Name: Trenton Regional Stockyards - Trenton, TN livestock auction prices — 2026-04-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $434.50/cwt on 10 head, up $44.28 from the prior sale. That ranks 17 of 17 comparable sales and sits +46.69 against this barn's trailing median of $387.81.

Average price

$434.50

▲ 44.28 vs prior sale

10 head · 514 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,232

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$221

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

$58.75/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+23.48

vs TN average

+6.14 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	510	446.25	2,275	8thin
Medium and Large 2	530	387.50	2,054	2thin

One grade step is worth $58.75/cwt here — about $221 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

17 sales

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 sale10 hd

434.50

—

TN average15 barns · 580 hd

411.02

+23.48

National average175 barns · 10,626 hd

428.36

+6.14

This barn, trailing median17 sales

387.81

+46.69

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	—	High	1,873	194.00	3,633	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,375	176.67	2,429	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,121	169.44	1,900	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,003	156.15	1,566	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	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,197	$3,833	5
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,226	$3,815	10
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,085	$3,800	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	990	$3,400	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,035	$3,350	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,145	$3,003	2thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,055	$3,900	1thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,020	$3,900	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,303	$4,650	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,288	$4,126	25
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,250	$3,790	13
Heifer Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,155	$4,400	1thin

Every lot, as filed

79 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	463	405.95/cwt	395.00–417.50	1,880	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,944	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	555	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,026	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	315.50/cwt	315.00–316.00	2,439	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	461	508.95/cwt	495.00–520.00	2,346	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	357	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	1,999	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	505	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,071	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	2,036	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	650	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,405	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	397.00/cwt	397.00–397.00	2,461	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	453.23/cwt	440.00–460.00	2,398	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	440	507.11/cwt	470.00–510.00	2,231	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	515	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,163	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	255	575.00/cwt	575.00–575.00	1,466	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,482	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	400	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,840	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	315	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	1,859	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	840	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,772	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	305	635.00/cwt	635.00–635.00	1,937	1
Steers	Small 1	350–400	390	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,931	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	634	367.28/cwt	360.00–390.00	2,329	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	508	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,311	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	392	533.36/cwt	520.00–540.00	2,091	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	654	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	2,534	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	458	472.46/cwt	465.00–480.00	2,164	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	440	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,200	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,573	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	445	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,047	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,438	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	2,000	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	612.50/cwt	612.50–612.50	2,174	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	220	635.00/cwt	635.00–635.00	1,397	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	575	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,473	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	585.00/cwt	585.00–585.00	2,188	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	300–350	305	645.00/cwt	645.00–645.00	1,967	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	225	630.00/cwt	630.00–630.00	1,418	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	303	605.00/cwt	605.00–605.00	1,833	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	447	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,280	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	505	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,222	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,003	156.15/cwt	151.00–163.00	1,566	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,375	176.67/cwt	173.00–180.00	2,429	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,263	179.20/cwt	178.00–181.00	2,263	2
Bulls	—	—	2,170	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	4,579	1
Bulls	—	—	1,575	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	2,788	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,074	166.19/cwt	162.00–169.00	1,785	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,251	3,931.94/head	3,600.00–4,300.00	3,932	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,095	3,750.00/head	3,750.00–3,750.00	3,750	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,455	5,000.00/head	5,000.00–5,000.00	5,000	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,360	5,200.00/head	5,200.00–5,200.00	5,200	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,163	3,750.64/head	3,400.00–3,900.00	3,751	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,480	5,625.00/head	5,050.00–6,200.00	5,625	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,153	208.85/cwt	175.00–250.00	2,408	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 3	—	1,215	2,920.23/head	2,600.00–3,400.00	2,920	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,196	3,556.32/head	3,400.00–3,700.00	3,556	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,317	4,057.50/head	3,700.00–4,400.00	4,058	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 3	—	1,090	3,800.00/head	3,800.00–3,800.00	3,800	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 3	—	1,125	3,600.00/head	3,600.00–3,600.00	3,600	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,155	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	2,171	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,125	3,346.00/head	3,300.00–3,400.00	3,346	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,195	3,300.00/head	3,300.00–3,300.00	3,300	1
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	875	3,400.00/head	3,400.00–3,400.00	3,400	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,197	3,832.58/head	3,600.00–4,200.00	3,833	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	990	3,400.00/head	3,400.00–3,400.00	3,400	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,055	3,900.00/head	3,900.00–3,900.00	3,900	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,020	3,900.00/head	3,900.00–3,900.00	3,900	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,190	4,400.00/head	4,400.00–4,400.00	4,400	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,145	3,003.06/head	2,900.00–3,100.00	3,003	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	980	3,200.00/head	3,200.00–3,200.00	3,200	1
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,155	4,400.00/head	4,400.00–4,400.00	4,400	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,321	4,604.21/head	4,550.00–4,700.00	4,604	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,470	4,490.82/head	4,200.00–4,700.00	4,491	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,248	3,545.86/head	3,500.00–3,600.00	3,546	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 3	—	1,345	3,300.00/head	3,300.00–3,300.00	3,300	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,329	4,519.41/head	3,700.00–4,800.00	4,519	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	559.09/cwt	555.00–580.00	2,365	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	745	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,459	2
Bulls	Small 1	650–700	665	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,111	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	265	575.00/cwt	575.00–575.00	1,524	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	414.85/cwt	400.00–430.00	2,033	2

How this sale compares

Tennessee weighted averages

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