Sale reports / Tennessee / Dickson Livestock Auction / 2025-06-09

Dickson Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dickson, Tennessee · Mon, Jun 9
● Final156 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2064
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,037 head
232 vs last sale 1,269 108 vs year ago 929 · +11.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
131 head
22 vs last sale 153 17 vs year ago 148 · 11.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
205 head
109 vs last sale 96 119 vs year ago 86 · +138.4%
Also sold hereYearling Special (Annual)Fri Nov 21, 2025
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers $3.00-$8.00 higher, Feeder Heifers under 400lbs $4.00-$6.00 lower, over 400lbs $8.00-$10.00 higher, Feeder Bulls $2.00-$6.00 lower, Slaughter Cows steady, Slaughter Bulls steady. Quality fair to fancy, Demand good to strong. Stronger demand for weaned & thinner fleshed Feeder Steers & Feeder Heifers.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $338.64/cwt on 152 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits 51.81 against this barn's trailing median of $390.44.
Average price
$338.64
152 head · 537 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,818
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$100
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$33.85/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+13.68
vs TN average
2.28 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1531345.761,837120
Medium and Large 2557311.911,73732
One grade step is worth $33.85/cwt here — about $100 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 sale152 hd
338.64
TN average15 barns · 923 hd
324.95
+13.68
National average161 barns · 10,769 hd
340.92
−2.28
This barn, trailing median31 sales
390.44
−51.81
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
BullsLow1,702196.033,33713
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,308165.412,16469
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,133163.451,85227
CowsLean 85-90%Low973149.181,45116

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/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,082$2,85316
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)866$2,8009
Bred Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,210$2,6502thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,345$2,6501thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,261$2,64418
Bred Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,108$2,63114
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,051$2,5007
Bred Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,063$2,50011
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,321$2,4608
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,194$2,22215
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,090$2,1001thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,045$2,0751thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,060$1,5842thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)995$2,6501thin
Bred Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)(<2 yrs)772$2,1586
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)910$2,0944thin
BullsN/AYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,205$2,5251thin
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,180$3,30011
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)856$3,17522
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,128$3,10725
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,150$2,4501thin
Stock CowsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)945$2,15013
Stock CowsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,085$2,0751thin

