Name: Trenton Regional Stockyards - Trenton, TN livestock auction prices — 2025-09-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $410.73/cwt on 92 head. That ranks 4 of 9 comparable sales and sits −15.77 against this barn's trailing median of $426.50.

Average price

$410.73

92 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,292

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$591

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$95.24/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+25.56

vs TN average

−6.36 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	415.24	2,319	87
Medium and Large 2	554	335.25	1,857	4thin
Medium and Large 3	540	320.00	1,728	1thin

One grade step is worth $95.24/cwt here — about $591 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 sale92 hd

410.73

—

TN average16 barns · 640 hd

385.17

+25.56

National average168 barns · 11,658 hd

417.09

−6.36

This barn, trailing median9 sales

426.50

−15.77

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	1,710	179.00	3,061	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,290	161.58	2,084	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,418	161.56	2,292	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,106	149.73	1,655	9thin

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)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,390	$2,950	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	990	$2,950	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	995	$2,850	2thin
Bred Cows	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,205	$2,550	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,450	$2,250	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,030	$1,525	1thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	865	$2,850	1thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	830	$2,300	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,165	$3,000	1thin

Every lot, as filed

59 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	650–700	660	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,848	1
Heifers	Small 1	500–550	545	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,553	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	603	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	2,098	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	378.74/cwt	368.00–390.00	2,147	4
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	495	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,584	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,449	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	369.22/cwt	360.00–376.00	1,750	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	405	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,620	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	668	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,204	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	474	407.88/cwt	398.00–409.00	1,933	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	371.05/cwt	362.00–380.00	1,588	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	840	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	2,654	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	540	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,728	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	483	344.80/cwt	314.00–350.00	1,665	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	2,324	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	673	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	2,416	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	558	417.00/cwt	417.00–417.00	2,327	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,710	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	680	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,244	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,570	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	323	424.88/cwt	410.00–440.00	1,372	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	406.80/cwt	398.00–422.00	1,908	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	554	335.25/cwt	335.00–336.00	1,857	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	290	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,189	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	687	333.65/cwt	328.00–338.00	2,292	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	900–950	940	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	2,237	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	379	427.13/cwt	420.00–450.00	1,619	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	230	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,116	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	705	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	2,171	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	305	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,434	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,155	156.99/cwt	156.00–158.00	1,813	2
Bulls	—	—	1,630	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	3,064	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,008	141.38/cwt	140.00–143.00	1,425	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,125	150.16/cwt	148.00–152.00	1,689	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,263	152.53/cwt	150.00–155.00	1,926	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,496	166.08/cwt	165.00–167.00	2,485	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,445	169.44/cwt	169.00–170.00	2,448	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,251	159.61/cwt	152.00–166.00	1,997	8
Bulls	—	—	1,790	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	3,043	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	865	2,850.00/head	2,850.00–2,850.00	2,850	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	830	2,300.00/head	2,300.00–2,300.00	2,300	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,030	1,525.00/head	1,525.00–1,525.00	1,525	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,390	2,950.00/head	2,950.00–2,950.00	2,950	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	990	2,950.00/head	2,950.00–2,950.00	2,950	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	905	2,950.00/head	2,950.00–2,950.00	2,950	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,085	2,750.00/head	2,750.00–2,750.00	2,750	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,205	2,550.00/head	2,550.00–2,550.00	2,550	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,450	2,250.00/head	2,250.00–2,250.00	2,250	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,165	3,000.00/head	3,000.00–3,000.00	3,000	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	659	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,142	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	920	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,484	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	293.35/cwt	285.00–302.00	1,672	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	528	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,059	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	343.24/cwt	334.00–362.00	1,802	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	422.60/cwt	420.00–425.00	1,606	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	875	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,188	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	322.98/cwt	320.00–326.00	1,986	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	505	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,424	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	322	411.42/cwt	405.00–415.00	1,325	3

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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