03
1	700–750	700	187.00	187.00
6	750–800	754	191.00–194.00	191.50
2	800–850	808	178.00	178.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	263	311.00	311.00
4	300–350	340	304.00	304.00
26	350–400	361	312.00	312.00
57	450–500	452	299.50–311.50	308.93
7	500–550	546	237.00	237.00
56	550–600	557	260.00	260.00
17	600–650	640	232.00–236.50	236.24
8	700–750	727	209.00–212.50	211.65
1	800–850	840	182.00	182.00

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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