Name: McMinnville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-08-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-20

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $382.30/cwt on 149 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −74.53 against this barn's trailing median of $456.82.

Average price

$382.30

149 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,135

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$85

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

$9.72/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.61

vs TN average

−17.59 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	560	384.12	2,151	121
Medium and Large 2	552	374.40	2,067	28

One grade step is worth $9.72/cwt here — about $85 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale149 hd

382.30

—

TN average15 barns · 517 hd

379.69

+2.61

National average156 barns · 7,040 hd

399.89

−17.59

This barn, trailing median8 sales

456.82

−74.53

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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	459.03/cwt	440.00–463.00	1,974	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	467.67/cwt	435.00–472.50	1,660	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	584	375.16/cwt	362.00–378.00	2,191	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	393.54/cwt	382.00–395.50	2,105	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	732	312.17/cwt	299.00–320.00	2,285	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	925	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	2,285	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	2,199	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	656	356.15/cwt	345.00–357.50	2,336	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	322	463.07/cwt	462.50–467.00	1,491	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	733	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	2,294	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	456	409.53/cwt	408.00–410.00	1,867	34
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	556	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,918	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	585	348.46/cwt	336.50–350.50	2,038	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	649	330.83/cwt	326.00–331.00	2,147	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	352.22/cwt	339.00–356.00	1,867	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	768	335.89/cwt	320.50–338.50	2,580	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	384	361.17/cwt	353.00–365.00	1,387	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	334	372.67/cwt	353.00–375.00	1,245	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	356.49/cwt	345.00–358.50	1,704	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	362.05/cwt	361.00–367.00	1,568	28
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	332	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	1,403	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	446	398.00/cwt	398.00–398.00	1,775	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	328.65/cwt	323.00–329.50	2,103	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	337.96/cwt	334.00–345.00	1,778	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	235	457.50/cwt	457.50–457.50	1,075	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	350	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,470	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	823	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	2,082	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	758	292.48/cwt	286.00–299.00	2,217	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	559	375.49/cwt	375.00–378.00	2,099	24
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	422.03/cwt	405.00–425.00	2,026	23
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	510	367.87/cwt	349.00–387.50	1,876	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	321.29/cwt	320.00–324.00	2,024	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	329	465.81/cwt	450.00–470.00	1,533	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	746	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,425	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	339.34/cwt	306.00–340.00	1,917	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	481	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	1,669	23
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	780	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,551	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	270	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,323	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	528	321.13/cwt	307.50–328.00	1,696	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	381	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,410	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	426	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,470	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	643	323.44/cwt	309.00–329.00	2,080	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	667	341.50/cwt	341.50–341.50	2,278	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	678	376.50/cwt	376.50–376.50	2,553	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	321	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,204	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	764	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	2,361	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	267	361.25/cwt	345.00–370.00	965	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	230	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	914	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	421.00/cwt	411.00–422.00	2,025	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	256	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,280	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	375.60/cwt	327.50–420.00	1,409	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	875	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,800	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	658	335.52/cwt	307.00–351.00	2,208	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	433	432.46/cwt	405.00–435.00	1,873	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	329.01/cwt	321.00–330.00	2,188	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	764	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	2,384	8

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 Aug 20, 2025

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

Receipts 1,133Last week 704Year ago 1,109

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	256	500.00	500.00
8	300–350	322	462.50–467.00	463.07
8	350–400	355	435.00–472.50	467.67
22	400–450	430	440.00–463.00	459.03
24	450–500	481	411.00–422.00	421.00
59	500–550	535	382.00–395.50	393.54
62	550–600	584	362.00–378.00	375.16
1	600–650	630	349.00	349.00
100	650–700	656	345.00–357.50	356.15
4	700–750	733	313.00	313.00
55	750–800	768	320.50–338.50	335.89
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	490.00	490.00
5	300–350	329	450.00–470.00	465.81
2	350–400	375	327.50–420.00	375.60
12	400–450	433	405.00–435.00	432.46
23	450–500	480	405.00–425.00	422.03
4	500–550	510	349.00–387.50	367.87
24	550–600	559	375.00–378.00	375.49
3	600–650	630	320.00–324.00	321.29
15	650–700	658	307.00–351.00	335.52
4	700–750	746	325.00	325.00
1	750–800	780	327.00	327.00
1	850–900	875	320.00	320.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
36	650–700	678	376.50	376.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	334	353.00–375.00	372.67
14	350–400	384	353.00–365.00	361.17
28	400–450	433	361.00–367.00	362.05
34	450–500	478	345.00–358.50	356.49
55	500–550	530	339.00–356.00	352.22
62	550–600	585	336.50–350.50	348.46
57	600–650	649	326.00–331.00	330.83
9	650–700	665	321.00–330.00	329.01
4	700–750	732	299.00–320.00	312.17
8	750–800	764	312.00	312.00
1	900–950	925	247.00	247.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	230	397.50	397.50
3	250–300	267	345.00–370.00	361.25
8	300–350	321	375.00	375.00
4	350–400	381	370.00	370.00
14	400–450	426	345.00	345.00
23	450–500	481	347.00	347.00
4	500–550	528	307.50–328.00	321.13
51	550–600	565	306.00–340.00	339.34
11	600–650	643	309.00–329.00	323.44
4	750–800	764	309.00	309.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
30	650–700	667	341.50	341.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	200–250	235	457.50	457.50
6	300–350	332	422.50	422.50
3	350–400	350	420.00	420.00
5	400–450	446	398.00	398.00
34	450–500	456	408.00–410.00	409.53
8	500–550	526	334.00–345.00	337.96
32	550–600	556	345.00	345.00
22	600–650	640	323.00–329.50	328.65
2	750–800	758	286.00–299.00	292.48
2	800–850	823	253.00	253.00

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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