Sale reports / Tennessee / Dickson Livestock Auction / 2025-06-16

Dickson Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dickson, Tennessee · Mon, Jun 16
● Final129 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2064
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,047 head
▲ 10 vs last sale 1,037▲ 420 vs year ago 627 · +67.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
133 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 131▲ 20 vs year ago 113 · +17.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
111 head
▼ 94 vs last sale 205▲ 90 vs year ago 21 · +428.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers traded steady, Feeder Heifers, $6.00-$10.00 higher, Feeder Bulls $2.00-$5.00 higher, Slaughter Cows $2.00-$3.00 higher, Slaughter Bulls steady. Quality fair to fancy, Demand good to strong.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $336.77/cwt on 92 head. That ranks 4 of 34 comparable sales and sits −45.84 against this barn's trailing median of $382.62.
Average price
$336.77
92 head · 552 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,860
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$130
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$29.94/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.55
vs TN average
+2.66 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1550341.981,88276
Medium and Large 2562312.041,75216thin
One grade step is worth $29.94/cwt here — about $130 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 sale92 hd
336.77
—
TN average15 barns · 690 hd
327.22
+9.55
National average153 barns · 9,567 hd
334.11
+2.66
This barn, trailing median34 sales
382.62
−45.84
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—Low1,688190.113,20915
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,414167.032,36238
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,206162.731,96339
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,062134.851,43325

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)Young (2-4 yrs)1,373$3,1503thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,263$3,0753thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)960$2,8634thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,540$2,8501thin
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,316$2,78810
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,254$2,67461
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,180$2,4293thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)960$2,4251thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,265$2,3751thin
Bred Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,148$2,3503thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,268$2,2752thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,278$2,1002thin
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,178$2,1006
BullsN/A(<2 yrs)1,335$2,4501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)975$2,5502thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,020$2,1501thin
Stock CowsOpen(<2 yrs)950$1,9001thin

