Sale reports / Tennessee / Dickson Livestock Auction / 2024-03-25

Dickson Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dickson, Tennessee · Mon, Mar 25
● Final119 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2064
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,269 head
▼ 155 vs last sale 1,424▲ 148 vs year ago 1,121 · +13.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
162 head
▲ 39 vs last sale 123▲ 57 vs year ago 105 · +54.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
34 head
▲ 21 vs last sale 13▼ 46 vs year ago 80 · −57.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to this sale last week, feeder steers 3.00 to 12.00 higher, heifer demand was spotty and overall unevenly steady, feeder bulls 8.00 to 15.00 higher. Slaughter cows/bulls 2.00 to 14.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $267.69/cwt on 146 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −114.93 against this barn's trailing median of $382.62.
Average price
$267.69
146 head · 536 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,436
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$252
per head · Large 2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$69.93/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.20
vs TN average
+0.82 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Large 2513315.001,61636
Medium and Large 1-2539255.001,37579
Medium and Large 2-3557245.071,36431
One grade step is worth $69.93/cwt here — about $252 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 sale146 hd
267.69
—
TN average12 barns · 949 hd
264.49
+3.20
National average161 barns · 9,489 hd
266.87
+0.82
This barn, trailing median34 sales
382.62
−114.93
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—Average1,506137.372,06912
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,351132.151,78524
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,172128.951,51234
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,084115.951,25738

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 (2-4 yrs)1,210$1,7001thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,225$1,6001thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)975$1,2501thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)947$1,2263thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,045$1,1751thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)988$1,1632thin
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)912$1,2733thin
Heifer PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,010$2,6504thin
Stock CowsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)890$1,0754thin

