Sale reports / Tennessee / Trenton Regional Stockyards - Trenton, TN / 2026-07-29

Trenton Regional Stockyards - Trenton, TN

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Trenton, Tennessee · Wed, Jul 29
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3903
Feeder Cattle receipts
37 head
▼ 223 vs last sale 260▲ 37 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
17 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 22▲ 17 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $405.00/cwt on 3 head, up $40.75 from the prior sale (only 18 head in that comparison). That ranks 5 of 7 comparable sales and sits +14.09 against this barn's trailing median of $390.91.
Average price
$405.00
▲ 40.75 vs prior sale
3 head · 558 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,260
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+48.77
vs TN average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1558405.002,2603thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

7 sales
472419367314median 390.9102/1102/1806/1707/2209/23
Bulls 500–600 lb: high $457.50, low $328.08, median $390.91 across 7 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 sale3 hd
405.00
—
TN average15 barns · 262 hd
356.23
+48.77
This barn, trailing median7 sales
390.91
+14.09
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Low1,468183.482,6932thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,550183.532,8454thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,222178.592,1825thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,170171.502,0072thin

Every lot, as filed

21 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 1600–650630345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,1742
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500460435.00/cwt435.00–435.002,0012
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400360520.00/cwt520.00–520.001,8721
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750735310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,2791
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400375425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,5941
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500475440.00/cwt440.00–440.002,0902
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,530179.58/cwt178.00–182.002,7482
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,222178.59/cwt175.00–184.002,1825
CowsLean 85-90%—1,330168.00/cwt168.00–168.002,2341
HeifersMedium and Large 2750–800785272.00/cwt272.00–272.002,1351
HeifersMedium and Large 2Value Added600–650638332.00/cwt332.00–332.002,1182
HeifersMedium and Large 2Value Added500–550518360.17/cwt348.00–372.001,8662
Bulls——1,468183.48/cwt181.00–186.002,6932
CowsLean 85-90%—1,010175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,7681
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,570187.48/cwt187.00–188.002,9432
HeifersMedium and Large 2700–750745300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,2351
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400393480.00/cwt480.00–480.001,8862
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550530407.00/cwt407.00–407.002,1571
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350310465.00/cwt465.00–465.001,4421
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450439485.80/cwt485.00–490.002,1336
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600558405.00/cwt405.00–405.002,2603

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.