Sale reports / Tennessee / Dickson Livestock Auction / 2026-10-19

Dickson Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dickson, Tennessee · Mon, Oct 19
● Final117 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2064
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,066 head
▼ 40 vs last sale 1,106▼ 2 vs year ago 1,068 · −0.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
73 head
▲ 6 vs last sale 67▼ 10 vs year ago 83 · −12.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
31 head
▲ 10 vs last sale 21▲ 2 vs year ago 29 · +6.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers $3.00-$9.00 higher, Feeder Heifers $3.00-$8.00 higher, Feeder Bulls under 500 lbs unevenly steady, over 500lbs $8.00-$10.00 higher, Slaughter Cows & Slaughter Bulls $1.00-$3.00 lower. Quality & 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 $378.23/cwt on 100 head, up $12.73 from the prior sale. That ranks 10 of 33 comparable sales and sits −53.11 against this barn's trailing median of $431.33.
Average price
$378.23
▲ 12.73 vs prior sale
100 head · 546 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,064
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$192
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$20.95/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.78
vs TN average
−61.04 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1549380.952,09087
Medium and Large 2527360.001,89713thin
One grade step is worth $20.95/cwt here — about $192 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale100 hd
378.23
—
TN average17 barns · 541 hd
375.45
+2.78
National average183 barns · 33,329 hd
439.27
−61.04
This barn, trailing median33 sales
431.33
−53.11
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

33 sales
502447392337median 431.3303/0204/2707/0608/3110/26
Steers 500–600 lb: high $487.74, low $350.65, median $431.33 across 33 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—High1,685182.113,0696thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,452139.772,02914
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,240135.911,68519
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,065119.581,27320

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 Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)995$2,4865
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,015$2,4393thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,320$2,1001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,230$1,9566
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,065$1,9501thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)993$1,4752thin
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,350$3,7001thin
Heifer PairsOpen(<2 yrs)1,000$3,5001thin
Heifer PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)920$2,6501thin

