Name: Dickson Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-09-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Slaughter Cows & Slaughter Bulls traded steady, Feeder Steers $1.00-$4.00 higher, Feeder Heifers steady to $2.00 higher, Feeder Bulls $7.00-$10.00 Higher. Quality fair to good. Demand good.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $232.18/cwt on 120 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −161.46 against this barn's trailing median of $393.64.

Average price

$232.18

120 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,295

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$23

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

$10.41/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.30

vs TN average

−4.83 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	236.25	1,304	73
Medium and Large 2	567	225.85	1,281	47

One grade step is worth $10.41/cwt here — about $23 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 sale120 hd

232.18

—

TN average13 barns · 994 hd

226.88

+5.30

National average181 barns · 11,482 hd

237.01

−4.83

This barn, trailing median30 sales

393.64

−161.46

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	2,004	155.18	3,109	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,417	134.94	1,912	26
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,254	130.27	1,633	45
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	842	115.49	972	34

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)	1,245	$1,875	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,216	$1,875	8
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,205	$1,875	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,251	$1,832	11
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,007	$1,686	5
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,089	$1,557	5
Bred Cows	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,052	$1,400	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,465	$2,175	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,325	$1,925	1thin

Every lot, as filed

112 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
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,245	1,875.00/head	1,875.00–1,875.00	1,875	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,089	1,557.25/head	1,500.00–1,625.00	1,557	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	932	1,442.54/head	1,060.00–1,600.00	1,443	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,052	1,400.00/head	1,400.00–1,400.00	1,400	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,214	1,750.85/head	1,500.00–1,900.00	1,751	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,325	1,925.00/head	1,925.00–1,925.00	1,925	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,120	2,050.00/head	2,050.00–2,050.00	2,050	2
Bulls	—	—	1,975	150.48/cwt	150.00–151.00	2,972	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	500	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,035	1
Heifers	Small 1	350–400	375	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	863	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	268.80/cwt	262.00–280.00	1,016	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	581	227.96/cwt	210.00–234.00	1,324	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	707	215.42/cwt	215.00–220.00	1,523	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	904	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	588	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,294	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	482	245.74/cwt	240.00–257.00	1,184	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	757	220.37/cwt	215.00–222.50	1,668	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	850–900	850	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,573	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	255.11/cwt	247.00–267.00	1,082	30
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	428	242.47/cwt	227.00–250.00	1,038	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	214.72/cwt	200.00–222.00	1,342	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	460	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	925	1
Heifers	Small 1	600–650	623	194.98/cwt	190.00–200.00	1,215	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	656	230.50/cwt	229.00–242.00	1,512	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	236.88/cwt	234.00–245.00	1,357	37
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	272.77/cwt	260.00–285.00	1,173	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	258.64/cwt	255.00–265.00	1,345	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	435	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	944	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	479	245.67/cwt	230.00–260.00	1,177	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	723	194.27/cwt	180.00–210.00	1,405	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	519	229.30/cwt	220.00–250.00	1,190	35
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	343	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	967	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,560	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	275.51/cwt	267.00–280.00	1,278	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	781	195.05/cwt	190.00–200.00	1,523	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	398	294.25/cwt	287.00–300.00	1,171	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	372	265.75/cwt	250.00–270.00	989	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	800–850	828	177.34/cwt	170.00–185.00	1,468	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	608	227.78/cwt	225.00–230.00	1,385	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,388	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	740	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,480	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	822	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,521	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	573	225.22/cwt	200.00–235.00	1,291	27
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,465	2,175.00/head	2,175.00–2,175.00	2,175	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,216	1,875.00/head	1,875.00–1,875.00	1,875	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,350	2,050.00/head	2,050.00–2,050.00	2,050	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,205	1,875.00/head	1,875.00–1,875.00	1,875	1
Bulls	—	—	2,018	157.53/cwt	154.00–163.00	3,179	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,194	127.02/cwt	122.00–129.00	1,517	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	852	106.31/cwt	105.00–108.00	906	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,495	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	2,063	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,570	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	2,072	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	803	115.24/cwt	115.00–119.00	925	28
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,315	124.92/cwt	120.00–127.00	1,643	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,253	138.50/cwt	138.00–139.00	1,735	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,395	134.50/cwt	133.00–137.00	1,876	21
