Sale reports / Tennessee / Dickson Livestock Auction / 2025-09-29

Dickson Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dickson, Tennessee · Mon, Sep 29
● Final130 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2064
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,075 head
165 vs last sale 1,240 440 vs year ago 635 · +69.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
141 head
75 vs last sale 216 66 vs year ago 75 · +88.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
56 head
2 vs last sale 54 31 vs year ago 25 · +124.0%
Also sold hereYearling Special (Annual)Fri Nov 21, 2025
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers steady to $3.00 lower, Feeder Heifers steady to $3.00 higher, Feeder Bulls under 600lbs $4.00-$6.00 lower, over 600lbs $4.00-$5.00 higher, Slaughter Cows $2.00-$3.00 higher, Slaughter Bulls $2.00-$3.00 lower. Quality good to fancy, Demand good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $386.60/cwt on 103 head. That ranks 2 of 30 comparable sales and sits 61.35 against this barn's trailing median of $447.95.
Average price
$386.60
103 head · 554 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,141
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$262
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$45.80/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.08
vs TN average
36.05 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1546397.812,17375
Medium and Large 1-2597360.002,14916thin
Medium and Large 2543352.011,91112thin
One grade step is worth $45.80/cwt here — about $262 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

30 sales
502455408361median 447.9512/1503/0204/2706/2208/17
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 sale103 hd
386.60
TN average15 barns · 474 hd
381.52
+5.08
National average177 barns · 15,324 hd
422.65
−36.05
This barn, trailing median30 sales
447.95
−61.35
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
BullsAverage1,739187.673,26420
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,375167.492,30426
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,170161.311,88759
CowsLean 85-90%Low961151.501,45715

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 Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,303$2,9173thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,140$2,39921
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,143$1,9427
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)900$1,9384thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)990$1,6252thin
Bred Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)(<2 yrs)920$2,6501thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)968$2,4384thin
Bred Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,043$2,2002thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)783$1,8762thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,185$2,5501thin
Heifer PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)845$2,2001thin
Stock CowsOpen(<2 yrs)1,015$2,1001thin
Stock CowsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)765$2,0001thin

