Name: McMinnville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-10-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-01

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $338.05/cwt on 113 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −66.07 against this barn's trailing median of $404.12.

Average price

$338.05

113 head · 566 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,913

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$47

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

$5.35/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.53

vs TN average

−30.86 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	570	342.46	1,952	20
Medium and Large 1	565	337.11	1,905	93

One grade step is worth $5.35/cwt here — about $47 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

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $413.65, low $359.08, median $404.12 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 sale113 hd

338.05

—

TN average16 barns · 782 hd

339.59

−1.53

National average182 barns · 13,299 hd

368.91

−30.86

This barn, trailing median8 sales

404.12

−66.07

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

54 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	750–800	771	339.94/cwt	324.00–341.25	2,621	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	416.86/cwt	416.00–417.00	2,001	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	340.34/cwt	328.00–348.50	2,154	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	395	462.50/cwt	462.50–462.50	1,827	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	395	351.14/cwt	334.00–354.00	1,387	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	355.59/cwt	342.50–360.00	1,166	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	588	331.81/cwt	314.00–335.50	1,951	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	482	335.05/cwt	329.00–337.50	1,615	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	969	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,955	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	739	344.50/cwt	344.50–344.50	2,546	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	384.57/cwt	366.00–386.00	1,784	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,112	68
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	647	312.42/cwt	308.00–313.00	2,021	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	1,593	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	344.77/cwt	339.00–347.50	1,834	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	806	279.43/cwt	275.00–280.00	2,252	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	349.37/cwt	342.00–350.00	1,520	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,969	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	953	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	2,316	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	740	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	2,028	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	1,882	29
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	763	265.07/cwt	241.00–275.00	2,022	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	348	402.00/cwt	402.00–402.00	1,399	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	283	472.50/cwt	472.50–472.50	1,337	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,892	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	740	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,880	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	540	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,674	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	785	341.50/cwt	341.50–341.50	2,681	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	342.46/cwt	319.00–348.00	1,952	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	322	357.45/cwt	340.00–363.00	1,151	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	760	276.68/cwt	265.00–279.00	2,103	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	667	346.70/cwt	338.00–348.00	2,312	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	419	441.92/cwt	430.00–444.00	1,852	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	333.74/cwt	319.00–335.00	1,602	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	664	287.09/cwt	280.00–288.50	1,906	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	347.48/cwt	347.00–350.00	1,470	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	635	265.19/cwt	253.00–269.00	1,684	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	487	402.00/cwt	375.00–439.00	1,958	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	559	370.33/cwt	328.00–376.00	2,070	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	390	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,346	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	368	437.45/cwt	436.00–443.00	1,610	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	735	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,352	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	448.00/cwt	448.00–448.00	1,546	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	327.42/cwt	314.00–340.00	2,030	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	925	306.50/cwt	306.50–306.50	2,835	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	850	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,712	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	930	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	2,902	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	657	352.48/cwt	345.50–354.00	2,316	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	582	379.31/cwt	373.00–381.50	2,208	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	714	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	2,528	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	563	399.00/cwt	399.00–399.00	2,246	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	432.06/cwt	424.00–433.00	1,841	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	260	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,261	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	392.26/cwt	380.00–405.00	2,087	39

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 Oct 1, 2025

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

Receipts 857Last week 970Year ago 983

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	260	485.00	485.00
3	350–400	395	462.50	462.50
19	400–450	426	424.00–433.00	432.06
15	450–500	480	416.00–417.00	416.86
39	500–550	532	380.00–405.00	392.26
60	550–600	582	373.00–381.50	379.31
5	600–650	633	328.00–348.50	340.34
81	650–700	657	345.50–354.00	352.48
4	700–750	739	344.50	344.50
27	750–800	771	324.00–341.25	339.94
2	900–950	930	312.00	312.00
4	950–1000	969	305.00	305.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	448.00	448.00
5	350–400	368	436.00–443.00	437.45
7	400–450	419	430.00–444.00	441.92
10	450–500	487	375.00–439.00	402.00
9	550–600	559	328.00–376.00	370.33
4	600–650	620	314.00–340.00	327.42
16	650–700	667	338.00–348.00	346.70
1	700–750	735	320.00	320.00
4	750–800	785	341.50	341.50
1	850–900	850	319.00	319.00
1	900–950	925	306.50	306.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
16	550–600	563	399.00	399.00
6	700–750	714	354.00	354.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	328	342.50–360.00	355.59
7	350–400	395	334.00–354.00	351.14
13	400–450	435	342.00–350.00	349.37
50	450–500	482	329.00–337.50	335.05
38	500–550	532	339.00–347.50	344.77
55	550–600	588	314.00–335.50	331.81
9	600–650	635	310.00	310.00
68	650–700	660	320.00	320.00
1	700–750	740	274.00	274.00
27	800–850	806	275.00–280.00	279.43
2	950–1000	953	243.00	243.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	322	340.00–363.00	357.45
1	350–400	390	345.00	345.00
6	400–450	423	347.00–350.00	347.48
13	450–500	480	319.00–335.00	333.74
20	550–600	570	319.00–348.00	342.46
4	600–650	635	253.00–269.00	265.19
12	650–700	664	280.00–288.50	287.09
6	750–800	760	265.00–279.00	276.68
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	283	472.50	472.50
4	300–350	348	402.00	402.00
12	350–400	360	442.50	442.50
29	450–500	464	366.00–386.00	384.57
1	500–550	540	310.00	310.00
29	550–600	560	336.00	336.00
17	600–650	647	308.00–313.00	312.42
2	650–700	678	279.00	279.00
1	700–750	740	254.00	254.00
7	750–800	763	241.00–275.00	265.07

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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