Name: Dickson Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-12-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Slaughter Cows traded $2.00-$4.00 lower, Slaughter Bulls steady on a lighter test, Feeder Steers unevenly steady, Feeder Heifers $2.00-$5.00 higher, Feeder Bulls steady to $3.00 lower. Quality fair to good. Demand good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $299.87/cwt on 71 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −148.76 against this barn's trailing median of $448.63.

Average price

$299.87

71 head · 531 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,593

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$296

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$46.34/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.33

vs TN average

−26.76 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	530	306.34	1,622	58
Medium and Large 2	545	272.98	1,487	11thin
Small 1	510	260.00	1,326	2thin

One grade step is worth $46.34/cwt here — about $296 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

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 sale71 hd

299.87

—

TN average10 barns · 234 hd

296.54

+3.33

National average173 barns · 17,754 hd

326.63

−26.76

This barn, trailing median29 sales

448.63

−148.76

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	—	Average	1,827	144.73	2,644	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,482	124.46	1,844	33
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,198	114.37	1,370	52
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,018	100.17	1,020	18

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)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,070	$1,900	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,165	$1,850	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,415	$1,600	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,135	$1,300	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,145	$1,300	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
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	485	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,091	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	522	249.58/cwt	235.00–260.00	1,303	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	250–300	283	422.00/cwt	422.00–422.00	1,194	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	795	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,685	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	245	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	784	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	579	225.11/cwt	210.00–235.00	1,303	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	655	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,441	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	470	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,391	14
Steers	Small 1	500–550	510	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,326	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	520	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,170	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	481	242.76/cwt	235.00–250.00	1,168	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	304.48/cwt	297.00–310.00	1,580	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	900–950	911	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	2,255	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	575	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,725	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	355.25/cwt	340.00–366.00	1,481	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	575	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,535	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	509	290.92/cwt	290.00–291.00	1,481	13
Steers	Small 1	300–350	335	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,005	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	614	279.28/cwt	270.00–282.00	1,715	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	676	275.33/cwt	272.00–280.00	1,861	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	369	344.00/cwt	332.00–365.00	1,269	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	240	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	924	1
Steers	Small 1	400–450	435	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	957	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	361.46/cwt	350.00–382.00	1,193	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	279.31/cwt	270.00–290.00	1,581	10
Steers	Small 1	350–400	380	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,216	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	309	320.09/cwt	312.00–332.00	989	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	255	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	944	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	945	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	2,051	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	309.47/cwt	302.00–325.00	1,191	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,848	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	670	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,688	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	564	267.47/cwt	265.00–270.00	1,509	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	722	243.64/cwt	240.00–247.00	1,759	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	491	312.79/cwt	302.00–325.00	1,536	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	885	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,859	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	275	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	880	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	324.95/cwt	312.00–337.00	1,349	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	452	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,537	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	492	291.65/cwt	275.00–300.00	1,435	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	534	276.13/cwt	265.00–285.00	1,475	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	769	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,930	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	522	317.48/cwt	315.00–320.00	1,657	28
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	606	262.44/cwt	260.00–265.00	1,590	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	822	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,997	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	661	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,864	7
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	500	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	835	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	240	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	768	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	845	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,859	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	618	283.66/cwt	282.00–285.00	1,753	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	238.48/cwt	237.00–240.00	1,617	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	430	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,148	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	705	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,410	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	513	270.00/cwt	265.00–275.00	1,385	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	850–900	875	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,400	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Full	550–600	595	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,488	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,234	125.49/cwt	123.00–129.00	1,549	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,173	109.89/cwt	105.00–113.00	1,289	28
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,027	95.21/cwt	90.00–99.00	978	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,223	117.18/cwt	115.00–120.00	1,433	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,443	117.79/cwt	115.00–119.00	1,700	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,546	128.88/cwt	127.00–130.00	1,992	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,410	121.68/cwt	120.00–124.00	1,716	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,012	103.32/cwt	99.00–109.00	1,046	11
Bulls	—	—	1,868	143.98/cwt	142.00–149.00	2,690	6
Bulls	—	—	2,007	153.97/cwt	150.00–159.00	3,090	3
Bulls	—	—	1,563	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	2,141	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,070	1,900.00/head	1,900.00–1,900.00	1,900	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,165	1,850.00/head	1,850.00–1,850.00	1,850	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,415	1,600.00/head	1,600.00–1,600.00	1,600	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,135	1,300.00/head	1,300.00–1,300.00	1,300	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,145	1,300.00/head	1,300.00–1,300.00	1,300	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	281.70/cwt	275.00–290.00	1,470	17
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	493	265.08/cwt	250.00–280.00	1,307	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	821	202.00/cwt	200.00–210.00	1,658	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	225.46/cwt	220.00–232.00	1,601	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	259.22/cwt	257.00–262.00	1,615	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	268.20/cwt	260.00–277.00	1,531	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	329.33/cwt	310.00–342.00	1,377	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	315.96/cwt	300.00–337.00	1,491	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	865	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,644	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	476	284.80/cwt	265.00–295.00	1,356	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	421	288.72/cwt	275.00–300.00	1,216	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	590	253.68/cwt	245.00–260.00	1,497	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	422	272.25/cwt	262.00–287.00	1,149	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	865	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,600	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	641	233.04/cwt	225.00–235.00	1,494	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	400–450	440	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,307	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	306	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,040	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	315	310.00/cwt	300.00–320.00	977	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	291.59/cwt	287.00–295.00	1,079	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	300.77/cwt	290.00–315.00	1,275	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	684	229.56/cwt	227.00–232.00	1,570	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	250	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	800	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	386	313.17/cwt	302.00–321.00	1,209	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	920	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,656	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	722	223.51/cwt	220.00–227.00	1,614	4
Heifers	Small 1	550–600	575	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,294	1
Heifers	Small 1	400–450	415	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,038	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	246.23/cwt	242.00–255.00	1,536	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	219.73/cwt	217.00–222.00	1,681	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	514	278.60/cwt	267.00–287.00	1,432	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	278.52/cwt	270.00–282.00	1,309	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	253.90/cwt	240.00–267.00	1,473	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	605	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,210	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	723	206.15/cwt	200.00–212.00	1,490	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	245.03/cwt	235.00–249.00	1,519	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	800–850	820	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,558	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	415	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,058	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	597	213.68/cwt	207.00–217.00	1,276	3
Heifers	Small 1	350–400	370	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,062	1
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	470	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,081	1

