Name: Trenton Regional Stockyards - Trenton, TN livestock auction prices — 2025-09-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

This sale was not reported last week therefor no trends could be established.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $327.19/cwt on 22 head. That ranks 1 of 6 comparable sales and sits −77.17 against this barn's trailing median of $404.35.

Average price

$327.19

22 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,783

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$264

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$58.18/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−14.73

vs TN average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	526	361.17	1,900	6thin
Medium and Large 2	554	316.08	1,750	14thin
Small 1	540	302.99	1,636	2thin

One grade step is worth $58.18/cwt here — about $264 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

6 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $457.50, low $364.25, median $404.35 across 6 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 sale22 hd

327.19

—

TN average15 barns · 466 hd

341.91

−14.73

This barn, trailing median6 sales

404.35

−77.17

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	—	Average	1,657	187.63	3,110	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,480	167.00	2,472	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,152	164.60	1,896	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	990	146.75	1,453	3thin

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	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	945	$2,550	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,164	$2,463	4thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,163	$2,150	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,030	$2,050	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,050	$2,000	1thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,130	$2,000	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	915	$3,475	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	870	$3,400	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,175	$2,555	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	700	$2,550	1thin

Every lot, as filed

67 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	Small 1	300–350	325	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,365	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	550–600	590	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,853	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	440	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,452	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	450	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	1,674	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	410	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,681	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	700–750	720	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,944	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	650	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,145	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	534	344.17/cwt	336.00–358.00	1,838	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	355	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	1,356	1
Bulls	Small 1	400–450	421	371.82/cwt	366.00–380.00	1,565	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	453	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	1,730	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	361.17/cwt	361.00–362.00	1,900	6
Bulls	Small 1	750–800	750	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,950	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,350	3,060.00/head	3,060.00–3,060.00	3,060	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,050	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,145	2,822.71/head	2,750.00–2,900.00	2,823	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,000	2,050.00/head	2,050.00–2,050.00	2,050	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	750	3,300.00/head	3,300.00–3,300.00	3,300	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,080	3,650.00/head	3,650.00–3,650.00	3,650	1
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	945	2,550.00/head	2,550.00–2,550.00	2,550	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,183	2,103.07/head	2,050.00–2,150.00	2,103	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	870	3,400.00/head	3,400.00–3,400.00	3,400	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	700	2,550.00/head	2,550.00–2,550.00	2,550	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,130	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,055	2,050.00/head	2,050.00–2,050.00	2,050	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,270	2,250.00/head	2,250.00–2,250.00	2,250	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,030	2,050.00/head	2,050.00–2,050.00	2,050	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,275	171.04/cwt	170.00–172.00	2,181	2
Bulls	—	—	1,908	193.96/cwt	190.00–200.00	3,701	3
Bulls	—	—	1,940	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	4,035	1
Bulls	—	—	1,140	167.95/cwt	167.00–169.00	1,915	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,133	163.61/cwt	157.00–168.00	1,854	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,480	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	2,472	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	990	146.75/cwt	143.00–153.00	1,453	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Full	550–600	569	287.87/cwt	281.00–293.00	1,638	7
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	467	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,705	3
Bulls	Small 1	500–550	540	302.99/cwt	302.00–304.00	1,636	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	722	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,238	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	411.22/cwt	400.00–422.00	1,534	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	411.01/cwt	410.00–412.00	1,747	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,935	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	1,767	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,925	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	760	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,447	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	324.03/cwt	322.00–326.00	1,727	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	550–600	562	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,051	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	410	394.00/cwt	394.00–394.00	1,615	1
Steers	Small 1	400–450	420	402.00/cwt	402.00–402.00	1,688	1
Steers	Small 1	450–500	465	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,767	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	438.00/cwt	438.00–438.00	1,643	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	655	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	2,201	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	374.00/cwt	374.00–374.00	1,197	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,918	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	416	358.42/cwt	354.00–362.00	1,491	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	395	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,462	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,340	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,599	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	593	319.00/cwt	318.00–320.00	1,892	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	476	341.27/cwt	310.00–356.00	1,624	4
Heifers	Small 1	350–400	360	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	1,274	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	740	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	2,087	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,872	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	329.03/cwt	322.00–336.00	2,214	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,949	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	240	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	972	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	550	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,562	1
Heifers	Small 1Full	600–650	600	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,380	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.

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