Name: Trenton Regional Stockyards - Trenton, TN livestock auction prices — 2025-10-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trends could not be established due to a lack of comparable receipts. Quality average to good. Demand strong.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $344.69/cwt on 16 head. That ranks 1 of 9 comparable sales and sits −81.81 against this barn's trailing median of $426.50.

Average price

$344.69

16 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,901

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$240

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

$29.58/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−15.74

vs TN average

−85.03 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	352.08	1,962	12thin
Medium and Large 2	534	322.50	1,722	4thin

One grade step is worth $29.58/cwt here — about $240 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

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 sale16 hd

344.69

—

TN average14 barns · 358 hd

360.43

−15.74

National average179 barns · 33,800 hd

429.72

−85.03

This barn, trailing median9 sales

426.50

−81.81

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	1,510	183.00	2,763	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,403	160.86	2,256	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,151	158.21	1,822	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,008	136.00	1,370	2thin

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)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,270	$1,675	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,120	$1,450	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,350	$3,975	1thin

Every lot, as filed

46 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	559	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,970	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	401.25/cwt	392.50–410.00	1,284	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	338	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	1,445	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	455	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,331	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	548	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,918	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	313	369.48/cwt	345.00–392.50	1,156	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	647	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,795	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	670	333.71/cwt	327.50–342.50	2,236	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,785	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	534	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,722	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	600–650	637	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,108	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	572	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,931	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	610	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,784	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	486	400.43/cwt	400.00–402.50	1,946	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	785	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,316	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	634	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,997	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	688	319.98/cwt	315.00–330.00	2,201	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	550	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,719	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	690	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	2,053	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	545	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,894	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	376.88/cwt	375.00–377.50	1,790	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	320.00/cwt	305.00–335.00	1,984	2
Bulls	Small 1	500–550	540	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,593	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	326.33/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,547	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	275	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,038	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	710	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,722	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	285	441.25/cwt	440.00–442.50	1,258	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,604	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	410	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	1,609	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	510	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,556	1
Heifers	Small 1	550–600	580	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,610	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	305	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	1,197	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	540	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,674	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,582	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,350	3,975.00/head	3,975.00–3,975.00	3,975	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,120	1,450.00/head	1,450.00–1,450.00	1,450	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,350	1,650.00/head	1,650.00–1,650.00	1,650	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,190	1,700.00/head	1,700.00–1,700.00	1,700	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,240	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,848	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,140	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,676	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	875	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,094	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,408	161.72/cwt	157.00–167.00	2,277	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,555	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	2,659	1
Bulls	—	—	1,510	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	2,763	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,108	155.51/cwt	155.00–157.00	1,723	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,325	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	2,239	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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