Name: Dickson Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-04-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trends could not be established due to a lack of comparable receipts this week. Quality fair to fancy. Demand good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $371.30/cwt on 40 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −76.64 against this barn's trailing median of $447.95.

Average price

$371.30

40 head · 528 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,960

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$281

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

$93.30/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.23

vs TN average

+17.00 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	523	378.30	1,977	37
Medium and Large 2	595	285.00	1,696	3thin

One grade step is worth $93.30/cwt here — about $281 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

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 sale40 hd

371.30

—

TN average14 barns · 611 hd

361.08

+10.23

National average175 barns · 9,187 hd

354.30

+17.00

This barn, trailing median30 sales

447.95

−76.64

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	1,898	168.10	3,190	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,518	143.87	2,184	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,209	134.92	1,631	27
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	861	109.20	940	5thin

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)	1,035	$1,900	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,206	$1,877	5
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,143	$1,745	3thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,124	$1,648	4thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,135	$1,500	1thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	1,070	$2,250	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,420	$2,313	2thin
Stock Cows	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	990	$1,550	1thin
Stock Cows	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	808	$1,100	2thin

Every lot, as filed

91 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	450–500	476	333.87/cwt	330.00–347.00	1,589	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	488	304.97/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,488	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,722	1
Heifers	Small 1	400–450	429	285.62/cwt	285.00–287.00	1,225	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	367	419.57/cwt	417.00–421.00	1,540	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	330.59/cwt	320.00–342.00	1,927	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	311.34/cwt	305.00–320.00	1,927	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	575	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	1,995	2
Steers	Small 1	300–350	320	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,264	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	615	291.00/cwt	285.00–297.00	1,790	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	408	362.73/cwt	350.00–375.00	1,480	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	680	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,836	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	260	407.00/cwt	407.00–407.00	1,058	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	812	261.81/cwt	257.00–263.00	2,126	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	299.49/cwt	299.00–300.00	2,165	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	880	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,332	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	508	394.00/cwt	394.00–394.00	2,002	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	300–350	347	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,492	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	735	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,205	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	636	326.50/cwt	322.00–327.00	2,077	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	595	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,696	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,715	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	332.76/cwt	310.00–355.00	1,464	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	368	380.10/cwt	365.00–395.00	1,399	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	850–900	870	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,523	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	357.52/cwt	355.00–360.00	1,859	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	390	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,365	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	980	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,186	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	855	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	941	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,451	143.34/cwt	142.00–144.00	2,080	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,610	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	2,238	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,665	146.91/cwt	145.00–148.00	2,446	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,230	142.95/cwt	139.00–147.00	1,758	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,208	134.05/cwt	130.00–138.00	1,619	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	823	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	864	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,187	127.59/cwt	125.00–129.00	1,514	6
Bulls	—	—	1,809	166.70/cwt	160.00–173.00	3,016	7
Bulls	—	—	1,740	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	2,540	1
Bulls	—	—	2,158	178.73/cwt	174.00–186.00	3,857	3
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,070	2,250.00/head	2,250.00–2,250.00	2,250	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,035	1,900.00/head	1,900.00–1,900.00	1,900	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	695	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,890	1
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	455	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,297	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	240	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,092	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,270	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,718	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	978	1,295.46/head	1,025.00–1,475.00	1,295	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	370.92/cwt	367.00–375.00	1,766	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,695	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	361.05/cwt	360.00–362.00	1,347	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	779	241.45/cwt	240.00–246.00	1,881	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	717	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,785	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	308.45/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,626	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	300–350	323	402.00/cwt	402.00–402.00	1,298	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	378.39/cwt	357.00–387.00	1,589	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	635	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,588	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	568	265.07/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,506	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	427.00/cwt	427.00–427.00	1,409	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	658	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,790	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	412.35/cwt	405.00–415.00	1,691	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	505	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,717	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	422	417.00/cwt	417.00–417.00	1,760	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	365.69/cwt	350.00–375.00	1,876	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	391.15/cwt	382.00–402.00	1,846	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,290	1
Steers	Small 1	400–450	420	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,134	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	890	1,225.00/head	1,225.00–1,225.00	1,225	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,135	1,500.00/head	1,500.00–1,500.00	1,500	1
Stock Cows	Small 1-2	—	725	975.00/head	975.00–975.00	975	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,725	2,425.00/head	2,425.00–2,425.00	2,425	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,143	1,744.75/head	1,675.00–1,875.00	1,745	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,465	2,425.00/head	2,425.00–2,425.00	2,425	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,375	2,200.00/head	2,200.00–2,200.00	2,200	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	990	1,550.00/head	1,550.00–1,550.00	1,550	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,076	1,739.84/head	1,500.00–1,875.00	1,740	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	960	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,843	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	880	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,760	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,910	1
Bulls	Small 1	700–750	745	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,676	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,512	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	900–950	905	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,720	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	410.55/cwt	400.00–422.00	1,499	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	345.77/cwt	340.00–352.00	1,470	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	327	341.04/cwt	325.00–352.00	1,115	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	280.40/cwt	267.00–295.00	1,466	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	540	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,242	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	280.10/cwt	275.00–287.00	1,597	7
Heifers	Small 1	550–600	555	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,027	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	284.10/cwt	279.00–290.00	1,761	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	390.18/cwt	387.00–397.00	1,463	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	905	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,873	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 Apr 7, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 266Last week 893Year ago 1,070

