Name: McMinnville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-08-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-11

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $345.20/cwt on 16 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −111.62 against this barn's trailing median of $456.82.

Average price

$345.20

16 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,891

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$281

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3

$63.98/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−34.13

vs TN average

−42.29 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	535	385.00	2,060	3thin
Medium and Large 1	540	352.42	1,903	5thin
Medium and Large 2	568	340.00	1,931	2thin
Medium and Large 2-3	554	321.02	1,779	6thin

One grade step is worth $63.98/cwt here — about $281 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 sale16 hd

345.20

—

TN average17 barns · 729 hd

379.33

−34.13

National average151 barns · 7,160 hd

387.49

−42.29

This barn, trailing median8 sales

456.82

−111.62

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

26 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 1Unweaned	300–350	345	447.50/cwt	447.50–447.50	1,544	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	365	457.50/cwt	457.50–457.50	1,670	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	620	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,176	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	540	352.42/cwt	350.00–356.00	1,903	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	250–300	285	497.50/cwt	497.50–497.50	1,418	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	400	416.00/cwt	416.00–416.00	1,664	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	448	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,501	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	455	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,729	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	575	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,811	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	900–950	909	314.50/cwt	314.50–314.50	2,859	29
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	518	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	1,772	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	578	318.40/cwt	306.00–326.00	1,840	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	950–1000	981	303.50/cwt	303.50–303.50	2,977	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	619	366.28/cwt	358.00–369.50	2,267	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	734	346.24/cwt	339.00–349.50	2,541	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	535	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,060	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	472	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,770	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	439	389.28/cwt	379.00–400.00	1,709	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,245	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	550–600	568	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,931	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	817	337.41/cwt	326.00–341.50	2,757	111
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	666	364.93/cwt	356.00–365.50	2,430	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	850–900	875	323.50/cwt	323.50–323.50	2,831	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	784	333.52/cwt	327.00–333.75	2,615	29
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	500–550	530	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,675	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	550–600	559	322.02/cwt	310.00–325.00	1,800	5

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

Mon Aug 11, 2025

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

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	497.50	497.50
1	300–350	345	447.50	447.50
1	350–400	365	457.50	457.50
1	400–450	400	416.00	416.00
1	450–500	455	380.00	380.00
5	500–550	540	350.00–356.00	352.42
1	600–650	620	351.00	351.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	535	385.00	385.00
14	600–650	619	358.00–369.50	366.28
67	650–700	666	356.00–365.50	364.93
84	700–750	734	339.00–349.50	346.24
29	750–800	784	327.00–333.75	333.52
111	800–850	817	326.00–341.50	337.41
31	850–900	875	323.50	323.50
29	900–950	909	314.50	314.50
13	950–1000	981	303.50	303.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	568	340.00	340.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	530	316.00	316.00
5	550–600	559	310.00–325.00	322.02
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	448	335.00	335.00
2	550–600	575	315.00	315.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	415	300.00	300.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	439	379.00–400.00	389.28
3	450–500	472	375.00	375.00
4	500–550	518	342.00	342.00
8	550–600	578	306.00–326.00	318.40

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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