Sale reports / Tennessee / Dickson Livestock Auction / 2025-02-03

Dickson Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dickson, Tennessee · Mon, Feb 3
● Final141 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2064
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,475 head
531 vs last sale 2,006 994 vs year ago 2,469 · 40.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
128 head
49 vs last sale 177 42 vs year ago 170 · 24.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
38 head
95 vs last sale 133 11 vs year ago 49 · 22.4%
Also sold hereYearling Special (Annual)Fri Nov 21, 2025
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Slaughter Cows and Slaughter Bulls traded mostly steady, Feeder Steers $4.00-$10.00 lower, Feeder Heifers $3.00-$6.00 lower, Feeder Bulls $6.00-$10.00 lower. Quality fair to good, Demand moderate.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $271.53/cwt on 188 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits 118.92 against this barn's trailing median of $390.44.
Average price
$271.53
188 head · 550 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,494
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$108
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$25.03/cwt at this weight
vs the market
8.67
vs TN average
27.33 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1549273.521,503173
Medium and Large 2561248.491,39515thin
One grade step is worth $25.03/cwt here — about $108 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.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

31 sales
432398364330median 390.4412/1502/2304/2006/2208/17
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $418.38, low $343.52, median $390.44 across 31 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 sale188 hd
271.53
TN average13 barns · 1,162 hd
280.20
−8.67
National average192 barns · 21,303 hd
298.86
−27.33
This barn, trailing median31 sales
390.44
−118.92
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsLow1,800161.012,89719
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,367141.441,93327
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,172135.581,58955
CowsLean 85-90%High962114.031,0979thin

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 Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,390$2,4172thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,230$2,3034thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)911$1,5615
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)955$1,3063thin
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)(<2 yrs)1,000$2,5251thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)850$2,0251thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)853$1,8194thin
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,375$3,1082thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,100$2,8001thin
Stock CowsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)710$1,1002thin