Every lot, as filed

156 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
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700668333.48/cwt325.00–342.002,22812
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500450375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,6881
SteersMedium and Large 1850–900885263.46/cwt260.00–267.002,3322
SteersMedium and Large 1250–300260530.00/cwt530.00–530.001,3781
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added400–450414402.00/cwt402.00–402.001,6647
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added350–400381427.07/cwt422.00–428.001,6276
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added500–550520349.28/cwt347.00–352.001,81624
SteersMedium and Large 2Full350–400385375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,4441
SteersSmall 1Full500–550500185.00/cwt185.00–185.009251
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added500–550515396.41/cwt390.00–400.002,04211
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added550–600553350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,9362
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added450–500455370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,6842
HeifersMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed300–350337402.00/cwt402.00–402.001,3553
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed650–700657320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,1027
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed500–550523361.00/cwt361.00–361.001,88829
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added600–650616320.75/cwt315.00–328.001,97635
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550533315.96/cwt300.00–332.001,68417
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed200–250217525.19/cwt510.00–535.001,1405
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed350–400374452.00/cwt452.00–452.001,69015
HeifersMedium and Large 2600–650604276.34/cwt275.00–290.001,66912
HeifersMedium and Large 2750–800765234.93/cwt230.00–240.001,7972
HeifersMedium and Large 2650–700690272.00/cwt272.00–272.001,8771
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500468357.37/cwt340.00–367.001,67222
HeifersMedium and Large 2200–250230400.00/cwt400.00–400.009201
HeifersMedium and Large 2300–350315350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,1033
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450430333.41/cwt322.00–340.001,4346
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400370363.43/cwt340.00–375.001,3455
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500467328.92/cwt307.00–337.001,5369
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550521340.99/cwt330.00–350.001,77741
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800773261.33/cwt251.00–272.002,0202
HeifersMedium and Large 1850–900877229.00/cwt229.00–229.002,0083
HeifersMedium and Large 1200–250238440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,0473
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750720276.98/cwt270.00–290.001,99412
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700663288.73/cwt280.00–300.001,91414
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350318406.82/cwt400.00–420.001,29414
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400368396.61/cwt382.00–402.001,46018
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600570333.22/cwt316.00–345.001,89923
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650627308.53/cwt295.00–317.001,93430
HeifersMedium and Large 1800–850825237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,9551
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400354427.46/cwt420.00–452.001,5136
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500468417.05/cwt410.00–422.001,9525
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800765301.93/cwt297.00–307.002,3102
SteersMedium and Large 1200–250203560.00/cwt560.00–560.001,1372
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350302516.72/cwt500.00–525.001,5603
SteersSmall 1500–550530325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,7231
SteersMedium and Large 1900–950935265.00/cwt265.00–265.002,4781
SteersMedium and Large 1950–1000955253.00/cwt253.00–253.002,4161
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650622331.86/cwt320.00–342.002,06443
SteersMedium and Large 2950–1000985236.00/cwt236.00–236.002,3251
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450429415.84/cwt400.00–430.001,78410
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850822288.33/cwt285.00–295.002,3703
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600578359.62/cwt350.00–375.002,07935
BullsSmall 1250–300265385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,0201
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550531377.08/cwt360.00–395.002,00224
SteersMedium and Large 2600–650638309.88/cwt300.00–320.001,9772
SteersMedium and Large 2900–950940242.00/cwt242.00–242.002,2751
SteersMedium and Large 2800–850808264.24/cwt260.00–277.002,1355
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750724318.65/cwt305.00–325.502,30716
SteersMedium and Large 2550–600576329.33/cwt315.00–345.001,89711
SteersMedium and Large 2300–350325441.57/cwt420.00–452.001,4356
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added800–850817294.76/cwt292.00–300.002,4083
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed350–400393525.00/cwt525.00–525.002,06320
SteersMedium and Large 2350–400375375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,4061
SteersMedium and Large 2400–450405380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,5392
SteersMedium and Large 2500–550525340.91/cwt332.00–350.001,7902
SteersMedium and Large 2650–700670300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,0101
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added550–600588385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,26419
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added750–800759317.25/cwt312.00–318.002,4088
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added700–750724324.31/cwt322.50–330.002,3484
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed200–250245610.00/cwt610.00–610.001,49513
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed500–550536410.00/cwt410.00–410.002,19825
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added600–650631354.73/cwt351.00–359.002,23827
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added650–700655354.00/cwt354.00–354.002,3191
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550529332.27/cwt320.00–350.001,7589
BullsMedium and Large 2300–350335393.39/cwt390.00–400.001,3183
BullsMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed250–300295535.00/cwt535.00–535.001,5783
BullsMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed300–350300500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,5001
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500478357.53/cwt350.00–370.001,7098
BullsMedium and Large 1Full400–450440320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,4081
CowsLean 85-90%888123.94/cwt120.00–127.001,1013
CowsLean 85-90%933147.33/cwt141.00–150.001,3753
CowsLean 85-90%1,010157.31/cwt152.00–161.001,58910
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,336163.72/cwt160.00–167.002,18748
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,204157.69/cwt152.00–161.001,8995
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,257172.91/cwt167.00–180.002,17316
CowsBoner 80-85%1,048151.53/cwt144.00–157.001,5884
CowsBoner 80-85%1,117168.28/cwt164.00–178.001,88013
CowsBoner 80-85%1,188161.93/cwt158.00–164.001,92410
Bulls1,195182.00/cwt182.00–182.002,1751
Bulls1,777200.26/cwt195.00–205.003,5598
Bulls1,680191.07/cwt190.00–194.003,2104
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1082,631.40/head2,300.00–2,900.002,63114
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,0512,500.00/head2,500.00–2,500.002,5007
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-28662,800.00/head2,800.00–2,800.002,8009
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1162,975.00/head2,975.00–2,975.002,97510
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-28953,300.00/head3,300.00–3,300.003,30011
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 28163,050.00/head3,050.00–3,050.003,05011
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,1901,950.00/head1,950.00–1,950.001,9501
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,0751,750.00/head1,750.00–1,750.001,7501
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,0242,650.00/head2,650.00–2,650.002,6506
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,3252,602.68/head2,425.00–2,850.002,6034
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0632,500.00/head2,500.00–2,500.002,50011
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2102,650.00/head2,650.00–2,650.002,6502
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,0701,675.00/head1,675.00–1,675.001,6753
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,0601,584.20/head1,425.00–1,725.001,5842
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,0652,200.00/head2,200.00–2,200.002,2001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,4002,357.62/head2,250.00–2,425.002,3583
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0902,100.00/head2,100.00–2,100.002,1001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2772,742.93/head2,525.00–2,825.002,74316
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-27692,275.00/head2,275.00–2,275.002,2755
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 2-37851,575.00/head1,575.00–1,575.001,5751
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,0452,075.00/head2,075.00–2,075.002,0751
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,3452,650.00/head2,650.00–2,650.002,6501
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2602,464.15/head2,350.00–2,600.002,46410
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,0501,833.63/head1,775.00–1,900.001,8342
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-29452,150.00/head2,150.00–2,150.002,15013
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0852,075.00/head2,075.00–2,075.002,0751
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-29952,650.00/head2,650.00–2,650.002,6501
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450437364.23/cwt352.00–382.001,59226
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy650–700680274.89/cwt272.00–277.001,8698
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy500–550545295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,6081
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added800–850833258.00/cwt258.00–258.002,1496
HeifersMedium and Large 2700–750720256.17/cwt250.00–262.001,8442
HeifersMedium and Large 3350–400383318.47/cwt317.00–320.001,2202
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600584307.33/cwt290.00–312.001,79515
BullsMedium and Large 2600–650645282.00/cwt282.00–282.001,8191
BullsMedium and Large 2350–400359400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,4364
BullsMedium and Large 2250–300273400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,0922
BullsMedium and Large 2650–700662288.98/cwt285.00–292.001,9133
BullsMedium and Large 2550–600561316.22/cwt310.00–320.001,7744
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450424359.84/cwt350.00–385.001,5267
BullsMedium and Large 1750–800760281.25/cwt280.00–285.002,1384
BullsMedium and Large 1800–850830240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,9921
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600570345.83/cwt335.00–350.001,9716
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550523359.05/cwt350.00–382.001,87819
BullsMedium and Large 1700–750745280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,0861
BullsMedium and Large 1850–900885244.00/cwt244.00–244.002,1591
BullsMedium and Large 1250–300257495.00/cwt495.00–495.001,2723
BullsMedium and Large 1650–700657301.65/cwt300.00–310.001,9826
BullsMedium and Large 1600–650622314.86/cwt310.00–330.001,95813
BullsMedium and Large 1300–350333442.90/cwt427.00–450.001,4756
BullsMedium and Large 1200–250225522.11/cwt505.00–540.001,1752
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450419396.46/cwt385.00–412.001,66117
BullsMedium and Large 3550–600595282.00/cwt282.00–282.001,6781
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500485383.37/cwt375.00–407.001,85930
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400385433.26/cwt415.00–437.001,66812
BullsSmall 1500–550505340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,7171
BullsSmall 1600–650635260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,6511
BullsMedium and Large 21,2052,525.00/head2,525.00–2,525.002,5251
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1803,300.00/head3,300.00–3,300.003,30011
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 21,1502,450.00/head2,450.00–2,450.002,4501
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 29632,890.91/head2,850.00–2,950.002,8918
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1083,350.00/head3,350.00–3,350.003,3509
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 21,3153,050.00/head3,050.00–3,050.003,0508
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 2-38351,700.00/head1,700.00–1,700.001,7001
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-29352,225.00/head2,225.00–2,225.002,2253

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.