Sale reports / Tennessee / Trenton Regional Stockyards - Trenton, TN / 2026-07-29

Trenton Regional Stockyards - Trenton, TN

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Trenton, Tennessee · Wed, Jul 29
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3903
Feeder Cattle receipts
37 head
▼ 223 vs last sale 260▲ 37 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
17 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 22▲ 17 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends could be established due to a lack of comparable data.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

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 7 of 7 comparable sales and sits +40.75 against this barn's trailing median of $364.25.
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

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1558405.002,2603thin
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 sale3 hd
405.00
—
TN average15 barns · 262 hd
356.23
+48.77
This barn, trailing median7 sales
364.25
+40.75
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—Low1,468183.482,6932thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,550183.532,8454thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,222178.592,1825thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,170171.502,0072thin

Every lot

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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1393480.00/cwt480.00–480.001,8862
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1475440.00/cwt440.00–440.002,0902
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1530407.00/cwt407.00–407.002,1571
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1310465.00/cwt465.00–465.001,4421
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1375425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,5941
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2Value Added518360.17/cwt348.00–372.001,8662
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2Value Added638332.00/cwt332.00–332.002,1182
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1735310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,2791
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2745300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,2351
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2785272.00/cwt272.00–272.002,1351
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1360520.00/cwt520.00–520.001,8721
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1439485.80/cwt485.00–490.002,1336
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1460435.00/cwt435.00–435.002,0012
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1558405.00/cwt405.00–405.002,2603
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1630345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,1742
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,468183.48/cwt181.00–186.002,6932
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,010175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,7681
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,222178.59/cwt175.00–184.002,1825
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,330168.00/cwt168.00–168.002,2341
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,530179.58/cwt178.00–182.002,7482
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,570187.48/cwt187.00–188.002,9432

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.