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Trenton Regional Stockyards - Trenton, TN

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Trenton, Tennessee · Wed, Oct 21
● Final92 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3903
← Oct 14Oct 21latest
Feeder Cattle receipts
174 head
▲ 53 vs last sale 121▲ 174 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
58 head
▲ 33 vs last sale 25▲ 58 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
57 head
▲ 3 vs last sale 54▲ 57 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Slaughter Cows $2.00-$5.00 lower, Feeder Cattle & Slaughter Bulls could not be established due to a lack of comparable data. Quality good, Demand good.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $354.27/cwt on 21 head, up $28.38 from the prior sale (only 16 head in that comparison). That ranks 3 of 7 comparable sales and sits −9.98 against this barn's trailing median of $364.25.
Average price
$354.27
▲ 28.38 vs prior sale
21 head · 538 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,907
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$360
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$101.78/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.49
vs TN average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1522371.781,93915thin
Medium and Large 2579318.601,8435thin
Medium and Large 3585270.001,5801thin
One grade step is worth $101.78/cwt here — about $360 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale21 hd
354.27
—
TN average16 barns · 492 hd
345.78
+8.49
This barn, trailing median7 sales
364.25
−9.98
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

7 sales
467415363312median 364.2505/1306/1707/2209/3010/21
Bulls 500–600 lb: high $452.51, low $325.89, median $364.25 across 7 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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—Low1,573171.002,6894thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,355138.291,8747thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,162129.691,50719
CowsLean 85-90%Average972106.761,03820

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 $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,098$3,4752thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,220$3,4502thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,230$2,9873thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,320$2,6724thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,290$2,2754thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,153$2,04112
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,065$1,9002thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,055$1,7547
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)(<2 yrs)1,045$2,5001thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,035$2,4001thin
Bred Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)(<2 yrs)900$2,4001thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)915$2,2501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,197$3,8333thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,293$3,7732thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,334$2,9035

Every lot, as filed

92 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2340425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,4451
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1350450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,5751
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2450355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,5981
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1454387.00/cwt387.00–387.001,7574
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2500335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,6751
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1510363.50/cwt355.00–380.001,8543
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added536385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,0645
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added577360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,0778
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1650355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,3081
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2685307.00/cwt307.00–307.002,1031
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1200510.00/cwt510.00–510.001,0203
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1268471.00/cwt450.00–480.001,2627
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1340440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,4961
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2380330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,2542
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1385387.82/cwt375.00–400.001,4932
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1423375.91/cwt370.00–385.001,5905
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2475337.18/cwt330.00–345.001,6022
Heifers450–500Small 1475325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,5441
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1479363.21/cwt350.00–370.001,7405
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1518343.66/cwt325.00–352.001,7809
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2540317.00/cwt317.00–317.001,7121
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added550340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,8706
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1555337.00/cwt337.00–337.001,8701
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2585315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,8431
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1618308.88/cwt302.00–320.001,9094
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added660285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,8814
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1710300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,1301
Feeder Cattle · Bulls25 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1220485.00/cwt485.00–485.001,0673
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1285495.00/cwt495.00–495.001,4113
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3320350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,1201
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1323481.05/cwt465.00–495.001,5542
Bulls350–400Small 1355360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,2781
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2370417.88/cwt405.00–425.001,5463
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1383470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,8005
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1418429.94/cwt415.00–440.001,7973
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2425405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,7211
Bulls450–500Small 1460330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,5181
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1490405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,9851
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1516376.50/cwt355.00–380.001,94313
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2525337.00/cwt337.00–337.001,7691
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1558341.12/cwt332.00–350.001,9032
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3585270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,5801
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2592314.00/cwt314.00–314.001,8594
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1627313.10/cwt302.00–327.001,9637
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2630285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,7961
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1672285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,9152
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2740253.48/cwt250.00–257.001,8762
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1750272.00/cwt272.00–272.002,0401
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1875210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,8381
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 2910200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,8201
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1945217.00/cwt217.00–217.002,0511
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 2965170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,6411
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,455195.00/cwt195.00–195.002,8371
Bulls——1,535173.00/cwt173.00–173.002,6561
Bulls——1,650158.00/cwt158.00–158.002,6072
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%820130.39/cwt126.00–135.001,0692
Cows—Lean 85-90%89892.63/cwt88.00–98.008326
Cows—Lean 85-90%956104.05/cwt100.00–108.009956
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,114115.74/cwt110.00–121.001,2896
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,137116.41/cwt108.00–120.001,3245
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,168131.45/cwt128.00–137.001,53510
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,178141.89/cwt138.00–144.001,6714
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,320136.28/cwt134.00–138.001,7994
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,402140.98/cwt140.00–142.001,9773
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-29002,400.00/head2,400.00–2,400.002,4001
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-29152,250.00/head2,250.00–2,250.002,2501
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,0352,400.00/head2,400.00–2,400.002,4001
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,0452,500.00/head2,500.00–2,500.002,5001
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows16 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 39351,400.00/head1,400.00–1,400.001,4001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-39851,600.00/head1,600.00–1,600.001,6001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0081,921.84/head1,850.00–2,000.001,9222
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,0321,647.33/head1,500.00–1,800.001,6473
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,0741,686.64/head1,500.00–1,800.001,6875
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0753,300.00/head3,300.00–3,300.003,3001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,0751,850.00/head1,850.00–1,850.001,8501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0983,474.83/head3,400.00–3,550.003,4752
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1452,200.00/head2,200.00–2,200.002,2001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2203,000.00/head3,000.00–3,000.003,0001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2272,164.52/head1,950.00–2,450.002,1657
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2302,986.99/head2,850.00–3,100.002,9873
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3202,671.64/head2,400.00–2,950.002,6724
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3232,124.57/head2,050.00–2,200.002,1252
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,3653,600.00/head3,600.00–3,600.003,6001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,4403,000.00/head3,000.00–3,000.003,0001
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2942193.00/cwt188.00–200.001,8183
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs7 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-29653,600.00/head3,600.00–3,600.003,6001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0903,700.00/head3,700.00–3,700.003,7001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-31,2882,700.00/head2,700.00–2,700.002,7002
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-31,2902,400.00/head2,400.00–2,400.002,4001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2933,772.63/head3,600.00–3,950.003,7732
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,4033,356.68/head3,100.00–3,600.003,3572
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,5354,200.00/head4,200.00–4,200.004,2001

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.