Name: McMinnville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-07-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-07-31

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $280.63/cwt on 128 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −176.19 against this barn's trailing median of $456.82.

Average price

$280.63

128 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,573

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$113

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

$16.85/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.09

vs TN average

−7.16 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	562	284.19	1,597	101
Medium and Large 2	555	267.34	1,484	27

One grade step is worth $16.85/cwt here — about $113 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale128 hd

280.63

—

TN average14 barns · 469 hd

280.55

+0.09

National average138 barns · 5,135 hd

287.79

−7.16

This barn, trailing median8 sales

456.82

−176.19

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

56 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	350–400	382	247.88/cwt	223.00–264.50	947	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	850	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	1,428	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	762	176.59/cwt	175.00–177.00	1,346	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	305.67/cwt	289.00–309.00	1,009	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	255	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	796	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	376	303.65/cwt	297.00–307.00	1,142	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	555	248.26/cwt	215.00–250.00	1,378	67
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	555	267.34/cwt	218.00–273.50	1,484	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	740	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,399	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	252.94/cwt	220.00–255.50	1,214	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	426	253.11/cwt	230.00–259.00	1,078	21
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	641	256.89/cwt	256.00–259.00	1,647	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	700	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,666	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	278	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	756	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	752	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,632	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	366	304.72/cwt	304.00–306.00	1,115	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	657	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,610	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	442	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,282	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	458	295.50/cwt	295.50–295.50	1,353	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	231.69/cwt	229.00–240.00	1,483	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	810	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,701	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	737	207.34/cwt	205.50–211.00	1,528	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	272.40/cwt	269.00–275.00	885	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	539	265.54/cwt	264.00–266.00	1,431	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1250–1300	1,280	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,856	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	270.58/cwt	265.00–274.00	1,015	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	436	267.92/cwt	266.50–270.50	1,168	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	753	219.50/cwt	219.50–219.50	1,653	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	269.77/cwt	258.00–272.50	1,308	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	257.90/cwt	245.00–262.00	1,364	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	244.97/cwt	239.00–246.50	1,421	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	940	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,918	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,069	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	265	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	856	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	886	220.34/cwt	219.50–222.50	1,952	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,183	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	238.97/cwt	217.50–240.00	1,599	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	227.33/cwt	225.00–232.00	1,648	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	262.91/cwt	260.00–266.00	1,664	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	320.67/cwt	320.00–321.50	1,389	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	307.46/cwt	307.00–315.00	1,476	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	296.28/cwt	291.00–300.00	1,576	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	767	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,802	45
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	840	229.50/cwt	229.50–229.50	1,928	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	777	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,826	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	930	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,953	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	693	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,760	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	586	274.47/cwt	270.00–275.00	1,608	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	662	263.50/cwt	263.50–263.50	1,744	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	503	214.45/cwt	182.00–231.00	1,079	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	663	206.05/cwt	177.00–224.00	1,366	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	641	193.50/cwt	192.00–194.00	1,240	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	282	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	705	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	426	290.46/cwt	268.00–300.00	1,237	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	476	282.53/cwt	270.00–299.00	1,345	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	342	252.82/cwt	249.00–259.00	865	8

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 Jul 31, 2024

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

Receipts 1,073Last week 1,516Year ago 1,343

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	282	250.00	250.00
8	300–350	342	249.00–259.00	252.82
16	350–400	382	223.00–264.50	247.88
21	400–450	426	230.00–259.00	253.11
26	450–500	480	220.00–255.50	252.94
3	500–550	503	182.00–231.00	214.45
67	550–600	555	215.00–250.00	248.26
4	600–650	641	192.00–194.00	193.50
12	650–700	663	177.00–224.00	206.05
1	700–750	740	189.00	189.00
5	750–800	762	175.00–177.00	176.59
1	850–900	850	168.00	168.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	325	269.00–275.00	272.40
9	350–400	375	265.00–274.00	270.58
19	400–450	436	266.50–270.50	267.92
36	450–500	485	258.00–272.50	269.77
55	500–550	529	245.00–262.00	257.90
61	550–600	580	239.00–246.50	244.97
4	600–650	640	229.00–240.00	231.69
64	650–700	669	217.50–240.00	238.97
3	700–750	737	205.50–211.00	207.34
20	750–800	753	219.50	219.50
5	800–850	810	210.00	210.00
1	1250–1300	1,280	145.00	145.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	255	312.00	312.00
6	300–350	330	289.00–309.00	305.67
11	350–400	376	297.00–307.00	303.65
14	400–450	426	268.00–300.00	290.46
17	450–500	476	270.00–299.00	282.53
27	550–600	555	218.00–273.50	267.34
17	600–650	641	256.00–259.00	256.89
2	650–700	693	254.00	254.00
1	700–750	700	238.00	238.00
5	750–800	777	235.00	235.00
2	800–850	840	229.50	229.50
1	900–950	930	210.00	210.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	265	323.00	323.00
3	300–350	335	319.00	319.00
15	350–400	372	318.00	318.00
33	400–450	433	320.00–321.50	320.67
45	450–500	480	307.00–315.00	307.46
45	500–550	532	291.00–300.00	296.28
56	550–600	586	270.00–275.00	274.47
14	600–650	633	260.00–266.00	262.91
77	650–700	662	263.50	263.50
3	700–750	725	225.00–232.00	227.33
45	750–800	767	235.00	235.00
14	850–900	886	219.50–222.50	220.34
1	900–950	940	204.00	204.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	278	272.00	272.00
8	350–400	366	304.00–306.00	304.72
9	400–450	442	290.00	290.00
17	450–500	458	295.50	295.50
39	500–550	539	264.00–266.00	265.54
8	650–700	657	245.00	245.00
7	750–800	752	217.00	217.00

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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