Sale reports / Tennessee / Dickson Livestock Auction / 2026-02-09

Dickson Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dickson, Tennessee · Mon, Feb 9
● Final132 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2064
Feeder Cattle receipts
897 head
▲ 804 vs last sale 93▼ 99 vs year ago 996 · −9.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
74 head
▲ 60 vs last sale 14▼ 30 vs year ago 104 · −28.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
29 head
▲ 26 vs last sale 3▼ 66 vs year ago 95 · −69.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trends could not be established due to a lack of comparable receipts last week. Quality good to fancy, Demand good to strong.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $422.79/cwt on 52 head. That ranks 15 of 34 comparable sales and sits −6.52 against this barn's trailing median of $429.31.
Average price
$422.79
52 head · 546 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,310
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$513
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$84.85/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−13.50
vs TN average
−55.60 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1540434.852,35041
Medium and Large 2573380.622,18210thin
Medium and Large 3525350.001,8381thin
One grade step is worth $84.85/cwt here — about $513 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 sale52 hd
422.79
—
TN average14 barns · 350 hd
436.29
−13.50
National average184 barns · 16,706 hd
478.39
−55.60
This barn, trailing median34 sales
429.31
−6.52
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—Average1,718191.163,28511
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,347178.582,40511
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,180168.901,99324
CowsLean 85-90%High1,064147.441,56917

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)1,454$3,3024thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,320$3,2001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,115$2,4247
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,313$2,3712thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,110$2,2501thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,100$2,0001thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)825$1,6501thin

