Name: McMinnville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-12-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-04

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $254.89/cwt on 102 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −149.23 against this barn's trailing median of $404.12.

Average price

$254.89

102 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,428

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$78

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

$19.57/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.87

vs TN average

−28.43 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	258.35	1,442	84
Medium and Large 2	571	238.78	1,363	18thin

One grade step is worth $19.57/cwt here — about $78 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 sale102 hd

254.89

—

TN average13 barns · 713 hd

247.02

+7.87

National average190 barns · 29,311 hd

283.32

−28.43

This barn, trailing median8 sales

404.12

−149.23

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

53 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	350–400	380	339.04/cwt	334.00–347.00	1,288	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	377	336.83/cwt	332.50–338.00	1,270	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	327.23/cwt	319.00–329.00	1,581	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	279.05/cwt	261.00–302.00	1,618	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	342.83/cwt	320.00–345.00	1,460	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	314.42/cwt	286.00–320.00	1,676	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	868	237.67/cwt	237.00–238.00	2,063	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	243.65/cwt	240.00–244.00	1,876	45
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	660	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,690	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	905	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	2,045	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	476	297.35/cwt	250.00–320.00	1,415	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	635	277.56/cwt	259.00–279.50	1,763	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	556	290.88/cwt	290.00–291.00	1,617	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	280	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	739	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	290.27/cwt	275.00–307.50	1,103	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	344	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,032	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	285	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	812	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	645	239.93/cwt	225.00–241.50	1,548	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	973	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,576	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	529	225.88/cwt	210.00–242.00	1,195	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	457	314.29/cwt	300.00–317.00	1,436	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	583	242.46/cwt	228.00–247.00	1,414	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	581	256.44/cwt	220.00–261.50	1,490	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	260.77/cwt	238.00–270.00	1,379	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	484	267.61/cwt	220.00–272.50	1,295	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	436	268.32/cwt	249.00–279.00	1,170	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	755	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	1,382	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	476	263.84/cwt	222.00–268.00	1,256	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	231.54/cwt	211.00–242.00	1,563	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	656	222.43/cwt	220.00–223.00	1,459	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	281.82/cwt	250.00–291.00	1,057	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	323	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,001	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	280.76/cwt	264.00–282.00	1,213	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	321	275.76/cwt	247.50–289.00	885	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	725	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,443	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	925	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,499	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	825	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,543	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	245.45/cwt	244.00–247.00	1,775	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	750	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,695	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	865	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,747	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	738	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,683	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	342.91/cwt	324.00–350.00	1,245	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	561	264.04/cwt	250.00–267.00	1,481	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	661	247.36/cwt	243.50–248.00	1,635	28
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	500	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,300	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	935	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	2,029	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	777	230.53/cwt	220.00–246.00	1,791	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	870	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,749	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,782	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	1,128	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	330.80/cwt	330.00–331.00	1,422	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	741	227.20/cwt	215.00–230.00	1,684	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	644	261.38/cwt	256.00–271.00	1,683	11

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 Dec 4, 2024

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

Receipts 870Last week 1,095Year ago 1,324

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	328	344.00	344.00
5	350–400	380	334.00–347.00	339.04
21	400–450	426	320.00–345.00	342.83
42	450–500	483	319.00–329.00	327.23
35	500–550	533	286.00–320.00	314.42
34	550–600	580	261.00–302.00	279.05
11	600–650	644	256.00–271.00	261.38
55	650–700	665	268.00	268.00
2	700–750	723	244.00–247.00	245.45
45	750–800	770	240.00–244.00	243.65
3	850–900	868	237.00–238.00	237.67
1	900–950	905	226.00	226.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	323	310.00	310.00
11	350–400	377	332.50–338.00	336.83
10	400–450	430	330.00–331.00	330.80
9	450–500	476	250.00–320.00	297.35
1	500–550	500	260.00	260.00
17	550–600	556	290.00–291.00	290.88
10	600–650	635	259.00–279.50	277.56
1	650–700	660	256.00	256.00
3	750–800	777	220.00–246.00	230.53
1	850–900	870	201.00	201.00
1	900–950	935	217.00	217.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	280	264.00	264.00
4	300–350	321	247.50–289.00	275.76
14	350–400	375	250.00–291.00	281.82
18	400–450	436	249.00–279.00	268.32
17	450–500	476	222.00–268.00	263.84
4	500–550	529	210.00–242.00	225.88
14	550–600	583	228.00–247.00	242.46
16	650–700	656	220.00–223.00	222.43
2	700–750	725	199.00	199.00
1	750–800	755	183.00	183.00
1	800–850	825	187.00	187.00
1	900–950	925	162.00	162.00
4	950–1000	973	162.00	162.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	285.00	285.00
7	300–350	344	300.00	300.00
18	350–400	380	275.00–307.50	290.27
27	400–450	432	264.00–282.00	280.76
43	450–500	484	220.00–272.50	267.61
37	500–550	529	238.00–270.00	260.77
47	550–600	581	220.00–261.50	256.44
52	600–650	645	225.00–241.50	239.93
12	650–700	675	211.00–242.00	231.54
20	700–750	741	215.00–230.00	227.20
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	350–400	363	324.00–350.00	342.91
31	450–500	457	300.00–317.00	314.29
18	550–600	561	250.00–267.00	264.04
28	650–700	661	243.50–248.00	247.36
6	700–750	738	228.00	228.00
2	750–800	750	226.00	226.00
3	850–900	865	202.00	202.00

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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