Sale reports / Tennessee / Dickson Livestock Auction / 2024-03-18

Dickson Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dickson, Tennessee · Mon, Mar 18
● Final115 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2064
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,424 head
▲ 255 vs last sale 1,169▲ 2 vs year ago 1,422 · +0.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
123 head
▼ 28 vs last sale 151▼ 31 vs year ago 154 · −20.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
13 head
▼ 21 vs last sale 34▼ 93 vs year ago 106 · −87.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the same sale last week, Slaughter cows 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 4.00 higher. Steers under 550 lbs 4.00 to 10.00 higher, over 550 lbs steady. Heifers under 550 lbs steady to 10.00 higher, over 550 lbs mostly steady. Bulls steady to 10.00 higher. Quality fair to fancy. Demand strong.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $257.57/cwt on 187 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −125.04 against this barn's trailing median of $382.62.
Average price
$257.57
187 head · 539 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,388
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$605
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$123.92/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.01
vs TN average
−19.65 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2539260.921,407154
Medium and Large 2-3536245.241,31632
Medium and Large 3585137.008011thin
One grade step is worth $123.92/cwt here — about $605 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale187 hd
257.57
—
TN average10 barns · 690 hd
257.59
−0.01
National average179 barns · 15,589 hd
277.22
−19.65
This barn, trailing median34 sales
382.62
−125.04
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
432391351310median 382.6203/0204/2707/1309/0711/02
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $418.38, low $323.74, median $382.62 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—High1,672145.512,43246
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,287123.311,58710
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,228121.131,48745
CowsLean 85-90%Average94996.8091811

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)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,135$1,2751thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,070$1,2751thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,170$2,1251thin

