Sale reports / Tennessee / Dickson Livestock Auction / 2026-05-04

Dickson Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dickson, Tennessee · Mon, May 4
● Final123 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2064
← Apr 27May 4May 11 →
Feeder Cattle receipts
746 head
▼ 160 vs last sale 906▼ 161 vs year ago 907 · −17.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
69 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 72▼ 52 vs year ago 121 · −43.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
33 head
▼ 6 vs last sale 39▼ 3 vs year ago 36 · −8.3%
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-$7.00 higher, Feeder Heifers $3.00-$8.00 higher, Feeder Bulls $5.00-$12.00 higher, Slaughter Cows $1.00-$3.00 lower, Slaughter Bulls $2.00-$3.00 lower. Quality fair to fancy, Demand good to strong.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $475.74/cwt on 85 head, down $6.11 from the prior sale. That ranks 30 of 34 comparable sales and sits +46.42 against this barn's trailing median of $429.31.
Average price
$475.74
▼ 6.11 vs prior sale
85 head · 548 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,607
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$667
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$122.57/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.03
vs TN average
−11.81 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1552482.572,66567
Medium and Large 2526468.932,46814thin
Small 1553410.002,2652thin
Medium and Large 3555360.001,9982thin
One grade step is worth $122.57/cwt here — about $667 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale85 hd
475.74
—
TN average15 barns · 469 hd
470.70
+5.03
National average180 barns · 14,267 hd
487.55
−11.81
This barn, trailing median34 sales
429.31
+46.42
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

34 sales
502447392337median 429.3103/0204/2707/1309/0711/02
Steers 500–600 lb: high $487.74, low $350.65, median $429.31 across 34 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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
Bulls—Average1,832197.613,62110
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,395183.522,55914
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,139168.681,92118
CowsLean 85-90%Average993155.761,54610
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,047147.831,5476thin

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)1,060$3,6501thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,226$2,6036
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,188$2,5584thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)820$2,5001thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,272$2,2333thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,285$1,9001thin
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)925$2,6001thin
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,490$4,6501thin
Cow-Calf Pairs2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,540$4,6001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,539$4,0544thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,140$3,3001thin
Cow-Calf Pairs2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,425$3,2001thin