Every lot, as filed

130 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 2550–600575317.33/cwt300.00–322.001,82510
HeifersMedium and Large 2250–300283405.04/cwt400.00–410.001,1462
HeifersMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed350–400373415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,5486
HeifersMedium and Large 2300–350324401.33/cwt400.00–405.001,3004
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500480409.58/cwt397.00–422.001,96624
SteersMedium and Large 1900–950925303.69/cwt300.00–315.002,8094
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added550–600553367.00/cwt367.00–367.002,0303
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added850–900860351.00/cwt351.00–351.003,01960
SteersMedium and Large 2400–450410420.65/cwt420.00–422.001,7253
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650633358.12/cwt350.00–360.002,26716
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500476352.82/cwt331.00–375.001,67927
HeifersMedium and Large 2650–700670291.85/cwt275.00–300.001,9553
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700673320.15/cwt310.00–337.002,15512
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500473385.63/cwt372.00–407.001,82435
HeifersMedium and Large 2750–800785250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,9631
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added500–550520370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,9243
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550524330.15/cwt320.00–337.001,73012
HeifersMedium and Large 2600–650624306.33/cwt300.00–310.001,9118
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550521350.68/cwt339.00–360.001,82762
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650617324.48/cwt320.00–332.502,00222
HeifersMedium and Large 2200–250205450.00/cwt450.00–450.009231
HeifersMedium and Large 2700–750715300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,1451
HeifersMedium and Large 1250–300250450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,1252
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750722321.18/cwt302.00–332.002,31914
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added600–650600343.50/cwt340.00–347.002,0616
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added350–400383442.00/cwt442.00–442.001,6932
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400388394.55/cwt387.00–397.001,5314
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450421380.15/cwt377.00–385.001,6007
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added450–500452411.24/cwt410.00–415.001,8594
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600569336.26/cwt325.00–345.001,91340
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450422398.03/cwt385.00–412.001,68012
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350323431.02/cwt420.00–450.001,39210
SteersMedium and Large 1250–300254615.00/cwt615.00–615.001,5624
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800763322.54/cwt320.00–325.002,4612
SteersMedium and Large 1200–250215600.00/cwt600.00–600.001,2902
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600564386.64/cwt370.00–400.002,18124
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850828326.95/cwt320.00–338.002,7075
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450439449.10/cwt432.00–462.001,97222
SteersMedium and Large 2300–350320445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,4241
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750725344.75/cwt340.00–347.002,4993
SteersMedium and Large 2650–700662322.49/cwt320.00–330.002,1354
SteersMedium and Large 2350–400370422.16/cwt410.00–435.001,5622
SteersMedium and Large 1850–900860315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,7091
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700662353.23/cwt350.00–370.002,33817
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550531396.43/cwt380.00–412.002,10528
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600597360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,14916
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added350–400394517.00/cwt517.00–517.002,0377
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added700–750703375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,63612
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500481382.96/cwt375.00–385.001,8425
SteersMedium and Large 1950–1000995285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,8361
SteersMedium and Large 2550–600589350.98/cwt340.00–360.002,0675
SteersMedium and Large 2700–750740335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,4791
SteersMedium and Large 3400–450440362.00/cwt362.00–362.001,5931
SteersMedium and Large 2500–550510352.74/cwt340.00–370.001,7997
SteersMedium and Large 2600–650635330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,0961
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400382486.86/cwt460.00–505.001,8607
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added500–550524417.07/cwt412.00–425.002,18515
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added550–600588400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,3528
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added650–700663399.51/cwt390.00–405.002,649116
BullsMedium and Large 2800–850835267.00/cwt267.00–267.002,2291
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450433405.94/cwt387.00–415.001,7586
BullsMedium and Large 2300–350326461.49/cwt450.00–465.001,5044
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550536341.32/cwt335.00–350.001,82912
BullsMedium and Large 2700–750700317.00/cwt317.00–317.002,2191
BullsMedium and Large 1Fancy450–500455437.00/cwt437.00–437.001,9882
CowsLean 85-90%870133.00/cwt133.00–133.001,1571
CowsLean 85-90%998156.70/cwt152.00–162.001,5648
CowsBoner 80-85%1,282148.24/cwt145.00–153.001,9008
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,372164.57/cwt160.00–168.002,25810
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,438156.64/cwt151.00–158.002,2525
CowsLean 85-90%928147.65/cwt145.00–150.001,3706
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,350175.08/cwt170.00–179.002,36411
CowsBoner 80-85%1,126170.48/cwt166.00–175.001,92012
CowsBoner 80-85%1,160161.17/cwt156.00–166.001,87039
Bulls1,680187.09/cwt180.00–192.003,14312
Bulls1,528171.67/cwt170.00–173.002,6233
Bulls2,008198.65/cwt195.00–200.003,9895
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 19202,650.00/head2,650.00–2,650.002,6501
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 28351,975.90/head1,950.00–2,000.001,9762
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 11,3152,500.00/head2,500.00–2,500.002,5001
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 21,1852,550.00/head2,550.00–2,550.002,5501
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,1431,942.09/head1,700.00–2,350.001,9427
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,3103,100.00/head3,050.00–3,150.003,1002
Stock CowsMedium and Large 21,0152,100.00/head2,100.00–2,100.002,1001
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 27831,875.72/head1,800.00–1,950.001,8762
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 11,0202,650.00/head2,650.00–2,650.002,6501
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,3162,642.91/head2,500.00–2,850.002,6436
Bred CowsMedium and Large 37801,350.00/head1,350.00–1,350.001,3501
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 27701,900.00/head1,900.00–1,900.001,9001
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy1,1803,150.00/head3,150.00–3,150.003,1501
Bred CowsMedium and Large 29901,625.13/head1,600.00–1,650.001,6252
Stock CowsMedium and Large 27652,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0001
Bred CowsSmall 18451,700.00/head1,700.00–1,700.001,7001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 29502,300.00/head2,300.00–2,300.002,3001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,2902,550.00/head2,550.00–2,550.002,5501
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,0252,400.00/head2,400.00–2,400.002,4001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,0692,300.97/head2,000.00–2,550.002,30115
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400366419.88/cwt402.00–430.001,53711
HeifersMedium and Large 1200–250210500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,0501
BullsMedium and Large 1900–950902290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,6162
BullsMedium and Large 1650–700672342.97/cwt337.00–347.002,3057
BullsMedium and Large 2250–300290505.00/cwt505.00–505.001,4651
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy550–600573314.93/cwt310.00–320.001,8052
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy650–700690280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,9321
BullsMedium and Large 2650–700655323.50/cwt322.00–325.002,1192
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500476363.90/cwt345.00–375.001,73223
BullsMedium and Large 2350–400379428.99/cwt400.00–440.001,62611
BullsMedium and Large 2850–900885267.00/cwt267.00–267.002,3631
BullsMedium and Large 3350–400380380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,4441
BullsMedium and Large 2550–600567325.05/cwt320.00–330.001,84313
BullsMedium and Large 1300–350323511.44/cwt505.00–515.001,6523
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450418440.47/cwt420.00–467.001,84118
BullsMedium and Large 2600–650622311.02/cwt300.00–320.001,93513
BullsMedium and Large 1800–850805297.00/cwt297.00–297.002,3911
BullsMedium and Large 2750–800788276.68/cwt275.00–277.502,1803
BullsMedium and Large 1250–300272565.59/cwt540.00–580.001,5385
BullsMedium and Large 1700–750703323.75/cwt322.50–325.002,2762
BullsSmall 1450–500495350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,7332
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400378461.62/cwt445.00–480.001,7458
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500479399.28/cwt380.00–415.001,91329
BullsMedium and Large 1750–800774309.24/cwt297.00–322.002,3944
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600572355.15/cwt340.00–372.502,03117
BullsMedium and Large 3500–550545315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,7172
BullsMedium and Large 3700–750705270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,9041
BullsMedium and Large 1600–650622338.05/cwt320.00–355.002,10315
BullsMedium and Large 1850–900853291.99/cwt287.00–297.002,4914
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550527372.92/cwt352.00–387.001,96520
BullsSmall 1400–450420322.00/cwt322.00–322.001,3522
BullsMedium and Large 3400–450415372.00/cwt372.00–372.001,5441
Heifer PairsMedium and Large 28452,200.00/head2,200.00–2,200.002,2001

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.