Name: McMinnville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-04-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-02

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $378.37/cwt on 183 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −78.45 against this barn's trailing median of $456.82.

Average price

$378.37

183 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,119

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$68

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

$7.32/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+22.07

vs TN average

+9.36 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	561	379.13	2,126	164
Medium and Large 2	554	371.81	2,059	19thin

One grade step is worth $7.32/cwt here — about $68 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

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 sale183 hd

378.37

—

TN average13 barns · 593 hd

356.29

+22.07

National average168 barns · 11,835 hd

369.01

+9.36

This barn, trailing median8 sales

456.82

−78.45

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

56 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 1	500–550	534	332.26/cwt	314.00–334.00	1,774	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	270	334.38/cwt	312.50–345.00	903	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	634	330.28/cwt	326.00–332.00	2,094	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	433.71/cwt	432.50–435.00	1,410	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	555	371.58/cwt	320.00–378.00	2,062	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	413.06/cwt	400.00–442.50	1,528	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	708	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,213	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	561	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,160	44
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	800	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,200	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	1,993	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	403.33/cwt	401.00–405.00	1,742	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	388	419.24/cwt	408.00–420.00	1,627	21
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	482	382.91/cwt	370.00–409.00	1,846	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	778	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,217	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	386.20/cwt	358.00–389.00	2,058	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	489	389.91/cwt	379.00–393.00	1,907	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	785	275.83/cwt	273.50–285.00	2,165	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,994	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	656	327.15/cwt	311.00–327.50	2,146	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	586	368.63/cwt	340.00–376.00	2,160	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	331	436.46/cwt	435.00–452.50	1,445	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	273	460.72/cwt	460.00–465.00	1,258	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	643	309.52/cwt	275.00–313.00	1,990	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	1,573	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	283	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,274	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	745	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	2,093	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	540	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,723	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	873	239.43/cwt	227.50–252.00	2,090	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	453	386.63/cwt	372.50–387.50	1,751	36
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	554	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	1,878	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	429	346.53/cwt	327.50–351.00	1,487	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	361.01/cwt	355.00–364.00	1,372	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	586	312.63/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,832	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	389	366.79/cwt	361.00–367.00	1,427	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	850	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,828	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	790	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,718	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	669	264.31/cwt	252.00–281.00	1,768	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	355.98/cwt	349.00–359.00	1,175	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	771	255.06/cwt	240.00–261.00	1,967	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	481	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,659	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	920	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	1,909	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	558	312.56/cwt	267.50–319.50	1,744	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	278.15/cwt	260.00–284.00	1,861	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	338.49/cwt	317.00–340.00	1,611	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	700	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,932	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	295	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	833	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	700	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,848	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	489	339.95/cwt	270.00–342.00	1,662	42
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	885	268.50/cwt	268.50–268.50	2,376	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	283	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,288	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	623	263.21/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,640	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	500	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	1,565	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,147	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	352.60/cwt	352.00–356.00	1,506	36
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	383.08/cwt	365.00–395.00	1,647	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	655	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,827	3

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 Apr 2, 2025

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

Receipts 1,150Last week 864Year ago 1,495

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	270	312.50–345.00	334.38
7	300–350	330	347.50	347.50
28	350–400	389	361.00–367.00	366.79
36	400–450	427	352.00–356.00	352.60
66	450–500	476	317.00–340.00	338.49
44	500–550	534	314.00–334.00	332.26
32	550–600	586	300.00–315.00	312.63
33	650–700	669	260.00–284.00	278.15
2	700–750	700	264.00	264.00
12	750–800	771	240.00–261.00	255.06
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	282.50	282.50
19	300–350	330	349.00–359.00	355.98
20	350–400	380	355.00–364.00	361.01
23	400–450	429	327.50–351.00	346.53
42	450–500	489	270.00–342.00	339.95
2	500–550	500	313.00	313.00
52	550–600	558	267.50–319.50	312.56
3	600–650	623	260.00–270.00	263.21
26	650–700	669	252.00–281.00	264.31
1	700–750	700	276.00	276.00
1	750–800	790	217.50	217.50
1	850–900	850	215.00	215.00
1	900–950	920	207.50	207.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	481	345.00	345.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	283	455.00	455.00
2	300–350	325	432.50–435.00	433.71
9	350–400	370	400.00–442.50	413.06
4	400–450	430	365.00–395.00	383.08
7	450–500	482	370.00–409.00	382.91
1	500–550	530	376.00	376.00
18	550–600	555	320.00–378.00	371.58
7	600–650	634	326.00–332.00	330.28
3	650–700	655	279.00	279.00
2	750–800	778	285.00	285.00
1	800–850	800	275.00	275.00
1	850–900	885	268.50	268.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
44	550–600	561	385.00	385.00
23	700–750	708	312.50	312.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	250–300	273	460.00–465.00	460.72
11	300–350	331	435.00–452.50	436.46
21	350–400	388	408.00–420.00	419.24
25	400–450	432	401.00–405.00	403.33
53	450–500	489	379.00–393.00	389.91
57	500–550	533	358.00–389.00	386.20
63	550–600	586	340.00–376.00	368.63
12	600–650	635	314.00	314.00
89	650–700	656	311.00–327.50	327.15
16	750–800	785	273.50–285.00	275.83
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	250–300	283	450.00	450.00
14	350–400	368	427.50	427.50
36	450–500	453	372.50–387.50	386.63
3	500–550	540	319.00	319.00
35	550–600	554	339.00	339.00
22	600–650	643	275.00–313.00	309.52
10	700–750	745	281.00	281.00
2	850–900	873	227.50–252.00	239.43

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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