Every lot

129 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 · Steers35 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1244575.00/cwt575.00–575.001,4034
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1277525.32/cwt520.00–535.001,4553
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1305440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,3421
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2375384.91/cwt375.00–400.001,4433
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1393420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,6512
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1419421.68/cwt400.00–435.001,7677
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2420363.81/cwt340.00–390.001,5282
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1462410.07/cwt397.00–417.001,89515
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2472363.64/cwt350.00–382.001,7163
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added475420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,9957
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added516395.22/cwt390.00–400.002,03923
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1533377.19/cwt370.00–395.002,01015
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2543357.15/cwt350.00–360.001,9397
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added563370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,0838
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2568324.93/cwt320.00–330.001,8462
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1585347.24/cwt340.00–365.002,03113
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2625320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,00017
Steers600–650Small 1625255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,5941
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1626338.30/cwt330.00–352.002,11832
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2631280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,7672
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added637359.89/cwt357.00–365.002,29291
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2655300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,9651
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added670343.98/cwt343.00–350.002,30543
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1678326.16/cwt315.00–330.002,2119
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2700280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,9604
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1716321.40/cwt320.00–322.002,30110
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added717328.06/cwt325.00–330.502,35220
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1779305.92/cwt305.50–307.002,3836
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Value Added791309.06/cwt309.00–310.002,44517
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2795295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,3451
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1Value Added810305.84/cwt305.50–306.752,47715
Steers800–850Small 1810265.00/cwt265.00–265.002,1471
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1Value Added853302.00/cwt302.00–302.002,5765
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1Value Added900284.25/cwt284.00–285.002,5584
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1975253.00/cwt253.00–253.002,4671
Feeder Cattle · Heifers31 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1280461.70/cwt450.00–470.001,2934
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2280440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,2321
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1319437.55/cwt422.00–455.001,3967
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2326406.17/cwt400.00–412.001,3246
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3340370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,2581
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2375384.36/cwt365.00–397.001,4417
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1381414.87/cwt400.00–430.001,58117
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Value Added400422.00/cwt422.00–422.001,6884
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1427383.23/cwt375.00–402.001,63617
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2428355.41/cwt340.00–370.001,5217
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added468384.45/cwt384.00–385.001,7999
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1469365.61/cwt352.00–377.001,71512
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2491338.77/cwt332.00–342.001,6639
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added505361.58/cwt360.00–362.001,8265
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2524330.49/cwt320.00–337.001,7326
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1525351.70/cwt340.00–357.001,84634
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1574325.71/cwt320.00–337.001,87024
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2584300.97/cwt300.00–310.001,75810
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added591339.07/cwt339.00–340.002,00413
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1617325.63/cwt317.00–332.002,0095
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2625306.28/cwt300.00–310.001,91413
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added627332.10/cwt329.00–337.002,08237
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added663312.00/cwt312.00–312.002,0695
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2672278.89/cwt270.00–287.001,8743
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1680302.00/cwt302.00–302.002,0541
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1713282.62/cwt275.00–285.002,0158
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2740240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,7761
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added745292.06/cwt291.50–299.002,17693
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Value Added793283.50/cwt283.50–283.502,24829
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2845237.00/cwt237.00–237.002,0031
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1Value Added870278.50/cwt278.50–278.502,42365
Feeder Cattle · Bulls28 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2265480.00/cwt480.00–480.001,2721
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1Fancy316515.38/cwt495.00–522.001,6294
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1327439.27/cwt435.00–455.001,4365
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2329414.29/cwt412.00–415.001,3634
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1Fancy355465.00/cwt465.00–465.001,6511
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1372424.94/cwt417.00–447.001,58113
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2385395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,5211
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1434409.95/cwt400.00–412.001,7796
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2439367.71/cwt362.00–375.001,6144
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2474370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,7544
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1483382.90/cwt375.00–392.001,84913
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Fancy509397.00/cwt397.00–397.002,0218
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2533347.49/cwt345.00–350.001,8524
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1536361.03/cwt355.00–375.001,9359
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1568347.37/cwt340.00–365.001,97310
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2583330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,9242
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1622324.14/cwt300.00–335.002,01627
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2628285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,7903
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2685270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,8501
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1693312.51/cwt310.00–315.002,1664
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1707310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,1922
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1769285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,1924
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2787272.94/cwt270.00–278.002,1485
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1802242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,9413
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 2840175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,4701
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1868256.09/cwt250.00–262.002,2232
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 2880222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,9541
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1940230.00/cwt230.00–230.002,1621
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers450–500Medium and Large 3450297.00/cwt297.00–297.001,3371
Dairy Steers550–600Medium and Large 3575260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,4951
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls——Light Weight1,015171.00/cwt171.00–171.001,7361
Bulls——1,668203.37/cwt200.00–209.003,3925
Bulls——1,749178.55/cwt175.00–181.003,1234
Bulls——1,794189.92/cwt185.00–193.003,4075
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%902135.81/cwt131.00–139.001,2253
Cows—Lean 85-90%958155.10/cwt152.00–162.001,4867
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,049164.54/cwt160.00–167.001,72614
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,053147.81/cwt144.00–150.001,5564
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,176117.00/cwt117.00–117.001,37611
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,220171.99/cwt169.00–173.002,09813
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,335175.09/cwt172.00–179.002,33713
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,375150.58/cwt150.00–155.002,07012
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,392165.79/cwt160.00–169.002,30817
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,591156.57/cwt155.00–159.002,4918
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-21,3352,450.00/head2,450.00–2,450.002,4501
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows15 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29602,862.50/head2,700.00–3,000.002,8634
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29602,425.00/head2,425.00–2,425.002,4251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-39911,991.98/head1,875.00–2,300.001,9925
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1482,350.00/head2,350.00–2,350.002,3503
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,1501,875.00/head1,875.00–1,875.001,8751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,1782,100.00/head2,100.00–2,100.002,1006
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1802,429.00/head1,750.00–2,725.002,4293
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2633,075.00/head3,075.00–3,075.003,0753
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2652,375.00/head2,375.00–2,375.002,3751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2682,275.00/head2,275.00–2,275.002,2752
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2772,734.67/head2,350.00–2,950.002,73556
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3162,788.32/head2,700.00–2,825.002,78810
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3733,150.00/head3,150.00–3,150.003,1503
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,4052,325.00/head2,325.00–2,325.002,3251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,5402,850.00/head2,850.00–2,850.002,8501
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-29752,550.00/head2,550.00–2,550.002,5502
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-31,0202,150.00/head2,150.00–2,150.002,1501
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-29501,900.00/head1,900.00–1,900.001,9001

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.