Name: Trenton Regional Stockyards - Trenton, TN livestock auction prices — 2025-08-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends could be established due to a lack of comparable receipts last reported sale.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $403.07/cwt on 83 head. That ranks 2 of 9 comparable sales and sits −23.43 against this barn's trailing median of $426.50.

Average price

$403.07

83 head · 561 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,260

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$483

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

$81.25/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+25.82

vs TN average

+13.05 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	563	406.25	2,287	78
Medium and Large 1	519	360.48	1,871	4thin
Medium and Large 2	555	325.00	1,804	1thin

One grade step is worth $81.25/cwt here — about $483 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

9 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $464.87, low $396.79, median $426.50 across 9 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 sale83 hd

403.07

—

TN average16 barns · 823 hd

377.25

+25.82

National average145 barns · 8,057 hd

390.02

+13.05

This barn, trailing median9 sales

426.50

−23.43

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,145	169.00	1,935	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,402	172.02	2,411	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,261	168.51	2,125	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	965	151.75	1,464	5thin

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,289	$3,619	5
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,178	$2,616	3thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,337	$2,341	3thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	790	$1,750	1thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,040	$3,000	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,240	$3,450	1thin

Every lot, as filed

61 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	1,601	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	300–350	315	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,355	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	1,525	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	275	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,293	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	745	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	2,414	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,015	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	350–400	350	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,418	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	645	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	2,038	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	352	385.36/cwt	382.00–392.00	1,356	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	346.10/cwt	332.00–354.00	2,007	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	273	420.09/cwt	410.00–432.00	1,147	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	360.48/cwt	360.00–362.00	1,871	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	484	358.28/cwt	340.00–366.00	1,734	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	653	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	2,116	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,333	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	1,470	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,035	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,484	1
Bred Cows	Small 2	—	790	1,750.00/head	1,750.00–1,750.00	1,750	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	504	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,714	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	1,879	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	359.95/cwt	352.00–368.00	1,897	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	600–650	600	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,824	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	600–650	625	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	2,100	1
Steers	Small 1	600–650	610	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,739	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,423	175.02/cwt	173.00–177.00	2,491	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	965	151.75/cwt	149.00–155.00	1,464	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,463	173.49/cwt	173.00–174.00	2,538	2
Bulls	—	—	1,145	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,935	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,371	171.29/cwt	169.00–174.00	2,348	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,215	166.65/cwt	163.00–172.00	2,025	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,289	3,619.36/head	3,250.00–3,950.00	3,619	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,337	2,340.71/head	2,250.00–2,500.00	2,341	3
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,040	3,000.00/head	3,000.00–3,000.00	3,000	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,240	3,450.00/head	3,450.00–3,450.00	3,450	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	368.00/cwt	367.00–369.00	1,766	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,178	2,616.12/head	2,450.00–2,800.00	2,616	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	351.12/cwt	342.00–360.00	1,317	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	470	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	1,607	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	755	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,601	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	310	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	1,184	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	555	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,804	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	350	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,313	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	280	447.50/cwt	440.00–455.00	1,253	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	425	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,466	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,450	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	563	327.07/cwt	324.00–330.00	1,841	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	300–350	318	430.12/cwt	415.00–445.00	1,368	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	283	383.47/cwt	360.00–395.00	1,085	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	848	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	2,654	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	428	325.26/cwt	310.00–340.00	1,392	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	508	344.36/cwt	335.00–354.00	1,749	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,686	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	379.16/cwt	372.00–386.00	1,630	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	638	262.97/cwt	256.00–270.00	1,678	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	378.00/cwt	378.00–378.00	1,399	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	720	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,757	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	663	298.97/cwt	296.00–302.00	1,982	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	563	406.25/cwt	406.25–406.25	2,287	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	570	345.13/cwt	338.00–346.00	1,967	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	600	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	2,016	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	406	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,705	7

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.

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