Name: McMinnville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-09-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-11

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $245.63/cwt on 222 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −211.20 against this barn's trailing median of $456.82.

Average price

$245.63

222 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,375

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$45

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

$3.28/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.13

vs TN average

−22.57 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	563	246.60	1,389	156
Medium and Large 2	552	243.32	1,344	66

One grade step is worth $3.28/cwt here — about $45 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale222 hd

245.63

—

TN average15 barns · 888 hd

248.76

−3.13

National average178 barns · 13,815 hd

268.20

−22.57

This barn, trailing median8 sales

456.82

−211.20

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

48 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	295	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	789	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	855	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,454	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	358	262.77/cwt	250.00–265.00	941	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	739	203.57/cwt	188.00–206.00	1,504	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	656	209.77/cwt	204.00–210.00	1,376	27
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,137	28
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	531	227.86/cwt	214.00–233.00	1,210	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	426	262.73/cwt	250.00–267.00	1,119	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	756	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,716	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	669	222.19/cwt	207.00–230.50	1,486	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	257.80/cwt	251.00–259.00	1,263	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	646	233.56/cwt	218.00–234.50	1,509	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	880	204.67/cwt	204.50–205.00	1,801	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	269.50/cwt	269.00–270.00	1,172	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	488	268.12/cwt	265.00–269.50	1,308	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	300	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	855	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	282.55/cwt	280.00–285.00	1,054	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	554	244.59/cwt	234.00–246.00	1,355	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	786	221.61/cwt	215.00–224.50	1,742	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	584	242.60/cwt	221.00–243.50	1,417	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	666	235.43/cwt	231.50–236.25	1,568	132
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	740	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,591	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	608	233.20/cwt	229.00–237.50	1,418	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	968	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,897	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	434	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	955	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	397	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	889	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	328	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	945	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	387	257.04/cwt	230.00–271.00	995	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	964	206.50/cwt	206.50–206.50	1,991	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	252.36/cwt	245.50–253.50	1,345	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	636	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,437	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	434	232.02/cwt	223.00–233.00	1,007	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	260	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	520	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	633	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	1,285	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	780	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,381	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	536	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	976	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	223.18/cwt	206.00–224.00	1,172	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	229.50/cwt	220.00–231.50	1,338	97
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	652	226.28/cwt	218.00–227.50	1,475	131
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	255	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	523	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	749	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,498	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	230.73/cwt	229.00–231.00	858	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	226.44/cwt	222.00–227.00	1,257	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	659	191.46/cwt	180.00–207.00	1,262	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	479	226.16/cwt	212.00–228.00	1,083	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	554	215.33/cwt	201.00–217.00	1,193	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	752	199.25/cwt	185.00–200.00	1,498	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	231.09/cwt	228.00–232.00	1,105	45

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 Sep 11, 2024

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

Receipts 1,363Last week 1,109Year ago 1,708

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	267.50	267.50
20	350–400	358	250.00–265.00	262.77
28	450–500	466	244.00	244.00
38	550–600	555	222.00–227.00	226.44
27	650–700	656	204.00–210.00	209.77
22	700–750	739	188.00–206.00	203.57
2	850–900	855	170.00	170.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	328	288.00	288.00
3	350–400	387	230.00–271.00	257.04
8	400–450	426	250.00–267.00	262.73
20	450–500	490	251.00–259.00	257.80
5	500–550	531	214.00–233.00	227.86
61	550–600	554	234.00–246.00	244.59
34	600–650	646	218.00–234.50	233.56
15	650–700	669	207.00–230.50	222.19
10	750–800	756	227.00	227.00
4	950–1000	964	206.50	206.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	285.00	285.00
2	350–400	373	280.00–285.00	282.55
9	400–450	435	269.00–270.00	269.50
36	450–500	488	265.00–269.50	268.12
64	500–550	533	245.50–253.50	252.36
92	550–600	584	221.00–243.50	242.60
2	600–650	608	229.00–237.50	233.20
132	650–700	666	231.50–236.25	235.43
1	700–750	740	215.00	215.00
80	750–800	786	215.00–224.50	221.61
3	850–900	880	204.50–205.00	204.67
2	950–1000	968	196.00	196.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	260	200.00	200.00
6	350–400	397	224.00	224.00
5	400–450	434	220.00	220.00
23	450–500	479	212.00–228.00	226.16
4	500–550	536	182.00	182.00
49	550–600	554	201.00–217.00	215.33
3	600–650	633	203.00	203.00
21	650–700	659	180.00–207.00	191.46
3	750–800	780	177.00	177.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	255	205.00	205.00
7	350–400	372	229.00–231.00	230.73
25	400–450	434	223.00–233.00	232.02
45	450–500	478	228.00–232.00	231.09
67	500–550	525	206.00–224.00	223.18
97	550–600	583	220.00–231.50	229.50
10	600–650	636	226.00	226.00
131	650–700	652	218.00–227.50	226.28
6	700–750	749	200.00	200.00
26	750–800	752	185.00–200.00	199.25

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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