Sale reports / Tennessee / Dickson Livestock Auction / 2020-04-27

Dickson Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dickson, Tennessee · Mon, Apr 27
● Final74 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2064
Feeder Cattle receipts
894 head
310 vs last sale 584 894 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
60 head
18 vs last sale 78 60 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
58 head
8 vs last sale 50 58 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to same sale last week, Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 1.00 higher. Steers mostly 3.00 to 9.00 lower, 500 to 600 lbs steers 4.00 higher. Bull calves steady. Heifers steady to 5.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $120.85/cwt on 350 head.
Average price
$120.85
350 head · 518 lb average
Value per head Derived
$626
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$74
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$6.58/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.51
vs TN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2522121.58635311
Medium and Large 2-3487115.0056039
One grade step is worth $6.58/cwt here — about $74 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 sale350 hd
120.85
TN average11 barns · 2,088 hd
117.34
+3.51
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
BullsAverage1,84088.541,62912
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,55160.499384thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,14257.7165924
CowsLean 85-90%Average97143.0341817

Every lot, as filed

74 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
BullsMedium and Large 2-3582109.98/cwt108.00–120.006406
BullsMedium and Large 2-3535118.75/cwt118.00–119.006354
BullsMedium and Large 2-3485135.09/cwt129.00–142.006554
BullsMedium and Large 2-3365148.00/cwt148.00–148.005403
BullsMedium and Large 2-3603108.00/cwt108.00–108.006512
BullsMedium and Large 2-3650105.00/cwt105.00–105.006831
BullsMedium and Large 1-2478139.19/cwt130.00–160.0066526
BullsMedium and Large 1-2421151.11/cwt134.00–162.0063625
BullsMedium and Large 1-2573124.24/cwt110.00–129.0071219
BullsMedium and Large 1-2525126.95/cwt121.00–134.006667
BullsMedium and Large 1-2613110.01/cwt105.00–111.006746
BullsMedium and Large 1-2660108.00/cwt108.00–108.007131
BullsMedium and Large 1-2355169.00/cwt169.00–169.006001
SteersMedium and Large 1-2367167.54/cwt160.00–173.0061515
SteersMedium and Large 1-2319168.28/cwt160.00–175.005379
SteersMedium and Large 1-2268171.24/cwt155.00–183.004599
SteersMedium and Large 1-2668128.00/cwt128.00–128.008558
SteersMedium and Large 1-2618116.50/cwt114.00–120.007205
SteersMedium and Large 1-2424151.51/cwt150.00–154.006425
SteersMedium and Large 1-2767105.00/cwt105.00–105.008053
SteersMedium and Large 1-2702120.00/cwt120.00–120.008423
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3583105.58/cwt102.00–112.0061610
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3387122.60/cwt120.00–128.004747
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3533112.35/cwt108.00–118.005996
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3457123.58/cwt122.00–124.005655
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3421118.63/cwt112.00–122.004994
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3333127.60/cwt123.00–134.004254
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3675100.00/cwt100.00–100.006752
HeifersMedium and Large 2-362094.00/cwt94.00–94.005831
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added582123.00/cwt123.00–123.0071688
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added498125.00/cwt125.00–125.0062315
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added538118.48/cwt117.00–122.0063710
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2521120.76/cwt112.00–126.0062933
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2470124.76/cwt118.00–131.0058632
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2429128.60/cwt123.00–133.0055230
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2572116.76/cwt104.00–120.0066828
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2626106.84/cwt103.00–112.0066919
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,55160.49/cwt57.00–63.009384
CowsBoner 80-85%1,12657.51/cwt54.00–62.0064817
CowsBoner 80-85%1,01151.03/cwt49.00–52.005164
CowsBoner 80-85%1,40567.72/cwt66.00–70.009513
Bulls1,79687.05/cwt83.00–92.001,5639
Bulls1,97093.00/cwt92.00–94.001,8323
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,3251,125.00/cwt1,125.00–1,125.0014,9065
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1751,175.00/cwt1,175.00–1,175.0013,8062
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,050775.00/cwt775.00–775.008,1382
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,130875.00/cwt875.00–875.009,8881
SteersMedium and Large 2-3468136.73/cwt134.00–140.006405
SteersMedium and Large 2-3376145.05/cwt140.00–155.005455
SteersMedium and Large 2-3285123.00/cwt123.00–123.003514
SteersMedium and Large 2-3668104.00/cwt104.00–104.006953
SteersMedium and Large 2-3642108.34/cwt105.00–110.006963
SteersMedium and Large 2-3558131.19/cwt122.00–136.007323
SteersMedium and Large 2-3530112.02/cwt111.00–113.005942
SteersMedium and Large 2-3340134.00/cwt134.00–134.004561
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added572137.79/cwt136.00–138.0078830
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added514148.11/cwt140.00–155.0076118
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added622132.76/cwt127.00–134.0082612
SteersMedium and Large 1-2563140.98/cwt120.00–148.5079453
SteersMedium and Large 1-2490145.84/cwt128.00–155.0071526
SteersMedium and Large 1-2528144.57/cwt130.00–154.0076320
CowsLean 85-90%99245.64/cwt42.00–50.0045313
CowsLean 85-90%90334.53/cwt31.00–36.003124
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2362129.93/cwt128.00–133.0047015
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2335130.35/cwt128.00–136.0043715
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2662106.36/cwt106.00–108.0070411
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2282137.28/cwt132.50–140.003875
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2232137.09/cwt135.00–138.003183
HeifersMedium and Large 1-287883.00/cwt83.00–83.007292
HeifersMedium and Large 1-275395.00/cwt95.00–95.007152
HeifersMedium and Large 1-271087.97/cwt84.00–92.006252
HeifersMedium and Large 1-280089.00/cwt89.00–89.007121
BullsSmall 1-266579.00/cwt79.00–79.005251
BullsMedium and Large 2-3417139.63/cwt130.00–152.0058215

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.