Sale reports / Tennessee / Dickson Livestock Auction / 2026-09-28

Dickson Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dickson, Tennessee · Mon, Sep 28
● Final122 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2064
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,441 head
▲ 940 vs last sale 501▲ 366 vs year ago 1,075 · +34.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
130 head
▲ 98 vs last sale 32▼ 11 vs year ago 141 · −7.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
40 head
▲ 25 vs last sale 15▼ 16 vs year ago 56 · −28.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers & Feeder Bulls unevenly steady, Feeder Heifers steady-$5.00 higher. Stronger demand for value added calves (weaned 60+ days & 2 rounds of vaccinations.). Slaughter Cows $3.00-$4.00 lower, Slaughter Bulls $1.00-$2.00 lower. Quality fair to fancy, Demand good to strong.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $366.70/cwt on 135 head, up $7.06 from the prior sale. That ranks 8 of 34 comparable sales and sits −62.61 against this barn's trailing median of $429.31.
Average price
$366.70
▲ 7.06 vs prior sale
135 head · 551 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,020
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$273
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$61.23/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.86
vs TN average
−47.96 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1549373.512,050120
Medium and Large 2569312.271,77615thin
One grade step is worth $61.23/cwt here — about $273 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale135 hd
366.70
—
TN average14 barns · 429 hd
363.85
+2.86
National average184 barns · 17,632 hd
414.66
−47.96
This barn, trailing median34 sales
429.31
−62.61
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—Average1,821188.193,42713
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,403155.312,17828
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,174149.981,76147
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,035131.001,35623

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 Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,299$2,1738
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,221$2,11512
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,062$2,0973thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,195$2,0752thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,305$1,9732thin
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,615$2,8852thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,555$2,7932thin
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,635$2,6751thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,343$1,9772thin

