Name: McMinnville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-07-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

The next sale will be held on August 20, 2025

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $380.97/cwt on 143 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −75.86 against this barn's trailing median of $456.82.

Average price

$380.97

143 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,126

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$49

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

$0.37/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+12.38

vs TN average

−0.71 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	562	381.09	2,143	95
Medium and Large 2	550	380.72	2,093	48

One grade step is worth $0.37/cwt here — about $49 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale143 hd

380.97

—

TN average12 barns · 423 hd

368.59

+12.38

National average143 barns · 4,821 hd

381.68

−0.71

This barn, trailing median8 sales

456.82

−75.86

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

45 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	550–600	556	323.48/cwt	323.00–323.50	1,799	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	627	305.85/cwt	271.00–323.00	1,918	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	335	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,281	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	390	412.00/cwt	412.00–412.00	1,607	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	483	397.00/cwt	397.00–397.00	1,918	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	652	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	2,321	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	652	319.03/cwt	319.00–319.50	2,080	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	758	295.83/cwt	293.00–297.00	2,242	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	534	342.40/cwt	342.00–345.00	1,828	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	541	329.50/cwt	329.50–329.50	1,783	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	718	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	2,089	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	552	380.84/cwt	353.00–381.50	2,102	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	810	321.50/cwt	321.50–321.50	2,604	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	700	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	2,331	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	798	319.10/cwt	300.00–320.00	2,546	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	659	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,010	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	427	346.26/cwt	338.00–352.00	1,479	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	790	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	2,512	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	600	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,190	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	265	467.50/cwt	467.50–467.50	1,239	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	1,384	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	439	411.43/cwt	410.00–412.00	1,806	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	382	346.88/cwt	345.00–348.00	1,325	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	500	378.00/cwt	372.00–384.00	1,890	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	488	401.65/cwt	370.00–405.00	1,960	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	318	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	1,344	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	408.01/cwt	396.00–410.00	1,767	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	341.75/cwt	327.00–343.50	1,657	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,086	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	653	359.40/cwt	347.00–361.50	2,347	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	538	388.01/cwt	382.00–388.50	2,087	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	2,010	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	588	373.72/cwt	370.00–375.00	2,197	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	590	323.44/cwt	322.50–323.50	1,908	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	348.84/cwt	344.00–358.00	1,671	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	365.58/cwt	355.00–369.00	1,572	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	554	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	1,961	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	1,881	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	395	421.00/cwt	400.00–428.00	1,663	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	634	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	2,054	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	538	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	1,872	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	755	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	2,386	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	404.00/cwt	404.00–404.00	1,689	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	1,545	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	265	447.50/cwt	447.50–447.50	1,186	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 Jul 30, 2025

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

Receipts 704Last week 1,224Year ago 1,073

The next sale will be held on August 20, 2025

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	329.00	329.00
8	350–400	382	345.00–348.00	346.88
17	400–450	427	338.00–352.00	346.26
35	450–500	485	327.00–343.50	341.75
4	500–550	541	329.50	329.50
31	550–600	556	323.00–323.50	323.48
3	600–650	627	271.00–323.00	305.85
17	650–700	659	305.00	305.00
3	700–750	718	291.00	291.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	369.00	369.00
4	400–450	430	355.00–369.00	365.58
19	450–500	479	344.00–358.00	348.84
37	500–550	534	342.00–345.00	342.40
31	550–600	590	322.50–323.50	323.44
7	600–650	640	314.00	314.00
50	650–700	652	319.00–319.50	319.03
7	750–800	758	293.00–297.00	295.83
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	382.50	382.50
2	350–400	390	412.00	412.00
7	400–450	439	410.00–412.00	411.43
12	450–500	483	397.00	397.00
2	500–550	500	372.00–384.00	378.00
46	550–600	552	353.00–381.50	380.84
9	650–700	652	356.00	356.00
3	750–800	790	318.00	318.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	265	467.50	467.50
2	300–350	318	422.50	422.50
4	350–400	395	400.00–428.00	421.00
8	400–450	433	396.00–410.00	408.01
33	450–500	488	370.00–405.00	401.65
49	500–550	538	382.00–388.50	388.01
46	550–600	588	370.00–375.00	373.72
1	600–650	600	365.00	365.00
86	650–700	653	347.00–361.50	359.40
1	700–750	700	333.00	333.00
22	750–800	798	300.00–320.00	319.10
1	800–850	810	321.50	321.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	265	447.50	447.50
2	350–400	370	417.50	417.50
2	400–450	418	404.00	404.00
10	450–500	469	401.00	401.00
5	500–550	538	348.00	348.00
23	550–600	554	354.00	354.00
9	600–650	634	324.00	324.00
3	750–800	755	316.00	316.00

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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