Name: McMinnville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-04-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-01

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $493.65/cwt on 161 head, up $8.26 from the prior sale. That ranks 8 of 8 comparable sales and sits +36.82 against this barn's trailing median of $456.82.

Average price

$493.65

▲ 8.26 vs prior sale

161 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,732

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$191

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

$34.05/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+15.67

vs TN average

+10.47 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	549	502.00	2,756	17thin
Medium and Large 1	555	497.12	2,760	122
Medium and Large 2	548	467.95	2,565	22

One grade step is worth $34.05/cwt here — about $191 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 sale161 hd

493.65

—

TN average14 barns · 603 hd

477.98

+15.67

National average169 barns · 10,003 hd

483.18

+10.47

This barn, trailing median8 sales

456.82

+36.82

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

62 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	434	595.33/cwt	592.50–602.50	2,584	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	551.68/cwt	522.50–555.00	2,676	75
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	783	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	2,889	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	793	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,530	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	645	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	2,367	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	517	472.48/cwt	470.00–475.00	2,443	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	980	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	2,754	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	534	508.42/cwt	483.00–511.00	2,715	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	483.80/cwt	469.00–489.00	2,806	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	549	502.00/cwt	502.00–502.00	2,756	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	888	339.50/cwt	339.50–339.50	3,015	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,040	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	2,902	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	745	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	2,764	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	783	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	2,827	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	458	439.00/cwt	439.00–439.00	2,011	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	536.89/cwt	510.00–542.50	2,566	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	386	653.25/cwt	650.00–657.50	2,522	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	587.13/cwt	475.00–605.00	2,525	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	441.00/cwt	441.00–441.00	2,712	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	950–1000	995	300.50/cwt	300.50–300.50	2,990	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	726	391.25/cwt	391.25–391.25	2,840	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	627.50/cwt	627.50–627.50	2,416	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	948	293.50/cwt	293.50–293.50	2,782	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	333	683.08/cwt	675.00–685.00	2,275	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	853	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,858	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	349	642.50/cwt	642.50–642.50	2,242	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	506.00/cwt	506.00–506.00	2,135	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	648	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,560	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	369	647.50/cwt	647.50–647.50	2,389	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	437.00/cwt	437.00–437.00	2,268	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	658	356.16/cwt	349.00–385.00	2,344	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,040	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	2,683	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	450	508.00/cwt	508.00–508.00	2,286	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	378	519.65/cwt	484.00–527.50	1,964	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	326	594.75/cwt	480.00–605.00	1,939	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	328.58/cwt	314.00–344.00	2,366	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	557	437.00/cwt	437.00–437.00	2,434	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	611	349.89/cwt	340.00–352.50	2,138	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	245	647.50/cwt	585.00–710.00	1,586	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	504.53/cwt	504.00–508.00	1,917	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	278	626.19/cwt	600.00–640.00	1,741	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	768	334.72/cwt	327.00–336.00	2,571	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	280	695.00/cwt	695.00–695.00	1,946	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	468.73/cwt	450.00–475.50	2,016	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	768	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	2,412	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	585	406.43/cwt	380.00–418.00	2,378	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	421.87/cwt	410.00–423.50	2,232	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	474	435.45/cwt	407.50–445.00	2,064	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	664	353.82/cwt	327.50–356.50	2,349	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	662	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,449	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	442.58/cwt	401.00–447.00	2,124	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	762	372.44/cwt	372.00–376.00	2,838	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	601	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,464	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	563	396.98/cwt	352.00–405.50	2,235	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	700	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,373	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	295	622.50/cwt	622.50–622.50	1,836	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	905	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	2,240	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	663	422.37/cwt	400.00–426.00	2,800	25
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	555	466.94/cwt	430.00–477.50	2,592	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,457	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	459.21/cwt	437.50–487.50	1,965	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	654	427.97/cwt	427.00–431.00	2,799	66

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 Apr 1, 2026

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

Receipts 1,186Last week 1,109Year ago 1,150

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	333	675.00–685.00	683.08
18	350–400	385	627.50	627.50
39	400–450	434	592.50–602.50	595.33
75	450–500	485	522.50–555.00	551.68
66	500–550	534	483.00–511.00	508.42
56	550–600	580	469.00–489.00	483.80
1	600–650	615	441.00	441.00
66	650–700	654	427.00–431.00	427.97
1	700–750	745	371.00	371.00
36	750–800	762	372.00–376.00	372.44
3	850–900	853	335.00	335.00
8	900–950	948	293.50	293.50
1	1000–1050	1,040	279.00	279.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	386	650.00–657.50	653.25
9	400–450	430	475.00–605.00	587.13
13	450–500	478	510.00–542.50	536.89
4	500–550	517	470.00–475.00	472.48
18	550–600	555	430.00–477.50	466.94
25	650–700	663	400.00–426.00	422.37
10	750–800	783	369.00	369.00
2	950–1000	980	281.00	281.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
17	500–550	549	502.00	502.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	458	439.00	439.00
36	700–750	726	391.25	391.25
6	750–800	783	361.00	361.00
14	850–900	888	339.50	339.50
25	950–1000	995	300.50	300.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	600–650	601	410.00	410.00
8	750–800	793	319.00	319.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	295	622.50	622.50
23	350–400	380	504.00–508.00	504.53
39	400–450	428	437.50–487.50	459.21
25	450–500	480	401.00–447.00	442.58
40	500–550	529	410.00–423.50	421.87
58	550–600	585	380.00–418.00	406.43
2	600–650	645	367.00	367.00
34	650–700	662	370.00	370.00
2	700–750	720	314.00–344.00	328.58
13	750–800	775	317.00	317.00
1	900–950	905	247.50	247.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	245	585.00–710.00	647.50
6	250–300	278	600.00–640.00	626.19
14	300–350	326	480.00–605.00	594.75
25	350–400	378	484.00–527.50	519.65
39	400–450	430	450.00–475.50	468.73
28	450–500	474	407.50–445.00	435.45
33	550–600	563	352.00–405.50	396.98
10	600–650	611	340.00–352.50	349.89
11	650–700	664	327.50–356.50	353.82
1	700–750	700	339.00	339.00
8	750–800	768	314.00	314.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	280	695.00	695.00
4	300–350	349	642.50	642.50
16	350–400	369	647.50	647.50
3	400–450	422	506.00	506.00
38	450–500	450	508.00	508.00
6	500–550	519	437.00	437.00
11	550–600	557	437.00	437.00
19	600–650	648	395.00	395.00
5	650–700	658	349.00–385.00	356.16
7	750–800	768	327.00–336.00	334.72
1	1000–1050	1,040	258.00	258.00

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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