Name: Dickson Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-03-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to this market last week, feeder steers steady to 1.00 lower, heifers 4.00 to 6.00 higher, feeder bulls steady to 8.00 higher. Slaughter cows/bulls 2.00 to 10.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $248.30/cwt on 111 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −145.34 against this barn's trailing median of $393.64.

Average price

$248.30

111 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,363

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$120

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3

$21.56/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.37

vs TN average

−27.87 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	549	252.38	1,386	90
Medium and Large 2-3	548	230.82	1,266	21

One grade step is worth $21.56/cwt here — about $120 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.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

30 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $418.38, low $350.20, median $393.64 across 30 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 sale111 hd

248.30

—

TN average12 barns · 605 hd

249.67

−1.37

National average176 barns · 16,729 hd

276.17

−27.87

This barn, trailing median30 sales

393.64

−145.34

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	—	Low	1,635	127.55	2,085	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,445	120.27	1,737	25
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,162	114.02	1,325	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,115	108.24	1,207	33
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,167	163.59	1,909	7thin

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	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,210	$1,650	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,013	$1,438	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,010	$1,075	1thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	815	$975	1thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	736	$954	6
Stock Cows	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	780	$1,020	1thin

Every lot, as filed

102 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	457	275.75/cwt	272.00–277.00	1,260	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	470	261.60/cwt	250.00–267.00	1,230	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	695	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,473	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	735	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,477	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	766	213.23/cwt	213.00–213.50	1,633	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	674	231.08/cwt	227.00–243.00	1,557	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	300–350	324	321.37/cwt	320.00–322.00	1,041	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	350–400	382	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,203	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	600–650	619	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,424	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	910	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,274	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	528	275.33/cwt	270.00–285.00	1,454	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	638	259.37/cwt	259.00–260.00	1,655	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	817	227.33/cwt	227.00–228.00	1,857	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	365	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,157	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	521	263.42/cwt	260.00–271.00	1,372	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	426	304.86/cwt	302.00–310.00	1,299	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	734	244.42/cwt	240.00–251.50	1,794	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	568	276.94/cwt	270.00–285.00	1,573	5
Steers	Small 1-2	500–550	535	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	749	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	459	300.20/cwt	295.00–302.00	1,378	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	265	361.75/cwt	347.00–375.00	959	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	792	232.75/cwt	220.00–236.50	1,843	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	318	341.47/cwt	330.00–360.00	1,086	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	943	184.67/cwt	180.00–194.00	1,741	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	628	225.10/cwt	220.00–240.00	1,414	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	372	329.54/cwt	327.00–332.00	1,226	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	429	320.32/cwt	316.00–327.00	1,374	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	670	248.16/cwt	240.00–255.00	1,663	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	578	252.45/cwt	250.00–255.00	1,459	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	439	297.49/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,306	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	715	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,444	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	337	321.58/cwt	320.00–325.00	1,084	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	475	281.72/cwt	280.00–285.00	1,338	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	505	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,515	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	569	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,707	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	620	275.08/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,705	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	850–900	871	229.56/cwt	223.00–234.50	1,999	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	867	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	2,020	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	770	246.71/cwt	240.00–253.00	1,900	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	725	256.21/cwt	255.00–261.00	1,858	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	498	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,544	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	350–400	390	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	1,334	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	525	294.98/cwt	290.00–305.00	1,549	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	669	267.12/cwt	264.00–274.00	1,787	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	900–950	916	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,015	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	720	199.79/cwt	190.00–210.00	1,438	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	684	221.90/cwt	220.00–230.00	1,518	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	437	308.55/cwt	302.00–317.00	1,348	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	418	279.58/cwt	270.00–290.00	1,169	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	572	266.01/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,522	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	424	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,365	14
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,167	163.59/cwt	160.00–177.00	1,909	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,444	119.58/cwt	114.00–124.00	1,727	22
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,449	125.31/cwt	125.00–126.00	1,816	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,323	121.62/cwt	120.00–123.00	1,609	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,137	112.85/cwt	109.00–115.00	1,283	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,500	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,770	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,103	107.94/cwt	103.00–115.00	1,191	32
Bulls	—	—	1,905	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	2,305	2
Bulls	—	—	2,110	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	3,060	1
Bulls	—	—	1,747	130.73/cwt	126.00–135.00	2,284	10
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,101	118.51/cwt	117.00–119.00	1,305	4
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	780	1,020.00/head	1,020.00–1,020.00	1,020	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	815	975.00/head	975.00–975.00	975	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	720	800.00/head	800.00–800.00	800	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	739	984.30/head	800.00–1,100.00	984	5
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	975	1,025.00/head	1,025.00–1,025.00	1,025	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,210	1,650.00/head	1,650.00–1,650.00	1,650	1
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	1,010	1,075.00/head	1,075.00–1,075.00	1,075	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	1,850.00/head	1,850.00–1,850.00	1,850	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	550–600	550	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,100	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	900	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,350	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	500–550	530	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,060	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	474	289.76/cwt	280.00–302.00	1,373	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	626	246.44/cwt	230.00–255.00	1,543	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	596	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,496	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	379	308.20/cwt	300.00–312.00	1,168	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	388	320.02/cwt	312.00–332.00	1,242	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	511	284.98/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,456	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	616	225.97/cwt	220.00–230.00	1,392	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	380	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,205	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	528	263.64/cwt	250.00–270.00	1,392	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	569	240.25/cwt	235.00–250.00	1,367	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	563	264.62/cwt	255.00–270.00	1,490	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	518	240.29/cwt	230.00–262.00	1,245	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	434	262.25/cwt	240.00–272.00	1,138	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	576	222.21/cwt	215.00–230.00	1,280	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	478	263.19/cwt	242.00–272.00	1,258	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	827	203.91/cwt	197.00–205.00	1,686	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	418	284.91/cwt	275.00–292.00	1,191	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	624	233.75/cwt	226.00–238.00	1,459	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	674	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,490	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	786	201.37/cwt	190.00–210.00	1,583	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	675	223.38/cwt	220.00–229.00	1,508	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	311	300.28/cwt	294.00–302.00	934	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	730	213.77/cwt	210.00–215.00	1,561	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	275	292.60/cwt	285.00–302.00	805	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	270	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	802	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	335	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,012	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	528	257.90/cwt	250.00–266.00	1,362	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	379	297.55/cwt	292.00–307.00	1,128	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	616	251.04/cwt	247.00–253.00	1,546	6

