Sale reports / Tennessee / Dickson Livestock Auction / 2026-03-09

Dickson Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dickson, Tennessee · Mon, Mar 9
● Final120 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2064
Feeder Cattle receipts
875 head
▼ 280 vs last sale 1,155▼ 442 vs year ago 1,317 · −33.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
72 head
▼ 26 vs last sale 98▼ 50 vs year ago 122 · −41.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
36 head
▼ 16 vs last sale 52▼ 75 vs year ago 111 · −67.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, all classes of Feeder Cattle traded steady, Slaughter Cattle $2.00-$4.00 lower. 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 $478.73/cwt on 54 head, up $28.91 from the prior sale. That ranks 31 of 34 comparable sales and sits +49.42 against this barn's trailing median of $429.31.
Average price
$478.73
▲ 28.91 vs prior sale
54 head · 539 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,578
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$812
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1
$146.17/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.23
vs TN average
+6.53 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1541496.172,68539
Medium and Large 2527453.402,38812thin
Medium and Large 3560354.961,9882thin
Small 1535350.001,8731thin
One grade step is worth $146.17/cwt here — about $812 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale54 hd
478.73
—
TN average15 barns · 659 hd
468.51
+10.23
National average178 barns · 10,669 hd
472.20
+6.53
This barn, trailing median34 sales
429.31
+49.42
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—Average1,808187.173,38411
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,386173.402,40425
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,095159.361,74518
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,029147.041,5139thin

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)1,325$3,3001thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)970$3,3001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,018$2,9252thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,250$2,8297
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,260$2,6501thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)998$2,6252thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,233$2,5382thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,223$2,4002thin
Bred Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)(<2 yrs)1,005$2,7001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,575$3,4751thin
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,470$3,2001thin
Stock CowsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)970$2,2001thin
Stock CowsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)913$1,9002thin

