Sale reports / Tennessee / Trenton Regional Stockyards - Trenton, TN / 2026-02-11

Trenton Regional Stockyards - Trenton, TN

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Trenton, Tennessee · Wed, Feb 11
● Final60 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3903
Feeder Cattle receipts
226 head
▼ 102 vs last sale 328▲ 226 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
33 head
▲ 16 vs last sale 17▲ 33 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
9 head
▼ 9 vs last sale 18▲ 9 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 classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $439.61/cwt on 18 head. That ranks 11 of 11 comparable sales and sits +35.92 against this barn's trailing median of $403.69.
Average price
$439.61
18 head · 521 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,290
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$145
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$47.24/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.52
vs TN average
−38.78 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1520442.242,29817thin
Medium and Large 2545395.002,1531thin
One grade step is worth $47.24/cwt here — about $145 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 sale18 hd
439.61
—
TN average14 barns · 458 hd
443.13
−3.52
National average184 barns · 16,706 hd
478.39
−38.78
This barn, trailing median11 sales
403.69
+35.92
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

11 sales
479425371317median 403.6903/1804/2906/1709/3010/21
Steers 500–600 lb: high $464.87, low $331.47, median $403.69 across 11 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—Low1,759195.763,4438thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,474165.622,4419thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,495162.302,4262thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,104141.071,5576thin

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)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,190$2,7752thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,005$2,6001thin
Heifer PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)880$3,1001thin

Every lot, as filed

60 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1275555.00/cwt555.00–555.001,5261
Steers300–350Small 1310530.00/cwt530.00–530.001,6431
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1320587.38/cwt585.00–590.001,8802
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2365455.00/cwt455.00–455.001,6611
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1435505.00/cwt505.00–505.002,1971
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2440462.53/cwt460.00–465.002,0352
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1454476.27/cwt470.00–495.002,1624
Steers450–500Small 1455415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,8881
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added505450.00/cwt450.00–450.002,27313
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2545395.00/cwt395.00–395.002,1531
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1567417.01/cwt402.00–422.002,3644
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added674388.55/cwt366.00–396.002,61925
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added738358.00/cwt358.00–358.002,6428
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Value Added757365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,7633
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1Value Added852342.00/cwt342.00–342.002,9147
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1280470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,3161
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2335420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,4071
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3342375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,2833
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1345535.00/cwt535.00–535.001,8461
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1360445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,6021
Heifers350–400Small 1395350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,3831
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1405455.00/cwt455.00–455.001,8431
Heifers400–450Small 1445350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,5581
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added504405.00/cwt405.00–405.002,0414
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1519390.21/cwt375.00–395.002,0257
Heifers500–550Small 1535367.00/cwt367.00–367.001,9631
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2535362.36/cwt355.00–370.001,9392
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1565365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,0621
Heifers550–600Small 1Fleshy590260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,5341
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added605382.00/cwt382.00–382.002,31113
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1629351.75/cwt340.00–367.502,2136
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added655382.00/cwt382.00–382.002,5025
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2670302.00/cwt302.00–302.002,0231
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1690322.00/cwt322.00–322.002,2224
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added717342.09/cwt330.00–365.002,4539
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed280585.00/cwt585.00–585.001,6383
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1398512.50/cwt512.50–512.502,0403
Bulls400–450Small 1410385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,5791
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1433476.62/cwt470.00–480.002,0643
Bulls450–500Small 1480420.00/cwt420.00–420.002,0161
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1490452.00/cwt452.00–452.002,2152
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2492418.22/cwt410.00–435.002,0583
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1557422.56/cwt415.00–424.002,3549
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2590375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,2131
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1647343.73/cwt335.00–370.002,2244
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1715327.00/cwt327.00–327.002,3381
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2765302.00/cwt302.00–302.002,3101
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1805277.00/cwt277.00–277.002,2301
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,620178.00/cwt178.00–178.002,8841
Bulls——1,699193.85/cwt189.00–202.003,2945
Bulls——1,978209.43/cwt209.00–210.004,1432
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,030132.45/cwt129.00–135.001,3643
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,177149.68/cwt147.00–154.001,7623
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,399166.32/cwt163.00–168.002,3278
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,495162.30/cwt158.00–167.002,4262
Cows—Breaker 75-80%2,075160.00/cwt160.00–160.003,3201
Replacement Cattle · Heifer Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Heifer Pairs—Medium and Large 2-38803,100.00/head3,100.00–3,100.003,1001
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0052,600.00/head2,600.00–2,600.002,6001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,0352,350.00/head2,350.00–2,350.002,3501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,3453,200.00/head3,200.00–3,200.003,2001

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.