Every lot

123 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers35 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 2228760.00/cwt760.00–760.001,7332
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1252860.00/cwt860.00–860.002,1672
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2260740.00/cwt740.00–740.001,9241
Steers250–300Medium and Large 3285660.00/cwt660.00–660.001,8811
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1311742.53/cwt720.00–750.002,3094
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2330650.00/cwt650.00–650.002,1453
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1361636.08/cwt600.00–695.002,2966
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2378562.70/cwt550.00–580.002,1274
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2421513.90/cwt500.00–525.002,1644
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1431564.82/cwt560.00–575.002,4348
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3435480.00/cwt480.00–480.002,0881
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1478536.37/cwt500.00–555.002,56420
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2490480.00/cwt480.00–480.002,3521
Steers500–550Small 1515450.00/cwt450.00–450.002,3181
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added516525.00/cwt525.00–525.002,70910
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2521474.23/cwt470.00–480.002,47113
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1537485.75/cwt480.00–500.002,60824
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3540370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,9981
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added558490.00/cwt490.00–490.002,7343
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3570350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,9951
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1576465.15/cwt445.00–475.002,67930
Steers550–600Small 1590370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,1831
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2595400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,3801
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1622423.72/cwt420.00–425.002,6364
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1673382.44/cwt370.00–400.002,5749
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2705327.41/cwt315.00–340.002,3082
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added720383.73/cwt379.00–387.002,76312
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1720361.65/cwt360.00–365.002,6046
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed763345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,6322
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1771364.98/cwt355.00–367.002,8148
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1Value Added811381.50/cwt381.50–381.503,09462
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1826349.16/cwt340.00–357.002,8846
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1Value Added873347.40/cwt346.50–357.003,03323
Steers900–950Medium and Large 2930275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,5581
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1955315.00/cwt315.00–315.003,0081
Feeder Cattle · Heifers29 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1226727.00/cwt700.00–760.001,6437
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1287702.85/cwt690.00–730.002,01712
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2287642.50/cwt600.00–660.001,8444
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1309647.62/cwt615.00–665.002,00111
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2320567.23/cwt450.00–630.001,8157
Heifers300–350Small 1325500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,6251
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3360400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,4401
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1376537.90/cwt525.00–565.002,02328
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2387483.19/cwt450.00–500.001,8703
Heifers400–450Small 1415425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,7641
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed425505.00/cwt505.00–505.002,1462
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1430493.79/cwt470.00–515.002,12330
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2436453.47/cwt435.00–465.001,97711
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added452505.00/cwt505.00–505.002,2833
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1478474.28/cwt455.00–495.002,26717
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2482432.10/cwt400.00–440.002,08315
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1519430.87/cwt420.00–450.002,23639
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2534404.27/cwt395.00–410.002,1596
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2578366.46/cwt350.00–380.002,1186
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1588406.76/cwt402.00–410.002,3929
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1616389.86/cwt370.00–405.002,4029
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2640320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,0481
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1666368.79/cwt350.00–372.002,4567
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy678330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,2372
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1713325.08/cwt320.00–345.002,3185
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2745320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,3842
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1765320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,4481
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1825307.00/cwt307.00–307.002,5332
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1905295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,6701
Feeder Cattle · Bulls30 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1273754.23/cwt730.00–770.002,0594
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1310726.67/cwt710.00–760.002,2533
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2332616.24/cwt610.00–625.002,0465
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3340500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,7001
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1370545.42/cwt535.00–550.002,0187
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3387500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,9353
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2388535.04/cwt525.00–540.002,0763
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1427520.04/cwt500.00–530.002,22120
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2431461.18/cwt450.00–475.001,9886
Bulls400–450Small 1440455.00/cwt420.00–490.002,0022
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed454520.00/cwt520.00–520.002,3613
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1470495.11/cwt480.00–510.002,32712
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2479468.04/cwt450.00–480.002,24217
Bulls450–500Small 1484432.82/cwt430.00–445.002,0955
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3508377.49/cwt375.00–380.001,9182
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2516422.64/cwt400.00–430.002,1818
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed518430.00/cwt430.00–430.002,2272
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1524456.60/cwt440.00–470.002,39312
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2568373.41/cwt370.00–400.002,1219
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1574419.99/cwt400.00–430.002,41113
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3585350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,0481
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1618408.70/cwt400.00–420.002,5264
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2652350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,2825
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1672379.92/cwt365.00–395.002,5537
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1700370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,5901
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2723335.16/cwt320.00–350.002,4232
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1750365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,7381
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2779350.92/cwt345.00–355.002,7345
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1878300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,6342
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1940295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,7731
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,393182.18/cwt176.00–187.002,5383
Bulls——1,698195.93/cwt190.00–202.003,3274
Bulls——2,105224.00/cwt224.00–224.004,7151
Bulls——Heavy Weight2,623210.93/cwt210.00–212.005,5332
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%850143.36/cwt142.00–145.001,2192
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,023163.14/cwt161.00–167.001,6695
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,037151.71/cwt147.00–157.001,5733
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,072158.80/cwt155.00–164.001,7023
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,140167.71/cwt165.00–175.001,91212
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,202182.43/cwt177.00–186.002,1933
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,360177.07/cwt174.00–181.002,4085
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,380189.74/cwt186.00–196.002,6188
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,685166.00/cwt166.00–166.002,7971
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Cows2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Cows—Lean 85-90%940112.00/cwt112.00–112.001,0531
Dairy Cows—Lean 85-90%1,068155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,6555
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows7 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 28202,500.00/head2,500.00–2,500.002,5001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0603,650.00/head3,650.00–3,650.003,6501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,1682,403.81/head2,000.00–3,100.002,4045
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,1882,558.47/head2,300.00–2,850.002,5584
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,2722,233.03/head2,000.00–2,500.002,2333
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,2851,900.00/head1,900.00–1,900.001,9001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,5153,600.00/head3,600.00–3,600.003,6001
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 29252,600.00/head2,600.00–2,600.002,6001
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs6 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,0453,100.00/head3,100.00–3,100.003,1001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,1403,300.00/head3,300.00–3,300.003,3001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,4253,200.00/head3,200.00–3,200.003,2001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,4904,650.00/head4,650.00–4,650.004,6501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,5404,600.00/head4,600.00–4,600.004,6001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,7034,372.60/head4,150.00–4,500.004,3733

This sale against other markets

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.
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