Name: Trenton Regional Stockyards - Trenton, TN livestock auction prices — 2026-07-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-07-29

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 4 of 6 comparable sales and sits +0.65 against this barn's trailing median of $404.35.

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 / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	405.00	2,260	3thin

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

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

6 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $457.50, low $364.25, median $404.35 across 6 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 median6 sales

404.35

+0.65

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	1,468	183.48	2,693	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,550	183.53	2,845	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,222	178.59	2,182	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,170	171.50	2,007	2thin

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,174	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,001	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,872	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,279	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,594	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,090	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,530	179.58/cwt	178.00–182.00	2,748	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,222	178.59/cwt	175.00–184.00	2,182	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,330	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	2,234	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	785	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	2,135	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	600–650	638	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	2,118	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	518	360.17/cwt	348.00–372.00	1,866	2
Bulls	—	—	1,468	183.48/cwt	181.00–186.00	2,693	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,010	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,768	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,570	187.48/cwt	187.00–188.00	2,943	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	745	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,235	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	393	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,886	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	407.00/cwt	407.00–407.00	2,157	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	310	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,442	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	439	485.80/cwt	485.00–490.00	2,133	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,260	3

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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