Sale reports / Tennessee / Dickson Livestock Auction / 2025-06-09

Dickson Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dickson, Tennessee · Mon, Jun 9
● Final156 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2064
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,037 head
▼ 232 vs last sale 1,269▲ 108 vs year ago 929 · +11.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
131 head
▼ 22 vs last sale 153▼ 17 vs year ago 148 · −11.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
205 head
▲ 109 vs last sale 96▲ 119 vs year ago 86 · +138.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers $3.00-$8.00 higher, Feeder Heifers under 400lbs $4.00-$6.00 lower, over 400lbs $8.00-$10.00 higher, Feeder Bulls $2.00-$6.00 lower, Slaughter Cows steady, Slaughter Bulls steady. Quality fair to fancy, Demand good to strong. Stronger demand for weaned & thinner fleshed Feeder Steers & Feeder Heifers.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $338.64/cwt on 152 head. That ranks 6 of 34 comparable sales and sits −43.98 against this barn's trailing median of $382.62.
Average price
$338.64
152 head · 537 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,818
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$100
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$33.85/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+13.68
vs TN average
−2.28 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1531345.761,837120
Medium and Large 2557311.911,73732
One grade step is worth $33.85/cwt here — about $100 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 sale152 hd
338.64
—
TN average15 barns · 923 hd
324.95
+13.68
National average161 barns · 10,769 hd
340.92
−2.28
This barn, trailing median34 sales
382.62
−43.98
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—Low1,702196.033,33713
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,308165.412,16469
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,133163.451,85227
CowsLean 85-90%Low973149.181,45116

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/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,082$2,85316
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)866$2,8009
Bred Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,210$2,6502thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,345$2,6501thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,261$2,64418
Bred Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,108$2,63114
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,051$2,5007
Bred Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,063$2,50011
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,321$2,4608
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,194$2,22215
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,090$2,1001thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,045$2,0751thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,060$1,5842thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)995$2,6501thin
Bred Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)(<2 yrs)772$2,1586
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)910$2,0944thin
BullsN/AYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,205$2,5251thin
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,180$3,30011
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)856$3,17522
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,128$3,10725
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,150$2,4501thin
Stock CowsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)945$2,15013
Stock CowsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,085$2,0751thin