Every lot

132 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 · Steers42 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1233662.63/cwt660.00–665.001,5442
Steers200–250Medium and Large 3240470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,1281
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1277622.56/cwt605.00–670.001,7244
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed280570.00/cwt570.00–570.001,5961
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2285510.18/cwt500.00–520.001,4542
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2300500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,5003
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1320599.84/cwt595.00–605.001,9192
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Value Added356605.00/cwt605.00–605.002,1545
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2375525.20/cwt520.00–530.001,9703
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1387569.11/cwt555.00–575.002,20211
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2403430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,7332
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1425503.38/cwt492.00–520.002,1396
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Value Added428530.00/cwt530.00–530.002,2682
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1468497.77/cwt485.00–510.002,3309
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added518453.95/cwt447.00–460.002,35112
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2518415.00/cwt415.00–415.002,1502
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3525350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,8381
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1528435.18/cwt426.00–443.002,29815
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added562430.00/cwt430.00–430.002,4173
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1576414.90/cwt405.00–427.002,39011
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2587372.02/cwt350.00–375.002,1848
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1615405.46/cwt400.00–410.002,4945
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2633355.98/cwt340.00–380.002,2535
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3635310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,9691
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added648424.00/cwt422.00–427.002,74810
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added662413.10/cwt402.00–417.002,7359
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1672357.85/cwt350.00–377.002,40517
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2682333.36/cwt330.00–335.002,2743
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added723376.36/cwt372.00–380.002,72110
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2725332.00/cwt332.00–332.002,4071
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1730362.00/cwt362.00–362.002,6431
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2750320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,4001
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Value Added779360.82/cwt352.00–366.002,81120
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1787345.40/cwt337.00–350.002,7189
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1Value Added829359.75/cwt359.75–359.752,98259
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2835310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,5891
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1842343.65/cwt342.00–347.002,8943
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1Value Added853349.00/cwt349.00–349.002,9778
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1872332.84/cwt332.00–337.002,9026
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1Value Added903335.00/cwt335.00–335.003,02555
Steers900–950Medium and Large 2915250.00/cwt250.00–250.002,2881
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1Value Added969334.75/cwt334.75–334.753,24458
Feeder Cattle · Heifers40 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed200510.00/cwt510.00–510.001,0202
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1220605.00/cwt605.00–605.001,3311
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1270565.00/cwt565.00–565.001,5261
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2290520.00/cwt520.00–520.001,5081
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1319498.67/cwt490.00–505.001,5914
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2320462.35/cwt445.00–475.001,4809
Heifers300–350Small 1320420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,3441
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Value Added335535.00/cwt535.00–535.001,7922
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3336422.00/cwt422.00–422.001,4184
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1367504.58/cwt500.00–520.001,85210
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2383469.51/cwt462.00–477.001,79810
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Value Added413492.35/cwt482.00–500.002,0337
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1422434.53/cwt422.00–465.001,83420
Heifers400–450Small 1425375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,5941
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2430417.19/cwt412.00–420.001,7948
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added450472.00/cwt472.00–472.002,1242
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2475393.88/cwt370.00–400.001,87110
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1478427.53/cwt415.00–452.002,0446
Heifers450–500Small 1485350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,6981
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3490346.00/cwt342.00–350.001,6952
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2521341.97/cwt320.00–360.001,78214
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1531377.95/cwt370.00–400.002,00726
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1577376.12/cwt365.00–385.002,17039
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added580374.00/cwt374.00–374.002,16911
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2581347.31/cwt332.00–360.002,01810
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added591390.24/cwt390.00–392.002,3068
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2620303.39/cwt300.00–310.001,8813
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1626353.67/cwt337.00–362.002,21416
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added633376.33/cwt375.00–377.002,3829
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy670320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,1441
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2685314.05/cwt310.00–325.002,1516
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1686344.05/cwt335.00–352.002,36025
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1708322.05/cwt320.00–330.002,2805
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added719331.67/cwt330.00–338.002,38519
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Value Added753330.13/cwt327.00–332.002,4868
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1816307.43/cwt300.00–312.002,5099
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1860250.00/cwt250.00–250.002,1501
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1Fleshy893230.00/cwt230.00–230.002,0542
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1Value Added895295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,6403
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1945250.00/cwt250.00–250.002,3631
Feeder Cattle · Bulls28 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1215625.00/cwt625.00–625.001,3441
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1260616.20/cwt600.00–625.001,6023
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2295550.00/cwt550.00–550.001,6231
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1314575.00/cwt560.00–595.001,80617
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2319535.92/cwt530.00–545.001,7105
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1370555.03/cwt540.00–575.002,0545
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3370465.00/cwt465.00–465.001,7211
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2376527.45/cwt525.00–530.001,9834
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1414515.71/cwt500.00–545.002,13511
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2430467.00/cwt467.00–467.002,0081
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3470410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,9271
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2472457.41/cwt440.00–465.002,15911
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1473492.30/cwt470.00–505.002,3298
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1Fancy495520.00/cwt520.00–520.002,5741
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2520390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,0281
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1533429.81/cwt412.00–440.002,29111
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1558420.24/cwt410.00–432.002,34520
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2565390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,2041
Bulls550–600Small 1590350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,0651
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1603390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,3522
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy610320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,9521
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2620335.12/cwt330.00–340.002,0782
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1671358.62/cwt345.00–370.002,4066
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1708324.95/cwt320.00–340.002,3014
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1768321.85/cwt307.00–337.002,4722
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1805280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,2541
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1855280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,3941
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1910277.00/cwt277.00–277.002,5211
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,475172.00/cwt172.00–172.002,5371
Bulls——1,639188.48/cwt182.00–196.003,0897
Bulls——1,985203.79/cwt199.00–207.004,0453
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%987135.79/cwt132.00–139.001,3403
Cows—Lean 85-90%996143.98/cwt142.00–145.001,4345
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,059165.79/cwt160.00–169.001,7567
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,128153.25/cwt149.00–156.001,7299
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,185156.05/cwt155.00–157.001,8494
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,200184.93/cwt179.00–197.002,2195
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,244174.53/cwt171.00–178.002,17113
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,469173.28/cwt171.00–175.002,5456
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 28251,650.00/head1,650.00–1,650.001,6501
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows10 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small 11,0151,750.00/head1,750.00–1,750.001,7501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 31,0952,036.30/head1,800.00–2,250.002,0363
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,1002,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,1102,250.00/head2,250.00–2,250.002,2501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1603,400.00/head3,400.00–3,400.003,4001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,1732,856.18/head2,750.00–2,950.002,8562
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,3132,371.14/head2,050.00–2,650.002,3712
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,3203,200.00/head3,200.00–3,200.003,2001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,3452,600.00/head2,600.00–2,600.002,6001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,4903,535.46/head3,500.00–3,600.003,5353

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.