Name: McMinnville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-08-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-21

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $258.32/cwt on 166 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −198.50 against this barn's trailing median of $456.82.

Average price

$258.32

166 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,441

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$3

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

$1.31/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.11

vs TN average

−12.18 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	555	259.34	1,439	37
Medium and Large 1	559	258.03	1,442	129

One grade step is worth $1.31/cwt here — about −$3 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 sale166 hd

258.32

—

TN average15 barns · 606 hd

262.44

−4.11

National average163 barns · 7,520 hd

270.50

−12.18

This barn, trailing median8 sales

456.82

−198.50

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

49 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	850–900	881	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,780	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	269.10/cwt	240.00–274.00	1,292	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	275.29/cwt	250.00–280.00	1,156	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	700	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,624	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	555	259.24/cwt	238.00–262.00	1,439	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,186	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	484	272.23/cwt	260.00–273.00	1,318	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	845	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,741	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	253.44/cwt	240.00–255.50	1,478	70
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,433	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	263.48/cwt	216.00–265.00	1,396	59
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	783	224.50/cwt	224.50–224.50	1,758	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,056	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	961	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	647	242.47/cwt	237.00–243.00	1,569	22
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	733	220.46/cwt	205.00–230.00	1,616	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	764	224.86/cwt	220.00–225.00	1,718	67
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	651	231.59/cwt	229.00–232.00	1,508	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	638	226.40/cwt	225.00–226.50	1,444	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	737	209.11/cwt	201.00–210.00	1,541	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	299.13/cwt	294.00–300.00	1,062	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,127	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	826	181.01/cwt	178.00–190.00	1,495	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	285	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	804	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	437	282.19/cwt	280.00–298.00	1,233	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	383	259.28/cwt	251.00–262.00	993	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	661	242.66/cwt	242.00–249.00	1,604	117
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	265	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	716	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	647	210.84/cwt	185.00–214.00	1,364	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	555	230.69/cwt	189.00–240.00	1,280	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	429	248.93/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,068	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	205	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	554	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	382	298.48/cwt	285.00–301.00	1,140	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	647	221.60/cwt	201.00–226.00	1,434	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,222	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	252.19/cwt	219.00–254.50	1,198	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	894	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	235.05/cwt	227.00–235.50	1,246	88
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	247.10/cwt	231.00–251.00	1,181	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	753	214.80/cwt	213.00–216.00	1,617	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	810	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,288	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	235.59/cwt	230.00–236.25	1,373	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	657	227.47/cwt	216.00–228.25	1,494	97
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	434	255.06/cwt	255.00–256.00	1,107	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	344	251.20/cwt	251.00–253.00	864	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,262	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	546	239.24/cwt	237.00–239.50	1,306	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	665	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,377	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	369	246.57/cwt	243.00–254.00	910	12

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 Aug 21, 2024

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

Receipts 1,109Last week 1,073Year ago 1,212

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	315	305.00	305.00
2	350–400	390	304.00	304.00
13	400–450	437	280.00–298.00	282.19
17	450–500	484	260.00–273.00	272.23
59	500–550	530	216.00–265.00	263.48
70	550–600	583	240.00–255.50	253.44
22	600–650	647	237.00–243.00	242.47
117	650–700	661	242.00–249.00	242.66
1	700–750	700	232.00	232.00
67	750–800	764	220.00–225.00	224.86
3	800–850	845	206.00	206.00
6	850–900	881	202.00	202.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	345	306.00	306.00
6	350–400	382	285.00–301.00	298.48
7	400–450	420	250.00–280.00	275.29
20	450–500	480	240.00–274.00	269.10
1	500–550	545	263.00	263.00
36	550–600	555	238.00–262.00	259.24
22	650–700	651	229.00–232.00	231.59
9	700–750	733	205.00–230.00	220.46
2	750–800	783	224.50	224.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	282.00	282.00
7	350–400	355	294.00–300.00	299.13
5	400–450	435	259.00	259.00
22	450–500	464	272.00	272.00
28	500–550	546	237.00–239.50	239.24
15	600–650	638	225.00–226.50	226.40
10	700–750	737	201.00–210.00	209.11
4	800–850	826	178.00–190.00	181.01
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	205	270.00	270.00
1	300–350	345	259.00	259.00
18	350–400	383	251.00–262.00	259.28
15	400–450	434	255.00–256.00	255.06
37	450–500	475	219.00–254.50	252.19
88	500–550	530	227.00–235.50	235.05
66	550–600	583	230.00–236.25	235.59
18	600–650	647	201.00–226.00	221.60
97	650–700	657	216.00–228.25	227.47
35	750–800	753	213.00–216.00	214.80
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	265	270.00	270.00
10	300–350	344	251.00–253.00	251.20
12	350–400	369	243.00–254.00	246.57
15	400–450	429	240.00–250.00	248.93
18	450–500	478	231.00–251.00	247.10
1	500–550	520	235.00	235.00
26	550–600	555	189.00–240.00	230.69
9	600–650	647	185.00–214.00	210.84
1	650–700	665	207.00	207.00
1	800–850	810	159.00	159.00

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.

Feeder Cattle — prices, barns, and planning

Fed Cattle — the cash market and what quality pays

Beef & Retail — from the box to the grocery shelf

Feed & Hay — the cost side, cash not futures

Cows & Bred Stock — the rebuild market

More

McMinnville Livestock Auction