Sale reports / Tennessee / Dickson Livestock Auction / 2026-02-16

Dickson Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dickson, Tennessee · Mon, Feb 16
● Final113 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2064
Feeder Cattle receipts
737 head
▼ 160 vs last sale 897▲ 528 vs year ago 209 · +252.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
76 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 74▲ 10 vs year ago 66 · +15.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
21 head
▼ 8 vs last sale 29▲ 10 vs year ago 11 · +90.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers $7.00-$13.00 higher, Feeder Heifers $7.00-$14.00 higher, Feeder Bulls $11.00-$17.00 higher, Slaughter Cows Steady-$6.00 higher, Slaughter Bulls $5.00-$7.00 higher. Quality good, 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 $430.91/cwt on 46 head. That ranks 18 of 34 comparable sales and sits +1.60 against this barn's trailing median of $429.31.
Average price
$430.91
46 head · 555 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,390
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$332
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$54.95/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−23.42
vs TN average
−56.44 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1555438.082,43340
Medium and Large 2549383.132,1016thin
One grade step is worth $54.95/cwt here — about $332 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale46 hd
430.91
—
TN average15 barns · 490 hd
454.33
−23.42
National average178 barns · 13,390 hd
487.35
−56.44
This barn, trailing median34 sales
429.31
+1.60
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—Average1,836195.733,5938thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,407174.222,45112
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,140161.691,84318
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,098149.031,63615

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 Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,440$3,6001thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,300$2,6502thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,125$2,3753thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,177$2,2446
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,182$1,9503thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,175$1,6001thin
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)(<2 yrs)975$2,2001thin

Every lot

113 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 · Steers37 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1239705.00/cwt705.00–705.001,6854
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1250615.00/cwt615.00–615.001,5381
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1340600.00/cwt600.00–600.002,0401
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1Value Added345615.00/cwt615.00–615.002,1221
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Value Added358610.00/cwt610.00–610.002,1842
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1373574.69/cwt570.00–585.002,1443
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2375500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,8751
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1409573.72/cwt570.00–575.002,3474
Steers400–450Small 1410450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,8451
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2421515.23/cwt505.00–530.002,1698
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Value Added429581.18/cwt580.00–585.002,4934
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3430425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,8281
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added456537.57/cwt530.00–545.002,4514
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1472483.64/cwt460.00–510.002,2835
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2481441.28/cwt420.00–450.002,1237
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1512437.22/cwt430.00–450.002,23911
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2525400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,1003
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added545470.00/cwt470.00–470.002,5623
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added559452.81/cwt450.00–460.002,5317
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2572366.25/cwt340.00–380.002,0953
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1581428.11/cwt420.00–440.002,48719
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added618427.98/cwt425.00–432.002,64513
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1626414.09/cwt400.00–420.002,59210
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2645372.00/cwt372.00–372.002,3991
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2680353.84/cwt350.00–357.002,4067
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added681403.09/cwt400.00–410.002,74589
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1686373.80/cwt365.00–395.002,5648
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added705384.14/cwt380.00–392.002,70814
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1732368.70/cwt365.00–372.002,69915
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Value Added755362.00/cwt362.00–362.002,7332
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1774353.77/cwt350.00–355.002,7384
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1820347.00/cwt347.00–347.002,8453
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1Value Added867352.00/cwt352.00–352.003,05260
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1868336.44/cwt335.00–337.002,9207
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1920315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,8981
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1Value Added943337.50/cwt337.50–337.503,18355
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1Value Added958317.00/cwt317.00–317.003,0373
Feeder Cattle · Heifers30 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1210575.00/cwt575.00–575.001,2081
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2285485.00/cwt485.00–485.001,3821
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2319460.53/cwt450.00–470.001,4695
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1334519.67/cwt500.00–535.001,73612
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3348420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,4622
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1377519.25/cwt505.00–530.001,95812
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2384491.01/cwt487.00–500.001,8853
Heifers350–400Small 1390430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,6771
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1424467.37/cwt440.00–482.001,98219
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2430401.75/cwt397.00–420.001,7286
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added465467.00/cwt452.00–470.002,1726
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1475416.66/cwt400.00–447.001,97923
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2475383.48/cwt382.00–385.001,8222
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added520412.79/cwt410.00–420.002,1477
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2520370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,9241
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1525396.39/cwt380.00–400.002,08128
Heifers500–550Small 1540340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,8361
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1570370.34/cwt350.00–385.002,11128
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2574340.06/cwt320.00–350.001,9524
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy585340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,9892
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2600307.00/cwt307.00–307.001,8422
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added622383.40/cwt375.00–389.002,38510
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1628354.23/cwt335.00–362.002,2254
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added658372.00/cwt372.00–372.002,44821
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1667339.24/cwt330.00–360.002,26312
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2695320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,2241
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1720320.31/cwt300.00–330.002,3065
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2725270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,9581
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1768332.00/cwt332.00–332.002,5503
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1820307.00/cwt307.00–307.002,5172
Feeder Cattle · Bulls22 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1255690.00/cwt665.00–715.001,7602
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2285559.65/cwt550.00–570.001,5952
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1320592.03/cwt585.00–600.001,8942
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2354520.00/cwt520.00–520.001,8415
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1377566.88/cwt545.00–585.002,13718
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2379462.51/cwt450.00–470.001,7535
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1422531.45/cwt500.00–550.002,24310
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2438477.37/cwt470.00–485.002,0912
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1482460.42/cwt430.00–475.002,21910
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2482408.03/cwt382.00–420.001,9673
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2523358.84/cwt350.00–375.001,8775
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1525432.59/cwt420.00–440.002,27112
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Fancy561439.00/cwt439.00–439.002,4636
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1574418.78/cwt395.00–425.002,4045
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2580375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,1752
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1620395.90/cwt380.00–405.002,45520
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2627363.30/cwt350.00–370.002,2783
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1666376.97/cwt367.00–385.002,5116
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2670330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,2111
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1755337.00/cwt337.00–337.002,5441
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1842322.00/cwt322.00–322.002,7112
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 2850302.50/cwt302.50–302.502,5711
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,730184.83/cwt180.00–188.003,1983
Bulls——1,877195.23/cwt192.00–200.003,6643
Bulls——1,933212.82/cwt205.00–220.004,1142
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%896140.18/cwt138.00–142.001,2564
Cows—Lean 85-90%984159.93/cwt157.00–167.001,5744
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,054150.74/cwt146.00–153.001,5898
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,183175.86/cwt172.00–177.002,0804
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,225166.85/cwt163.00–169.002,0446
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,278147.85/cwt143.00–153.001,8907
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,379168.37/cwt167.00–169.002,3224
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,421177.14/cwt173.00–183.002,5178
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 19752,200.00/head2,200.00–2,200.002,2001
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows12 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 39401,500.00/head1,500.00–1,500.001,5001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 31,0451,875.00/head1,875.00–1,875.001,8751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 31,1051,750.00/head1,750.00–1,750.001,7501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,1352,687.78/head2,675.00–2,700.002,6882
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,1702,234.40/head2,000.00–2,400.002,2344
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 31,1751,600.00/head1,600.00–1,600.001,6001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2602,450.00/head2,450.00–2,450.002,4501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2802,850.00/head2,850.00–2,850.002,8501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,3202,450.00/head2,450.00–2,450.002,4501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,3352,650.00/head2,650.00–2,650.002,6501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,3451,900.00/head1,900.00–1,900.001,9001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,4403,600.00/head3,600.00–3,600.003,6001

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.