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 Dec 16, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 753Last week 1,079Year ago 432

Slaughter CattleReceipts 130Last week 143Year ago 104

Replacement CattleReceipts 23Last week 81Year ago 63

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	415	255.00	255.00
1	450–500	485	225.00	225.00
1	500–550	520	225.00	225.00
3	550–600	597	207.00–217.00	213.68
1	600–650	605	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	245	320.00	320.00
1	250–300	250	320.00	320.00
2	300–350	315	300.00–320.00	310.00
5	350–400	370	287.00–295.00	291.59
5	400–450	422	262.00–287.00	272.25
7	450–500	481	235.00–250.00	242.76
11	500–550	522	235.00–260.00	249.58
10	550–600	579	210.00–235.00	225.11
14	600–650	641	225.00–235.00	233.04
1	650–700	655	220.00	220.00
2	700–750	723	200.00–212.00	206.15
1	750–800	795	212.00	212.00
1	850–900	865	185.00	185.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
14	450–500	470	296.00	296.00
13	500–550	509	290.00–291.00	290.92
13	550–600	575	267.00	267.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	297.00	297.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	306	340.00	340.00
22	350–400	386	302.00–321.00	313.17
18	400–450	424	290.00–315.00	300.77
16	450–500	470	270.00–282.00	278.52
35	500–550	514	267.00–287.00	278.60
19	550–600	580	240.00–267.00	253.90
6	600–650	624	242.00–255.00	246.23
9	650–700	684	227.00–232.00	229.56
4	700–750	722	220.00–227.00	223.51
4	750–800	765	217.00–222.00	219.73
1	900–950	920	180.00	180.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	287.00	287.00
1	400–450	415	250.00	250.00
1	450–500	470	230.00	230.00
1	550–600	575	225.00	225.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	283	422.00	422.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	300.00	300.00
1	350–400	380	320.00	320.00
1	400–450	435	220.00	220.00
2	500–550	510	260.00	260.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	385.00	385.00
1	250–300	255	370.00	370.00
12	300–350	330	350.00–382.00	361.46
15	350–400	369	332.00–365.00	344.00
28	400–450	417	340.00–366.00	355.25
18	450–500	491	302.00–325.00	312.79
19	500–550	519	297.00–310.00	304.48
10	550–600	566	270.00–290.00	279.31
22	600–650	614	270.00–282.00	279.28
16	650–700	676	272.00–280.00	275.33
6	700–750	722	240.00–247.00	243.64
1	750–800	770	240.00	240.00
1	900–950	945	217.00	217.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	452	340.00	340.00
28	500–550	522	315.00–320.00	317.48
1	550–600	575	300.00	300.00
18	600–650	618	282.00–285.00	283.66
7	650–700	661	282.00	282.00
5	750–800	769	251.00	251.00
7	800–850	822	243.00	243.00
56	900–950	911	247.50	247.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	320.00	320.00
1	250–300	275	320.00	320.00
6	300–350	309	312.00–332.00	320.09
3	350–400	385	302.00–325.00	309.47
2	400–450	415	312.00–337.00	324.95
6	450–500	492	275.00–300.00	291.65
7	500–550	534	265.00–285.00	276.13
4	550–600	564	265.00–270.00	267.47
7	600–650	606	260.00–265.00	262.44
1	650–700	670	252.00	252.00
1	800–850	845	220.00	220.00
1	850–900	885	210.00	210.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	500	167.00	167.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	418	310.00–342.00	329.33
13	450–500	472	300.00–337.00	315.96
17	500–550	522	275.00–290.00	281.70
7	550–600	571	260.00–277.00	268.20
8	600–650	623	257.00–262.00	259.22
2	650–700	678	237.00–240.00	238.48
4	700–750	710	220.00–232.00	225.46
5	800–850	821	200.00–210.00	202.00
1	850–900	865	190.00	190.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	430	267.00	267.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	421	275.00–300.00	288.72
11	450–500	476	265.00–295.00	284.80
3	500–550	513	265.00–275.00	270.00
6	550–600	590	245.00–260.00	253.68
4	600–650	620	235.00–249.00	245.03
1	700–750	705	200.00	200.00
1	800–850	820	190.00	190.00
1	850–900	875	160.00	160.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	595	250.00	250.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	493	250.00–280.00	265.08

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,234	123.00–129.00	125.49
28	—	1,173	105.00–113.00	109.89
17	—	1,223	115.00–120.00	117.18
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,027	90.00–99.00	95.21
11	—	1,012	99.00–109.00	103.32
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,443	115.00–119.00	117.79
16	—	1,546	127.00–130.00	128.88
11	—	1,410	120.00–124.00	121.68
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,868	142.00–149.00	143.98
3	—	2,007	150.00–159.00	153.97
3	—	1,563	137.00	137.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,070	1,900.00	1,900.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,165	1,850.00	1,850.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,415	1,600.00	1,600.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,135	1,300.00	1,300.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,145	1,300.00	1,300.00

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Dickson Livestock Auction

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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

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Dickson Regional Livestock Center - Dickson, TN

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