Sale reports / Tennessee / Dickson Livestock Auction / 2026-09-14

Dickson Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dickson, Tennessee · Mon, Sep 14
● Final84 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2064
Feeder Cattle receipts
792 head
▲ 377 vs last sale 415▼ 142 vs year ago 934 · −15.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
60 head
▲ 56 vs last sale 4▼ 66 vs year ago 126 · −52.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
15 head
▼ 14 vs last sale 29▼ 24 vs year ago 39 · −61.5%
View

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trends could not be established due to a lack of comparable data last week, but all classes of Cattle tended to sell with a higher undertone. Quality & Demand good.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $378.90/cwt on 62 head, up $28.25 from the prior sale. That ranks 12 of 34 comparable sales and sits −50.41 against this barn's trailing median of $429.31.
Average price
$378.90
▲ 28.25 vs prior sale
62 head · 547 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,072
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$244
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$49.90/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+18.86
vs TN average
−24.46 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1546386.952,11152
Medium and Large 2554337.051,86710thin
One grade step is worth $49.90/cwt here — about $244 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 sale62 hd
378.90
—
TN average14 barns · 284 hd
360.04
+18.86
National average167 barns · 12,243 hd
403.36
−24.46
This barn, trailing median34 sales
429.31
−50.41
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

34 sales
502447392337median 429.3103/0204/2707/1309/0711/02
Steers 500–600 lb: high $487.74, low $350.65, median $429.31 across 34 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—Low1,784193.553,4549thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,429168.252,4045thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,253158.641,98716
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,048133.681,40110

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)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,300$3,4001thin

Every lot

84 lots · USDA AMS · Dickson Regional Livestock Center - Dickson, 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 · Steers31 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1248500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,2402
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2250500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,2501
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1295500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,4751
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1324462.22/cwt450.00–470.001,4985
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2340400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,3601
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3373370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,3802
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2378409.65/cwt400.00–430.001,5483
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1383467.35/cwt460.00–480.001,7904
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1418436.52/cwt415.00–445.001,8258
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2435372.53/cwt370.00–375.001,6212
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1478408.75/cwt400.00–425.001,95414
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2487382.53/cwt380.00–385.001,8636
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added524405.00/cwt405.00–405.002,1225
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1530387.94/cwt375.00–395.002,05620
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2531361.75/cwt355.00–365.001,9216
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1561382.88/cwt370.00–387.002,14827
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2588300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,7644
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1621350.63/cwt340.00–367.002,17726
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2635320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,0322
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added666362.41/cwt355.00–365.002,4144
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1677343.16/cwt320.00–355.002,3238
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1711330.49/cwt330.00–335.002,35020
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added713352.00/cwt352.00–352.002,5104
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2770308.56/cwt300.00–317.002,3762
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Value Added785327.00/cwt327.00–327.002,5677
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1789321.10/cwt320.00–322.002,53311
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1Value Added807324.00/cwt324.00–324.002,61525
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2Value Added873303.75/cwt303.75–303.752,65254
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1Value Added881324.50/cwt320.00–325.752,85977
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1895292.00/cwt292.00–292.002,6131
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1Value Added900280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,5201
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1284408.65/cwt400.00–450.001,1616
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1327420.53/cwt400.00–425.001,37511
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2373358.48/cwt350.00–375.001,3373
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1385415.68/cwt405.00–425.001,60010
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2422334.70/cwt320.00–345.001,4123
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1424365.17/cwt350.00–380.001,54821
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1478352.51/cwt340.00–370.001,68521
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2478320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,5304
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1517348.38/cwt332.00–360.001,80118
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added519370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,9207
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2537318.03/cwt300.00–320.001,70810
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2562308.60/cwt300.00–332.001,7345
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added569344.88/cwt340.00–350.001,9626
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1577335.33/cwt320.00–345.001,93526
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1628328.76/cwt322.00–332.002,06510
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added654338.58/cwt332.00–339.502,21484
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1688320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,2025
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added708307.09/cwt307.00–310.002,17432
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Value Added760302.00/cwt302.00–302.002,2951
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1770275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,1184
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Replacement775321.00/cwt321.00–321.002,48815
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1830280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,3243
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2310400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,2401
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1315495.02/cwt475.00–515.001,5595
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1370456.99/cwt445.00–470.001,6912
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1416434.01/cwt430.00–445.001,8056
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2422363.31/cwt350.00–395.001,5335
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed440410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,8041
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed480402.00/cwt402.00–402.001,9303
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1482386.40/cwt375.00–390.001,8629
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2490350.96/cwt347.00–355.001,7202
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1518374.68/cwt360.00–390.001,94123
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2533347.54/cwt340.00–355.001,8522
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2573317.81/cwt315.00–322.001,8214
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1576347.89/cwt335.00–365.002,00415
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1627329.35/cwt315.00–337.002,0656
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1665315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,0951
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2700280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,9601
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1723312.49/cwt310.00–315.002,2594
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1855290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,4801
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 2905230.00/cwt230.00–230.002,0821
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,521182.19/cwt180.00–187.002,7714
Bulls——1,970207.37/cwt205.00–210.004,0852
Bulls——2,012199.49/cwt194.00–202.004,0143
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,033122.00/cwt122.00–122.001,2603
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,054138.69/cwt132.00–144.001,4627
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,090146.93/cwt142.00–152.001,6024
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,235172.94/cwt171.00–175.002,1362
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,321160.46/cwt155.00–167.002,12010
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,420157.00/cwt157.00–157.002,2291
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,425176.00/cwt176.00–176.002,5081
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,433169.42/cwt165.00–173.002,4283
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3003,400.00/head3,400.00–3,400.003,4001

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.