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 Mar 11, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,169Last week 1,095Year ago 1,168

Slaughter CattleReceipts 151Last week 173Year ago 90

Replacement CattleReceipts 34Last week 40Year ago 58

Compared to this market last week, feeder steers steady to 1.00 lower, heifers 4.00 to 6.00 higher, feeder bulls steady to 8.00 higher. Slaughter cows/bulls 2.00 to 10.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	324	320.00–322.00	321.37
9	350–400	382	315.00	315.00
17	400–450	426	302.00–310.00	304.86
4	450–500	457	272.00–277.00	275.75
8	500–550	521	260.00–271.00	263.42
14	550–600	563	255.00–270.00	264.62
6	600–650	616	247.00–253.00	251.04
19	650–700	674	227.00–243.00	231.08
28	750–800	766	213.00–213.50	213.23
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	275	285.00–302.00	292.60
5	300–350	311	294.00–302.00	300.28
9	350–400	379	292.00–307.00	297.55
23	400–450	418	275.00–292.00	284.91
13	450–500	470	250.00–267.00	261.60
32	500–550	528	250.00–266.00	257.90
36	550–600	569	235.00–250.00	240.25
13	600–650	624	226.00–238.00	233.75
41	650–700	675	220.00–229.00	223.38
4	700–750	730	210.00–215.00	213.77
43	750–800	786	190.00–210.00	201.37
28	800–850	827	197.00–205.00	203.91
3	900–950	910	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	297.00	297.00
1	300–350	335	302.00	302.00
3	350–400	379	300.00–312.00	308.20
16	400–450	434	240.00–272.00	262.25
8	450–500	478	242.00–272.00	263.19
10	500–550	518	230.00–262.00	240.29
11	550–600	576	215.00–230.00	222.21
2	650–700	695	212.00	212.00
1	700–750	735	201.00	201.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	619	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
78	650–700	674	221.00	221.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	265	347.00–375.00	361.75
12	300–350	318	330.00–360.00	341.47
4	350–400	372	327.00–332.00	329.54
8	400–450	429	316.00–327.00	320.32
5	450–500	459	295.00–302.00	300.20
16	500–550	528	270.00–285.00	275.33
5	550–600	568	270.00–285.00	276.94
13	600–650	638	259.00–260.00	259.37
16	650–700	670	240.00–255.00	248.16
17	700–750	734	240.00–251.50	244.42
18	750–800	792	220.00–236.50	232.75
3	800–850	817	227.00–228.00	227.33
3	900–950	943	180.00–194.00	184.67
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	337	320.00–325.00	321.58
2	350–400	365	317.00	317.00
4	400–450	439	290.00–300.00	297.49
3	450–500	475	280.00–285.00	281.72
2	500–550	505	300.00	300.00
2	550–600	578	250.00–255.00	252.45
8	600–650	628	220.00–240.00	225.10
2	700–750	715	202.00	202.00
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	535	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	390	342.00	342.00
6	450–500	498	310.00	310.00
8	500–550	525	290.00–305.00	294.98
9	550–600	569	300.00	300.00
6	600–650	620	270.00–280.00	275.08
7	650–700	669	264.00–274.00	267.12
30	700–750	725	255.00–261.00	256.21
14	750–800	770	240.00–253.00	246.71
31	850–900	871	223.00–234.50	229.56
16	900–950	916	220.00	220.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
53	850–900	867	233.00	233.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	388	312.00–332.00	320.02
13	400–450	437	302.00–317.00	308.55
17	450–500	474	280.00–302.00	289.76
11	500–550	511	280.00–290.00	284.98
10	550–600	572	260.00–270.00	266.01
10	600–650	626	230.00–255.00	246.44
13	650–700	684	220.00–230.00	221.90
2	700–750	720	190.00–210.00	199.79
1	900–950	900	150.00	150.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	317.00	317.00
2	400–450	418	270.00–290.00	279.58
6	500–550	528	250.00–270.00	263.64
9	550–600	596	251.00	251.00
5	600–650	616	220.00–230.00	225.97
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	400–450	424	322.00	322.00
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	530	200.00	200.00
1	550–600	550	200.00	200.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,167	160.00–177.00	163.59
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,444	114.00–124.00	119.58
3	—	1,449	125.00–126.00	125.31
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,323	120.00–123.00	121.62
13	—	1,137	109.00–115.00	112.85
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,500	118.00	118.00
32	—	1,103	103.00–115.00	107.94
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,905	121.00	121.00
1	—	2,110	145.00	145.00
10	—	1,747	126.00–135.00	130.73
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,101	117.00–119.00	118.51

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	780	1,020.00	1,020.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	815	975.00	975.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	739	800.00–1,100.00	984.30
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	720	800.00	800.00
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	975	1,025.00	1,025.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,010	1,075.00	1,075.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,210	1,650.00	1,650.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,050	1,850.00	1,850.00

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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Dickson Livestock Auction

Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

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Dickson Regional Livestock Center - Dickson, TN

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