Name: McMinnville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-05-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-01

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $285.21/cwt on 224 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −171.62 against this barn's trailing median of $456.82.

Average price

$285.21

224 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,591

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$67

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

$9.97/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.04

vs TN average

−23.40 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	285.47	1,592	218
Medium and Large 2	554	275.50	1,525	6thin

One grade step is worth $9.97/cwt here — about $67 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

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 sale224 hd

285.21

—

TN average13 barns · 628 hd

290.25

−5.04

National average166 barns · 9,614 hd

308.61

−23.40

This barn, trailing median8 sales

456.82

−171.62

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

54 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	244.74/cwt	225.00–265.00	1,273	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	338	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	987	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	326.88/cwt	308.00–330.00	1,406	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	638	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,678	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	335	340.50/cwt	340.50–340.50	1,141	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	790	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,185	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	810	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,499	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	700	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,400	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	429	276.64/cwt	232.50–284.00	1,187	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	364	292.44/cwt	271.00–297.00	1,064	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	664	219.89/cwt	219.00–220.00	1,460	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	675	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,607	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,520	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	542	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,528	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	390	305.33/cwt	276.00–320.00	1,191	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	868	219.43/cwt	216.00–223.00	1,905	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	1000–1050	1,010	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,798	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	343.67/cwt	342.00–347.00	1,186	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	295.35/cwt	259.00–300.00	1,574	112
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	584	275.04/cwt	263.00–283.00	1,606	106
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	652	255.28/cwt	240.00–256.50	1,664	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	484	316.60/cwt	311.00–319.00	1,532	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	771	229.69/cwt	225.00–230.50	1,771	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	534	265.96/cwt	254.00–267.00	1,420	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	276.75/cwt	264.50–280.00	1,323	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	654	231.47/cwt	215.00–233.25	1,514	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	434	320.00/cwt	319.00–321.00	1,389	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	642	258.28/cwt	248.00–260.00	1,658	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	336.17/cwt	336.00–338.00	1,267	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	249.08/cwt	240.50–249.50	1,442	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	283.05/cwt	282.00–284.50	1,231	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	296.15/cwt	289.00–303.00	1,125	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	763	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,564	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	940	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,457	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	338	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,034	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	733	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,532	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	880	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,355	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	830	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,569	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	313.12/cwt	309.00–313.50	1,465	35
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,571	32
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	326.88/cwt	322.00–327.50	1,219	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	254.50/cwt	254.50–254.50	1,629	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	743	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,657	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	538	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,442	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	253	362.91/cwt	355.00–365.00	918	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	898	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,545	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,577	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	748	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,713	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	278.71/cwt	271.00–288.00	1,338	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	564	258.50/cwt	244.50–260.00	1,458	32
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	482	315.97/cwt	302.00–320.00	1,523	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	781	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,812	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	210	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	662	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	271	281.38/cwt	257.50–289.00	763	5

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 May 1, 2024

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

Receipts 1,193Last week 1,495Year ago 1,404

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	271	257.50–289.00	281.38
3	300–350	338	292.00	292.00
16	350–400	364	271.00–297.00	292.44
21	400–450	429	232.50–284.00	276.64
36	450–500	480	271.00–288.00	278.71
3	500–550	520	225.00–265.00	244.74
32	550–600	564	244.50–260.00	258.50
9	650–700	664	219.00–220.00	219.89
1	700–750	700	200.00	200.00
2	750–800	790	150.00	150.00
1	800–850	810	185.00	185.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	338	306.00	306.00
14	350–400	380	289.00–303.00	296.15
33	400–450	435	282.00–284.50	283.05
68	450–500	478	264.50–280.00	276.75
74	500–550	534	254.00–267.00	265.96
64	550–600	579	240.50–249.50	249.08
66	650–700	654	215.00–233.25	231.47
2	700–750	733	209.00	209.00
13	750–800	763	205.00	205.00
1	800–850	830	189.00	189.00
1	850–900	880	154.00	154.00
3	900–950	940	155.00	155.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	210	315.00	315.00
6	300–350	335	340.50	340.50
3	350–400	390	276.00–320.00	305.33
14	400–450	430	308.00–330.00	326.88
17	450–500	482	302.00–320.00	315.97
3	500–550	542	282.00	282.00
3	550–600	565	269.00	269.00
9	600–650	638	263.00	263.00
3	650–700	675	238.00	238.00
4	700–750	748	229.00	229.00
14	750–800	781	232.00	232.00
2	850–900	868	216.00–223.00	219.43
1	1000–1050	1,010	178.00	178.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	345	342.00–347.00	343.67
12	350–400	377	336.00–338.00	336.17
29	400–450	434	319.00–321.00	320.00
50	450–500	484	311.00–319.00	316.60
112	500–550	533	259.00–300.00	295.35
106	550–600	584	263.00–283.00	275.04
26	600–650	642	248.00–260.00	258.28
90	650–700	652	240.00–256.50	255.28
42	750–800	771	225.00–230.50	229.69
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	253	355.00–365.00	362.91
17	350–400	373	322.00–327.50	326.88
35	450–500	468	309.00–313.50	313.12
6	500–550	538	268.00	268.00
32	550–600	563	279.00	279.00
13	600–650	640	254.50	254.50
1	650–700	660	239.00	239.00
6	700–750	743	223.00	223.00
2	850–900	898	172.00	172.00

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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