Sale reports / Tennessee / Dickson Livestock Auction / 2024-10-14

Dickson Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dickson, Tennessee · Mon, Oct 14
● Final114 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2064
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,006 head
▲ 9 vs last sale 997▼ 57 vs year ago 1,063 · −5.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
125 head
▲ 34 vs last sale 91▼ 112 vs year ago 237 · −47.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
▼ 11 vs last sale 21▼ 29 vs year ago 39 · −74.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Slaughter Cows $2.00-$3.00 higher, Slaughter Bulls not well established, Feeder Heifers under 550lbs $5.00-$9.00 higher, over 550lbs mostly steady, Feeder Steers & Feeder Bulls mostly steady. Quality good to fancy. 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 $263.94/cwt on 88 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −165.37 against this barn's trailing median of $429.31.
Average price
$263.94
88 head · 554 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,463
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$225
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$42.84/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.25
vs TN average
−35.39 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1554267.841,48575
Medium and Large 2555242.781,34612thin
Medium and Large 3560225.001,2601thin
One grade step is worth $42.84/cwt here — about $225 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 sale88 hd
263.94
—
TN average12 barns · 349 hd
260.69
+3.25
National average188 barns · 32,793 hd
299.33
−35.39
This barn, trailing median34 sales
429.31
−165.37
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—Average1,670147.872,4694thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,391133.971,86422
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,188125.691,49354
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,028112.561,15730

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)Young (2-4 yrs)1,260$1,6251thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,035$1,4251thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,035$1,1912thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)860$7601thin

Every lot

114 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 · Steers42 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1295357.00/cwt357.00–357.001,0531
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2324283.89/cwt270.00–295.009205
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3325250.00/cwt250.00–250.008131
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1Value Added334339.13/cwt337.00–340.001,1337
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1336324.65/cwt300.00–337.001,0919
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Value Added355342.00/cwt342.00–342.001,2141
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1362318.37/cwt312.00–332.001,1527
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2365302.00/cwt302.00–302.001,1021
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1418301.93/cwt292.00–312.001,26225
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2431272.48/cwt255.00–287.001,1747
Steers450–500Small 1460242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,1131
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1486274.16/cwt270.00–282.001,33212
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added487296.75/cwt292.00–302.001,44519
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2495260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,2871
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1525266.60/cwt250.00–275.001,40015
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2530243.33/cwt235.00–245.001,2906
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added533277.41/cwt270.00–280.001,47919
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy540240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,2961
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3560225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,2601
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1571258.53/cwt250.00–270.001,47628
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2579242.23/cwt240.00–247.001,4036
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added587278.29/cwt270.00–279.001,63412
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1616247.20/cwt240.00–250.001,52331
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2622233.35/cwt220.00–240.001,4516
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added628270.21/cwt265.00–280.001,69721
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1655243.88/cwt240.00–260.001,59716
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2660242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,5971
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added677262.43/cwt262.00–263.001,7777
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added714259.25/cwt252.00–261.001,85115
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2715223.02/cwt220.00–226.001,5952
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1718233.97/cwt230.00–240.001,6809
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Value Added753241.68/cwt240.00–255.001,82018
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1767232.69/cwt230.00–234.001,7853
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Fleshy780215.99/cwt215.00–217.001,6852
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2Value Added810190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,5391
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1Value Added838227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,9023
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1840220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,8481
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1Value Added898235.00/cwt235.00–235.002,11056
Steers850–900Medium and Large 2898190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,7062
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1960200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,9201
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1Value Added997230.00/cwt230.00–230.002,29355
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 1Value Added1,000205.00/cwt205.00–205.002,0504
Feeder Cattle · Heifers33 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Small 1235250.00/cwt250.00–250.005881
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2285270.00/cwt270.00–270.007701
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2326257.52/cwt235.00–270.008405
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1371287.12/cwt282.00–292.001,06514
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2380272.00/cwt272.00–272.001,0342
Heifers350–400Small 1390175.00/cwt175.00–175.006831
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Value Added415280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,1622
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2425217.51/cwt210.00–232.009243
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1431271.98/cwt262.00–282.001,17233
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added469273.94/cwt270.00–280.001,28511
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1470264.59/cwt250.00–275.001,24442
Heifers450–500Small 1470237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,1141
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2478235.97/cwt230.00–242.001,1282
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1520261.01/cwt257.00–267.001,35755
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2529250.49/cwt240.00–255.001,3255
Heifers500–550Small 1545200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,0901
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added562252.79/cwt250.00–257.001,4215
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2578221.42/cwt220.00–225.001,2807
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1579242.66/cwt230.00–257.001,40561
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy585225.09/cwt220.00–230.001,3172
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1612231.49/cwt220.00–242.001,41728
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2615220.50/cwt220.00–222.001,3564
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy615220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,3531
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added623270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,6824
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy650205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,3332
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 3665200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,3301
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1670219.76/cwt215.00–225.001,47212
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2678210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,4243
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1708208.59/cwt200.00–217.001,4772
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added718225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,6162
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2750200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,5002
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1752210.66/cwt210.00–212.001,5843
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1893180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,6072
Feeder Cattle · Bulls26 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Small 1315240.00/cwt240.00–240.007561
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1353277.00/cwt277.00–277.009782
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2375261.41/cwt250.00–267.009803
Bulls400–450Small 1400217.00/cwt217.00–217.008681
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1425278.74/cwt270.00–287.001,1859
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2427262.03/cwt255.00–270.001,1197
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1468276.89/cwt270.00–290.001,29626
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2475258.10/cwt250.00–265.001,2267
Bulls450–500Small 1488209.54/cwt202.00–217.001,0232
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1513255.16/cwt249.00–270.001,30921
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2533233.43/cwt222.00–240.001,2445
Bulls500–550Small 1545230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,2541
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1569235.26/cwt225.00–240.001,33923
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2578226.14/cwt210.00–235.001,30721
Bulls600–650Small 1600225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,3501
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2616213.14/cwt205.00–227.001,3134
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1629227.55/cwt220.00–237.001,43116
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1662222.46/cwt220.00–230.001,47310
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2663211.24/cwt210.00–220.001,4018
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1724204.27/cwt200.00–220.001,4798
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2725187.57/cwt185.00–190.001,3602
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1768210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,6133
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2771195.04/cwt190.00–200.001,5046
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1830200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,6601
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 2840180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,5121
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 2860180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,5481
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,575141.49/cwt141.00–142.002,2282
Bulls——1,765154.24/cwt152.00–156.002,7222
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%949100.34/cwt97.00–103.009525
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,044115.00/cwt107.00–119.001,20125
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,162117.14/cwt115.00–120.001,3616
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,182124.91/cwt120.00–129.001,47635
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,217131.73/cwt130.00–138.001,60313
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,374131.34/cwt123.00–135.001,80513
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,416137.77/cwt135.00–141.001,9519
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small 2-3860760.00/head760.00–760.007601
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,0351,425.00/head1,425.00–1,425.001,4251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,0351,190.88/head1,100.00–1,275.001,1912
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2601,625.00/head1,625.00–1,625.001,6251

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.