Every lot

156 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 · Steers40 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1203560.00/cwt560.00–560.001,1372
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed245610.00/cwt610.00–610.001,49513
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1260530.00/cwt530.00–530.001,3781
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1302516.72/cwt500.00–525.001,5603
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2325441.57/cwt420.00–452.001,4356
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1354427.46/cwt420.00–452.001,5136
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2375375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,4061
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2Full385375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,4441
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed393525.00/cwt525.00–525.002,06320
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2405380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,5392
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1429415.84/cwt400.00–430.001,78410
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2450375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,6881
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1468417.05/cwt410.00–422.001,9525
Steers500–550Small 1Full500185.00/cwt185.00–185.009251
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added515396.41/cwt390.00–400.002,04211
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2525340.91/cwt332.00–350.001,7902
Steers500–550Small 1530325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,7231
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1531377.08/cwt360.00–395.002,00224
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed536410.00/cwt410.00–410.002,19825
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2576329.33/cwt315.00–345.001,89711
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1578359.62/cwt350.00–375.002,07935
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added588385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,26419
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1622331.86/cwt320.00–342.002,06443
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added631354.73/cwt351.00–359.002,23827
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2638309.88/cwt300.00–320.001,9772
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added655354.00/cwt354.00–354.002,3191
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1668333.48/cwt325.00–342.002,22812
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2670300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,0101
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added724324.31/cwt322.50–330.002,3484
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1724318.65/cwt305.00–325.502,30716
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Value Added759317.25/cwt312.00–318.002,4088
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1765301.93/cwt297.00–307.002,3102
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2808264.24/cwt260.00–277.002,1355
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1Value Added817294.76/cwt292.00–300.002,4083
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1822288.33/cwt285.00–295.002,3703
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1885263.46/cwt260.00–267.002,3322
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1935265.00/cwt265.00–265.002,4781
Steers900–950Medium and Large 2940242.00/cwt242.00–242.002,2751
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1955253.00/cwt253.00–253.002,4161
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 2985236.00/cwt236.00–236.002,3251
Feeder Cattle · Heifers39 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed217525.19/cwt510.00–535.001,1405
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2230400.00/cwt400.00–400.009201
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1238440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,0473
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2315350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,1033
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1318406.82/cwt400.00–420.001,29414
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed337402.00/cwt402.00–402.001,3553
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1368396.61/cwt382.00–402.001,46018
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2370363.43/cwt340.00–375.001,3455
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed374452.00/cwt452.00–452.001,69015
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Value Added381427.07/cwt422.00–428.001,6276
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3383318.47/cwt317.00–320.001,2202
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Value Added414402.00/cwt402.00–402.001,6647
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2430333.41/cwt322.00–340.001,4346
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1437364.23/cwt352.00–382.001,59226
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added455370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,6842
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2467328.92/cwt307.00–337.001,5369
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1468357.37/cwt340.00–367.001,67222
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added520349.28/cwt347.00–352.001,81624
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1521340.99/cwt330.00–350.001,77741
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed523361.00/cwt361.00–361.001,88829
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2533315.96/cwt300.00–332.001,68417
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy545295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,6081
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added553350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,9362
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1570333.22/cwt316.00–345.001,89923
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2584307.33/cwt290.00–312.001,79515
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2604276.34/cwt275.00–290.001,66912
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added616320.75/cwt315.00–328.001,97635
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1627308.53/cwt295.00–317.001,93430
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed657320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,1027
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1663288.73/cwt280.00–300.001,91414
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy680274.89/cwt272.00–277.001,8698
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2690272.00/cwt272.00–272.001,8771
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1720276.98/cwt270.00–290.001,99412
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2720256.17/cwt250.00–262.001,8442
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2765234.93/cwt230.00–240.001,7972
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1773261.33/cwt251.00–272.002,0202
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1825237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,9551
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1Value Added833258.00/cwt258.00–258.002,1496
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1877229.00/cwt229.00–229.002,0083
Feeder Cattle · Bulls30 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1225522.11/cwt505.00–540.001,1752
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1257495.00/cwt495.00–495.001,2723
Bulls250–300Small 1265385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,0201
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2273400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,0922
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed295535.00/cwt535.00–535.001,5783
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed300500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,5001
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1333442.90/cwt427.00–450.001,4756
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2335393.39/cwt390.00–400.001,3183
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2359400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,4364
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1385433.26/cwt415.00–437.001,66812
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1419396.46/cwt385.00–412.001,66117
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2424359.84/cwt350.00–385.001,5267
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Full440320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,4081
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2478357.53/cwt350.00–370.001,7098
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1485383.37/cwt375.00–407.001,85930
Bulls500–550Small 1505340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,7171
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1523359.05/cwt350.00–382.001,87819
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2529332.27/cwt320.00–350.001,7589
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2561316.22/cwt310.00–320.001,7744
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1570345.83/cwt335.00–350.001,9716
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3595282.00/cwt282.00–282.001,6781
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1622314.86/cwt310.00–330.001,95813
Bulls600–650Small 1635260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,6511
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2645282.00/cwt282.00–282.001,8191
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1657301.65/cwt300.00–310.001,9826
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2662288.98/cwt285.00–292.001,9133
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1745280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,0861
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1760281.25/cwt280.00–285.002,1384
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1830240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,9921
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1885244.00/cwt244.00–244.002,1591
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,195182.00/cwt182.00–182.002,1751
Bulls——1,680191.07/cwt190.00–194.003,2104
Bulls——1,777200.26/cwt195.00–205.003,5598
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%888123.94/cwt120.00–127.001,1013
Cows—Lean 85-90%933147.33/cwt141.00–150.001,3753
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,010157.31/cwt152.00–161.001,58910
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,048151.53/cwt144.00–157.001,5884
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,117168.28/cwt164.00–178.001,88013
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,188161.93/cwt158.00–164.001,92410
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,204157.69/cwt152.00–161.001,8995
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,257172.91/cwt167.00–180.002,17316
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,336163.72/cwt160.00–167.002,18748
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 21,2052,525.00/head2,525.00–2,525.002,5251
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows20 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-28662,800.00/head2,800.00–2,800.002,8009
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,0242,650.00/head2,650.00–2,650.002,6506
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,0452,075.00/head2,075.00–2,075.002,0751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,0501,833.63/head1,775.00–1,900.001,8342
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,0512,500.00/head2,500.00–2,500.002,5007
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,0601,584.20/head1,425.00–1,725.001,5842
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0632,500.00/head2,500.00–2,500.002,50011
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,0652,200.00/head2,200.00–2,200.002,2001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,0701,675.00/head1,675.00–1,675.001,6753
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,0751,750.00/head1,750.00–1,750.001,7501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0902,100.00/head2,100.00–2,100.002,1001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1082,631.40/head2,300.00–2,900.002,63114
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1162,975.00/head2,975.00–2,975.002,97510
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,1901,950.00/head1,950.00–1,950.001,9501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2102,650.00/head2,650.00–2,650.002,6502
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2602,464.15/head2,350.00–2,600.002,46410
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2772,742.93/head2,525.00–2,825.002,74316
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3252,602.68/head2,425.00–2,850.002,6034
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3452,650.00/head2,650.00–2,650.002,6501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,4002,357.62/head2,250.00–2,425.002,3583
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs7 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 28163,050.00/head3,050.00–3,050.003,05011
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-28953,300.00/head3,300.00–3,300.003,30011
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 29632,890.91/head2,850.00–2,950.002,8918
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1083,350.00/head3,350.00–3,350.003,3509
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,1502,450.00/head2,450.00–2,450.002,4501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1803,300.00/head3,300.00–3,300.003,30011
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,3153,050.00/head3,050.00–3,050.003,0508
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-27692,275.00/head2,275.00–2,275.002,2755
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 2-37851,575.00/head1,575.00–1,575.001,5751
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 2-38351,700.00/head1,700.00–1,700.001,7001
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-29352,225.00/head2,225.00–2,225.002,2253
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-29952,650.00/head2,650.00–2,650.002,6501
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-29452,150.00/head2,150.00–2,150.002,15013
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0852,075.00/head2,075.00–2,075.002,0751

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.