Name: McMinnville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-11-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-13

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $230.90/cwt on 188 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −173.22 against this barn's trailing median of $404.12.

Average price

$230.90

188 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,290

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$102

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

$18.81/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.64

vs TN average

−34.20 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	234.10	1,307	156
Medium and Large 2	560	215.29	1,205	32

One grade step is worth $18.81/cwt here — about $102 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

8 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $413.65, low $359.08, median $404.12 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 sale188 hd

230.90

—

TN average14 barns · 808 hd

230.26

+0.64

National average194 barns · 23,548 hd

265.10

−34.20

This barn, trailing median8 sales

404.12

−173.22

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	750–800	780	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,685	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	900–950	900	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,476	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	634	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,452	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	745	223.50/cwt	223.50–223.50	1,665	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	659	224.50/cwt	224.50–224.50	1,479	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	328.71/cwt	311.00–335.00	1,193	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	945	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,692	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	533	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,285	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	639	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,514	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	1,410	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	762	239.50/cwt	239.50–239.50	1,825	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	284.28/cwt	254.00–290.00	1,359	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	584	259.49/cwt	223.00–262.50	1,515	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	860	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,806	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	325.97/cwt	312.00–330.00	1,418	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	482	293.44/cwt	276.00–296.00	1,414	30
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	656	242.13/cwt	233.00–245.00	1,588	38
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	562	252.25/cwt	214.00–255.50	1,418	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	251.94/cwt	217.00–256.50	1,663	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,005	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	2,000	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	600	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,482	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	337.76/cwt	330.00–344.00	1,263	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	766	232.19/cwt	225.00–232.50	1,779	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	537	269.69/cwt	258.00–272.00	1,448	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	651	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,172	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	381	262.77/cwt	256.00–268.00	1,001	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	245.23/cwt	225.00–252.50	1,054	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,079	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,015	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	686	269.50/cwt	269.50–269.50	1,849	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	243.26/cwt	238.00–249.00	1,048	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	384	263.68/cwt	256.00–265.00	1,013	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	280	275.06/cwt	264.00–285.00	770	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	728	170.00/cwt	169.00–171.00	1,238	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	316	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	869	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	538	220.89/cwt	211.00–224.00	1,188	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	482	240.31/cwt	228.00–245.00	1,158	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	227.85/cwt	223.50–228.75	1,515	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	233.49/cwt	225.00–235.50	1,242	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	234.67/cwt	229.00–235.50	1,368	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	600	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,368	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	264.27/cwt	245.00–270.00	846	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	274.18/cwt	255.00–277.00	1,286	30
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	238.48/cwt	220.00–239.50	1,345	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	486	237.19/cwt	221.00–243.00	1,153	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	646	208.05/cwt	208.00–209.00	1,344	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	563	214.49/cwt	184.00–224.00	1,208	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	754	218.86/cwt	211.50–219.50	1,650	25

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 Nov 13, 2024

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

Receipts 1,095Last week 945Year ago 1,324

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	350–400	363	311.00–335.00	328.71
30	450–500	469	255.00–277.00	274.18
39	550–600	564	220.00–239.50	238.48
6	600–650	634	229.00	229.00
19	650–700	659	224.50	224.50
12	700–750	745	223.50	223.50
1	750–800	780	216.00	216.00
1	900–950	900	164.00	164.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	327.00	327.00
1	350–400	380	267.00	267.00
9	400–450	430	328.00	328.00
18	450–500	478	254.00–290.00	284.28
2	500–550	533	241.00	241.00
45	550–600	562	214.00–255.50	252.25
4	600–650	639	237.00	237.00
38	650–700	656	233.00–245.00	242.13
9	750–800	762	239.50	239.50
1	900–950	945	179.00	179.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	374	330.00–344.00	337.76
11	400–450	435	312.00–330.00	325.97
30	450–500	482	276.00–296.00	293.44
50	500–550	537	258.00–272.00	269.69
54	550–600	584	223.00–262.50	259.49
2	600–650	600	247.00	247.00
88	650–700	660	217.00–256.50	251.94
49	750–800	766	225.00–232.50	232.19
1	850–900	860	210.00	210.00
1	1000–1050	1,005	199.00	199.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
23	650–700	686	269.50	269.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	280	264.00–285.00	275.06
4	300–350	316	275.00	275.00
10	350–400	381	256.00–268.00	262.77
15	400–450	430	225.00–252.50	245.23
20	450–500	486	221.00–243.00	237.19
4	500–550	538	211.00–224.00	220.89
28	550–600	563	184.00–224.00	214.49
21	600–650	646	208.00–209.00	208.05
4	650–700	651	180.00	180.00
2	700–750	728	169.00–171.00	170.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	320	245.00–270.00	264.27
18	350–400	384	256.00–265.00	263.68
11	400–450	431	238.00–249.00	243.26
60	450–500	482	228.00–245.00	240.31
75	500–550	532	225.00–235.50	233.49
81	550–600	583	229.00–235.50	234.67
1	600–650	600	228.00	228.00
66	650–700	665	223.50–228.75	227.85
25	750–800	754	211.50–219.50	218.86

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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