Name: Dickson Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-08-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to this same sale last week, feeder steers steady to 8.00 higher, heifers under 400lbs 6.00 to 15.00 higher and over 400lbs staying within the market, feeder bulls under 400lbs 6.00 to 7.00 higher and over 400lbs lower 2.00 to 10.00. Slaughter cows/bulls steady to 3.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $277.12/cwt on 112 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −170.83 against this barn's trailing median of $447.95.

Average price

$277.12

112 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,518

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$96

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

$19.67/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+15.36

vs TN average

+8.57 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	547	281.16	1,537	89
Medium and Large 2	551	261.48	1,442	23

One grade step is worth $19.67/cwt here — about $96 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 900–1000 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

30 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $487.74, low $375.33, median $447.95 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 sale112 hd

277.12

—

TN average15 barns · 675 hd

261.75

+15.36

National average155 barns · 6,455 hd

268.55

+8.57

This barn, trailing median30 sales

447.95

−170.83

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	1,593	155.60	2,479	19
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,384	145.44	2,012	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,203	140.54	1,691	37
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,130	131.32	1,484	23

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	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,105	$1,825	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,095	$1,423	2thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,100	$1,320	1thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	845	$1,300	1thin

Every lot, as filed

106 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	823	223.95/cwt	222.00–227.00	1,843	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	248.86/cwt	240.00–252.00	1,431	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	741	225.67/cwt	220.00–226.00	1,672	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	339	304.59/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,033	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	299.17/cwt	287.00–302.00	1,280	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	280.23/cwt	280.00–282.00	1,466	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	267.46/cwt	264.00–270.00	1,538	26
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	260.81/cwt	260.00–262.00	1,239	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	775	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,744	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	707	242.41/cwt	230.00–245.00	1,714	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	242.62/cwt	235.00–245.00	1,623	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	672	224.58/cwt	220.00–225.00	1,509	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	817	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,740	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	280.03/cwt	275.00–288.00	1,358	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	280	347.13/cwt	327.00–352.00	972	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	633	237.72/cwt	230.00–245.00	1,505	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	303.99/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,155	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	269.32/cwt	265.00–277.00	983	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	455	276.45/cwt	276.00–277.00	1,258	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	638	254.13/cwt	250.00–255.00	1,621	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	876	220.78/cwt	219.00–225.00	1,934	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	499	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,302	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	510	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,326	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	810	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,539	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	664	209.37/cwt	205.00–210.00	1,390	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	600–650	630	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,386	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	767	233.04/cwt	225.00–235.00	1,787	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	414	269.22/cwt	250.00–275.00	1,115	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	975	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,823	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	620	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,624	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	585	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,580	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	327	294.79/cwt	290.00–300.00	964	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	670	235.24/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,576	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	700–750	746	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,738	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	827	234.37/cwt	232.00–236.75	1,938	122
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	540	294.61/cwt	290.00–295.00	1,591	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	423	309.66/cwt	309.00–310.00	1,310	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	446	308.87/cwt	307.00–309.00	1,378	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	283.33/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,077	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	870	229.50/cwt	229.50–229.50	1,997	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	900–950	941	225.50/cwt	225.50–225.50	2,122	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	950–1000	970	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	2,173	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	562	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,546	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	850–900	867	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	2,029	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	530	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,458	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	471	305.29/cwt	297.00–310.00	1,438	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	682	262.90/cwt	252.00–270.00	1,793	32
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	242.54/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,375	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	227.33/cwt	220.00–235.00	1,419	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	249.02/cwt	240.00–262.00	1,170	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	672	216.20/cwt	210.00–220.00	1,453	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	597	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,343	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	255.35/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,124	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,490	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	2,354	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,196	140.08/cwt	135.00–148.00	1,675	31
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,040	138.46/cwt	137.00–140.00	1,440	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,213	127.84/cwt	125.00–131.00	1,551	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,560	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	2,075	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,367	145.43/cwt	138.00–153.00	1,988	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,267	157.94/cwt	153.00–163.00	2,001	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,139	130.64/cwt	124.00–135.00	1,488	21
Bulls	—	—	1,705	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	2,830	1
Bulls	—	—	1,698	144.58/cwt	142.00–147.00	2,455	2
Bulls	—	—	1,759	159.68/cwt	153.00–166.00	2,809	11
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,165	148.96/cwt	144.00–157.00	1,735	5
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	845	1,300.00/head	1,300.00–1,300.00	1,300	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,095	1,423.40/head	1,375.00–1,475.00	1,423	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	1,320.00/head	1,320.00–1,320.00	1,320	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,105	1,825.00/head	1,825.00–1,825.00	1,825	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	383	293.40/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,124	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	990	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,515	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	709	199.17/cwt	195.00–200.00	1,412	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	677	214.89/cwt	210.00–220.00	1,455	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	783	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,582	3
Bulls	Small 1	600–650	620	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,240	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	800–850	830	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,577	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	412	291.14/cwt	280.00–298.00	1,199	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	255.73/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,322	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	383	258.57/cwt	250.00–270.00	990	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	263.01/cwt	250.00–270.00	1,381	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	624	217.07/cwt	210.00–230.00	1,355	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	432	256.46/cwt	247.00–262.00	1,108	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	748	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,571	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	313	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	908	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	521	235.01/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,224	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	245.64/cwt	240.00–252.00	1,155	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	322	282.15/cwt	280.00–287.00	909	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	244.54/cwt	240.00–255.00	1,291	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	267.26/cwt	260.00–272.00	1,283	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	214.18/cwt	210.00–215.00	1,467	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	780	205.39/cwt	200.00–211.00	1,602	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	285	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	784	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	208.65/cwt	207.00–211.00	1,613	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	439	267.08/cwt	265.00–270.00	1,172	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	243.22/cwt	230.00–245.00	1,369	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	656	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,312	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	910	169.95/cwt	160.00–175.00	1,547	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	219.02/cwt	210.00–220.00	1,281	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	234.37/cwt	220.00–245.00	1,226	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	712	222.08/cwt	222.00–222.50	1,581	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	407	278.54/cwt	276.00–279.00	1,134	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	614	232.30/cwt	225.00–235.00	1,426	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	285	318.53/cwt	317.00–320.00	908	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	379	284.10/cwt	280.00–292.00	1,077	39
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	496	271.14/cwt	270.00–277.00	1,345	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	718	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,544	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 Aug 26, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,957Last week 1,156Year ago 1,038

