Sale reports / Tennessee / Dickson Livestock Auction / 2025-12-08

Dickson Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dickson, Tennessee · Mon, Dec 8
● Final136 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2064
Feeder Cattle receipts
983 head
▲ 9 vs last sale 974▼ 96 vs year ago 1,079 · −8.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
170 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 173▲ 27 vs year ago 143 · +18.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
58 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 57▼ 23 vs year ago 81 · −28.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers & Feeder Bulls $7.00-$12.00 higher, Feeder Heifers $4.00-$7.00 higher, Slaughter Cows $1.00-$3.00 lower, Slaughter Bulls $2.00-$3.00 lower. 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 $331.84/cwt on 107 head. That ranks 2 of 34 comparable sales and sits −50.78 against this barn's trailing median of $382.62.
Average price
$331.84
107 head · 541 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,795
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$122
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$15.32/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−8.01
vs TN average
−46.12 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1543334.131,81491
Medium and Large 2531318.811,69216thin
One grade step is worth $15.32/cwt here — about $122 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 sale107 hd
331.84
—
TN average15 barns · 957 hd
339.86
−8.01
National average184 barns · 19,282 hd
377.96
−46.12
This barn, trailing median34 sales
382.62
−50.78
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—Low1,710184.823,16017
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,386160.782,22942
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,181154.011,81943
CowsLean 85-90%Average975134.241,30849

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)1,208$3,2506
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,298$2,9772thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,262$2,7503thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,178$2,3028
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,427$2,2505
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,344$2,2405
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,199$1,7353thin
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,024$1,4607
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,510$3,3501thin
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,530$3,1001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,510$2,9501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,152$2,8303thin
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,370$2,7501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,425$2,3001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,120$1,9501thin

