Sale reports / Tennessee / Dickson Livestock Auction / 2025-10-13

Dickson Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dickson, Tennessee · Mon, Oct 13
● Final138 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2064
Feeder Cattle receipts
931 head
197 vs last sale 1,128 75 vs year ago 1,006 · 7.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
118 head
9 vs last sale 127 7 vs year ago 125 · 5.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
62 head
24 vs last sale 38 52 vs year ago 10 · +520.0%
Also sold hereYearling Special (Annual)Fri Nov 21, 2025
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers & Feeder Bulls $4.00-$10.00 higher with instances of $20-$25 higher on thinner fleshed calves, Feeder Heifers steady to $5.00 lower. Quality good to fancy, Demand good to strong. Slaughter Cows $2.00-$5.00 lower, Slaughter Bulls $3.00-$5.00 lower. Quality fair, Demand good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $376.51/cwt on 82 head. That ranks 2 of 30 comparable sales and sits 71.44 against this barn's trailing median of $447.95.
Average price
$376.51
82 head · 543 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,045
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$233
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$46.88/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.64
vs TN average
92.53 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1543385.062,09265
Medium and Large 1-2512370.001,8943thin
Medium and Large 2550338.181,85814thin
One grade step is worth $46.88/cwt here — about $233 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 sale82 hd
376.51
TN average14 barns · 333 hd
370.87
+5.64
National average176 barns · 29,227 hd
469.04
−92.53
This barn, trailing median30 sales
447.95
−71.44
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
BullsLow1,638182.542,99020
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,433165.992,37923
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,206162.881,96536
CowsLean 85-90%High1,028152.021,56222

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)Young (2-4 yrs)1,133$3,4752thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,233$3,1009
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,273$3,0003thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,100$2,8423thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,139$2,7174thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,136$2,67517
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,009$2,1094thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,140$1,8001thin
BullsN/A(<2 yrs)1,390$2,5001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,065$2,8501thin
Stock CowsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,004$2,1029
Stock CowsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)968$2,0343thin
Stock CowsOpen(<2 yrs)938$2,0002thin

