Sale reports / Tennessee / Trenton Regional Stockyards - Trenton, TN / 2026-07-22

Trenton Regional Stockyards - Trenton, TN

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Trenton, Tennessee · Wed, Jul 22
● Final64 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3903
Feeder Cattle receipts
260 head
▲ 29 vs last sale 231▲ 180 vs year ago 80 · +225.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
22 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 22▲ 11 vs year ago 11 · +100.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
16 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 12▲ 11 vs year ago 5 · +220.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends could be established due to a lack of comparable receipts. However their was a higher undertone on Slaughter Cows and Bulls.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $384.27/cwt on 9 head, down $12.52 from the prior sale (only 12 head in that comparison). That ranks 4 of 11 comparable sales and sits −19.42 against this barn's trailing median of $403.69.
Average price
$384.27
▼ 12.52 vs prior sale
9 head · 562 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,159
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−23.02
vs TN average
−34.77 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1562384.272,1599thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale9 hd
384.27
—
TN average15 barns · 439 hd
407.30
−23.02
National average142 barns · 5,313 hd
419.04
−34.77
This barn, trailing median11 sales
403.69
−19.42
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—Low1,560197.893,0875thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,444184.172,6593thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,279175.242,2427thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average980154.221,5113thin

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 Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,200$3,0501thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,170$2,8563thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,115$2,2252thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,023$1,9752thin

Every lot

64 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1375502.00/cwt502.00–502.001,8832
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1441455.00/cwt455.00–455.002,0074
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2Value Added481420.00/cwt420.00–420.002,0207
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1523393.34/cwt387.00–400.002,0572
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1573381.68/cwt355.00–387.002,1877
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added608410.00/cwt410.00–410.002,49385
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1608372.00/cwt372.00–372.002,2621
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy662335.56/cwt330.00–337.002,2215
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2679349.00/cwt349.00–349.002,3705
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1724353.00/cwt353.00–353.002,5568
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1780338.65/cwt327.00–350.002,6412
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1255440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,1221
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1330455.00/cwt455.00–455.001,5021
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2355392.00/cwt392.00–392.001,3921
Heifers400–450Small 1400335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,3401
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1405422.00/cwt422.00–422.001,7092
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2433387.00/cwt387.00–387.001,6762
Heifers450–500Small 1460350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,6101
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1463400.97/cwt400.00–402.001,8562
Heifers500–550Small 1515332.00/cwt332.00–332.001,7101
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1516377.00/cwt377.00–377.001,9455
Heifers550–600Small 1570287.00/cwt287.00–287.001,6361
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy583325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,8955
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2600305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,8301
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1603320.52/cwt317.00–335.001,9336
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 3655292.00/cwt292.00–292.001,9131
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1765292.00/cwt292.00–292.002,2341
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1870277.00/cwt277.00–277.002,4101
Heifers1050–1100Medium and Large 11,050267.00/cwt267.00–267.002,8041
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2325452.00/cwt452.00–452.001,4691
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1365487.00/cwt487.00–487.001,7781
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2410432.00/cwt432.00–432.001,7711
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1416436.74/cwt422.00–447.001,8178
Bulls400–450Small 1430412.00/cwt412.00–412.001,7721
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2453381.28/cwt375.00–400.001,7274
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1482417.00/cwt417.00–417.002,0103
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1525364.07/cwt362.00–387.001,91112
Bulls550–600Small 1565357.00/cwt357.00–357.002,0172
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1577375.84/cwt365.00–387.002,1692
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2583361.00/cwt360.00–362.002,1052
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1610357.00/cwt357.00–357.002,1781
Bulls650–700Small 1680320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,1761
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1684332.00/cwt332.00–332.002,2715
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2695270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,8772
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2775297.00/cwt297.00–297.002,3021
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 2810250.00/cwt250.00–250.002,0251
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,380174.41/cwt174.00–175.002,4072
Bulls——1,680213.55/cwt207.00–216.003,5883
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%980154.22/cwt149.00–160.001,5113
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,246174.53/cwt169.00–177.002,1755
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,305168.00/cwt168.00–168.002,1921
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,420186.00/cwt186.00–186.002,6411
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,443178.76/cwt177.00–181.002,5802
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,445195.00/cwt195.00–195.002,8181
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows7 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small 1-29951,700.00/head1,700.00–1,700.001,7001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0202,650.00/head2,650.00–2,650.002,6501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,0502,250.00/head2,250.00–2,250.002,2501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,0801,800.00/head1,800.00–1,800.001,8001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1502,650.00/head2,650.00–2,650.002,6501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2003,050.00/head3,050.00–3,050.003,0501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2452,959.64/head2,550.00–3,400.002,9602
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows3 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,080211.00/cwt211.00–211.002,2791
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 11,175218.00/cwt218.00–218.002,5621
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,185213.00/cwt213.00–213.002,5241

This sale against other markets

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.