Name: Trenton Regional Stockyards - Trenton, TN livestock auction prices — 2026-09-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $340.00/cwt on 5 head, up $23.55 from the prior sale (only 10 head in that comparison). That ranks 3 of 18 comparable sales and sits −46.44 against this barn's trailing median of $386.44.

Average price

$340.00

▲ 23.55 vs prior sale

5 head · 516 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,753

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+17.75

vs TN average

+8.48 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	516	340.00	1,753	5thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

18 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $434.50, low $316.45, median $386.44 across 18 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 sale5 hd

340.00

—

TN average15 barns · 362 hd

322.25

+17.75

National average157 barns · 5,611 hd

331.52

+8.48

This barn, trailing median18 sales

386.44

−46.44

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	1,393	183.34	2,555	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,485	161.74	2,402	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,309	160.29	2,097	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,044	142.38	1,486	13

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)	1,325	$2,850	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,195	$2,700	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,189	$2,361	6
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,270	$2,116	4thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	960	$2,050	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,300	$2,500	1thin

Every lot, as filed

45 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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,210	153.20/cwt	149.00–155.00	1,854	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,393	169.41/cwt	168.00–172.00	2,360	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,280	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,830	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,484	160.52/cwt	152.00–167.00	2,382	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,490	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	2,473	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,044	142.38/cwt	131.00–150.00	1,486	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,716	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,848	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,898	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	363.36/cwt	357.00–365.00	1,900	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	484	358.79/cwt	357.00–365.00	1,737	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	382	379.82/cwt	360.00–400.00	1,451	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,325	2,850.00/head	2,850.00–2,850.00	2,850	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,303	2,722.38/head	2,450.00–2,900.00	2,722	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,205	2,600.00/head	2,600.00–2,600.00	2,600	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	502	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	1,717	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	280	424.82/cwt	420.00–430.00	1,189	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	404.53/cwt	385.00–425.00	1,739	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	605	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,936	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,638	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	313	497.48/cwt	495.00–500.00	1,557	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	905	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	2,281	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	360	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,692	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,935	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	570	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,892	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,934	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,617	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	412	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,483	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	555	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,676	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	710	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,669	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	890	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	2,020	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,296	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,610	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	960	2,050.00/head	2,050.00–2,050.00	2,050	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,290	2,059.30/head	1,900.00–2,200.00	2,059	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	353.15/cwt	337.00–370.00	1,660	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	445	346.67/cwt	330.00–365.00	1,543	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	360	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,548	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	280	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,274	1
Bulls	—	—	1,495	174.01/cwt	173.00–175.00	2,601	2
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,190	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	2,404	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,250	2,172.20/head	2,000.00–2,350.00	2,172	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,195	2,700.00/head	2,700.00–2,700.00	2,700	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,010	1,699.50/head	1,650.00–1,750.00	1,700	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,300	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	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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