Every lot, as filed

138 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 1950–1000993300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,9792
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750716365.21/cwt350.00–372.002,61515
SteersMedium and Large 1250–300268612.71/cwt600.00–630.001,6427
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600579364.68/cwt350.00–370.002,11124
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added400–450401432.00/cwt432.00–432.001,7324
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy600–650630350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,2055
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy650–700671350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,3498
SteersMedium and Large 3400–450445337.00/cwt337.00–337.001,5002
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500478381.72/cwt370.00–390.001,8256
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800777340.39/cwt335.00–343.002,6453
HeifersMedium and Large 2750–800766285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,1834
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added350–400372440.67/cwt440.00–442.001,6393
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added700–750726330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,3964
HeifersMedium and Large 2650–700658315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,0736
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added450–500482413.99/cwt412.00–415.001,9956
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added600–650630344.95/cwt340.00–355.002,1736
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600580339.79/cwt330.00–347.001,97111
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400375356.84/cwt350.00–360.001,3383
HeifersMedium and Large 3550–600585310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,8142
HeifersMedium and Large 3400–450424330.34/cwt327.00–340.001,4014
HeifersMedium and Large 3300–350345320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,1041
HeifersMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed400–450400390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,5601
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500469355.42/cwt340.00–360.001,6679
HeifersMedium and Large 2250–300271427.37/cwt420.00–430.001,1584
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400377419.50/cwt400.00–437.001,58223
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750729316.88/cwt310.00–322.002,31014
HeifersMedium and Large 2200–250215405.00/cwt405.00–405.008711
HeifersMedium and Large 2900–950935250.00/cwt250.00–250.002,3381
HeifersMedium and Large 1250–300290462.67/cwt450.00–470.001,3428
HeifersMedium and Large 1900–950930287.00/cwt287.00–287.002,6691
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450417410.13/cwt397.00–422.001,71022
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800770311.90/cwt307.00–317.002,4022
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350306412.16/cwt400.00–430.001,2615
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450431372.35/cwt350.00–385.001,6059
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850819341.15/cwt340.00–342.002,7947
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450427433.55/cwt410.00–450.001,8516
SteersMedium and Large 1900–950910302.00/cwt302.00–302.002,7481
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350306528.99/cwt515.00–535.001,6195
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400357492.04/cwt490.00–500.001,7575
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550521394.90/cwt380.00–405.002,05734
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650619369.23/cwt360.00–380.002,28621
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500472408.72/cwt400.00–435.001,92931
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550512370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,8943
SteersMedium and Large 2800–850845320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,7041
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450441400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,7644
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700668375.07/cwt367.00–385.002,50532
SteersMedium and Large 2400–450439375.22/cwt350.00–380.001,6476
SteersMedium and Large 2350–400388417.19/cwt400.00–450.001,6194
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added450–500457440.00/cwt440.00–440.002,01110
SteersMedium and Large 2750–800780325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,5351
SteersMedium and Large 2550–600567332.80/cwt325.00–340.001,8879
SteersMedium and Large 2500–550518347.86/cwt335.00–355.001,8025
SteersMedium and Large 2650–700659325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,1427
SteersMedium and Large 3350–400355370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,3143
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added800–850827361.75/cwt361.75–361.752,99258
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added900–950943336.25/cwt336.25–336.253,17156
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added650–700670394.78/cwt390.50–400.002,64513
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added500–550510410.00/cwt410.00–410.002,0915
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added700–750715380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,7171
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added600–650605403.98/cwt399.00–409.002,44412
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added400–450444460.00/cwt460.00–460.002,0424
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added550–600575400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,3002
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added750–800750355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,6631
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450442367.01/cwt350.00–390.001,6225
BullsMedium and Large 2250–300273500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,3652
BullsMedium and Large 2850–900883263.69/cwt250.00–277.002,3282
BullsMedium and Large 2550–600583323.72/cwt320.00–325.001,8874
BullsMedium and Large 2350–400356410.62/cwt400.00–417.001,4626
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550535349.16/cwt330.00–354.001,8685
CowsLean 85-90%1,093168.37/cwt165.00–171.001,8405
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,430157.83/cwt157.00–159.002,2574
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,370172.59/cwt170.00–176.002,3648
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,480164.15/cwt162.00–168.002,42911
CowsBoner 80-85%1,132150.58/cwt148.00–154.001,7053
CowsBoner 80-85%1,170170.88/cwt169.00–175.001,99910
CowsLean 85-90%922141.33/cwt132.00–148.001,3037
CowsLean 85-90%1,069151.33/cwt149.00–155.001,61810
CowsBoner 80-85%1,232161.01/cwt157.00–165.001,98423
Bulls1,469170.25/cwt162.00–176.002,5016
Bulls1,949193.31/cwt190.00–196.003,7685
Bulls1,578184.76/cwt180.00–190.002,9169
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,1053,350.00/head3,350.00–3,350.003,3501
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,1502,981.09/head2,800.00–3,150.002,9812
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,2333,100.00/head3,100.00–3,100.003,1009
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,1232,712.69/head2,600.00–2,800.002,7132
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,1282,453.33/head2,150.00–2,750.002,4532
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,1582,450.00/head2,450.00–2,450.002,4502
Stock CowsMedium and Large 29051,750.00/head1,750.00–1,750.001,7501
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,0402,225.00/head2,225.00–2,225.002,2256
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,1883,093.43/head2,850.00–3,300.003,0938
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,1092,526.98/head2,025.00–2,950.002,5276
Bred CowsMedium and Large 31,0521,854.68/head1,700.00–1,950.001,8553
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,1401,800.00/head1,800.00–1,800.001,8001
Stock CowsMedium and Large 29331,855.80/head1,600.00–2,100.001,8563
Stock CowsMedium and Large 19682,034.17/head1,950.00–2,250.002,0343
Stock CowsMedium and Large 19702,250.00/head2,250.00–2,250.002,2501
Bred CowsMedium and Large 38601,767.01/head1,650.00–1,900.001,7672
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,0553,100.00/head3,100.00–3,100.003,1001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,2733,000.00/head3,000.00–3,000.003,0003
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1Fancy1,1603,600.00/head3,600.00–3,600.003,6001
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 21,0652,850.00/head2,850.00–2,850.002,8501
BullsMedium and Large 21,3902,500.00/head2,500.00–2,500.002,5001
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450416424.81/cwt400.00–435.001,76711
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650619327.54/cwt320.00–340.002,02722
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600572355.33/cwt350.00–382.002,03228
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700668325.02/cwt320.00–340.002,17111
HeifersMedium and Large 1850–900885305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,6991
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500479391.73/cwt370.00–407.001,87631
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550535387.18/cwt370.00–400.002,07127
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy600–650633308.06/cwt300.00–310.001,9505
HeifersMedium and Large 3500–550535301.17/cwt295.00–305.001,6115
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added500–550507400.59/cwt400.00–402.002,03117
HeifersMedium and Large 3350–400375330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,2381
HeifersMedium and Large 2600–650640304.42/cwt270.00–315.001,9486
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550535326.70/cwt310.00–340.001,7483
BullsMedium and Large 3300–350338320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,0822
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500469363.50/cwt350.00–372.001,7059
BullsMedium and Large 2650–700650315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,0482
BullsMedium and Large 2200–250218504.60/cwt500.00–510.001,1002
BullsMedium and Large 2600–650627316.91/cwt305.00–320.001,9875
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy650–700683309.00/cwt305.00–310.002,1105
BullsMedium and Large 2750–800765312.00/cwt312.00–312.002,3871
BullsMedium and Large 2800–850800277.00/cwt277.00–277.002,2161
BullsMedium and Large 2300–350326431.68/cwt425.00–435.001,4073
BullsMedium and Large 1250–300273538.72/cwt520.00–560.001,4712
BullsMedium and Large 1800–850823305.99/cwt302.00–310.002,5182
BullsMedium and Large 3450–500480320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,5361
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400383446.87/cwt440.00–450.001,7123
BullsMedium and Large 1750–800757327.32/cwt322.00–330.002,4783
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550529365.91/cwt350.00–380.001,93615
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500470391.28/cwt380.00–410.001,83924
BullsMedium and Large 1850–900880297.00/cwt297.00–297.002,6141
BullsMedium and Large 2950–1000995200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,9901
BullsMedium and Large 1300–350325464.64/cwt450.00–475.001,5103
BullsMedium and Large 1600–650624331.66/cwt320.00–342.002,07011
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600574348.99/cwt330.00–365.002,00314
BullsMedium and Large 1650–700688330.84/cwt322.00–337.002,2764
BullsMedium and Large 1700–750720317.96/cwt300.00–332.002,2896

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.