Name: McMinnville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-10-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-22

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $377.94/cwt on 117 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −78.88 against this barn's trailing median of $456.82.

Average price

$377.94

117 head · 561 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,120

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$12

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

$5.83/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−19.86

vs TN average

−80.20 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	560	379.19	2,123	92
Medium and Large 2	565	373.36	2,111	25

One grade step is worth $5.83/cwt here — about $12 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale117 hd

377.94

—

TN average14 barns · 812 hd

397.80

−19.86

National average182 barns · 38,495 hd

458.14

−80.20

This barn, trailing median8 sales

456.82

−78.88

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

57 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	553	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,866	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	536	390.68/cwt	388.00–391.00	2,094	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	439	424.69/cwt	417.50–429.00	1,864	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	450.31/cwt	447.50–462.50	1,684	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	600	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	2,175	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	500	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,838	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	736	344.31/cwt	276.00–346.50	2,534	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	346.22/cwt	320.00–348.00	1,842	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	360.19/cwt	336.00–363.00	1,718	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	309	470.46/cwt	469.00–475.00	1,454	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	369.95/cwt	359.00–385.00	2,142	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,443	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	667	374.00/cwt	374.00–374.00	2,495	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	373.91/cwt	361.00–392.50	1,421	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	658	331.02/cwt	322.50–333.00	2,178	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	484	413.10/cwt	402.00–415.00	1,999	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	736	345.50/cwt	345.50–345.50	2,543	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	766	354.50/cwt	354.50–354.50	2,715	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,845	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	325.39/cwt	325.00–325.50	2,157	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	754	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,187	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	634	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,108	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	548	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	1,874	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	1,649	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,939	49
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	645	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,058	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	860	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	2,305	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	300	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,320	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	275	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,066	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	337	363.03/cwt	361.00–367.50	1,223	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	663	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	2,141	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	803	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	2,216	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	376	356.53/cwt	344.00–362.00	1,341	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	369	440.30/cwt	425.00–445.00	1,625	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	568	373.60/cwt	335.00–387.00	2,122	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	437	342.88/cwt	331.00–350.00	1,498	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	543	322.51/cwt	316.00–345.00	1,751	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	484	335.02/cwt	321.00–342.00	1,621	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	824	313.42/cwt	310.00–320.00	2,583	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	412.06/cwt	407.50–425.00	1,970	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	584	337.47/cwt	326.00–339.50	1,971	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	657	364.27/cwt	354.00–374.00	2,393	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	763	347.19/cwt	344.00–354.50	2,649	70
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	789	327.08/cwt	305.00–336.00	2,581	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	748	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,937	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,701	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	785	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,355	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	819	305.26/cwt	305.00–307.50	2,500	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	437	351.53/cwt	335.00–354.00	1,536	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	434	417.99/cwt	400.00–422.50	1,814	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	928	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	2,849	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	700–750	739	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,365	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	913	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,830	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	815	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,657	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	414.02/cwt	350.00–424.00	1,532	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	295	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,372	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	662	351.95/cwt	344.00–353.50	2,330	41

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 22, 2025

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

Receipts 954Last week 857Year ago 945

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	250–300	275	387.50	387.50
3	300–350	337	361.00–367.50	363.03
6	350–400	376	344.00–362.00	356.53
15	400–450	437	331.00–350.00	342.88
9	450–500	484	321.00–342.00	335.02
12	500–550	543	316.00–345.00	322.51
17	550–600	553	337.50	337.50
1	600–650	630	270.00	270.00
16	650–700	663	323.00	323.00
2	700–750	748	259.00	259.00
8	800–850	803	276.00	276.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	350–400	380	361.00–392.50	373.91
16	400–450	437	335.00–354.00	351.53
33	450–500	477	336.00–363.00	360.19
34	500–550	532	320.00–348.00	346.22
61	550–600	584	326.00–339.50	337.47
7	600–650	634	332.50	332.50
63	650–700	658	322.50–333.00	331.02
32	700–750	736	276.00–346.50	344.31
2	750–800	785	300.00	300.00
19	800–850	819	305.00–307.50	305.26
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
31	700–750	736	345.50	345.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	309	469.00–475.00	470.46
5	350–400	374	447.50–462.50	450.31
10	400–450	439	417.50–429.00	424.69
21	450–500	484	402.00–415.00	413.10
41	500–550	536	388.00–391.00	390.68
51	550–600	579	359.00–385.00	369.95
81	650–700	657	354.00–374.00	364.27
1	700–750	725	337.00	337.00
70	750–800	763	344.00–354.50	347.19
1	800–850	815	326.00	326.00
3	900–950	913	310.00	310.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	465.00	465.00
7	350–400	369	425.00–445.00	440.30
5	400–450	434	400.00–422.50	417.99
9	450–500	478	407.50–425.00	412.06
1	500–550	500	367.50	367.50
24	550–600	568	335.00–387.00	373.60
1	600–650	600	362.50	362.50
41	650–700	662	344.00–353.50	351.95
7	750–800	789	305.00–336.00	327.08
3	800–850	824	310.00–320.00	313.42
3	900–950	928	307.00	307.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
17	650–700	667	374.00	374.00
21	750–800	766	354.50	354.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	700–750	739	320.00	320.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	440.00	440.00
19	350–400	370	350.00–424.00	414.02
3	400–450	435	379.00	379.00
23	450–500	473	390.00	390.00
7	500–550	548	342.00	342.00
49	550–600	562	345.00	345.00
2	600–650	645	319.00	319.00
14	650–700	663	325.00–325.50	325.39
9	750–800	754	290.00	290.00
1	850–900	860	268.00	268.00

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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