Name: McMinnville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-03-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-05

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $336.45/cwt on 123 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −120.38 against this barn's trailing median of $456.82.

Average price

$336.45

123 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,883

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$32

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

$7.91/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.02

vs TN average

−12.83 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	559	338.63	1,892	89
Medium and Large 2	562	330.72	1,859	34

One grade step is worth $7.91/cwt here — about $32 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale123 hd

336.45

—

TN average15 barns · 962 hd

333.43

+3.02

National average172 barns · 12,998 hd

349.28

−12.83

This barn, trailing median8 sales

456.82

−120.38

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	400–450	400	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,500	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	278	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	1,105	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,910	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	357	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	1,389	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	658	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,816	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	839	211.15/cwt	204.00–222.00	1,772	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	754	257.70/cwt	252.00–260.00	1,943	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	505	338.52/cwt	291.00–358.00	1,710	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	975	229.50/cwt	229.50–229.50	2,238	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	1000–1050	1,020	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	2,009	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	293	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,084	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	386	411.62/cwt	402.50–415.00	1,589	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	294.85/cwt	283.00–295.00	1,955	515
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	333	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	1,374	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	925	235.50/cwt	235.50–235.50	2,178	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	444	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,443	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	914	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,983	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	395	406.25/cwt	402.50–410.00	1,605	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	371.89/cwt	322.50–382.00	1,804	33
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	472	365.11/cwt	335.00–367.00	1,723	23
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	572	329.38/cwt	309.00–337.00	1,884	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	318.50/cwt	300.00–321.00	1,538	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	587	282.45/cwt	270.50–283.50	1,658	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	659	264.28/cwt	252.00–268.00	1,742	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	585	334.56/cwt	323.00–337.50	1,957	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	537	341.96/cwt	328.00–344.00	1,836	49
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	427	393.54/cwt	393.00–397.00	1,680	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	424	326.60/cwt	300.00–330.00	1,385	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	568	280.14/cwt	250.00–284.50	1,591	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	816	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,632	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	434	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	1,675	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	782	257.97/cwt	244.00–259.50	2,017	32
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	658	290.77/cwt	280.00–293.00	1,913	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,696	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	783	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,785	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	975	191.50/cwt	191.50–191.50	1,867	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	744	223.39/cwt	220.00–224.50	1,662	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	269.35/cwt	251.00–271.50	1,791	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	341	340.75/cwt	310.00–344.00	1,162	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	648	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,788	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	317.05/cwt	290.00–321.00	1,760	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	359.84/cwt	349.00–363.00	1,666	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	748	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,668	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	379	342.39/cwt	326.00–345.00	1,298	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	278	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	931	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	537	309.22/cwt	282.00–312.00	1,661	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	785	227.05/cwt	226.00–231.50	1,782	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	645	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,671	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	381	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	1,292	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	500	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,480	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	317.00/cwt	300.00–322.00	1,522	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.

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Warren Co. Livestock Graded Sale - McMinnville, TN

Wed Mar 5, 2025

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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	278	397.50	397.50
3	350–400	357	389.00	389.00
1	400–450	400	375.00	375.00
18	450–500	463	349.00–363.00	359.84
24	550–600	555	290.00–321.00	317.05
21	600–650	648	276.00	276.00
3	650–700	658	276.00	276.00
2	750–800	770	248.00	248.00
5	800–850	839	204.00–222.00	211.15
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	293	370.00	370.00
2	300–350	333	412.50	412.50
7	350–400	386	402.50–415.00	411.62
7	400–450	427	393.00–397.00	393.54
23	450–500	472	335.00–367.00	365.11
5	500–550	505	291.00–358.00	338.52
29	550–600	572	309.00–337.00	329.38
19	650–700	658	280.00–293.00	290.77
7	750–800	754	252.00–260.00	257.70
3	900–950	925	235.50	235.50
1	1000–1050	1,020	197.00	197.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	395	402.50–410.00	406.25
8	400–450	434	386.00	386.00
33	450–500	485	322.50–382.00	371.89
49	500–550	537	328.00–344.00	341.96
40	550–600	585	323.00–337.50	334.56
515	650–700	663	283.00–295.00	294.85
32	750–800	782	244.00–259.50	257.97
1	950–1000	975	229.50	229.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	381	339.00	339.00
7	400–450	444	325.00	325.00
34	450–500	483	300.00–321.00	318.50
20	500–550	537	282.00–312.00	309.22
35	550–600	587	270.50–283.50	282.45
1	600–650	645	259.00	259.00
63	650–700	665	251.00–271.50	269.35
4	700–750	744	220.00–224.50	223.39
31	750–800	785	226.00–231.50	227.05
11	800–850	816	200.00	200.00
7	900–950	914	217.00	217.00
1	950–1000	975	191.50	191.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	278	335.00	335.00
11	300–350	341	310.00–344.00	340.75
9	350–400	379	326.00–345.00	342.39
29	400–450	424	300.00–330.00	326.60
25	450–500	480	300.00–322.00	317.00
2	500–550	500	296.00	296.00
50	550–600	568	250.00–284.50	280.14
2	600–650	640	265.00	265.00
30	650–700	659	252.00–268.00	264.28
6	700–750	748	223.00	223.00
4	750–800	783	228.00	228.00

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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