Name: Dickson Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-11-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-11-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Best demand noted for cattle carrying medium to thin flesh and the more uniform offerings. Quality was average to good , with a few fancy.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $145.56/cwt on 1,073 head.

Average price

$145.56

1,073 head · 757 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,102

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$242

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3

$12.44/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.67

vs TN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	734	145.90	1,072	608
Medium and Large 1	792	145.45	1,152	452
Medium and Large 2-3	622	133.46	830	13thin

One grade step is worth $12.44/cwt here — about $242 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale1,073 hd

145.56

—

TN average9 barns · 3,009 hd

137.89

+7.67

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

17 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	716	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	931	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	682	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	900	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	593	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	652	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	815	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,043	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	754	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	965	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	717	148.50/cwt	148.50–148.50	1,065	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	688	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	991	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	858	145.62/cwt	143.50–147.75	1,249	120
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	820	144.71/cwt	142.00–146.25	1,187	185
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	631	143.29/cwt	140.00–145.00	904	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	851	143.50/cwt	143.50–143.50	1,221	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	832	143.50/cwt	143.50–143.50	1,194	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	579	151.75/cwt	151.75–151.75	879	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	765	146.74/cwt	140.00–147.50	1,123	179
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	724	144.42/cwt	143.50–145.00	1,046	201
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	565	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	735	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	647	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	873	9

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.

Tennessee feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Dickson Regional Livestock Center - Dickson, TN

Fri Nov 22, 2019

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

Receipts 1,349Last week 1,371Year ago 0

Best demand noted for cattle carrying medium to thin flesh and the more uniform offerings. Quality was average to good , with a few fancy.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	716	130.00	130.00
74	—	682	132.00	132.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	593	110.00	110.00
60	—	815	128.00	128.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	754	128.00	128.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
73	—	717	148.50	148.50
74	—	688	144.00	144.00
120	—	858	143.50–147.75	145.62
185	—	820	142.00–146.25	144.71
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	631	140.00–145.00	143.29
58	—	851	143.50	143.50
59	—	832	143.50	143.50
85	—	579	151.75	151.75
179	—	765	140.00–147.50	146.74
201	—	724	143.50–145.00	144.42
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	565	130.00	130.00
9	—	647	135.00	135.00

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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