Sale reports / Tennessee / Dickson Livestock Auction / 2020-04-06

Dickson Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dickson, Tennessee · Mon, Apr 6
● Final80 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2064
Feeder Cattle receipts
730 head
439 vs last sale 291 730 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
64 head
59 vs last sale 123 64 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
67 head
35 vs last sale 32 67 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to same sale last week with limited comparison, Slaughter cows were steady. Bulls 5.00 lower. Steers 2.00 to 10.00 lower, instances 14.00 lower. Heifers 7.00 to 14.00 lower. Bulls 9.00 to 12.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $140.32/cwt on 325 head.
Average price
$140.32
325 head · 510 lb average
Value per head Derived
$716
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$301
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small 2-3
$60.77/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.12
vs TN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2512143.77737276
Medium and Large 2-3496123.6161344
Medium and Large 3495106.005253thin
Small 2-352583.004362thin
One grade step is worth $60.77/cwt here — about $301 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 sale325 hd
140.32
TN average10 barns · 1,622 hd
134.20
+6.12
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
BullsAverage1,67677.961,30712
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,13151.6258417
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,56351.498052thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,01043.4043832

Every lot, as filed

80 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 2-3533124.07/cwt110.00–132.0066111
SteersMedium and Large 2-369680.00/cwt80.00–80.005575
SteersMedium and Large 2-3571110.00/cwt110.00–110.006285
SteersMedium and Large 2-3471133.88/cwt109.00–140.006315
SteersMedium and Large 2-3331146.76/cwt145.00–148.004865
SteersMedium and Large 2-3386156.12/cwt144.00–160.006034
SteersMedium and Large 2-3297150.00/cwt150.00–150.004463
SteersMedium and Large 2-374588.00/cwt88.00–88.006562
SteersMedium and Large 2-362584.00/cwt84.00–84.005252
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3515100.00/cwt100.00–100.005151
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3275120.00/cwt120.00–120.003301
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3225126.00/cwt126.00–126.002841
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added519126.00/cwt126.00–126.006547
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added593109.00/cwt109.00–109.006466
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2521114.82/cwt100.00–121.0059839
HeifersMedium and Large 1-263696.82/cwt93.00–103.0061628
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2260135.46/cwt134.00–139.0035226
CowsLean 85-90%1,02344.58/cwt38.00–51.0045627
CowsLean 85-90%95635.00/cwt35.00–35.003354
CowsLean 85-90%89045.00/cwt45.00–45.004011
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,56351.49/cwt51.00–52.008052
CowsBoner 80-85%1,13151.62/cwt47.00–57.0058417
Bulls1,70479.44/cwt73.00–86.001,3547
Bulls1,51868.98/cwt65.00–74.501,0473
Bulls1,81586.25/cwt83.00–89.001,5652
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2380135.01/cwt130.00–139.0051325
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2432131.66/cwt120.00–138.0056924
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2567106.78/cwt95.00–113.0060520
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2314135.97/cwt128.00–140.004278
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2463130.41/cwt124.00–135.006045
HeifersMedium and Large 1-281682.00/cwt82.00–82.006694
HeifersMedium and Large 1-277585.00/cwt85.00–85.006592
HeifersMedium and Large 1-270385.00/cwt85.00–85.005982
HeifersMedium and Large 1-267582.03/cwt80.00–84.005542
BullsSmall 1-262280.00/cwt80.00–80.004983
BullsSmall 1-2422122.00/cwt122.00–122.005153
BullsMedium and Large 2-362196.00/cwt96.00–96.005967
BullsMedium and Large 2-3424139.53/cwt134.00–150.005926
BullsMedium and Large 2-3581110.00/cwt110.00–110.006394
BullsMedium and Large 2-365286.68/cwt80.00–90.005653
BullsMedium and Large 2-3478125.90/cwt124.00–130.006023
BullsMedium and Large 2-375075.00/cwt75.00–75.005631
BullsMedium and Large 1-2468143.67/cwt126.00–155.0067212
BullsMedium and Large 1-2423154.80/cwt135.00–165.0065510
BullsMedium and Large 1-2565116.76/cwt110.00–120.006609
BullsMedium and Large 1-2657105.65/cwt100.00–109.006948
BullsMedium and Large 1-2625101.01/cwt100.00–104.006318
BullsMedium and Large 1-273585.00/cwt85.00–85.006254
BullsMedium and Large 1-2545115.00/cwt115.00–115.006274
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,385925.00/cwt925.00–925.0012,8111
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,360675.00/cwt675.00–675.009,1801
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,7251,000.00/cwt1,000.00–1,000.0017,2501
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,005975.00/cwt975.00–975.009,7993
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2001,000.00/cwt1,000.00–1,000.0012,0005
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,200800.00/cwt800.00–800.009,6001
SteersSmall 2-352583.00/cwt83.00–83.004362
SteersMedium and Large 3495106.00/cwt106.00–106.005253
SteersMedium and Large 2-3218151.10/cwt140.00–161.003292
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added513149.20/cwt132.00–155.0076521
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added411169.00/cwt169.00–169.0069515
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added577133.49/cwt120.00–142.007708
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added623127.00/cwt127.00–127.007916
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added374179.00/cwt179.00–179.006691
SteersMedium and Large 1-2609128.49/cwt110.00–130.0078355
SteersMedium and Large 1-2366166.70/cwt154.00–175.0061039
SteersMedium and Large 1-2516145.56/cwt120.00–150.0075135
SteersMedium and Large 1-2571123.68/cwt120.00–135.0070632
SteersMedium and Large 1-2472150.42/cwt130.00–154.0071017
SteersMedium and Large 1-2662115.82/cwt104.00–117.0076714
SteersMedium and Large 1-2425157.99/cwt140.00–165.0067114
SteersMedium and Large 1-2335181.69/cwt170.00–186.5060910
SteersMedium and Large 1-2806100.00/cwt100.00–100.008064
SteersMedium and Large 1-2273171.77/cwt170.00–175.004693
SteersMedium and Large 1-277592.00/cwt92.00–92.007131
SteersMedium and Large 1-2215169.00/cwt169.00–169.003631
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3471109.89/cwt100.00–118.0051811
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3339124.16/cwt124.00–125.004216
HeifersMedium and Large 2-374385.00/cwt85.00–85.006325
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3364118.94/cwt110.00–125.004335
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3408120.02/cwt117.00–123.004904

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.