Name: McMinnville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-08-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-05

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $420.49/cwt on 207 head, down $32.53 from the prior sale. That ranks 2 of 8 comparable sales and sits −36.33 against this barn's trailing median of $456.82.

Average price

$420.49

▼ 32.53 vs prior sale

207 head · 561 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,361

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$218

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

$36.87/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.48

vs TN average

+6.25 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	562	431.18	2,424	147
Medium and Large 2	560	394.31	2,206	60

One grade step is worth $36.87/cwt here — about $218 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 sale207 hd

420.49

—

TN average15 barns · 513 hd

413.01

+7.48

National average157 barns · 6,223 hd

414.24

+6.25

This barn, trailing median8 sales

456.82

−36.33

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 2	450–500	483	393.35/cwt	350.00–400.00	1,900	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	376	413.53/cwt	390.00–417.50	1,555	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	405.85/cwt	400.00–415.00	1,339	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	661	369.87/cwt	349.00–376.50	2,445	33
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	734	344.71/cwt	336.00–348.00	2,530	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	544	362.59/cwt	327.00–368.00	1,972	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	666	324.78/cwt	307.50–330.00	2,163	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	757	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	2,226	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	483	410.49/cwt	399.00–412.00	1,983	21
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	431	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,724	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	759	350.50/cwt	350.50–350.50	2,660	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	265	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	1,146	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	554	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	1,878	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	1000–1050	1,005	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,513	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	635	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,016	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	429	424.86/cwt	387.50–428.00	1,823	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	374	429.18/cwt	425.00–437.50	1,605	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	920	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	2,783	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	310	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,271	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	562	394.78/cwt	393.00–407.00	2,219	56
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	387.73/cwt	370.00–410.00	2,036	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	973	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	2,948	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	285	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	1,625	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	659	380.81/cwt	364.00–402.00	2,510	122
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	671	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,281	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	709	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	2,581	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	661	399.00/cwt	399.00–399.00	2,637	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	440.71/cwt	380.00–445.00	2,137	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	336	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	1,882	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	745	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,466	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	586	430.92/cwt	362.00–436.00	2,525	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	431.49/cwt	396.00–438.00	2,300	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	772	352.73/cwt	341.00–356.00	2,723	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	436	475.02/cwt	442.50–477.50	2,071	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	367	455.03/cwt	422.50–465.00	1,670	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	425.40/cwt	395.00–427.50	1,804	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	431.00/cwt	431.00–431.00	1,629	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	782	314.22/cwt	313.00–318.00	2,457	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	666	342.43/cwt	330.00–344.50	2,281	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	384	513.05/cwt	502.50–517.50	1,970	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	484	403.43/cwt	362.50–410.00	1,953	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	600	331.25/cwt	315.00–347.50	1,988	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	310	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,318	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	461	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,028	27
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	557	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,200	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,345	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	589	360.96/cwt	345.50–370.00	2,126	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	380.28/cwt	361.00–385.00	2,027	44
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	548	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,028	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	1,816	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	285	508.51/cwt	497.50–530.00	1,449	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	2,173	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	750	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,175	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	2,207	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 Aug 5, 2026

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

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	265	432.50	432.50
6	300–350	330	400.00–415.00	405.85
7	350–400	376	390.00–417.50	413.53
16	400–450	429	387.50–428.00	424.86
29	450–500	483	350.00–400.00	393.35
34	500–550	544	327.00–368.00	362.59
5	550–600	554	339.00	339.00
2	600–650	635	317.50	317.50
11	650–700	666	307.50–330.00	324.78
7	750–800	757	294.00	294.00
2	1000–1050	1,005	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
14	650–700	671	340.00	340.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	425.00	425.00
8	350–400	378	431.00	431.00
21	400–450	424	395.00–427.50	425.40
41	450–500	484	362.50–410.00	403.43
44	500–550	533	361.00–385.00	380.28
65	550–600	589	345.50–370.00	360.96
2	600–650	600	315.00–347.50	331.25
66	650–700	666	330.00–344.50	342.43
4	750–800	782	313.00–318.00	314.22
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	410.00	410.00
3	350–400	374	425.00–437.50	429.18
10	400–450	431	400.00	400.00
21	450–500	483	399.00–412.00	410.49
4	500–550	525	370.00–410.00	387.73
56	550–600	562	393.00–407.00	394.78
33	650–700	661	349.00–376.50	369.87
6	700–750	734	336.00–348.00	344.71
8	750–800	759	350.50	350.50
1	900–950	920	302.50	302.50
3	950–1000	973	303.00	303.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	570.00	570.00
7	300–350	336	560.00	560.00
7	350–400	384	502.50–517.50	513.05
21	400–450	436	442.50–477.50	475.02
41	450–500	485	380.00–445.00	440.71
66	500–550	533	396.00–438.00	431.49
81	550–600	586	362.00–436.00	430.92
122	650–700	659	364.00–402.00	380.81
2	700–750	745	331.00	331.00
65	750–800	772	341.00–356.00	352.73
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
18	650–700	661	399.00	399.00
10	700–750	709	364.00	364.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	285	497.50–530.00	508.51
13	350–400	367	422.50–465.00	455.03
3	400–450	435	417.50	417.50
27	450–500	461	440.00	440.00
10	500–550	548	370.00	370.00
15	550–600	557	395.00	395.00
1	600–650	635	347.50	347.50
14	650–700	668	351.00	351.00
2	700–750	710	306.00	306.00
1	750–800	750	290.00	290.00

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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