Every lot, as filed

117 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 · Steers27 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1285547.45/cwt540.00–550.001,5604
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1330509.77/cwt505.00–515.001,6822
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed355415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,4731
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1373480.00/cwt480.00–480.001,7902
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2380400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,5202
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1414422.76/cwt420.00–440.001,7507
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3420362.50/cwt362.50–362.501,5233
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2441397.53/cwt385.00–400.001,7536
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1469409.34/cwt400.00–425.001,9208
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2475378.58/cwt370.00–385.001,7986
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3495335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,6582
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added508421.42/cwt420.00–425.002,1417
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1513402.29/cwt380.00–415.002,06427
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2527360.00/cwt335.00–370.001,89713
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1572364.74/cwt350.00–375.002,08653
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1615351.34/cwt340.00–362.002,16131
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2615334.77/cwt325.00–350.002,0593
Steers600–650Small 1620295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,8291
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added624376.29/cwt370.00–382.002,34819
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1678338.79/cwt320.00–350.002,29732
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1712339.39/cwt325.00–345.002,41628
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1775320.41/cwt310.00–330.002,48317
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1813322.18/cwt300.00–327.002,6196
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1855325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,7791
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1Value Added871322.83/cwt322.25–326.002,81265
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1915295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,6991
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1Value Added974312.75/cwt312.75–312.753,04658
Feeder Cattle · Heifers33 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1205500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,0251
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1271483.32/cwt470.00–500.001,3105
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2278440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,2234
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1324436.52/cwt425.00–460.001,41415
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2336408.56/cwt400.00–420.001,3737
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed357455.00/cwt455.00–455.001,6245
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1383418.03/cwt405.00–440.001,60123
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2388382.87/cwt375.00–400.001,4868
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2411356.78/cwt350.00–360.001,46611
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1420374.57/cwt370.00–380.001,57310
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Value Added423404.14/cwt400.00–405.001,7106
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added458405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,8555
Heifers450–500Small 1470350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,6451
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1472383.55/cwt370.00–395.001,81030
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3480300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,4401
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2486342.01/cwt320.00–365.001,66210
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added520395.00/cwt395.00–395.002,0542
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1528366.61/cwt350.00–385.001,93647
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2540320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,7281
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added564372.33/cwt370.00–375.002,10015
Heifers550–600Small 1565270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,5261
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1572346.40/cwt330.00–360.001,98142
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2580318.72/cwt315.00–320.001,8494
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1618334.71/cwt320.00–355.002,06940
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2623308.38/cwt300.00–310.001,9216
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added630375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,3631
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1668318.80/cwt305.00–335.002,13020
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2688285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,9612
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1712314.22/cwt300.00–320.002,2377
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1769316.08/cwt305.00–325.002,4319
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2790292.00/cwt292.00–292.002,3071
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1887273.97/cwt270.00–282.002,4303
Heifers1050–1100Medium and Large 11,090240.00/cwt240.00–240.002,6161
Feeder Cattle · Bulls30 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1262566.65/cwt560.00–580.001,4859
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2280520.00/cwt520.00–520.001,4562
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1319539.82/cwt530.00–545.001,7223
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2328430.23/cwt420.00–440.001,4112
Bulls300–350Small 1340400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,3601
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed345480.00/cwt480.00–480.001,6561
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1379432.17/cwt420.00–460.001,6389
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2391360.03/cwt340.00–390.001,4085
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed407445.06/cwt440.00–450.001,8116
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2425370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,5731
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1430408.62/cwt400.00–420.001,75732
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1484378.89/cwt370.00–400.001,83420
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed485415.00/cwt415.00–415.002,0134
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2490342.57/cwt330.00–360.001,6798
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3495315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,5591
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Fancy500425.00/cwt425.00–425.002,1252
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1522363.56/cwt350.00–385.001,89835
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed530400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,1201
Bulls500–550Small 1530320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,6961
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2532333.71/cwt330.00–340.001,7754
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1571347.33/cwt335.00–365.001,98330
Bulls550–600Small 1580250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,4501
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2588318.87/cwt310.00–330.001,8759
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2610312.54/cwt310.00–315.001,9062
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1615336.26/cwt320.00–345.002,06823
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1676322.79/cwt317.00–335.002,18219
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2688310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,1332
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1725320.44/cwt315.00–325.002,32316
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1766316.97/cwt307.00–320.002,4286
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1815301.11/cwt295.00–307.002,4542
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,505173.13/cwt170.00–176.002,6062
Bulls——1,775186.60/cwt180.00–190.003,3124
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,006112.00/cwt112.00–112.001,1274
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,065122.12/cwt117.00–129.001,3019
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,09793.19/cwt92.00–95.001,0222
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,099131.63/cwt130.00–132.001,4475
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,224134.24/cwt130.00–139.001,64311
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,251143.28/cwt140.00–146.001,7926
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,295123.01/cwt122.00–124.001,5932
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,441136.64/cwt134.00–140.001,9697
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,463142.90/cwt140.00–148.002,0917
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-21,550200.00/cwt200.00–200.003,1001
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows9 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-39451,950.00/head1,950.00–1,950.001,9501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-39451,700.00/head1,700.00–1,700.001,7001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0082,619.67/head2,450.00–2,800.002,6204
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0152,438.59/head2,300.00–2,500.002,4393
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 31,0401,250.00/head1,250.00–1,250.001,2501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,0651,950.00/head1,950.00–1,950.001,9501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2002,261.88/head2,050.00–2,500.002,2623
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,2601,650.40/head1,500.00–1,750.001,6503
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,3202,100.00/head2,100.00–2,100.002,1001
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3503,700.00/head3,700.00–3,700.003,7001
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows3 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2860204.94/cwt200.00–210.001,7622
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 2-3955175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,6711
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1985243.16/cwt230.00–250.002,3953
Replacement Cattle · Heifer Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Heifer Pairs—Medium and Large 1-29202,650.00/head2,650.00–2,650.002,6501
Heifer Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0003,500.00/head3,500.00–3,500.003,5001

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.