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Trenton Regional Stockyards - Trenton, TN

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Trenton, Tennessee · Wed, Jul 16
● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3903
← earliestJul 16Jul 23
Feeder Cattle receipts
105 head
105 vs last sale 0 105 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
38 head
38 vs last sale 0 38 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
12 head
12 vs last sale 0 12 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trenton Regional Stockyards has not previously been reported therefore no trends could be established this week.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $302.17/cwt on 6 head. That ranks 1 of 17 comparable sales and sits 85.64 against this barn's trailing median of $387.81.
Average price
$302.17
6 head · 547 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,652
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$230
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$64.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
17.71
vs TN average
36.57 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1546315.501,7234thin
Medium and Large 3500300.001,5001thin
Medium and Large 2595251.001,4931thin
One grade step is worth $64.50/cwt here — about $230 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

17 sales
449400351302median 387.8101/2103/1104/2206/2408/19
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $434.50, low $316.45, median $387.81 across 17 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 sale6 hd
302.17
TN average16 barns · 1,016 hd
319.88
−17.71
National average151 barns · 8,478 hd
338.74
−36.57
This barn, trailing median17 sales
387.81
−85.64
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsLow1,502186.302,7986thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,408161.412,2724thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,209160.581,94111
CowsLean 85-90%High951148.801,4167thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,345$3,3501thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,195$2,5203thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,204$2,5176
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)975$2,1501thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)885$1,4251thin

Every lot, as filed

54 lots · USDA AMS · Trenton Regional Stockyards - Trenton, TN
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2252,530.20/head2,450.00–2,600.002,5302
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500455370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,6842
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350344390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,3425
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400398351.00/cwt351.00–351.001,3973
HeifersMedium and Large 2850–900890210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,8691
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600595251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,4931
BullsMedium and Large 2550–600575310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,7831
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450425334.00/cwt334.00–334.001,4201
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added500–550515351.00/cwt351.00–351.001,8084
SteersMedium and Large 2250–300260432.00/cwt432.00–432.001,1231
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500470335.21/cwt330.00–340.001,5752
SteersMedium and Large 2750–800755250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,8881
SteersMedium and Large 2300–350315420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,3231
SteersMedium and Large 2200–250245424.00/cwt424.00–424.001,0391
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450425312.00/cwt312.00–312.001,3261
BullsSmall 1450–500465330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,5351
SteersSmall 1300–350305418.00/cwt418.00–418.001,2751
Bred CowsSmall 1-28851,425.00/head1,425.00–1,425.001,4251
Bred CowsSmall 1-28001,700.00/head1,700.00–1,700.001,7001
BullsSmall 1550–600565324.00/cwt324.00–324.001,8311
BullsMedium and Large 2350–400390370.08/cwt364.00–376.001,4432
CowsLean 85-90%1,025156.00/cwt156.00–156.001,5991
CowsLean 85-90%939147.60/cwt140.00–153.001,3866
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,380154.00/cwt154.00–154.002,1251
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,417163.88/cwt160.00–166.002,3223
CowsBoner 80-85%1,163159.70/cwt155.00–166.001,8578
Bulls1,213177.99/cwt177.00–179.002,1592
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2132,299.07/head2,250.00–2,350.002,2992
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550505336.00/cwt336.00–336.001,6971
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500451356.00/cwt356.00–356.001,6065
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400368414.97/cwt410.00–420.001,5272
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600560317.00/cwt316.00–318.001,7752
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added550–600590330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,9474
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,3322,934.29/head2,200.00–3,450.002,9343
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,3453,350.00/head3,350.00–3,350.003,3501
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400395370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,4621
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500480348.72/cwt340.00–358.001,6742
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550530344.00/cwt344.00–344.001,8231
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700673264.68/cwt264.00–265.001,7813
BullsMedium and Large 1600–650605285.00/cwt282.00–288.001,7242
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650645294.00/cwt294.00–294.001,8961
HeifersMedium and Large 1250–300290412.00/cwt412.00–412.001,1952
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-39752,150.00/head2,150.00–2,150.002,1501
HeifersMedium and Large 3350–400368329.93/cwt320.00–340.001,2142
HeifersMedium and Large 3500–550500300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,5001
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450425400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,7001
BullsMedium and Large 1Fleshy450–500475338.00/cwt338.00–338.001,6061
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy550–600560292.00/cwt292.00–292.001,6351
Bulls1,646190.45/cwt184.00–195.003,1354
CowsBoner 80-85%1,408169.40/cwt168.00–171.002,3852
CowsBoner 80-85%1,175150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,7631
SteersMedium and Large 2350–400378382.82/cwt350.00–400.001,4473
SteersMedium and Large 2850–900860244.00/cwt244.00–244.002,0981
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,1352,500.00/head2,500.00–2,500.002,5001

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.