Every lot

120 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 · Steers33 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1274688.77/cwt685.00–700.001,8874
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2280655.00/cwt655.00–655.001,8341
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1315615.00/cwt615.00–615.001,9371
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Value Added355600.00/cwt600.00–600.002,1303
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1371551.37/cwt530.00–575.002,04619
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2391504.03/cwt475.00–520.001,9714
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2414488.58/cwt480.00–500.002,0234
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1417525.80/cwt520.00–535.002,1936
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Value Added430537.83/cwt535.00–550.002,3135
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added476545.00/cwt545.00–545.002,5944
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1478504.39/cwt500.00–515.002,4118
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2483470.31/cwt450.00–490.002,2722
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added510527.00/cwt527.00–527.002,6887
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1517514.03/cwt505.00–515.002,65810
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2521456.55/cwt450.00–475.002,37910
Steers500–550Small 1535350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,8731
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2555437.66/cwt420.00–455.002,4292
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3560354.96/cwt350.00–360.001,9882
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1562478.25/cwt460.00–495.002,68822
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added616419.85/cwt400.00–430.002,58648
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1620382.94/cwt370.00–400.002,37414
Steers600–650Small 1645325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,0961
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed655325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,1291
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1674360.31/cwt340.00–370.002,42814
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2678320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,1702
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added679380.95/cwt374.00–400.002,58729
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added710370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,6272
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1730348.17/cwt340.00–350.002,5428
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Value Added760351.90/cwt345.00–355.002,67415
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1776340.32/cwt332.00–345.002,6419
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1800329.00/cwt329.00–329.002,6324
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1Value Added825339.27/cwt335.00–340.002,79979
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1Value Added894326.74/cwt326.00–327.502,921121
Feeder Cattle · Heifers32 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2248540.00/cwt540.00–540.001,3392
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1267563.50/cwt560.00–580.001,5056
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1324517.43/cwt500.00–535.001,6768
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3358421.65/cwt420.00–425.001,5103
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1369501.97/cwt485.00–515.001,85211
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2390460.08/cwt450.00–470.001,7945
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2411423.12/cwt420.00–430.001,7398
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Value Added416506.04/cwt500.00–512.002,1056
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1420480.99/cwt460.00–495.002,02015
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3423359.94/cwt350.00–370.001,5232
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed442450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,9899
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added451473.99/cwt470.00–480.002,1385
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2469400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,8767
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1477430.01/cwt420.00–440.002,05114
Heifers450–500Small 1484350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,6943
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added513423.00/cwt423.00–423.002,1709
Heifers500–550Small 1513350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,7962
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2518366.50/cwt360.00–370.001,8983
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1535391.80/cwt380.00–407.002,09616
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3545340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,8532
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1564371.47/cwt362.00–380.002,09510
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2570349.35/cwt345.00–350.001,9918
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added585392.00/cwt392.00–392.002,2936
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1638356.90/cwt340.00–375.002,27728
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2648300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,9444
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1655320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,0961
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added674352.43/cwt350.00–357.002,37517
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added706332.14/cwt330.00–335.002,3457
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1730317.60/cwt310.00–325.002,3182
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1765315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,4101
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Value Added778329.45/cwt317.00–330.252,56367
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1Value Added898297.00/cwt297.00–297.002,6674
Feeder Cattle · Bulls27 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1200700.00/cwt700.00–700.001,4001
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2245610.00/cwt610.00–610.001,4952
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed277582.32/cwt575.00–590.001,6134
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1305645.00/cwt645.00–645.001,9672
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2341543.42/cwt500.00–565.001,8533
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1Fancy350585.00/cwt585.00–585.002,0481
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1376515.71/cwt500.00–535.001,9394
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2388472.48/cwt470.00–475.001,8332
Bulls400–450Small 1410400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,6401
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2420450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,8902
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1423521.70/cwt510.00–535.002,20713
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed440485.00/cwt485.00–485.002,1342
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed460510.00/cwt510.00–510.002,3461
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2470434.84/cwt430.00–440.002,0442
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1480487.97/cwt470.00–495.002,34210
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1514473.19/cwt450.00–495.002,4324
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2519405.97/cwt370.00–420.002,10711
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1579380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,2006
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2582352.43/cwt350.00–360.002,0514
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1633356.53/cwt350.00–370.002,2573
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1655370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,4241
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2685320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,1921
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1705327.00/cwt327.00–327.002,3051
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1755332.25/cwt320.00–343.002,5085
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2775310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,4031
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1800305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,4401
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1900295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,6551
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,757188.90/cwt184.00–194.003,3197
Bulls——1,855200.00/cwt200.00–200.003,7101
Bulls——1,912178.84/cwt173.00–182.003,4193
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%965155.84/cwt155.00–157.001,5042
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,047144.53/cwt140.00–147.001,5137
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,066167.88/cwt166.00–170.001,7905
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,067151.66/cwt149.00–155.001,6185
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,130158.84/cwt155.00–165.001,7958
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,140157.00/cwt157.00–157.001,7901
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,319164.31/cwt160.00–168.002,1674
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,412176.04/cwt170.00–185.002,48620
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows12 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 29552,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 19703,300.00/head3,300.00–3,300.003,3001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 29952,850.00/head2,850.00–2,850.002,8501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0403,250.00/head3,250.00–3,250.003,2501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0403,000.00/head3,000.00–3,000.003,0001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 31,0451,850.00/head1,850.00–1,850.001,8501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,2082,533.03/head2,200.00–2,800.002,5335
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,2332,538.24/head2,350.00–2,750.002,5382
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,2602,650.00/head2,650.00–2,650.002,6501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,3253,300.00/head3,300.00–3,300.003,3001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,3553,569.88/head3,375.00–3,700.003,5702
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,4002,950.00/head2,950.00–2,950.002,9501
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 39131,900.00/head1,900.00–1,900.001,9002
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 29702,200.00/head2,200.00–2,200.002,2001
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 11,0052,700.00/head2,700.00–2,700.002,7001
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,4703,200.00/head3,200.00–3,200.003,2001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,5753,475.00/head3,475.00–3,475.003,4751

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.