Every lot

119 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 · Steers38 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2274405.86/cwt397.00–412.001,1125
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2-3287369.00/cwt365.00–372.001,0594
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2335375.76/cwt370.00–390.001,25910
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy337332.00/cwt332.00–332.001,1193
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2-3340301.00/cwt300.00–302.001,0232
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2-3355280.00/cwt280.00–280.009943
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2376375.89/cwt372.00–382.001,41318
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2423335.53/cwt320.00–342.001,41915
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added431370.09/cwt357.00–397.001,59529
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2-3433310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,3423
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added453350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,5864
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2470325.90/cwt320.00–337.001,53210
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2-3Value Added479310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,4854
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2-3483293.00/cwt262.00–330.001,4153
Steers500–550Large 2Value Added505330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,66736
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added512320.66/cwt310.00–325.001,64213
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2-3Value Added518285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,4765
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2-3519276.07/cwt270.00–280.001,4335
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2536293.97/cwt290.00–300.001,5765
Steers550–600Large 2Value Added551320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,76333
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2570286.68/cwt280.00–300.001,63423
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2-3587265.64/cwt260.00–272.001,55911
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2621271.83/cwt270.00–276.001,68810
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2-3624250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,5604
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added638278.67/cwt278.00–280.001,7789
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2-3650253.33/cwt250.00–260.001,6473
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2-3Value Added652232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,51317
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added668264.00/cwt264.00–264.001,7642
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2673245.60/cwt240.00–255.001,6536
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2-3710244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,7321
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2718244.66/cwt240.00–250.001,7576
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added728260.26/cwt256.00–261.501,89548
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added767246.17/cwt244.00–249.001,8887
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2770243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,8711
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2-3Value Added794180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,42912
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2835224.82/cwt223.00–226.001,8776
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2868222.97/cwt221.00–227.001,9356
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2985190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,8721
Feeder Cattle · Heifers34 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2-3271308.32/cwt302.00–310.008365
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2280335.25/cwt322.00–350.009392
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2313318.69/cwt312.00–327.009976
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2-3318295.00/cwt295.00–295.009382
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2374310.91/cwt302.00–317.001,16334
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Value Added376325.43/cwt320.00–350.001,22431
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3384296.89/cwt277.00–310.001,14013
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added422327.29/cwt315.00–332.001,38115
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2425297.40/cwt292.00–307.001,26425
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3435277.18/cwt270.00–287.001,2064
Heifers450–500Small 1-2465250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,1631
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added468285.60/cwt282.00–292.001,3375
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3Value Added472267.00/cwt267.00–267.001,26012
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2479270.17/cwt262.00–277.001,29432
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3484261.05/cwt250.00–272.001,2635
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy485230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,1163
Heifers450–500Large 2Value Added497290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,44141
Heifers500–550Large 2Value Added513315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,61636
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2516259.52/cwt250.00–270.001,33949
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3528238.78/cwt235.00–240.001,2614
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added560258.47/cwt255.00–262.001,4472
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3Value Added561246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,38027
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2578246.84/cwt240.00–250.001,42728
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2622248.38/cwt242.00–270.001,5457
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2-3625239.76/cwt237.00–247.001,4999
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2657236.70/cwt229.00–245.001,5559
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy673229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,5412
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2711194.31/cwt187.00–200.001,3824
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2-3Value Added712176.00/cwt176.00–176.001,25313
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added745217.27/cwt216.00–217.501,61913
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2770194.00/cwt194.00–194.001,4941
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy810203.00/cwt203.00–203.001,6444
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2855177.00/cwt177.00–177.001,5131
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2Value Added890182.00/cwt182.00–182.001,6202
Feeder Cattle · Bulls23 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2-3370312.57/cwt310.00–320.001,1574
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2381342.64/cwt322.00–362.001,30517
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2431329.60/cwt320.00–337.001,42124
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2-3435310.63/cwt300.00–322.001,3515
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2Full435290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,2621
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy440357.00/cwt357.00–357.001,5712
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy460332.95/cwt327.00–337.001,53210
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2482312.53/cwt300.00–322.001,50615
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2-3483282.10/cwt260.00–295.001,36315
Bulls500–550Small 1-2500300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,5001
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2-3507270.28/cwt270.00–275.001,37019
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2519293.51/cwt290.00–300.001,52314
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fancy543284.44/cwt282.00–285.001,54516
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy580250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,4501
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2584263.77/cwt260.00–275.001,54026
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2-3595260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,5472
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2631254.10/cwt250.00–260.001,60314
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2-3635242.52/cwt240.00–245.001,5402
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2-3675232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,5665
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2687251.17/cwt240.00–254.001,7265
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2713232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,6542
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2773216.47/cwt212.00–221.001,6734
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1-2874205.10/cwt191.00–215.001,7936
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——Light Weight1,070139.23/cwt125.00–154.001,4902
Bulls——1,593137.00/cwt130.00–142.002,18210
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%983104.31/cwt100.00–107.001,0254
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,025125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,2811
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,098117.09/cwt110.00–122.001,28633
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,148128.40/cwt122.00–133.001,47426
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,205144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,7351
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,233115.86/cwt113.00–119.001,4292
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,258135.71/cwt133.00–137.001,7076
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,349134.43/cwt129.00–139.001,81316
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,376125.24/cwt125.00–127.001,7237
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-28651,000.00/head1,000.00–1,000.001,0001
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 2-38981,100.00/head1,100.00–1,100.001,1003
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-28001,047.66/head875.00–1,200.001,0482
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 2-31,1351,725.00/head1,725.00–1,725.001,7251
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows8 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-38951,050.00/head1,050.00–1,050.001,0501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-39081,127.13/head1,100.00–1,150.001,1272
Bred Cows—Small 1-29751,250.00/head1,250.00–1,250.001,2501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0251,425.00/head1,425.00–1,425.001,4251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0451,175.00/head1,175.00–1,175.001,1751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0801,275.00/head1,275.00–1,275.001,2751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2101,700.00/head1,700.00–1,700.001,7001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2251,600.00/head1,600.00–1,600.001,6001
Replacement Cattle · Heifer Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Heifer Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0102,650.00/head2,650.00–2,650.002,6504

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.