Name: Dickson Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-11-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

All cattle offered in this sale were sold in load lots and were value added (weaned and at least 2 rounds of vaccinations).

To view 4 Loads sold on video, Click Here: https://www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/ams_3479.pdf

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $389.00/cwt on 86 head.

Average price

$389.00

86 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,120

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+17.55

vs TN average

−21.08 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	389.00	2,120	86

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale86 hd

389.00

—

TN average17 barns · 696 hd

371.45

+17.55

National average185 barns · 23,076 hd

410.08

−21.08

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

8 lots · USDA AMS · Dickson Regional Livestock Center Yearling Special (Annual) - 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 1Value Added	650–700	688	318.65/cwt	317.00–320.25	2,192	137
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	545	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	2,120	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	900–950	935	309.75/cwt	309.75–309.75	2,896	109
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	887	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	2,767	114
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	784	331.88/cwt	328.00–336.00	2,602	128
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	730	344.72/cwt	336.00–353.00	2,516	137
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	673	353.16/cwt	351.00–357.00	2,377	223
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	824	323.69/cwt	320.00–327.00	2,667	255

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.

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Dickson Regional Livestock Center Yearling Special (Annual) - Dickson, TN

Fri Nov 21, 2025

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

Receipts 1,189Last week 984Year ago 984

All cattle offered in this sale were sold in load lots and were value added (weaned and at least 2 rounds of vaccinations).

To view 4 Loads sold on video, Click Here: https://www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/ams_3479.pdf

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
137	650–700	688	317.00–320.25	318.65
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
86	500–550	545	389.00	389.00
223	650–700	673	351.00–357.00	353.16
137	700–750	730	336.00–353.00	344.72
128	750–800	784	328.00–336.00	331.88
255	800–850	824	320.00–327.00	323.69
114	850–900	887	312.00	312.00
109	900–950	935	309.75	309.75

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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