Every lot

136 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 · Steers31 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1272517.38/cwt510.00–520.001,4074
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1328514.90/cwt500.00–520.001,68910
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2337466.88/cwt460.00–470.001,5733
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3345420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,4491
Steers350–400Small 1358395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,4144
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1374430.64/cwt420.00–450.001,6115
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2384407.59/cwt400.00–410.001,5654
Steers400–450Small 1405300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,2151
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2425390.50/cwt385.00–400.001,6603
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1427408.27/cwt400.00–420.001,74311
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1476407.50/cwt400.00–415.001,94010
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2485392.72/cwt385.00–397.001,9057
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added525407.00/cwt407.00–407.002,1373
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2529355.57/cwt337.00–370.001,88112
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1534389.62/cwt372.00–397.002,08113
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added565390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,2041
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2566337.25/cwt320.00–350.001,90910
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1574364.82/cwt357.00–370.002,09420
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1615347.24/cwt335.00–362.002,13618
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added619370.28/cwt370.00–372.002,29214
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2623325.54/cwt317.00–332.002,0287
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2670304.93/cwt300.00–310.002,0432
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1673321.85/cwt320.00–325.002,1668
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added684361.48/cwt357.00–367.002,47328
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added703351.80/cwt341.00–354.002,4736
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2711308.90/cwt300.00–310.002,1969
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1723320.14/cwt317.00–325.002,31515
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Value Added772332.15/cwt330.00–339.002,56433
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1779315.60/cwt310.00–317.002,4595
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1803318.01/cwt315.00–321.002,5542
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1858304.52/cwt302.00–307.002,6132
Feeder Cattle · Heifers38 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1215480.00/cwt480.00–480.001,0321
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2238427.42/cwt425.00–430.001,0172
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2281419.98/cwt415.00–425.001,1804
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1282433.51/cwt425.00–440.001,2224
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1332408.61/cwt402.00–410.001,3578
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2335381.66/cwt352.00–397.001,2799
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Full370350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,2951
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Value Added373415.32/cwt415.00–417.001,5496
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3375312.17/cwt300.00–325.001,1712
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2379366.04/cwt352.00–372.001,38711
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1384399.68/cwt382.00–411.001,53516
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Value Added400405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,6201
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1418377.24/cwt362.00–392.001,57718
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2427341.01/cwt320.00–357.001,45617
Heifers450–500Small 1465357.00/cwt357.00–357.001,6601
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2478328.48/cwt310.00–337.001,57010
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1480362.40/cwt342.00–372.001,74044
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added518360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,8655
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1520338.91/cwt330.00–350.001,76241
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2521324.73/cwt320.00–332.001,69213
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added563345.72/cwt345.00–350.001,9467
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1567323.44/cwt310.00–340.001,83438
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2572293.18/cwt280.00–300.001,6773
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3600250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,5002
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added608338.00/cwt338.00–338.002,05522
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1620321.52/cwt310.00–332.001,99325
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2630287.51/cwt280.00–300.001,8114
Heifers600–650Small 1645300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,9351
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2653275.05/cwt270.00–285.001,7963
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1657308.20/cwt300.00–310.002,02517
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added683318.37/cwt316.00–330.002,17423
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2715270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,9311
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1731287.85/cwt285.00–297.002,1046
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1782287.00/cwt287.00–287.002,2443
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2803265.00/cwt265.00–265.002,1282
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1Value Added845280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,3664
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1870257.00/cwt257.00–257.002,2361
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1905272.00/cwt272.00–272.002,4621
Feeder Cattle · Bulls31 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2230439.78/cwt435.00–445.001,0112
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1243500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,2152
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2250495.00/cwt495.00–495.001,2381
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1262507.00/cwt500.00–520.001,3285
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 3268430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,1523
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2324433.78/cwt420.00–465.001,4054
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1325504.55/cwt490.00–525.001,64013
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3345400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,3801
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2355400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,4201
Bulls350–400Small 1360375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,3503
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1381408.44/cwt400.00–430.001,55615
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1419407.06/cwt400.00–420.001,70615
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2424371.12/cwt350.00–390.001,5746
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2473370.46/cwt362.00–375.001,7525
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1481389.52/cwt380.00–412.001,87417
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1514367.65/cwt350.00–380.001,89013
Bulls500–550Small 1520335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,7421
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2529322.38/cwt305.00–345.001,7056
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1569345.57/cwt330.00–360.001,96621
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2570311.71/cwt300.00–327.001,7774
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2623274.64/cwt250.00–285.001,7114
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1634327.07/cwt300.00–337.002,07425
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1664315.66/cwt300.00–327.002,09610
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1726296.46/cwt284.00–307.002,1529
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2733266.80/cwt250.00–280.001,9563
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1768285.64/cwt275.00–295.002,1943
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2768265.66/cwt257.00–275.002,0403
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1816284.03/cwt282.00–287.002,3185
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1888267.00/cwt267.00–267.002,3712
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1915250.00/cwt250.00–250.002,2881
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 1995200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,9901
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,523183.61/cwt180.00–186.002,7963
Bulls——1,741174.30/cwt170.00–177.003,0357
Bulls——1,759195.87/cwt190.00–201.003,4457
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%852116.00/cwt116.00–116.009883
Cows—Lean 85-90%904126.86/cwt121.00–133.001,14720
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,043146.60/cwt143.00–147.001,5299
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,043139.61/cwt134.00–143.001,45617
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,122163.51/cwt162.00–167.001,8358
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,179155.10/cwt150.00–159.001,82923
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,224145.59/cwt141.00–149.001,78212
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,357154.01/cwt148.00–158.002,09010
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,366159.55/cwt157.00–163.002,17922
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,460170.25/cwt164.00–178.002,48610
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows15 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 39301,125.00/head1,125.00–1,125.001,1251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 29601,625.00/head1,625.00–1,625.001,6252
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,0201,475.00/head1,475.00–1,475.001,4751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,0501,393.54/head1,175.00–1,500.001,3945
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,0932,327.59/head2,000.00–2,500.002,3284
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,1831,674.52/head1,650.00–1,700.001,6752
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1952,600.00/head2,600.00–2,600.002,6002
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2083,250.00/head3,250.00–3,250.003,2506
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2982,977.26/head2,950.00–3,000.002,9772
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,3332,040.24/head1,925.00–2,150.002,0402
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,3432,876.63/head2,850.00–2,900.002,8772
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,3953,050.00/head3,050.00–3,050.003,0501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,4022,342.45/head2,050.00–2,500.002,3423
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,4272,250.00/head2,250.00–2,250.002,2505
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,4952,700.00/head2,700.00–2,700.002,7001
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs8 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,1082,744.92/head2,600.00–2,900.002,7452
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,1201,950.00/head1,950.00–1,950.001,9501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,2403,000.00/head3,000.00–3,000.003,0001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,3702,750.00/head2,750.00–2,750.002,7501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,4252,300.00/head2,300.00–2,300.002,3001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,5103,350.00/head3,350.00–3,350.003,3501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,5102,950.00/head2,950.00–2,950.002,9501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,5303,100.00/head3,100.00–3,100.003,1001

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.