Every lot

115 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 · Steers41 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1-2225386.39/cwt375.00–400.008692
Steers200–250Medium and Large 2-3228310.00/cwt310.00–310.007072
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2-3280310.00/cwt310.00–310.008681
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2295392.50/cwt385.00–400.001,1582
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2-3314339.67/cwt292.00–355.001,06746
Steers300–350Small 1-2325255.00/cwt255.00–255.008291
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2343370.33/cwt362.00–372.001,2706
Steers350–400Small 1-2380291.15/cwt245.00–312.001,1063
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy385280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,0784
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2-3386310.70/cwt270.00–330.001,19911
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2390324.90/cwt320.00–342.001,26728
Steers400–450Small 1-2408260.83/cwt252.00–270.001,0642
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2419331.71/cwt320.00–337.001,39021
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2-3429295.79/cwt280.00–322.001,26911
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy446315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,4059
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy454330.87/cwt330.00–332.001,50216
Steers450–500Small 1-2465303.00/cwt303.00–303.001,4091
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2-3Thin Fleshed483309.42/cwt307.00–310.001,4945
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2484306.19/cwt290.00–320.001,48259
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2-3486271.36/cwt250.00–285.001,3194
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed509310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,5787
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2529289.24/cwt270.00–302.001,53037
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2-3548250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,3705
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added555291.00/cwt291.00–291.001,6157
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2-3574255.12/cwt250.00–270.001,4649
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2579271.78/cwt260.00–285.001,57425
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added607280.30/cwt280.00–281.001,70110
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2-3612213.92/cwt210.00–225.001,3094
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2626259.23/cwt250.00–275.001,62311
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added653277.00/cwt277.00–277.001,8092
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2-3663234.07/cwt228.00–240.001,5524
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2682241.91/cwt235.00–250.001,65011
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added718252.69/cwt251.00–255.001,8147
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2724243.72/cwt235.00–252.001,76513
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2-3735217.45/cwt210.00–225.001,5982
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added754243.17/cwt242.00–247.001,83418
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2773232.50/cwt227.00–235.001,7974
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2805225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,8112
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2886219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,9405
Steers900–950Medium and Large 2-3905216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,9551
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2Value Added936231.00/cwt231.00–231.002,16256
Feeder Cattle · Heifers42 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2-3213251.47/cwt234.00–260.005363
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2-3273279.47/cwt265.00–300.007634
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2325305.52/cwt300.00–313.009938
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2-3327266.29/cwt235.00–282.0087110
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed329320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,05317
Heifers300–350Small 1-2345265.00/cwt265.00–265.009141
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3363279.69/cwt270.00–288.001,01512
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed381316.76/cwt316.00–317.001,20713
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2382300.39/cwt292.00–307.001,14714
Heifers350–400Small 1-2388229.83/cwt200.00–255.008923
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3395193.00/cwt193.00–193.007621
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed402307.00/cwt307.00–307.001,2343
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3431259.68/cwt230.00–275.001,11913
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2432290.55/cwt277.00–302.001,25544
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added437297.00/cwt297.00–297.001,2986
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added450287.00/cwt287.00–287.001,29210
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed454292.00/cwt292.00–292.001,3268
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3472261.02/cwt235.00–272.001,23210
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2475273.79/cwt265.00–282.001,30153
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2522259.90/cwt250.00–270.001,35749
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added525273.98/cwt265.00–275.001,43850
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed526262.96/cwt260.00–275.001,3835
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3527242.19/cwt220.00–250.001,27614
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3Thin Fleshed539253.00/cwt253.00–253.001,36415
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2564246.79/cwt233.00–255.001,39235
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3568220.70/cwt210.00–227.001,2543
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3Fleshy585137.00/cwt137.00–137.008011
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added588253.00/cwt253.00–253.001,48815
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2-3614213.33/cwt210.00–215.001,3103
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2632231.29/cwt220.00–240.001,46288
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3640145.00/cwt145.00–145.009281
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2-3Value Added655220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,44114
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2-3657214.70/cwt202.00–220.001,4116
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2668223.88/cwt220.00–228.001,49631
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added681232.50/cwt232.50–232.501,58350
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed709216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,53111
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2726212.05/cwt210.00–213.001,53916
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2777208.48/cwt201.00–213.001,62012
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2-3793185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,4672
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2833191.00/cwt191.00–191.001,5912
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2Value Added862205.33/cwt205.00–207.001,7706
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2865175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,5141
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2422321.51/cwt310.00–332.001,35722
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2-3430301.36/cwt270.00–312.001,2968
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2-3455267.00/cwt267.00–267.001,2151
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed470315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,4814
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2481299.55/cwt285.00–307.001,44124
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2-3Thin Fleshed513290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,48815
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2-3523247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,2922
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2526282.14/cwt270.00–292.001,48410
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2557271.38/cwt250.00–281.001,51223
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2-3574250.72/cwt247.00–253.001,4394
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2626241.69/cwt232.00–250.001,51311
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2-3Thin Fleshed634241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,5285
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2663233.77/cwt220.00–239.001,5507
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2-3694218.49/cwt212.00–225.001,5164
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2-3755200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,5101
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 2-3800182.00/cwt182.00–182.001,4561
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2833200.14/cwt190.00–205.001,6674
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1-2880183.00/cwt183.00–183.001,6101
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls——Light Weight1,295122.00/cwt122.00–122.001,5801
Bulls——1,493124.80/cwt116.00–130.001,8638
Bulls——1,699153.81/cwt148.50–154.002,61331
Bulls——1,831134.18/cwt131.00–139.002,4576
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%94891.21/cwt91.00–92.008655
Cows—Lean 85-90%949101.45/cwt94.00–110.009636
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,163120.40/cwt111.00–126.001,40034
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,271127.52/cwt127.00–128.001,6214
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,298120.50/cwt118.00–124.001,5646
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,363109.34/cwt107.00–111.001,4903
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,453128.66/cwt125.00–132.001,8698
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1702,125.00/head2,125.00–2,125.002,1251
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0701,275.00/head1,275.00–1,275.001,2751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1351,275.00/head1,275.00–1,275.001,2751

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.