Sale reports / Tennessee / Dickson Livestock Auction / 2025-01-20

Dickson Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dickson, Tennessee · Mon, Jan 20
● Final128 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2064
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,759 head
▲ 1,059 vs last sale 700▲ 1,759 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
107 head
▲ 75 vs last sale 32▲ 107 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
39 head
▲ 12 vs last sale 27▲ 39 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Slaughter Cows traded $6.00-$10.00 higher, Slaughter Bulls not enough comparable receipts to establish trends, Feeder Steers $7.00-$10.00 lower, Feeder Heifers under 500lbs steady to $5.00 higher, over 500lbs unevenly steady, Feeder Bulls not well established from last week. Quality fair to fancy, with fewer thin fleshed calves this week compared to last week. 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 $316.38/cwt on 190 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −112.93 against this barn's trailing median of $429.31.
Average price
$316.38
190 head · 569 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,801
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$440
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$63.19/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.07
vs TN average
−24.56 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1571318.191,817180
Small 1510292.001,4891thin
Medium and Large 2538286.421,5418thin
Medium and Large 3540255.001,3771thin
One grade step is worth $63.19/cwt here — about $440 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 sale190 hd
316.38
—
TN average14 barns · 712 hd
315.31
+1.07
National average147 barns · 15,667 hd
340.94
−24.56
This barn, trailing median34 sales
429.31
−112.93
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
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—High1,579148.032,33710
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,371139.951,91934
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,162127.941,48727
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,046117.711,23129

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 Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,284$1,8996
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,035$1,8251thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,025$1,7751thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,425$1,6751thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)930$1,5251thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,033$1,3132thin
Bred Heifers2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)(<2 yrs)1,003$1,8856
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)(<2 yrs)915$1,5986
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)750$1,6001thin