Every lot

122 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 · Steers34 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1224555.00/cwt555.00–555.001,2438
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1367423.55/cwt420.00–435.001,5547
Steers350–400Small 1373350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,3063
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2380390.14/cwt370.00–400.001,4833
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Value Added408465.00/cwt465.00–465.001,8972
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1409431.90/cwt420.00–450.001,7668
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2437393.17/cwt390.00–400.001,7183
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1479409.94/cwt400.00–435.001,96421
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2481381.14/cwt380.00–385.001,8339
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2487355.83/cwt335.00–370.001,73314
Steers450–500Small 1495340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,6831
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added521393.65/cwt390.00–400.002,05134
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1531357.21/cwt350.00–377.001,89719
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2532320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,7023
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1566364.71/cwt350.00–370.002,06449
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added573376.60/cwt372.00–385.002,15818
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2578310.34/cwt292.00–325.001,79412
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2605300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,8151
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added627365.00/cwt360.00–370.002,28936
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1627351.25/cwt337.00–360.002,20233
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2664303.43/cwt292.00–325.002,0156
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added671361.51/cwt360.00–362.002,4268
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1679344.83/cwt330.00–357.002,34134
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1717337.64/cwt330.00–350.002,42136
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2725312.51/cwt310.00–315.002,2664
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added726352.78/cwt350.50–355.002,56177
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2755300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,2651
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Value Added776340.37/cwt340.00–347.002,64155
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1784330.11/cwt310.00–335.002,58817
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1820323.50/cwt323.50–323.502,6535
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1868290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,5172
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1Value Added883311.31/cwt310.00–315.002,74981
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1Value Added914311.00/cwt311.00–311.002,84358
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1940285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,6791
Feeder Cattle · Heifers30 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1270470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,2691
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1322412.19/cwt400.00–445.001,32713
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2333362.90/cwt350.00–380.001,2084
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1361409.08/cwt405.00–415.001,47710
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2373363.17/cwt350.00–385.001,3556
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2409344.48/cwt330.00–350.001,40914
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1421372.79/cwt360.00–390.001,56920
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added471381.96/cwt380.00–385.001,79910
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3478292.00/cwt292.00–292.001,3968
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1481363.64/cwt345.00–377.001,74934
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2486338.98/cwt320.00–350.001,6479
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added509376.00/cwt375.00–377.001,91412
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2526331.02/cwt310.00–342.001,7417
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1536356.99/cwt335.00–367.001,91362
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added550365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,0081
Heifers550–600Small 1555270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,4991
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2571321.57/cwt310.00–330.001,83612
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1578334.63/cwt325.00–355.001,93429
Heifers600–650Small 1600300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,8001
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1626323.06/cwt310.00–335.002,02229
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added633343.05/cwt340.00–344.002,17230
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2636310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,97210
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Replacement671332.11/cwt330.00–337.002,22827
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1674310.27/cwt305.00–322.002,09123
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2685300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,0551
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added700324.00/cwt324.00–324.002,26817
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1728317.09/cwt305.00–322.002,3088
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1774299.16/cwt285.00–305.002,3156
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1800275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,2001
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1865285.30/cwt275.00–287.002,4687
Feeder Cattle · Bulls28 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1270577.59/cwt570.00–580.001,5594
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2286398.56/cwt395.00–400.001,1407
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1314477.17/cwt470.00–500.001,4984
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2319437.24/cwt410.00–445.001,39515
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2357375.40/cwt370.00–400.001,3406
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1375403.84/cwt400.00–420.001,5145
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2419371.01/cwt350.00–395.001,5558
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3425325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,3811
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1429421.75/cwt400.00–435.001,80910
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed432445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,9225
Bulls450–500Small 1470326.81/cwt320.00–330.001,5363
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1477403.30/cwt380.00–425.001,92416
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2480340.76/cwt320.00–375.001,63612
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1518358.19/cwt340.00–380.001,85517
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2530325.06/cwt320.00–330.001,7235
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1572338.17/cwt325.00–350.001,93420
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2572320.00/cwt312.00–325.001,83019
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed610364.16/cwt360.00–365.002,22112
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1616332.28/cwt320.00–345.002,04717
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2669299.18/cwt295.00–300.002,0026
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1672323.62/cwt310.00–335.002,17513
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2720302.53/cwt300.00–305.002,1782
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1724312.65/cwt305.00–325.002,26417
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1773293.42/cwt285.00–310.002,2689
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2795250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,9881
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1820290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,3783
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1880270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,3761
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1915209.95/cwt200.00–220.001,9212
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Steers250–300Medium and Large 2-3268430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,1522
Beef/Dairy Steers300–350Medium and Large 2-3323395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,2764
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2-3291375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,0914
Beef/Dairy Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2-3340340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,1561
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,335173.27/cwt170.00–176.002,3132
Bulls——1,849188.98/cwt183.00–195.003,4949
Bulls——2,180199.53/cwt197.00–202.004,3502
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,009122.49/cwt122.00–124.001,2364
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,023128.42/cwt125.00–132.001,31413
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,039137.39/cwt135.00–141.001,4274
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,098139.90/cwt135.00–144.001,53611
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,158152.06/cwt151.00–153.001,7612
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,181151.55/cwt145.00–156.001,79029
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,267159.29/cwt157.00–167.002,0187
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,305163.17/cwt162.00–165.002,1294
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,395155.60/cwt152.00–160.002,17120
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,538146.03/cwt145.00–148.002,2464
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows9 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0622,097.49/head1,800.00–2,300.002,0973
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,1571,739.77/head1,500.00–1,900.001,7403
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,1852,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2052,150.00/head2,150.00–2,150.002,1501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,2252,020.41/head1,900.00–2,150.002,0202
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,2272,135.80/head1,950.00–2,200.002,1363
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2492,292.36/head2,000.00–2,600.002,2926
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,3051,973.28/head1,900.00–2,050.001,9732
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3232,224.17/head1,800.00–2,600.002,2246
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs4 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-31,3431,976.54/head1,900.00–2,050.001,9772
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,5552,792.85/head2,700.00–2,875.002,7932
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,6152,885.29/head2,850.00–2,925.002,8852
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,6352,675.00/head2,675.00–2,675.002,6751

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.