Name: McMinnville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-01-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-08

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $278.83/cwt on 111 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −125.29 against this barn's trailing median of $404.12.

Average price

$278.83

111 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,552

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$19

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

$7.95/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.58

vs TN average

−26.41 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	280.41	1,556	89
Medium and Large 2	564	272.46	1,537	22

One grade step is worth $7.95/cwt here — about $19 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale111 hd

278.83

—

TN average14 barns · 681 hd

269.25

+9.58

National average163 barns · 22,771 hd

305.24

−26.41

This barn, trailing median8 sales

404.12

−125.29

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

46 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	600–650	630	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,600	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,784	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	1,176	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	274.50/cwt	274.50–274.50	1,510	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	667	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,674	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	545	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,564	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	313	357.19/cwt	349.00–365.00	1,118	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	300.30/cwt	264.00–306.00	1,697	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	747	254.66/cwt	254.00–256.00	1,902	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	807	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,058	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	582	300.03/cwt	290.00–302.00	1,746	29
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	531	323.47/cwt	315.00–328.00	1,718	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	647	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,831	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	935	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	2,225	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	801	253.50/cwt	253.50–253.50	2,031	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	715	255.50/cwt	255.50–255.50	1,827	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	777	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	2,012	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	536	328.52/cwt	320.00–329.00	1,761	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	564	272.46/cwt	267.00–276.00	1,537	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	486	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,327	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	343.19/cwt	340.00–356.00	1,476	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	476	331.73/cwt	324.00–334.00	1,579	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	388	345.86/cwt	336.00–349.00	1,342	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	429	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	1,454	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	384	286.68/cwt	280.00–288.00	1,101	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	726	222.08/cwt	216.00–239.00	1,612	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	482	352.30/cwt	345.00–353.00	1,698	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	662	285.95/cwt	282.00–286.50	1,893	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	943	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	294.62/cwt	291.00–295.00	1,255	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	656	261.16/cwt	255.00–261.50	1,713	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	281.78/cwt	272.00–282.50	1,491	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	650	257.55/cwt	257.50–258.00	1,674	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	289	289.50/cwt	289.50–289.50	837	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	290	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	885	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	616	264.63/cwt	258.00–271.00	1,630	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	457	318.82/cwt	311.00–322.00	1,457	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	734	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,776	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	287.37/cwt	278.00–288.50	1,362	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	782	229.70/cwt	222.00–233.00	1,796	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	432	274.54/cwt	267.00–281.50	1,186	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	279.18/cwt	270.00–279.50	1,614	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	948	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,896	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	341	303.50/cwt	303.50–303.50	1,035	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	382	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,154	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,566	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 Jan 8, 2025

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

Receipts 719Last week 870Year ago 845

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	340	346.00	346.00
21	450–500	457	311.00–322.00	318.82
17	500–550	545	287.00	287.00
6	550–600	550	274.50	274.50
1	600–650	630	254.00	254.00
9	650–700	667	251.00	251.00
2	700–750	725	246.00	246.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	313	349.00–365.00	357.19
4	350–400	388	336.00–349.00	345.86
11	400–450	429	339.00	339.00
16	450–500	476	324.00–334.00	331.73
5	500–550	531	315.00–328.00	323.47
29	550–600	565	264.00–306.00	300.30
12	600–650	647	283.00	283.00
1	700–750	715	255.50	255.50
9	800–850	801	253.50	253.50
1	900–950	935	238.00	238.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	400–450	430	340.00–356.00	343.19
23	450–500	482	345.00–353.00	352.30
33	500–550	536	320.00–329.00	328.52
29	550–600	582	290.00–302.00	300.03
46	650–700	662	282.00–286.50	285.95
3	700–750	747	254.00–256.00	254.66
51	750–800	777	259.00	259.00
9	800–850	807	255.00	255.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	305.00	305.00
1	300–350	325	290.00	290.00
6	350–400	384	280.00–288.00	286.68
12	400–450	432	267.00–281.50	274.54
9	450–500	486	273.00	273.00
22	550–600	564	267.00–276.00	272.46
11	650–700	650	257.50–258.00	257.55
7	700–750	726	216.00–239.00	222.08
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	250–300	289	289.50	289.50
4	300–350	341	303.50	303.50
7	350–400	382	302.00	302.00
10	400–450	426	291.00–295.00	294.62
9	450–500	474	278.00–288.50	287.37
42	500–550	529	272.00–282.50	281.78
47	550–600	578	270.00–279.50	279.18
10	600–650	616	258.00–271.00	264.63
40	650–700	656	255.00–261.50	261.16
1	700–750	735	213.00	213.00
31	750–800	782	222.00–233.00	229.70
2	900–950	948	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
21	700–750	734	242.00	242.00

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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