Name: Dickson Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-07-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-07-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trends could not be established due to a lack of comparable data & no sale last week. Feeder Cattle tended to trade with a lower undertone compared to two weeks ago. Quality good to fancy, Demand good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $456.29/cwt on 93 head, up $7.66 from the prior sale. That ranks 18 of 29 comparable sales and sits +7.66 against this barn's trailing median of $448.63.

Average price

$456.29

▲ 7.66 vs prior sale

93 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,511

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$412

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$66.74/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.54

vs TN average

−3.19 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	459.88	2,534	88
Medium and Large 2	540	393.14	2,121	5thin

One grade step is worth $66.74/cwt here — about $412 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.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

29 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $487.74, low $375.33, median $448.63 across 29 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale93 hd

456.29

—

TN average3 barns · 131 hd

452.75

+3.54

National average146 barns · 7,211 hd

459.48

−3.19

This barn, trailing median29 sales

448.63

+7.66

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	1,791	221.53	3,968	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,477	182.33	2,693	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,115	179.60	2,002	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	960	145.27	1,395	3thin

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,212	$3,054	7
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,140	$2,500	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,035	$2,450	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,340	$2,450	1thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	931	$2,700	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,545	$3,550	1thin

Every lot, as filed

88 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	897	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	2,709	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	419.01/cwt	400.00–430.00	2,221	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	687	345.68/cwt	340.00–370.00	2,375	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	560	471.00/cwt	471.00–471.00	2,638	48
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	931	2,700.00/head	2,700.00–2,700.00	2,700	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,545	3,550.00/head	3,550.00–3,550.00	3,550	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	765	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,831	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	513.24/cwt	505.00–525.00	1,863	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	485.75/cwt	480.00–510.00	2,307	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	706	376.65/cwt	370.00–379.00	2,659	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	442.76/cwt	420.00–465.00	1,882	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	665	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,261	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,350	2,869.44/head	2,750.00–3,000.00	2,869	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,165	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	900–950	915	328.50/cwt	328.50–328.50	3,006	49
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,035	2,450.00/head	2,450.00–2,450.00	2,450	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	348	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,914	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	572	333.35/cwt	320.00–350.00	1,907	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	393	450.06/cwt	440.00–470.00	1,769	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	816	371.25/cwt	371.25–371.25	3,029	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	623	419.43/cwt	410.00–430.00	2,613	36
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	457	447.47/cwt	440.00–450.00	2,045	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	715	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,252	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	590	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,213	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	390	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,443	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,140	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,340	2,450.00/head	2,450.00–2,450.00	2,450	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	395	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,857	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	527	397.68/cwt	390.00–420.00	2,096	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	444.95/cwt	440.00–450.00	2,136	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,112	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	529	396.94/cwt	385.00–400.00	2,100	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	333	519.97/cwt	500.00–525.00	1,732	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	404.95/cwt	400.00–410.00	1,984	2
Heifers	Small 1	400–450	440	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,870	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,601	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	785	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,434	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	930	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,511	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,465	190.01/cwt	185.00–196.00	2,784	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,113	164.23/cwt	161.00–167.00	1,828	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	960	145.27/cwt	142.00–147.00	1,395	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,483	178.49/cwt	173.00–180.00	2,647	4
Bulls	—	—	1,785	223.80/cwt	220.00–230.00	3,995	9
Bulls	—	—	1,810	214.73/cwt	210.00–218.00	3,887	3
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 3-4	400–450	435	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,327	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	330	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,403	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	480	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,872	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,045	1,800.00/head	1,800.00–1,800.00	1,800	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,116	185.65/cwt	181.00–190.00	2,072	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,113	174.95/cwt	173.00–177.00	1,947	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	487	489.73/cwt	480.00–500.00	2,385	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	321	597.64/cwt	595.00–620.00	1,918	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,185	3,459.07/head	3,250.00–3,800.00	3,459	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	900–950	935	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,618	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,806	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	747	309.98/cwt	300.00–320.00	2,316	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	608	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,402	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	768	351.21/cwt	350.00–360.00	2,697	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	451.48/cwt	440.00–462.00	2,361	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,882	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	220	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	1,430	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	590	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,065	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,733	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	280	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,540	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	387.97/cwt	380.00–400.00	2,599	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	748	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	2,820	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	285	605.00/cwt	590.00–620.00	1,724	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	501.70/cwt	500.00–510.00	1,866	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	413.08/cwt	400.00–425.00	2,346	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	511	441.00/cwt	427.00–450.00	2,254	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	826	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,899	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	433.28/cwt	400.00–437.00	2,478	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	514.52/cwt	500.00–520.00	2,202	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	361.97/cwt	350.00–380.00	2,208	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	400	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,020	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	721	338.20/cwt	332.00–343.00	2,438	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	445.07/cwt	420.00–460.00	2,070	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	705	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,538	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	332	576.73/cwt	570.00–580.00	1,915	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	755	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,529	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	458	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,198	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	509	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,240	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	581	379.64/cwt	370.00–400.00	2,206	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	465.90/cwt	450.00–485.00	2,003	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	708	324.00/cwt	320.00–325.00	2,294	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	383.26/cwt	370.00–390.00	2,407	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	470	503.04/cwt	500.00–510.00	2,364	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	520	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,496	2

How this sale compares

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.

