Sale reports / Tennessee / Dickson Livestock Auction / 2025-08-11

Dickson Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dickson, Tennessee · Mon, Aug 11
● Final103 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2064
Feeder Cattle receipts
823 head
▼ 390 vs last sale 1,213▲ 74 vs year ago 749 · +9.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
108 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 103▼ 79 vs year ago 187 · −42.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
42 head
▲ 13 vs last sale 29▲ 12 vs year ago 30 · +40.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers $8.00-$13.00 higher with instances of $25.00-$27.00 higher, Feeder Heifers $4.00-$9.00 higher, Feeder Bulls $8.00-$10.00 higher, Slaughter Cows mostly steady, Slaughter Bulls steady to $2.00 higher. 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 $338.93/cwt on 119 head. That ranks 6 of 34 comparable sales and sits −43.69 against this barn's trailing median of $382.62.
Average price
$338.93
119 head · 557 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,886
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$162
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$27.70/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.74
vs TN average
−11.88 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1557341.251,900109
Medium and Large 2554313.551,73810thin
One grade step is worth $27.70/cwt here — about $162 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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 sale119 hd
338.93
—
TN average17 barns · 1,194 hd
341.66
−2.74
National average152 barns · 8,349 hd
350.81
−11.88
This barn, trailing median34 sales
382.62
−43.69
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—Average1,684200.033,36814
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,360174.672,37630
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,197172.102,06142
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,084148.941,61415

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)1,239$2,5516
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,085$2,5001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,239$2,45620
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,231$2,2666
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,123$1,8502thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,655$3,3752thin

Every lot

103 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 · Steers28 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1225600.00/cwt600.00–600.001,3501
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1252570.00/cwt570.00–570.001,4363
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2280507.00/cwt507.00–507.001,4201
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2330380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,2541
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1360459.22/cwt445.00–490.001,65311
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2371380.79/cwt370.00–400.001,41310
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2414383.11/cwt370.00–400.001,5866
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1430426.73/cwt417.00–430.001,83520
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Value Added431437.00/cwt437.00–437.001,8834
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2468350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,6382
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1476413.46/cwt407.00–417.001,96811
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added519413.54/cwt410.00–417.002,14639
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1527401.24/cwt392.00–412.002,11516
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2540384.00/cwt384.00–384.002,0743
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added559405.00/cwt405.00–405.002,2645
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2570330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,8811
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1577369.90/cwt350.00–386.002,13431
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1628366.62/cwt350.00–380.002,30214
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2634338.46/cwt325.00–345.002,1466
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added645379.62/cwt379.00–382.002,44924
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1683345.16/cwt327.00–352.002,3576
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added692357.18/cwt355.00–362.002,47219
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1708323.33/cwt315.00–335.002,2893
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added725352.00/cwt352.00–352.002,5523
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Value Added755350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,6433
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1763332.74/cwt315.00–342.002,5393
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1930302.00/cwt302.00–302.002,8091
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1955295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,8171
Feeder Cattle · Heifers30 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1255500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,2751
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2283420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,1892
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Value Added300475.00/cwt475.00–475.001,4253
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1319430.01/cwt420.00–440.001,37210
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2324412.61/cwt402.00–417.001,3375
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1373412.91/cwt402.00–430.001,54025
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2375350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,3131
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1416376.98/cwt367.00–385.001,56815
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Value Added418392.00/cwt392.00–392.001,6392
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2428350.29/cwt347.00–352.001,4994
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1473350.51/cwt342.00–362.001,65819
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2475333.81/cwt320.00–342.001,5868
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1522336.84/cwt330.00–345.001,75830
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added528353.26/cwt350.00–371.001,86516
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2529323.34/cwt320.00–330.001,7103
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2565309.36/cwt300.00–315.001,7487
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1567330.02/cwt320.00–348.001,87131
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added594350.27/cwt350.00–353.002,08132
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1610336.26/cwt320.00–344.002,05112
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2628294.86/cwt290.00–300.001,8522
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1666316.83/cwt302.00–319.002,1108
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2679287.56/cwt270.00–297.001,9536
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1715302.00/cwt302.00–302.002,1593
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added721307.17/cwt302.00–308.002,21515
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2730285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,0811
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1785277.00/cwt277.00–277.002,1741
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1Value Added840285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,3944
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1Fleshy845210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,7751
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1865257.00/cwt257.00–257.002,2231
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 2880230.00/cwt230.00–230.002,0241
Feeder Cattle · Bulls23 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1235610.00/cwt610.00–610.001,4342
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1255525.49/cwt500.00–550.001,3402
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1325471.64/cwt460.00–480.001,5337
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2384388.75/cwt375.00–400.001,4938
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1385427.47/cwt417.00–440.001,6467
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2429368.21/cwt360.00–385.001,58012
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1436398.70/cwt390.00–407.001,73822
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1468390.23/cwt380.00–400.001,82629
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2475347.99/cwt330.00–370.001,65312
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1521379.77/cwt360.00–390.001,97919
Bulls500–550Small 1530320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,6961
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2532339.63/cwt330.00–350.001,8078
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1568340.86/cwt325.00–350.001,93623
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2587310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,8204
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2625300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,8751
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1628327.10/cwt315.00–340.002,05417
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1685322.22/cwt320.00–332.002,2076
Bulls650–700Small 1685267.00/cwt267.00–267.001,8291
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1730308.80/cwt302.00–315.002,2545
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1780295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,3013
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1855282.00/cwt282.00–282.002,4111
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 2875250.00/cwt250.00–250.002,1881
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 1Full955230.00/cwt230.00–230.002,1971
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,358184.00/cwt184.00–184.002,4992
Bulls——1,662198.55/cwt192.00–205.003,3009
Bulls——1,967215.14/cwt214.00–216.004,2323
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,010131.46/cwt124.00–139.001,3282
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,075155.27/cwt152.00–158.001,6697
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,118147.37/cwt143.00–151.001,6486
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,126178.18/cwt177.00–181.002,0065
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,175164.32/cwt161.00–167.001,9315
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,196168.17/cwt165.00–169.002,0117
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,212172.37/cwt170.00–176.002,08932
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,406182.33/cwt180.00–190.002,5647
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,412174.17/cwt170.00–179.002,45916
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows8 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-39452,150.00/head2,150.00–2,150.002,1501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,0651,925.00/head1,925.00–1,925.001,9251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0852,500.00/head2,500.00–2,500.002,5001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,1031,913.32/head1,900.00–1,925.001,9132
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1231,850.00/head1,850.00–1,850.001,8502
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2542,516.32/head2,050.00–2,875.002,51618
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2642,333.84/head1,850.00–2,800.002,3345
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2982,631.24/head2,300.00–3,050.002,6315
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,6053,200.00/head3,200.00–3,200.003,2001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,7053,550.00/head3,550.00–3,550.003,5501

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.