Slaughter CattleReceipts 153Last week 151Year ago 59

Replacement CattleReceipts 8Last week 44Year ago 30

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	250–300	280	327.00–352.00	347.13
15	300–350	339	300.00–320.00	304.59
18	350–400	380	300.00–310.00	303.99
12	400–450	428	287.00–302.00	299.17
31	450–500	485	275.00–288.00	280.03
26	500–550	523	280.00–282.00	280.23
26	550–600	575	264.00–270.00	267.46
17	600–650	638	250.00–255.00	254.13
45	650–700	669	235.00–245.00	242.62
34	700–750	707	230.00–245.00	242.41
5	750–800	767	225.00–235.00	233.04
4	800–850	823	222.00–227.00	223.95
5	850–900	876	219.00–225.00	220.78
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	327	290.00–300.00	294.79
3	350–400	380	280.00–290.00	283.33
6	400–450	414	250.00–275.00	269.22
5	450–500	475	260.00–262.00	260.81
9	500–550	525	250.00–270.00	263.01
7	550–600	575	240.00–252.00	248.86
11	600–650	633	230.00–245.00	237.72
7	650–700	670	230.00–240.00	235.24
35	700–750	741	220.00–226.00	225.67
1	750–800	775	225.00	225.00
1	950–1000	975	187.00	187.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	630	220.00	220.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
15	400–450	423	309.00–310.00	309.66
39	450–500	471	297.00–310.00	305.29
31	500–550	540	290.00–295.00	294.61
6	550–600	562	275.00	275.00
2	600–650	620	262.00	262.00
32	650–700	682	252.00–270.00	262.90
122	800–850	827	232.00–236.75	234.37
60	850–900	870	229.50	229.50
55	900–950	941	225.50	225.50
54	950–1000	970	224.00	224.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	530	275.00	275.00
4	550–600	585	270.00	270.00
23	700–750	746	233.00	233.00
3	850–900	867	234.00	234.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	400–450	446	307.00–309.00	308.87
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
13	400–450	407	276.00–279.00	278.54
33	450–500	455	276.00–277.00	276.45
35	500–550	510	260.00	260.00
73	650–700	672	220.00–225.00	224.58
71	700–750	712	222.00–222.50	222.08
10	800–850	817	213.00	213.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	275.00	275.00
5	300–350	322	280.00–287.00	282.15
13	350–400	365	265.00–277.00	269.32
21	400–450	432	247.00–262.00	256.46
16	450–500	470	240.00–252.00	245.64
15	500–550	521	230.00–240.00	235.01
10	550–600	585	210.00–220.00	219.02
16	600–650	624	210.00–230.00	217.07
8	650–700	664	205.00–210.00	209.37
2	750–800	780	200.00–211.00	205.39
3	900–950	910	160.00–175.00	169.95
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	499	261.00	261.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	285	317.00–320.00	318.53
6	300–350	313	290.00	290.00
39	350–400	379	280.00–292.00	284.10
13	400–450	439	265.00–270.00	267.08
73	450–500	480	260.00–272.00	267.26
15	500–550	528	240.00–255.00	244.54
35	550–600	563	230.00–245.00	243.22
47	600–650	614	225.00–235.00	232.30
18	650–700	685	210.00–215.00	214.18
4	700–750	748	210.00	210.00
3	750–800	773	207.00–211.00	208.65
1	800–850	810	190.00	190.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	650–700	656	200.00	200.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	383	290.00–300.00	293.40
17	400–450	412	280.00–298.00	291.14
6	450–500	496	270.00–277.00	271.14
16	500–550	517	250.00–260.00	255.73
10	550–600	567	240.00–250.00	242.54
6	600–650	624	220.00–235.00	227.33
8	650–700	677	210.00–220.00	214.89
6	700–750	709	195.00–200.00	199.17
3	750–800	783	202.00	202.00
1	950–1000	990	153.00	153.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	383	250.00–270.00	258.57
5	400–450	440	250.00–260.00	255.35
19	450–500	470	240.00–262.00	249.02
8	500–550	523	220.00–245.00	234.37
5	550–600	597	225.00	225.00
8	650–700	672	210.00–220.00	216.20
2	700–750	718	215.00	215.00
1	800–850	830	190.00	190.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	620	200.00	200.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,490	158.00	158.00
1	—	1,560	133.00	133.00
17	—	1,367	138.00–153.00	145.43
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,196	135.00–148.00	140.08
3	—	1,213	125.00–131.00	127.84
3	—	1,267	153.00–163.00	157.94
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,040	137.00–140.00	138.46
21	—	1,139	124.00–135.00	130.64
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,705	166.00	166.00
2	—	1,698	142.00–147.00	144.58
11	—	1,759	153.00–166.00	159.68
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,165	144.00–157.00	148.96

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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	845	1,300.00	1,300.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,095	1,375.00–1,475.00	1,423.40
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,100	1,320.00	1,320.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,105	1,825.00	1,825.00

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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How this sale compares

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