Tennessee feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Dickson Regional Livestock Center - Dickson, TN

Mon Jul 6, 2026

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Nashville, TN (LS-NV)

Feeder CattleReceipts 701Last week 863Year ago 1,317

Slaughter CattleReceipts 53Last week 70Year ago 117

Replacement CattleReceipts 15Last week 53Year ago 51

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	220	650.00	650.00
2	250–300	285	590.00–620.00	605.00
3	300–350	332	570.00–580.00	576.73
1	350–400	355	530.00	530.00
6	400–450	433	500.00	500.00
5	450–500	475	480.00–510.00	485.75
13	500–550	511	427.00–450.00	441.00
15	550–600	568	400.00–425.00	413.08
3	600–650	628	370.00–390.00	383.26
2	700–750	748	377.00	377.00
6	850–900	897	302.00	302.00
1	900–950	935	280.00	280.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	333	500.00–525.00	519.97
4	350–400	393	440.00–470.00	450.06
2	400–450	425	420.00–465.00	442.76
8	450–500	457	440.00–450.00	447.47
5	500–550	529	385.00–400.00	396.94
1	650–700	665	340.00	340.00
4	700–750	747	300.00–320.00	309.98
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	480	390.00	390.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	550.00	550.00
1	300–350	315	550.00	550.00
6	350–400	363	505.00–525.00	513.24
16	400–450	430	450.00–485.00	465.90
22	450–500	465	420.00–460.00	445.07
21	500–550	530	400.00–430.00	419.01
8	550–600	581	370.00–400.00	379.64
10	600–650	610	350.00–380.00	361.97
5	650–700	687	340.00–370.00	345.68
5	700–750	708	320.00–325.00	324.00
1	750–800	755	335.00	335.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	485.00	485.00
1	350–400	390	370.00	370.00
1	400–450	430	420.00	420.00
2	450–500	490	400.00–410.00	404.95
3	550–600	572	320.00–350.00	333.35
1	600–650	640	330.00	330.00
1	750–800	785	310.00	310.00
1	900–950	930	270.00	270.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	425.00	425.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	330	425.00	425.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	590	350.00	350.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	400	505.00	505.00
21	450–500	458	480.00	480.00
6	500–550	509	440.00	440.00
30	700–750	721	332.00–343.00	338.20
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
13	450–500	470	500.00–510.00	503.04
2	500–550	520	480.00	480.00
48	550–600	560	471.00	471.00
36	600–650	623	410.00–430.00	419.43
23	700–750	706	370.00–379.00	376.65
19	750–800	765	370.00	370.00
60	800–850	816	371.25	371.25
49	900–950	915	328.50	328.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	348	550.00	550.00
2	350–400	395	470.00	470.00
4	450–500	480	440.00–450.00	444.95
4	500–550	527	390.00–420.00	397.68
1	550–600	590	375.00	375.00
1	700–750	715	315.00	315.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	321	595.00–620.00	597.64
6	350–400	372	500.00–510.00	501.70
13	400–450	428	500.00–520.00	514.52
19	450–500	487	480.00–500.00	489.73
24	500–550	523	440.00–462.00	451.48
14	550–600	572	400.00–437.00	433.28
2	600–650	608	395.00	395.00
10	650–700	670	380.00–400.00	387.97
1	700–750	705	360.00	360.00
21	750–800	768	350.00–360.00	351.21
19	800–850	826	351.00	351.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	435	305.00	305.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	931	2,700.00	2,700.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,545	3,550.00	3,550.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,350	2,750.00–3,000.00	2,869.44
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,035	2,450.00	2,450.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,140	2,500.00	2,500.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,340	2,450.00	2,450.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,045	1,800.00	1,800.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,185	3,250.00–3,800.00	3,459.07

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,465	185.00–196.00	190.01
4	—	1,483	173.00–180.00	178.49
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,113	161.00–167.00	164.23
14	—	1,116	181.00–190.00	185.65
5	—	1,113	173.00–177.00	174.95
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	960	142.00–147.00	145.27
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,785	220.00–230.00	223.80
3	—	1,810	210.00–218.00	214.73

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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Reporter comment USDA

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Dickson Regional Livestock Center - Dickson, TN

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