Every lot, as filed

141 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 2650–700672233.76/cwt225.00–240.001,57114
HeifersMedium and Large 2900–950935155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,4491
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600574266.38/cwt255.00–275.001,52960
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added300–350319370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,1807
SteersMedium and Large 2250–300280380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,0641
SteersMedium and Large 3600–650625232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,4501
SteersMedium and Large 2600–650628265.31/cwt260.00–280.001,66614
SteersMedium and Large 2750–800770240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,8483
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500480296.44/cwt275.00–310.001,4237
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400379376.92/cwt370.00–395.001,4297
SteersMedium and Large 2850–900877230.30/cwt227.00–232.002,0203
SteersMedium and Large 2Full500–550500220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,1001
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650633291.62/cwt282.00–302.001,84619
SteersMedium and Large 2400–450440304.00/cwt300.00–310.001,3385
SteersMedium and Large 2800–850818246.19/cwt245.00–247.002,0145
SteersMedium and Large 2900–950915220.00/cwt220.00–220.002,0131
SteersSmall 1250–300290250.00/cwt250.00–250.007251
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added500–550519290.36/cwt290.00–292.001,50728
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added650–700653260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,6986
SteersMedium and Large 3300–350315320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,0081
SteersMedium and Large 2700–750728247.60/cwt240.00–250.001,8034
SteersMedium and Large 3450–500490270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,3231
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added400–450425320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,3603
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700674248.04/cwt242.00–255.001,67217
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650627260.22/cwt250.00–270.001,63249
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600570306.78/cwt290.00–317.001,74933
SteersSmall 1350–400395225.00/cwt225.00–225.008891
SteersMedium and Large 3400–450400247.00/cwt247.00–247.009881
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added750–800776230.62/cwt230.00–237.001,79011
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450425302.64/cwt285.00–318.001,28674
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500473291.61/cwt277.00–302.001,37944
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added600–650616267.81/cwt265.00–270.001,65018
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added550–600588278.75/cwt275.00–283.001,63921
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added700–750718239.03/cwt237.00–240.001,71616
HeifersMedium and Large 1250–300270359.85/cwt350.00–385.0097211
SteersMedium and Large 1250–300289419.60/cwt400.00–435.001,2136
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850830251.74/cwt251.00–253.002,0894
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450425338.43/cwt320.00–350.001,43825
SteersMedium and Large 2300–350328378.39/cwt370.00–390.001,24110
SteersMedium and Large 2200–250239384.97/cwt375.00–390.009203
SteersMedium and Large 2550–600563271.68/cwt270.00–275.001,5306
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed400–450418385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,6098
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added550–600557320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,7823
SteersMedium and Large 1900–950925239.99/cwt238.00–241.002,2203
SteersMedium and Large 2500–550537279.63/cwt250.00–285.001,50214
SteersMedium and Large 1950–1000963238.00/cwt238.00–238.002,2922
SteersMedium and Large 1850–900875249.89/cwt245.00–255.002,1876
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added900–950912241.00/cwt241.00–241.002,1983
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added350–400365402.00/cwt402.00–402.001,4671
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350328403.38/cwt395.00–420.001,32323
SteersMedium and Large 2350–400378353.32/cwt337.00–365.001,3368
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800768257.87/cwt254.00–260.001,98016
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550515327.37/cwt310.00–342.001,68629
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added800–850815257.00/cwt257.00–257.002,0951
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added750–800773265.00/cwt265.00–265.002,04818
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added650–700674293.85/cwt292.00–295.001,98120
SteersMedium and Large 1200–250229457.48/cwt450.00–460.001,0484
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750735258.79/cwt256.00–267.001,90213
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added500–550533348.73/cwt346.00–362.001,85922
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added700–750707275.03/cwt274.00–278.001,9448
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added600–650647306.23/cwt306.00–307.001,98138
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added850–900861256.00/cwt256.00–256.002,20410
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700678282.40/cwt270.00–297.001,91559
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500475331.01/cwt320.00–355.001,57231
BullsMedium and Large 2950–1000985165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,6251
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450420316.71/cwt300.00–325.001,33016
BullsMedium and Large 2200–250215370.00/cwt370.00–370.007961
BullsMedium and Large 3300–350335275.00/cwt275.00–275.009211
BullsMedium and Large 1800–850823213.98/cwt212.00–215.001,7613
BullsMedium and Large 1250–300280400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,1201
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,563130.05/cwt128.00–132.002,0333
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,369140.89/cwt135.00–146.001,92920
CowsLean 85-90%920121.00/cwt121.00–121.001,1131
CowsLean 85-90%987118.68/cwt116.00–120.001,1713
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,209152.73/cwt147.00–157.001,8474
CowsBoner 80-85%1,132127.63/cwt123.00–130.001,44510
CowsLean 85-90%955109.84/cwt107.00–114.001,0495
CowsBoner 80-85%1,221141.38/cwt140.50–146.001,72617
CowsBoner 80-85%1,157134.89/cwt130.00–139.001,56128
Bulls1,535145.00/cwt145.00–145.002,2262
Bulls1,865167.37/cwt163.00–176.003,12110
Bulls1,953157.87/cwt154.00–160.003,0835
BullsLight Weight1,353153.03/cwt151.00–155.002,0702
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-38831,357.01/head1,350.00–1,375.001,3574
Stock CowsMedium and Large 2-37101,100.00/head1,100.00–1,100.001,1002
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-21,0002,525.00/head2,525.00–2,525.002,5251
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-28502,025.00/head2,025.00–2,025.002,0251
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1002,800.00/head2,800.00–2,800.002,8001
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,3753,108.18/head2,950.00–3,250.003,1082
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-39701,725.00/head1,725.00–1,725.001,7251
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,3172,496.17/head2,300.00–2,600.002,4963
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 2-38101,500.00/head1,500.00–1,500.001,5001
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-27981,637.70/head1,625.00–1,650.001,6382
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy1,0052,500.00/head2,500.00–2,500.002,5001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0252,375.00/head2,375.00–2,375.002,3751
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,3902,417.36/head2,300.00–2,525.002,4172
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-39551,306.15/head1,225.00–1,350.001,3063
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450422348.55/cwt330.00–362.001,47115
BullsMedium and Large 2300–350322354.90/cwt350.00–360.001,1433
BullsMedium and Large 2550–600571264.56/cwt250.00–275.001,51128
BullsSmall 1250–300295300.00/cwt300.00–300.008851
BullsMedium and Large 2600–650626250.34/cwt247.00–257.001,56710
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500485290.79/cwt275.00–310.001,41010
BullsMedium and Large 1600–650620266.30/cwt260.00–270.001,65119
BullsMedium and Large 2850–900875187.46/cwt185.00–190.001,6404
HeifersMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed250–300270350.00/cwt350.00–350.009451
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750725230.08/cwt220.00–237.001,6683
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600583247.03/cwt230.00–257.001,4409
HeifersMedium and Large 2700–750703209.66/cwt200.00–217.001,4743
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800787223.67/cwt222.00–227.001,7603
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400374321.97/cwt312.00–340.001,20429
HeifersMedium and Large 1950–1000975200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,9501
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450423275.23/cwt250.00–287.001,1649
HeifersMedium and Large 2250–300273330.90/cwt320.00–340.009033
HeifersMedium and Large 3300–350335270.00/cwt270.00–270.009051
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350327331.24/cwt317.00–350.001,08319
HeifersMedium and Large 1200–250240350.00/cwt350.00–350.008401
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550527271.14/cwt265.00–287.001,42964
HeifersMedium and Large 2200–250223325.00/cwt325.00–325.007252
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400375297.41/cwt275.00–312.001,1158
HeifersMedium and Large 2600–650619243.56/cwt235.00–257.001,5088
HeifersMedium and Large 2300–350335304.04/cwt300.00–312.001,0197
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550529250.68/cwt240.00–265.001,3266
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500477273.09/cwt252.00–280.001,30322
HeifersSmall 1400–450425265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,1261
BullsMedium and Large 1700–750721242.48/cwt240.00–250.001,7484
BullsMedium and Large 1300–350325383.53/cwt375.00–395.001,2465
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy600–650630212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,3361
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added450–500462323.42/cwt320.00–327.001,4947
BullsMedium and Large 1650–700678258.10/cwt250.00–265.001,75027
HeifersMedium and Large 2800–850805185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,4893
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600568284.21/cwt275.00–310.001,61424
BullsMedium and Large 1850–900855227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,9411
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550529271.42/cwt262.00–275.001,43612
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550518309.30/cwt285.00–320.001,60230
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400381372.63/cwt360.00–392.001,4208
BullsMedium and Large 2700–750717236.65/cwt235.00–240.001,6973
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500480321.22/cwt310.00–340.001,54227
BullsMedium and Large 2750–800766216.66/cwt210.00–227.001,6605
BullsMedium and Large 2350–400373337.83/cwt317.00–350.001,2606
BullsMedium and Large 2650–700673245.02/cwt240.00–250.001,6494

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.