Sale reports / Tennessee / Dickson Livestock Auction / 2025-07-28

Dickson Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dickson, Tennessee · Mon, Jul 28
● Final112 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2064
Feeder Cattle receipts
829 head
▲ 220 vs last sale 609▲ 69 vs year ago 760 · +9.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
66 head
▼ 42 vs last sale 108▼ 35 vs year ago 101 · −34.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
47 head
▲ 12 vs last sale 35▲ 16 vs year ago 31 · +51.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers $3.00-$5.00 lower, Feeder Heifers $5.00-$10.00 higher, Feeder Bulls $4.00-$8.00 higher, Slaughter Cows $2.00-$4.00 higher, Slaughter Bulls $1.00-$3.00 higher. Quality fair 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 $371.99/cwt on 75 head. That ranks 9 of 34 comparable sales and sits −57.32 against this barn's trailing median of $429.31.
Average price
$371.99
75 head · 565 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,103
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$375
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$38.38/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+11.39
vs TN average
−9.69 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1569375.062,13469
Medium and Large 2523336.681,7596thin
One grade step is worth $38.38/cwt here — about $375 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 sale75 hd
371.99
—
TN average14 barns · 337 hd
360.60
+11.39
National average143 barns · 4,821 hd
381.68
−9.69
This barn, trailing median34 sales
429.31
−57.32
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—High1,551191.482,97016
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,401172.512,41618
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,139166.691,89916
CowsLean 85-90%Low942146.511,3809thin

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)Young (2-4 yrs)1,165$2,8501thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,174$2,3244thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,000$2,2501thin
Bred Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,125$2,2252thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,100$2,2001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,174$2,18813
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,120$2,0251thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,152$1,9907
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)925$1,9501thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,175$1,8664thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,060$1,7501thin
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)(<2 yrs)1,020$2,7001thin
Bred Heifers2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)(<2 yrs)895$1,9002thin

Every lot

112 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 · Steers29 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1210560.00/cwt560.00–560.001,1761
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1290540.72/cwt535.00–560.001,5684
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2295510.00/cwt510.00–510.001,5051
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1345443.00/cwt425.00–452.001,5283
Steers300–350Small 1345305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,0521
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1370400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,4801
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2375360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,3502
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Value Added377453.98/cwt450.00–462.001,7126
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2408378.35/cwt360.00–390.001,5447
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Value Added425425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,8066
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1441408.29/cwt395.00–410.001,80110
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1473383.55/cwt370.00–402.001,81410
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added485405.35/cwt403.00–415.001,96612
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2495350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,7332
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2514338.02/cwt330.00–340.001,7375
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1521354.95/cwt350.00–370.001,8499
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added527390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,0558
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2565330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,8651
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1573351.37/cwt345.00–367.002,0135
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added585378.89/cwt370.00–381.002,21747
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Fancy607364.00/cwt364.00–364.002,20916
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1607343.32/cwt340.00–345.002,0846
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Full640300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,9201
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1675337.66/cwt320.00–345.002,27945
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2682286.55/cwt280.00–300.001,9543
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added687351.89/cwt348.00–355.002,41763
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added713340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,42449
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1713300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,1392
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2845272.00/cwt272.00–272.002,2981
Feeder Cattle · Heifers32 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1235518.33/cwt515.00–525.001,2183
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1255515.00/cwt515.00–515.001,3131
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2273435.64/cwt415.00–460.001,1892
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Value Added302487.71/cwt485.00–490.001,47313
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2320375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,2001
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1331417.88/cwt400.00–440.001,38318
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3360310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,1161
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2370363.86/cwt350.00–377.001,3464
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1381398.62/cwt387.00–410.001,51920
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Value Added400382.00/cwt382.00–382.001,5286
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1422369.69/cwt360.00–380.001,56020
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2423346.76/cwt330.00–352.001,4678
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3425297.00/cwt297.00–297.001,2621
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy455332.00/cwt332.00–332.001,5111
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2470325.96/cwt325.00–327.001,5322
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1475353.61/cwt340.00–367.001,68022
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added511351.72/cwt350.00–355.001,79720
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1528334.48/cwt320.00–345.001,76628
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1573316.22/cwt310.00–320.001,81219
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added579335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,94030
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2583300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,7495
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1613315.81/cwt310.00–325.001,93618
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added619332.34/cwt330.00–335.002,05742
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2620301.78/cwt300.00–307.001,8714
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1660299.92/cwt290.00–310.001,9792
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2663270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,7902
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added691325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,2466
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1720281.86/cwt277.00–287.002,0292
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1775269.50/cwt267.00–272.002,0892
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1800250.00/cwt250.00–250.002,0001
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1850257.00/cwt257.00–257.002,1851
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1905252.00/cwt252.00–252.002,2811
Feeder Cattle · Bulls23 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1303512.96/cwt490.00–520.001,5545
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2333418.27/cwt400.00–450.001,3938
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1360427.50/cwt420.00–435.001,5392
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2391379.01/cwt375.00–385.001,4825
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1426401.20/cwt380.00–410.001,70914
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2434359.31/cwt330.00–370.001,5595
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1464390.87/cwt370.00–402.001,81429
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2482344.12/cwt320.00–360.001,6599
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1515351.96/cwt350.00–360.001,8135
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2535320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,7121
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1561332.67/cwt330.00–342.001,86612
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy579315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,8244
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2586314.13/cwt300.00–320.001,84110
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2628289.80/cwt280.00–300.001,8202
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1631308.60/cwt300.00–320.001,94714
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2663272.47/cwt270.00–275.001,8062
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1673292.13/cwt280.00–310.001,9665
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1709277.17/cwt270.00–290.001,9657
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2735265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,9482
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1750270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,0251
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2795250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,9882
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1830240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,9921
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1860220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,8921
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,093175.01/cwt173.00–177.001,9133
Bulls——1,567188.35/cwt182.00–196.002,9518
Bulls——1,800206.37/cwt200.00–210.003,7155
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%850124.32/cwt122.00–127.001,0572
Cows—Lean 85-90%878147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,2912
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,004155.19/cwt151.00–160.001,5585
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,020153.57/cwt150.00–157.001,5663
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,142176.60/cwt173.00–183.002,0175
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,182165.42/cwt159.00–169.001,9558
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,363168.93/cwt166.00–172.002,30310
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,448176.98/cwt173.00–184.002,5638
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows15 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small 1-28551,025.00/head1,025.00–1,025.001,0251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-39251,950.00/head1,950.00–1,950.001,9501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-39901,850.00/head1,850.00–1,850.001,8501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0002,250.00/head2,250.00–2,250.002,2501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0601,750.00/head1,750.00–1,750.001,7501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1002,200.00/head2,200.00–2,200.002,2001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,1202,025.00/head2,025.00–2,025.002,0251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1252,225.00/head2,225.00–2,225.002,2252
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,1551,780.19/head1,700.00–1,850.001,7802
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1652,850.00/head2,850.00–2,850.002,8501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1712,212.43/head1,800.00–2,675.002,21210
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,1832,108.73/head1,900.00–2,225.002,1093
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1951,952.09/head1,850.00–2,050.001,9522
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2012,150.62/head1,925.00–2,300.002,1516
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2352,481.44/head2,400.00–2,550.002,4813
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 2-38951,900.00/head1,900.00–1,900.001,9002
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,0202,700.00/head2,700.00–2,700.002,7001

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.