Name: McMinnville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-05-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-07

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $367.27/cwt on 224 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −89.55 against this barn's trailing median of $456.82.

Average price

$367.27

224 head · 564 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,070

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$89

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

$10.30/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.80

vs TN average

−11.52 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	564	368.33	2,079	201
Medium and Large 2	556	358.03	1,991	23

One grade step is worth $10.30/cwt here — about $89 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 900–1000 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 sale224 hd

367.27

—

TN average14 barns · 593 hd

364.47

+2.80

National average168 barns · 13,508 hd

378.79

−11.52

This barn, trailing median8 sales

456.82

−89.55

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

61 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	500–550	539	390.48/cwt	370.00–397.50	2,105	92
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	324	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	1,179	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	946	259.50/cwt	259.50–259.50	2,455	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	581	324.10/cwt	300.00–327.50	1,883	87
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	466.91/cwt	465.00–475.00	1,587	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	370.25/cwt	356.00–374.00	1,400	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	636	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	2,022	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	970	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	2,066	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	830	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,200	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	349.14/cwt	335.00–352.00	1,679	51
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	802	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	2,230	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	556	346.23/cwt	334.00–349.00	1,925	38
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	462	399.01/cwt	383.00–402.00	1,843	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	290	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,080	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	586	349.63/cwt	340.00–360.00	2,049	109
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	333.34/cwt	327.00–335.50	1,760	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	647	335.21/cwt	328.00–339.50	2,169	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	762	272.18/cwt	268.00–275.50	2,074	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	743	250.52/cwt	246.00–255.00	1,861	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	235	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	905	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	487	417.33/cwt	400.00–418.00	2,032	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	280.81/cwt	277.00–283.00	1,783	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	662	291.33/cwt	289.00–291.50	1,929	52
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	359	439.00/cwt	439.00–439.00	1,576	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	275	470.65/cwt	458.00–474.00	1,294	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	343	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,458	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	736	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	2,201	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	255.03/cwt	250.00–260.00	2,104	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	2,070	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	750	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	2,235	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	426	358.96/cwt	290.00–375.00	1,529	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	250	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,213	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	318	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	1,170	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	802	281.50/cwt	281.50–281.50	2,258	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	559	332.60/cwt	305.00–338.50	1,859	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	379	369.58/cwt	349.00–376.00	1,401	25
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	654	317.10/cwt	317.00–318.00	2,074	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	792	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,940	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	635	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,676	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	930	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,046	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	513	337.39/cwt	310.00–357.50	1,731	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	556	358.03/cwt	320.00–362.00	1,991	23
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	633	313.11/cwt	298.00–340.00	1,982	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	769	274.19/cwt	267.00–278.00	2,109	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	488	393.03/cwt	385.00–406.00	1,918	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	720	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,757	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	341	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,500	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	658	281.39/cwt	257.00–286.00	1,852	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	270	477.50/cwt	477.50–477.50	1,289	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	604	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,927	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	280.38/cwt	270.00–287.00	2,159	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	362.37/cwt	340.00–365.00	1,739	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	955	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	2,407	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	266	376.86/cwt	342.50–385.00	1,002	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	437.73/cwt	437.00–438.00	1,882	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	336.80/cwt	306.00–339.00	2,223	117
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	387	446.34/cwt	442.50–450.00	1,727	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	432	421.63/cwt	390.00–427.00	1,821	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	801	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,323	37
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	389	445.34/cwt	435.00–448.00	1,732	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	371.41/cwt	371.00–376.00	1,593	36

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
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	477.50	477.50
5	300–350	340	465.00–475.00	466.91
7	350–400	387	442.50–450.00	446.34
34	400–450	430	437.00–438.00	437.73
43	450–500	487	400.00–418.00	417.33
92	500–550	539	370.00–397.50	390.48
109	550–600	586	340.00–360.00	349.63
16	600–650	647	328.00–339.50	335.21
117	650–700	660	306.00–339.00	336.80
35	750–800	770	270.00–287.00	280.38
10	900–950	946	259.50	259.50
2	950–1000	955	252.00	252.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	250	485.00	485.00
4	300–350	341	440.00	440.00
12	350–400	389	435.00–448.00	445.34
15	400–450	432	390.00–427.00	421.63
9	450–500	488	385.00–406.00	393.03
23	550–600	556	320.00–362.00	358.03
10	600–650	633	298.00–340.00	313.11
10	650–700	654	317.00–318.00	317.10
5	750–800	769	267.00–278.00	274.19
9	800–850	802	281.50	281.50
1	900–950	930	220.00	220.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
37	800–850	801	290.00	290.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	235	385.00	385.00
1	250–300	290	372.50	372.50
7	300–350	324	364.00	364.00
12	350–400	378	356.00–374.00	370.25
36	400–450	429	371.00–376.00	371.41
51	450–500	481	335.00–352.00	349.14
45	500–550	528	327.00–335.50	333.34
87	550–600	581	300.00–327.50	324.10
8	600–650	635	277.00–283.00	280.81
52	650–700	662	289.00–291.50	291.33
2	700–750	743	246.00–255.00	250.52
19	750–800	762	268.00–275.50	272.18
3	950–1000	970	213.00	213.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	600–650	604	319.00	319.00
12	800–850	830	265.00	265.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	266	342.50–385.00	376.86
2	300–350	318	368.00	368.00
25	350–400	379	349.00–376.00	369.58
6	400–450	426	290.00–375.00	358.96
17	450–500	480	340.00–365.00	362.37
7	500–550	513	310.00–357.50	337.39
47	550–600	559	305.00–338.50	332.60
3	600–650	635	264.00	264.00
16	650–700	658	257.00–286.00	281.39
1	700–750	720	244.00	244.00
3	750–800	792	245.00	245.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	250–300	275	458.00–474.00	470.65
5	300–350	343	425.00	425.00
24	350–400	359	439.00	439.00
38	450–500	462	383.00–402.00	399.01
38	550–600	556	334.00–349.00	346.23
17	600–650	636	318.00	318.00
2	650–700	655	316.00	316.00
4	700–750	736	299.00	299.00
1	750–800	750	298.00	298.00
2	800–850	825	250.00–260.00	255.03
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	800–850	802	278.00	278.00

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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