Name: McMinnville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-01-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-07

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $411.46/cwt on 104 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −45.37 against this barn's trailing median of $456.82.

Average price

$411.46

104 head · 561 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,307

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$101

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

$15.19/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.61

vs TN average

−54.87 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	562	416.72	2,342	68
Medium and Large 2	558	401.52	2,241	36

One grade step is worth $15.19/cwt here — about $101 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 sale104 hd

411.46

—

TN average14 barns · 673 hd

406.84

+4.61

National average195 barns · 28,890 hd

466.33

−54.87

This barn, trailing median8 sales

456.82

−45.37

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	850	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,465	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	342.08/cwt	330.50–343.00	2,268	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	350.87/cwt	330.00–353.50	2,046	35
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	562	404.89/cwt	340.00–414.00	2,275	33
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	483	490.32/cwt	460.00–495.00	2,368	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	673	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	2,450	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	486.03/cwt	480.00–487.00	2,090	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	885	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	3,009	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	769	350.22/cwt	335.00–351.00	2,693	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	459.93/cwt	382.50–467.00	2,221	24
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	456.07/cwt	425.00–500.00	1,938	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	364.49/cwt	352.00–371.00	1,877	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	389	507.00/cwt	507.00–507.00	1,972	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	878	337.01/cwt	334.00–340.00	2,959	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	370.08/cwt	363.00–370.50	2,454	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	733	351.55/cwt	347.50–357.00	2,577	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	990	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	3,059	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	402.04/cwt	386.00–426.00	2,328	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,815	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	215	575.00/cwt	575.00–575.00	1,236	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	536	439.00/cwt	439.00–439.00	2,353	27
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,402	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	536	368.53/cwt	362.00–375.00	1,975	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	279	485.12/cwt	477.50–487.50	1,353	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	983	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	2,546	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	688	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,277	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	440	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,826	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	798	355.50/cwt	355.50–355.50	2,837	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	769	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,699	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	323	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,567	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,570	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	965	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	2,210	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	563	326.99/cwt	325.00–330.00	1,841	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	755	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,341	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	738	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,362	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	382.01/cwt	358.00–389.00	2,028	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	471	408.95/cwt	360.00–427.50	1,926	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	548	354.69/cwt	337.00–355.50	1,944	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	678	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,244	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	751	314.50/cwt	314.50–314.50	2,362	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	384	442.65/cwt	397.50–460.00	1,700	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	648	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,106	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	920	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	2,502	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	445.57/cwt	425.00–455.00	1,662	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	450.17/cwt	432.50–462.50	1,945	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	484	418.22/cwt	417.50–420.00	2,024	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	277	454.11/cwt	450.00–470.00	1,258	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	429	431.80/cwt	377.50–437.50	1,852	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	454.00/cwt	420.00–461.00	2,088	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	643	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,251	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	399.00/cwt	399.00–399.00	2,195	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	755	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,408	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	465.66/cwt	440.00–468.00	1,742	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	260	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,170	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 Jan 7, 2026

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

Receipts 740Last week 665Year ago 719

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	260	450.00	450.00
5	350–400	373	425.00–455.00	445.57
7	400–450	432	432.50–462.50	450.17
7	450–500	484	417.50–420.00	418.22
25	500–550	531	358.00–389.00	382.01
35	550–600	583	330.00–353.50	350.87
54	650–700	663	330.50–343.00	342.08
2	700–750	738	320.00	320.00
11	750–800	755	310.00	310.00
1	850–900	850	290.00	290.00
1	900–950	920	272.00	272.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	277	450.00–470.00	454.11
1	300–350	345	455.00	455.00
11	350–400	384	397.50–460.00	442.65
22	400–450	429	377.50–437.50	431.80
27	450–500	471	360.00–427.50	408.95
36	500–550	548	337.00–355.50	354.69
4	550–600	563	325.00–330.00	326.99
14	600–650	648	325.00	325.00
3	650–700	678	331.00	331.00
5	750–800	751	314.50	314.50
1	950–1000	965	229.00	229.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	323	485.00	485.00
4	400–450	425	425.00–500.00	456.07
12	450–500	483	460.00–495.00	490.32
3	500–550	515	352.00–371.00	364.49
33	550–600	562	340.00–414.00	404.89
7	650–700	673	364.00	364.00
4	750–800	769	351.00	351.00
1	850–900	885	340.00	340.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	215	575.00	575.00
1	300–350	330	550.00	550.00
5	350–400	389	507.00	507.00
15	400–450	430	480.00–487.00	486.03
24	450–500	483	382.50–467.00	459.93
27	500–550	536	439.00	439.00
41	550–600	579	386.00–426.00	402.04
77	650–700	663	363.00–370.50	370.08
7	700–750	733	347.50–357.00	351.55
42	750–800	769	335.00–351.00	350.22
2	850–900	878	334.00–340.00	337.01
1	950–1000	990	309.00	309.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
19	750–800	798	355.50	355.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	279	477.50–487.50	485.12
12	350–400	374	440.00–468.00	465.66
2	400–450	440	415.00	415.00
19	450–500	460	420.00–461.00	454.00
4	500–550	536	362.00–375.00	368.53
21	550–600	550	399.00	399.00
19	600–650	643	350.00	350.00
2	650–700	688	331.00	331.00
4	700–750	730	329.00	329.00
4	750–800	755	319.00	319.00
2	950–1000	983	259.00	259.00

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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