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,235	131.39/cwt	128.00–136.00	1,623	33
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	590	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,239	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	850–900	885	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,505	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	676	208.06/cwt	180.00–215.00	1,406	18
Bulls	Small 1	500–550	520	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	988	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	557	272.29/cwt	270.00–275.00	1,517	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	473	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,372	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	617	232.56/cwt	220.00–240.00	1,435	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	355	223.50/cwt	217.00–230.00	793	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	583	238.75/cwt	225.00–255.00	1,392	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	763	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,808	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	335	274.00/cwt	250.00–290.00	918	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	575	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,208	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	281.01/cwt	280.00–285.00	1,054	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	285	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	713	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	252.14/cwt	248.00–255.00	1,672	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	850	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,955	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	253.17/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,197	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	510	234.90/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,198	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	428	267.69/cwt	250.00–275.00	1,146	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,656	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	287.21/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,226	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	664	226.02/cwt	220.00–230.00	1,501	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	800	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,776	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	881	223.50/cwt	223.50–223.50	1,969	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	309.30/cwt	300.00–320.00	999	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	634	247.50/cwt	240.00–255.00	1,569	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	258.85/cwt	250.00–267.00	1,463	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	671	213.99/cwt	200.00–222.00	1,436	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	782	178.36/cwt	175.00–180.00	1,395	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	273	261.13/cwt	250.00–280.00	713	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	610	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,415	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	222.66/cwt	220.00–229.00	1,401	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	522	218.93/cwt	200.00–225.00	1,143	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	483	228.41/cwt	210.00–240.00	1,103	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	422	236.11/cwt	230.00–245.00	996	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	328	240.26/cwt	232.00–250.00	788	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	526	278.52/cwt	275.00–280.00	1,465	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	622	214.59/cwt	200.00–220.00	1,335	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	235.61/cwt	230.00–242.00	1,249	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	718	225.62/cwt	224.00–226.00	1,620	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	720	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,490	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	469	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,248	8
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	315	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	788	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	803	180.53/cwt	170.00–191.00	1,450	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	379	247.80/cwt	242.00–255.00	939	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	271.26/cwt	270.00–275.00	1,302	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	730	243.99/cwt	241.00–245.00	1,781	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	623	269.02/cwt	262.00–272.00	1,676	17
Steers	Small 1	350–400	365	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	803	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	834	230.45/cwt	230.00–231.50	1,922	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	428	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,160	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	285	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	884	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	388	296.03/cwt	292.00–300.00	1,149	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	257.18/cwt	250.00–275.00	1,358	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	776	221.05/cwt	211.00–227.00	1,715	4

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 Sep 16, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 987Last week 2,082Year ago 1,414

Slaughter CattleReceipts 119Last week 189Year ago 200

Replacement CattleReceipts 72Last week 35Year ago 28

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,245	1,875.00	1,875.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,089	1,500.00–1,625.00	1,557.25
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	932	1,060.00–1,600.00	1,442.54
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	3	—	1,052	1,400.00	1,400.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	8	—	1,214	1,500.00–1,900.00	1,750.85
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,120	2,050.00	2,050.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	—	1,216	1,875.00	1,875.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,350	2,050.00	2,050.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,205	1,875.00	1,875.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,325	1,925.00	1,925.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,465	2,175.00	2,175.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,975	150.00–151.00	150.48
4	—	2,018	154.00–163.00	157.53
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,194	122.00–129.00	127.02
3	—	852	105.00–108.00	106.31
28	—	803	115.00–119.00	115.24
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,495	138.00	138.00
1	—	1,570	132.00	132.00
21	—	1,395	133.00–137.00	134.50
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,315	120.00–127.00	124.92
2	—	1,253	138.00–139.00	138.50
33	—	1,235	128.00–136.00	131.39

