Sale reports / Tennessee / Dickson Livestock Auction / 2025-11-21

Dickson Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Dickson, Tennessee · Fri, Nov 21
● Final8 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3874
← Nov 22Nov 21latest
Receipts
1,189 head
▲ 205 vs last sale 984▲ 205 vs year ago 984 · +20.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

All cattle offered in this sale were sold in load lots and were value added (weaned and at least 2 rounds of vaccinations).

To view 4 Loads sold on video, Click Here: https://www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/ams_3479.pdf

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $389.00/cwt on 86 head.
Average price
$389.00
86 head · 545 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,120
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+17.55
vs TN average
−21.08 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1545389.002,12086
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale86 hd
389.00
—
TN average17 barns · 696 hd
371.45
+17.55
National average185 barns · 23,076 hd
410.08
−21.08
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

8 lots · USDA AMS · Dickson Regional Livestock Center Yearling Special (Annual) - 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added545389.00/cwt389.00–389.002,12086
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added673353.16/cwt351.00–357.002,377223
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added730344.72/cwt336.00–353.002,516137
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Value Added784331.88/cwt328.00–336.002,602128
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1Value Added824323.69/cwt320.00–327.002,667255
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1Value Added887312.00/cwt312.00–312.002,767114
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1Value Added935309.75/cwt309.75–309.752,896109
Feeder Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added688318.65/cwt317.00–320.252,192137

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.