Every lot

128 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 · Steers43 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1230400.00/cwt400.00–400.009201
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1264406.56/cwt392.00–420.001,0736
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2280358.33/cwt350.00–375.001,0033
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2316358.38/cwt350.00–380.001,1324
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1330402.80/cwt387.00–415.001,3297
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2380358.85/cwt350.00–370.001,36412
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1381380.09/cwt370.00–400.001,44825
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3385290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,1171
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Value Added418380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,5882
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1436355.24/cwt342.00–377.001,54914
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2439310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,36112
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added465357.00/cwt357.00–357.001,6601
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1471338.71/cwt320.00–342.001,59544
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2471304.06/cwt300.00–310.001,4325
Steers500–550Small 1510292.00/cwt292.00–292.001,4891
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added511331.56/cwt330.00–337.001,6949
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1517316.69/cwt302.00–325.001,63722
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2523289.03/cwt287.00–290.001,5126
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3540255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,3771
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added581321.57/cwt321.00–327.001,868108
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2583278.58/cwt275.00–282.001,6242
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1587307.17/cwt297.00–312.001,80341
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added620304.19/cwt300.00–311.001,88625
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2620254.80/cwt245.00–260.001,5803
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1623280.10/cwt270.00–292.001,74514
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added654302.37/cwt295.00–305.001,97718
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added661290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,91780
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1676283.97/cwt268.00–293.001,92015
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2677255.84/cwt250.00–260.001,7326
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1719260.62/cwt250.00–277.001,87438
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added720276.33/cwt275.00–280.501,990131
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2730228.39/cwt220.00–235.001,6673
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Value Added759270.38/cwt267.00–274.752,05275
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1762256.05/cwt250.00–263.001,95123
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2779244.79/cwt240.00–252.001,9074
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1Fleshy815235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,9151
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1819249.92/cwt249.00–251.002,04717
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1Value Added842265.25/cwt265.25–265.252,23359
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1Value Added860251.00/cwt251.00–251.002,1592
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1878237.67/cwt235.00–246.002,08710
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1915236.95/cwt232.00–242.002,1682
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1Value Added970228.00/cwt228.00–228.002,2122
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1970222.00/cwt222.00–222.002,1531
Feeder Cattle · Heifers41 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2248350.00/cwt350.00–350.008682
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2260340.00/cwt340.00–340.008841
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1267347.39/cwt340.00–350.009286
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2325310.43/cwt300.00–317.001,0095
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1333336.02/cwt322.00–342.001,11911
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3340270.00/cwt270.00–270.009181
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1374328.10/cwt317.00–342.001,22733
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2385303.75/cwt285.00–312.001,1695
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed388315.12/cwt312.00–322.001,2238
Heifers400–450Small 1415285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,1831
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Value Added419327.00/cwt327.00–327.001,37015
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2428279.52/cwt275.00–290.001,1965
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed430300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,2901
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1431304.74/cwt297.00–317.001,31333
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3440240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,0561
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1462304.22/cwt287.00–312.001,40560
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added464321.00/cwt321.00–321.001,48910
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2469276.25/cwt260.00–287.001,2969
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3475230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,0931
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added523300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,56960
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1524277.83/cwt265.00–290.001,45633
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2527254.98/cwt250.00–260.001,34411
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2563244.24/cwt230.00–250.001,37510
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added570275.07/cwt274.00–280.001,56841
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1571263.96/cwt255.00–275.001,50735
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1627249.34/cwt240.00–255.001,56325
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2630235.88/cwt230.00–242.001,4865
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added631268.65/cwt261.00–270.001,69547
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2682226.65/cwt220.00–230.001,5463
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added685243.28/cwt240.00–245.001,66637
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1685239.96/cwt235.00–245.001,64411
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1713239.53/cwt230.00–240.001,70822
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2715221.24/cwt220.00–225.001,5824
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added733247.83/cwt247.50–250.001,81779
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2777183.26/cwt175.00–200.001,4243
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1780214.97/cwt212.00–217.001,6775
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Value Added783222.22/cwt221.00–225.001,74016
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1Value Added813210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,7077
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 2893190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,6972
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 2900190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,7101
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1950190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,8051
Feeder Cattle · Bulls22 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Small 1320335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,0721
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1423358.08/cwt340.00–372.001,51512
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2428321.45/cwt310.00–332.001,3762
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3465250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,1632
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2469314.52/cwt292.00–320.001,4758
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1472338.93/cwt337.00–345.001,60012
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed510310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,5812
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1535313.52/cwt310.00–332.001,67710
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2545289.53/cwt285.00–295.001,57821
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1556296.49/cwt280.00–305.001,6486
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2589273.28/cwt260.00–275.001,61028
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3593227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,3466
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1616266.84/cwt265.00–275.001,64412
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1660250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,6504
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2688245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,6866
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1727229.25/cwt220.00–245.001,6676
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2735180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,3231
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2765210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,6071
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1795220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,7491
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1826216.26/cwt215.00–220.001,7864
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1850200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,7004
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 2858180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,5443
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers350–400Large 3395201.00/cwt201.00–201.007941
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,548145.29/cwt141.00–150.002,2498
Bulls——1,580156.00/cwt156.00–156.002,4651
Bulls——1,825162.00/cwt162.00–162.002,9571
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%939112.53/cwt105.00–116.001,05711
Cows—Lean 85-90%985127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,2513
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,061126.63/cwt125.00–129.001,3448
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,136119.65/cwt117.00–122.001,35915
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,187122.67/cwt118.00–125.001,4569
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,220133.73/cwt130.00–141.001,63210
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,322135.12/cwt131.00–139.001,78617
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,420144.79/cwt143.00–148.002,05617
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows7 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29301,525.00/head1,525.00–1,525.001,5251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-39951,600.00/head1,600.00–1,600.001,6001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0251,775.00/head1,775.00–1,775.001,7751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,0331,313.14/head1,225.00–1,400.001,3132
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0351,825.00/head1,825.00–1,825.001,8251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3421,958.20/head1,850.00–2,075.001,9585
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,4251,675.00/head1,675.00–1,675.001,6751
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-29151,597.95/head1,525.00–1,825.001,5986
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,0031,885.00/head1,885.00–1,885.001,8856
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 1-27501,600.00/head1,600.00–1,600.001,6001

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.