Slaughter CattleReceipts 58Last week 106Year ago 65

Replacement CattleReceipts 28Last week 11Year ago 126

Trends could not be established due to a lack of comparable receipts this week. Quality fair to fancy. Demand good.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	385.00	385.00
5	350–400	375	387.00–397.00	390.18
13	400–450	420	357.00–387.00	378.39
7	450–500	476	330.00–347.00	333.87
7	500–550	527	300.00–315.00	308.45
7	550–600	570	275.00–287.00	280.10
6	600–650	620	279.00–290.00	284.10
1	650–700	670	257.00	257.00
1	700–750	715	237.00	237.00
1	900–950	905	207.00	207.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	327	325.00–352.00	341.04
2	350–400	373	360.00–362.00	361.05
3	400–450	425	340.00–352.00	345.77
3	450–500	488	300.00–315.00	304.97
2	500–550	523	267.00–295.00	280.40
2	550–600	568	260.00–270.00	265.07
1	600–650	635	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	429	285.00–287.00	285.62
1	550–600	555	185.00	185.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	323	402.00	402.00
10	500–550	505	340.00	340.00
4	650–700	658	272.00	272.00
3	700–750	717	249.00	249.00
4	750–800	779	240.00–246.00	241.45
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	540	230.00	230.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	427.00	427.00
6	350–400	367	417.00–421.00	419.57
4	400–450	410	405.00–415.00	412.35
16	450–500	472	382.00–402.00	391.15
6	500–550	513	350.00–375.00	365.69
5	550–600	583	320.00–342.00	330.59
4	600–650	619	305.00–320.00	311.34
2	700–750	723	299.00–300.00	299.49
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	347	430.00	430.00
9	400–450	422	417.00	417.00
24	500–550	508	394.00	394.00
2	550–600	575	347.00	347.00
10	600–650	636	322.00–327.00	326.50
2	700–750	735	300.00	300.00
5	800–850	812	257.00–263.00	261.81
1	850–900	880	265.00	265.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	395.00	395.00
1	400–450	420	270.00	270.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	260	407.00	407.00
2	400–450	408	350.00–375.00	362.73
3	550–600	595	285.00	285.00
2	600–650	615	285.00–297.00	291.00
1	650–700	680	270.00	270.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	368	365.00–395.00	380.10
2	400–450	440	310.00–355.00	332.76
3	450–500	490	350.00	350.00
1	550–600	560	270.00	270.00
1	850–900	870	175.00	175.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	455.00	455.00
2	350–400	365	400.00–422.00	410.55
1	400–450	435	395.00	395.00
4	450–500	476	367.00–375.00	370.92
2	500–550	520	355.00–360.00	357.52
1	550–600	570	335.00	335.00
1	650–700	695	272.00	272.00
1	850–900	880	200.00	200.00
2	900–950	905	190.00	190.00
1	950–1000	960	192.00	192.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	350.00	350.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	455	285.00	285.00
1	700–750	745	225.00	225.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	980	121.00	121.00
1	—	855	110.00	110.00
3	—	823	105.00	105.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,451	142.00–144.00	143.34
1	—	1,610	139.00	139.00
3	—	1,665	145.00–148.00	146.91
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,230	139.00–147.00	142.95
14	—	1,208	130.00–138.00	134.05
6	—	1,187	125.00–129.00	127.59
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,809	160.00–173.00	166.70
1	—	1,740	146.00	146.00
3	—	2,158	174.00–186.00	178.73

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
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,070	2,250.00	2,250.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,035	1,900.00	1,900.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	978	1,025.00–1,475.00	1,295.46
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,135	1,500.00	1,500.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,143	1,675.00–1,875.00	1,744.75
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,076	1,500.00–1,875.00	1,739.84
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,270	2,000.00	2,000.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,725	2,425.00	2,425.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	890	1,225.00	1,225.00
Stock Cows — Small 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	725	975.00	975.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	990	1,550.00	1,550.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,465	2,425.00	2,425.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,375	2,200.00	2,200.00

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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