Name: McMinnville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-02-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-05

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $277.56/cwt on 141 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −126.56 against this barn's trailing median of $404.12.

Average price

$277.56

141 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,534

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$44

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

$4.75/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.24

vs TN average

−21.30 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	278.98	1,547	99
Medium and Large 2	548	274.23	1,503	42

One grade step is worth $4.75/cwt here — about $44 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 sale141 hd

277.56

—

TN average15 barns · 1,054 hd

271.32

+6.24

National average192 barns · 21,303 hd

298.86

−21.30

This barn, trailing median8 sales

404.12

−126.56

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

52 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	667	245.57/cwt	233.00–250.00	1,638	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	272.43/cwt	259.00–284.00	1,305	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	243.37/cwt	238.00–246.00	1,886	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	538	305.32/cwt	295.00–307.00	1,643	38
Steers	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	954	231.50/cwt	231.50–231.50	2,209	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	671	250.72/cwt	250.00–257.00	1,682	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	741	271.75/cwt	271.75–271.75	2,014	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	372	298.57/cwt	263.00–301.00	1,111	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	482	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	1,634	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	484	333.10/cwt	309.00–335.00	1,612	31
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	559	295.54/cwt	248.00–300.00	1,652	24
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	318	348.73/cwt	346.00–349.00	1,109	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	382	360.71/cwt	360.00–361.00	1,378	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	582	283.84/cwt	271.00–294.00	1,652	51
Steers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	900	234.50/cwt	234.50–234.50	2,111	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	745	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,803	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	539	295.95/cwt	270.00–303.00	1,595	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	339.37/cwt	326.00–342.00	1,466	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	383	358.12/cwt	351.00–359.00	1,372	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	766	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,953	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,480	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	445	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,357	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	759	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,822	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	817	220.75/cwt	220.00–221.00	1,804	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	270	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	932	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	245	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	796	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	770	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,786	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	666	254.63/cwt	241.00–257.00	1,696	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	474	291.74/cwt	260.00–297.00	1,383	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	426	304.49/cwt	281.00–307.00	1,297	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,442	35
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	541	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,553	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	1,030	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	266.49/cwt	266.00–267.00	1,519	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	342.58/cwt	332.50–344.00	1,274	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	639	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,610	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	281.32/cwt	270.00–282.00	1,485	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	276.49/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,612	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	740	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,695	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	292.78/cwt	268.00–295.00	1,259	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	700	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,617	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	547	274.62/cwt	257.50–278.00	1,502	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	293	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	930	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	777	230.71/cwt	222.50–235.00	1,793	30
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	638	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,582	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	429	339.27/cwt	319.00–346.00	1,455	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,516	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	382	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,146	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	322	302.43/cwt	270.00–307.50	974	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	800	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,736	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	257.93/cwt	255.00–261.00	1,586	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	653	276.94/cwt	241.00–280.00	1,808	95

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.

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Warren Co. Livestock Graded Sale - McMinnville, TN

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	293	317.50	317.50
11	300–350	322	270.00–307.50	302.43
16	350–400	372	263.00–301.00	298.57
24	400–450	426	281.00–307.00	304.49
25	450–500	474	260.00–297.00	291.74
40	500–550	547	257.50–278.00	274.62
2	550–600	570	266.00–267.00	266.49
1	600–650	645	235.00	235.00
23	650–700	667	233.00–250.00	245.57
2	700–750	740	229.00	229.00
1	750–800	770	232.00	232.00
7	800–850	800	217.00	217.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	340	303.00	303.00
16	350–400	382	300.00	300.00
26	400–450	430	268.00–295.00	292.78
15	450–500	479	259.00–284.00	272.43
51	500–550	528	270.00–282.00	281.32
48	550–600	583	270.00–280.00	276.49
62	650–700	666	241.00–257.00	254.63
1	700–750	700	231.00	231.00
30	750–800	777	222.50–235.00	230.71
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	382	360.00–361.00	360.71
12	400–450	432	326.00–342.00	339.37
31	450–500	484	309.00–335.00	333.10
38	500–550	538	295.00–307.00	305.32
51	550–600	582	271.00–294.00	283.84
2	600–650	615	255.00–261.00	257.93
95	650–700	653	241.00–280.00	276.94
42	750–800	775	238.00–246.00	243.37
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	318	346.00–349.00	348.73
9	350–400	383	351.00–359.00	358.12
11	400–450	429	319.00–346.00	339.27
11	450–500	482	339.00	339.00
9	500–550	539	270.00–303.00	295.95
24	550–600	559	248.00–300.00	295.54
2	600–650	638	248.00	248.00
10	650–700	671	250.00–257.00	250.72
1	700–750	745	242.00	242.00
5	750–800	766	255.00	255.00
1	900–950	900	234.50	234.50
8	950–1000	954	231.50	231.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
17	700–750	741	271.75	271.75
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	245	325.00	325.00
2	250–300	270	345.00	345.00
16	350–400	372	332.50–344.00	342.58
6	400–450	445	305.00	305.00
35	450–500	455	317.00	317.00
38	500–550	541	287.00	287.00
13	550–600	565	262.00	262.00
14	600–650	639	252.00	252.00
5	750–800	759	240.00	240.00
4	800–850	817	220.00–221.00	220.75

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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