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	435	217.00	217.00
1	500–550	500	207.00	207.00
1	550–600	590	210.00	210.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	588	220.00	220.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	343	282.00	282.00
5	350–400	372	250.00–270.00	265.75
16	400–450	428	227.00–250.00	242.47
9	450–500	479	230.00–260.00	245.67
35	500–550	519	220.00–250.00	229.30
27	550–600	573	200.00–235.00	225.22
24	600–650	625	200.00–222.00	214.72
18	650–700	676	180.00–215.00	208.06
13	700–750	723	180.00–210.00	194.27
10	750–800	781	190.00–200.00	195.05
2	800–850	828	170.00–185.00	177.34
1	850–900	885	170.00	170.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	398	287.00–300.00	294.25
14	400–450	430	260.00–285.00	272.77
11	450–500	464	267.00–280.00	275.51
4	500–550	520	255.00–265.00	258.64
1	550–600	555	250.00	250.00
9	600–650	608	225.00–230.00	227.78
1	650–700	650	240.00	240.00
1	700–750	740	200.00	200.00
3	800–850	822	185.00	185.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	520	190.00	190.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	230.00	230.00
2	600–650	623	190.00–200.00	194.98
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	262.00	262.00
10	350–400	378	262.00–280.00	268.80
30	400–450	424	247.00–267.00	255.11
15	450–500	482	240.00–257.00	245.74
36	500–550	530	230.00–242.00	235.61
37	550–600	573	234.00–245.00	236.88
26	600–650	629	220.00–229.00	222.66
10	650–700	656	229.00–242.00	230.50
12	700–750	707	215.00–220.00	215.42
7	750–800	757	215.00–222.50	220.37
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	273	250.00–280.00	261.13
4	300–350	328	232.00–250.00	240.26
4	350–400	379	242.00–255.00	247.80
16	400–450	422	230.00–245.00	236.11
12	450–500	483	210.00–240.00	228.41
11	500–550	522	200.00–225.00	218.93
36	550–600	581	210.00–234.00	227.96
16	600–650	622	200.00–220.00	214.59
21	650–700	671	200.00–222.00	213.99
1	700–750	720	207.00	207.00
3	750–800	782	175.00–180.00	178.36
2	800–850	803	170.00–191.00	180.53
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	850–900	850	185.00	185.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	460	201.00	201.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	428	271.00	271.00
8	450–500	469	266.00	266.00
2	600–650	610	232.00	232.00
41	700–750	718	224.00–226.00	225.62
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	473	290.00	290.00
7	500–550	526	275.00–280.00	278.52
14	550–600	557	270.00–275.00	272.29
17	600–650	623	262.00–272.00	269.02
16	700–750	730	241.00–245.00	243.99
2	750–800	763	237.00	237.00
53	800–850	834	230.00–231.50	230.45
3	850–900	850	230.00	230.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	250.00	250.00
5	300–350	335	250.00–290.00	274.00
5	350–400	375	280.00–285.00	281.01
4	400–450	428	250.00–275.00	267.69
3	450–500	473	250.00–260.00	253.17
2	500–550	510	230.00–240.00	234.90
7	550–600	583	225.00–255.00	238.75
4	600–650	617	220.00–240.00	232.56
5	650–700	664	220.00–230.00	226.02
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	250.00	250.00
2	350–400	355	217.00–230.00	223.50
2	550–600	575	210.00	210.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	310.00	310.00
2	300–350	323	300.00–320.00	309.30
2	350–400	388	292.00–300.00	296.03
11	400–450	427	280.00–300.00	287.21
12	450–500	480	270.00–275.00	271.26
27	500–550	528	250.00–275.00	257.18
14	550–600	565	250.00–267.00	258.85
46	600–650	634	240.00–255.00	247.50
11	650–700	663	248.00–255.00	252.14
1	700–750	720	230.00	230.00
4	750–800	776	211.00–227.00	221.05
2	800–850	800	222.00	222.00
4	850–900	881	223.50	223.50
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	220.00	220.00

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Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

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