Name: McMinnville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-10-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-02

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $255.98/cwt on 168 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −200.84 against this barn's trailing median of $456.82.

Average price

$255.98

168 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,419

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$63

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

$11.13/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.51

vs TN average

−30.84 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	554	258.10	1,431	136
Medium and Large 2	554	246.97	1,368	32

One grade step is worth $11.13/cwt here — about $63 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 sale168 hd

255.98

—

TN average14 barns · 543 hd

256.49

−0.51

National average167 barns · 15,497 hd

286.82

−30.84

This barn, trailing median8 sales

456.82

−200.84

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

51 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	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	844	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	358	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	995	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	199.02/cwt	198.00–200.00	1,439	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	870	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	1,462	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,478	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	548	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,178	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	960	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	282.39/cwt	282.00–286.00	1,195	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	282.50/cwt	279.50–284.00	1,223	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	863	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	777	231.50/cwt	231.50–231.50	1,799	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	479	261.97/cwt	240.00–268.00	1,255	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	820	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	1,665	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	895	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,871	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	243.82/cwt	225.00–244.25	1,585	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	943	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,943	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	745	223.48/cwt	221.00–228.50	1,665	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	387	293.45/cwt	289.00–294.00	1,136	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	643	238.11/cwt	235.50–241.00	1,531	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	757	225.50/cwt	225.50–225.50	1,707	21
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	554	246.97/cwt	238.00–249.50	1,368	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	582	229.62/cwt	220.00–231.50	1,336	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	567	215.96/cwt	195.00–223.00	1,224	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	483	225.28/cwt	200.00–235.00	1,088	23
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	632	242.75/cwt	228.00–243.50	1,534	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	769	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,446	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	241.70/cwt	240.00–242.00	1,047	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	429	232.43/cwt	230.00–234.00	997	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	661	221.67/cwt	215.50–223.25	1,465	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	235.14/cwt	215.00–241.00	1,126	36
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	559	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,252	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	233.76/cwt	220.00–236.25	1,234	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	500	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	900	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	768	205.50/cwt	205.50–205.50	1,578	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	641	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,461	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,004	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	268.46/cwt	260.00–269.50	1,243	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	641	199.25/cwt	191.00–200.00	1,277	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	800	203.50/cwt	203.50–203.50	1,628	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	816	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	673	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,346	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	339	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	797	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	275	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	627	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	252.90/cwt	228.00–254.50	1,459	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	263.96/cwt	255.00–271.00	1,396	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	482	272.24/cwt	265.00–272.50	1,312	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	383	247.36/cwt	240.00–249.00	947	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	901	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,532	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	382	236.06/cwt	228.00–238.00	902	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	900	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,854	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,001	1

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 Oct 2, 2024

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

Receipts 983Last week 1,363Year ago 1,282

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	295	286.00	286.00
11	300–350	345	291.00	291.00
2	350–400	358	278.00	278.00
28	450–500	463	260.00–269.50	268.46
9	500–550	548	215.00	215.00
22	550–600	559	224.00	224.00
13	600–650	641	228.00	228.00
5	650–700	660	224.00	224.00
2	700–750	723	198.00–200.00	199.02
2	850–900	870	168.00	168.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	291.00	291.00
12	350–400	387	289.00–294.00	293.45
12	400–450	433	279.50–284.00	282.50
46	450–500	482	265.00–272.50	272.24
64	500–550	529	255.00–271.00	263.96
72	550–600	577	228.00–254.50	252.90
17	600–650	643	235.50–241.00	238.11
83	650–700	650	225.00–244.25	243.82
6	700–750	745	221.00–228.50	223.48
21	750–800	757	225.50	225.50
1	800–850	820	203.00	203.00
1	850–900	895	209.00	209.00
2	900–950	943	206.00	206.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	345	250.00	250.00
1	350–400	385	260.00	260.00
10	400–450	423	282.00–286.00	282.39
17	450–500	479	240.00–268.00	261.97
32	550–600	554	238.00–249.50	246.97
22	600–650	632	228.00–243.50	242.75
3	750–800	777	231.50	231.50
1	900–950	900	206.00	206.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	240.00	240.00
8	350–400	383	240.00–249.00	247.36
20	400–450	433	240.00–242.00	241.70
36	450–500	479	215.00–241.00	235.14
60	500–550	528	220.00–236.25	233.76
68	550–600	582	220.00–231.50	229.62
55	650–700	661	215.50–223.25	221.67
18	750–800	768	205.50	205.50
1	800–850	800	203.50	203.50
4	900–950	901	170.00	170.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	275	228.00	228.00
4	300–350	339	235.00	235.00
10	350–400	382	228.00–238.00	236.06
12	400–450	429	230.00–234.00	232.43
23	450–500	483	200.00–235.00	225.28
1	500–550	500	180.00	180.00
21	550–600	567	195.00–223.00	215.96
18	600–650	641	191.00–200.00	199.25
4	650–700	673	200.00	200.00
5	750–800	769	188.00	188.00

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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