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Trenton Regional Stockyards - Trenton, TN

Name: Trenton Regional Stockyards - Trenton, TN livestock auction prices — 2025-09-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-17

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Trenton, Tennessee · Wed, Sep 17

● Final67 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3903

← Sep 3Sep 17Sep 24 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

153 head

▼ 284 vs last sale 437▲ 153 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

42 head

▲ 19 vs last sale 23▲ 42 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

32 head

▼ 2 vs last sale 34▲ 32 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $327.19/cwt on 22 head. That ranks 2 of 7 comparable sales and sits −37.06 against this barn's trailing median of $364.25.

Average price

$327.19

22 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,783

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$264

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$58.18/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−14.73

vs TN average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	526	361.17	1,900	6thin
Medium and Large 2	554	316.08	1,750	14thin
Small 1	540	302.99	1,636	2thin

One grade step is worth $58.18/cwt here — about $264 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale22 hd

327.19

—

TN average15 barns · 466 hd

341.91

−14.73

This barn, trailing median7 sales

364.25

−37.06

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

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,657	187.63	3,110	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,480	167.00	2,472	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,152	164.60	1,896	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	990	146.75	1,453	3thin

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)	Young (2-4 yrs)	945	$2,550	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,164	$2,463	4thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,163	$2,150	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,030	$2,050	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,050	$2,000	1thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,130	$2,000	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	915	$3,475	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	870	$3,400	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,175	$2,555	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	700	$2,550	1thin

Every lot, as filed

67 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	375	438.00/cwt	438.00–438.00	1,643	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	410	394.00/cwt	394.00–394.00	1,615	1
Steers	400–450	Small 1	420	402.00/cwt	402.00–402.00	1,688	1
Steers	450–500	Small 1	465	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,767	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	470	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	1,767	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	523	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,935	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	550	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,925	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	562	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,051	5
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	655	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	2,201	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	760	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,447	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 2	240	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	972	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	320	374.00/cwt	374.00–374.00	1,197	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	335	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,340	1
Heifers	350–400	Small 1	360	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	1,274	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	395	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,462	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	410	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,599	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	416	358.42/cwt	354.00–362.00	1,491	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	476	341.27/cwt	310.00–356.00	1,624	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	533	324.03/cwt	322.00–326.00	1,727	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,562	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Full	590	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,853	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	593	319.00/cwt	318.00–320.00	1,892	2
Heifers	600–650	Small 1Full	600	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,380	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	620	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,872	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	680	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,918	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Full	720	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,944	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	740	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	2,087	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Small 1	325	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,365	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	355	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	1,356	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	373	411.22/cwt	400.00–422.00	1,534	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	410	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,681	1
Bulls	400–450	Small 1	421	371.82/cwt	366.00–380.00	1,565	5
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	425	411.01/cwt	410.00–412.00	1,747	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 3	440	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,452	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	450	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	1,674	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	453	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	1,730	4
Bulls	450–500	Small 1	467	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,705	3
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	526	361.17/cwt	361.00–362.00	1,900	6
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	534	344.17/cwt	336.00–358.00	1,838	6
Bulls	500–550	Small 1	540	302.99/cwt	302.00–304.00	1,636	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	565	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,949	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2Full	569	287.87/cwt	281.00–293.00	1,638	7
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	650	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,145	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	673	329.03/cwt	322.00–336.00	2,214	2
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	722	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,238	3
Bulls	750–800	Small 1	750	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,950	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,140	167.95/cwt	167.00–169.00	1,915	2
Bulls	—	—	1,908	193.96/cwt	190.00–200.00	3,701	3
Bulls	—	—	1,940	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	4,035	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	990	146.75/cwt	143.00–153.00	1,453	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,133	163.61/cwt	157.00–168.00	1,854	13
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,275	171.04/cwt	170.00–172.00	2,181	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,480	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	2,472	1
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs6 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Small 1-2	700	2,550.00/head	2,550.00–2,550.00	2,550	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Small 1-2	750	3,300.00/head	3,300.00–3,300.00	3,300	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Small 1-2	870	3,400.00/head	3,400.00–3,400.00	3,400	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,000	2,050.00/head	2,050.00–2,050.00	2,050	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,080	3,650.00/head	3,650.00–3,650.00	3,650	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,350	3,060.00/head	3,060.00–3,060.00	3,060	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows7 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Small 1-2	945	2,550.00/head	2,550.00–2,550.00	2,550	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,030	2,050.00/head	2,050.00–2,050.00	2,050	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	1,050	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,055	2,050.00/head	2,050.00–2,050.00	2,050	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,145	2,822.71/head	2,750.00–2,900.00	2,823	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,183	2,103.07/head	2,050.00–2,150.00	2,103	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,270	2,250.00/head	2,250.00–2,250.00	2,250	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,130	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	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.

Tennessee feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Trenton Regional Stockyards - Trenton, TN

Wed Sep 17, 2025

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Nashville, TN (LS-NV)

Feeder CattleReceipts 153Last week 437Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 42Last week 23Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 32Last week 34Year ago 0

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

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	420.00	420.00
5	400–450	421	366.00–380.00	371.82
3	450–500	467	365.00	365.00
2	500–550	540	302.00–304.00	302.99
1	750–800	750	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	382.00	382.00
1	400–450	410	410.00	410.00
1	450–500	450	372.00	372.00
6	500–550	534	336.00–358.00	344.17
1	550–600	565	345.00	345.00
1	650–700	650	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	373	400.00–422.00	411.22
2	400–450	425	410.00–412.00	411.01
4	450–500	453	382.00	382.00
6	500–550	526	361.00–362.00	361.17
2	650–700	673	322.00–336.00	329.03
3	700–750	722	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
7	550–600	569	281.00–293.00	287.87

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	590	314.00	314.00
1	700–750	720	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	400.00	400.00
1	400–450	410	390.00	390.00
2	500–550	533	322.00–326.00	324.03
2	550–600	593	318.00–320.00	319.00
1	650–700	680	282.00	282.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	405.00	405.00
1	300–350	320	374.00	374.00
1	350–400	395	370.00	370.00
5	400–450	416	354.00–362.00	358.42
4	450–500	476	310.00–356.00	341.27
1	600–650	620	302.00	302.00
1	700–750	740	282.00	282.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	354.00	354.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	550	284.00	284.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	600	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	438.00	438.00
2	500–550	523	370.00	370.00
1	550–600	550	350.00	350.00
1	750–800	760	322.00	322.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	410	394.00	394.00
1	450–500	470	376.00	376.00
1	650–700	655	336.00	336.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	562	365.00	365.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	420	402.00	402.00
1	450–500	465	380.00	380.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,350	3,060.00	3,060.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,080	3,650.00	3,650.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,000	2,050.00	2,050.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	750	3,300.00	3,300.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	870	3,400.00	3,400.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	700	2,550.00	2,550.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,050	2,000.00	2,000.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,145	2,750.00–2,900.00	2,822.71
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,270	2,250.00	2,250.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	945	2,550.00	2,550.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,183	2,050.00–2,150.00	2,103.07
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,055	2,050.00	2,050.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,030	2,050.00	2,050.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,130	2,000.00	2,000.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,275	170.00–172.00	171.04
13	—	1,133	157.00–168.00	163.61

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,480	167.00	167.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	990	143.00–153.00	146.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,908	190.00–200.00	193.96
1	—	1,940	208.00	208.00
2	—	1,140	167.00–169.00	167.95

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.