Sale reports / Tennessee / Dickson Livestock Auction / 2020-07-27

Dickson Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dickson, Tennessee · Mon, Jul 27
● Final77 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2064
Feeder Cattle receipts
650 head
49 vs last sale 699 6 vs year ago 644 · +0.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
119 head
66 vs last sale 53 34 vs year ago 85 · +40.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
41 head
30 vs last sale 11 16 vs year ago 25 · +64.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to same sale last week, Slaughter cows were mostly steady, on boner cows 5.00 higher. Slaughter bulls steady. Steers mostly steady, 450 to 600 lbs 3.00 to 6.00 higher. Heifers steady to 4.00 higher. Bulls 4.00 to 7.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $127.18/cwt on 265 head.
Average price
$127.18
265 head · 535 lb average
Value per head Derived
$681
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$45
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$7.26/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.92
vs TN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2536127.98686236
Medium and Large 2-3530120.7164029
One grade step is worth $7.26/cwt here — about $45 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 sale265 hd
127.18
TN average9 barns · 1,632 hd
124.26
+2.92
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
BullsAverage1,44589.531,2939thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,40068.5395915
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,07965.9071175
CowsLean 85-90%Average93850.174719thin

Every lot, as filed

77 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
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3385124.00/cwt124.00–124.004771
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added688121.80/cwt121.00–122.0083810
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added554129.00/cwt129.00–129.007155
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added647123.00/cwt123.00–123.007963
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added548127.00/cwt127.00–127.006963
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added493127.00/cwt127.00–127.006263
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2522127.61/cwt123.00–132.0066645
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2571124.70/cwt121.00–127.0071234
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2390137.94/cwt134.00–140.0053828
CowsLean 85-90%99052.07/cwt48.00–55.005158
CowsLean 85-90%52535.00/cwt35.00–35.001841
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,40068.53/cwt62.00–70.0095915
CowsBoner 80-85%1,06965.46/cwt57.00–69.0070058
CowsBoner 80-85%1,11671.42/cwt70.00–72.0079712
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2433138.16/cwt127.00–144.0059826
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2627121.40/cwt118.00–126.0076125
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2665118.81/cwt111.00–122.5079022
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2481131.64/cwt127.00–139.0063318
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2725113.97/cwt105.00–117.008267
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2314141.39/cwt135.00–145.004444
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2295140.00/cwt140.00–140.004132
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2770110.00/cwt110.00–110.008471
BullsMedium and Large 3620110.00/cwt110.00–110.006821
BullsMedium and Large 2-3577130.50/cwt129.00–131.007534
BullsMedium and Large 2-3469136.24/cwt130.00–143.006394
BullsMedium and Large 2-3693113.00/cwt113.00–113.007833
BullsMedium and Large 2-3635125.00/cwt125.00–125.007943
BullsMedium and Large 2-3519133.32/cwt132.00–134.006923
BullsMedium and Large 2-3818100.00/cwt100.00–100.008182
BullsMedium and Large 2-3780111.00/cwt111.00–111.008662
BullsMedium and Large 1-2463149.67/cwt139.00–154.0069322
BullsMedium and Large 1-2568136.15/cwt129.00–139.0077311
BullsMedium and Large 1-2431145.97/cwt145.00–148.006294
BullsMedium and Large 1-2767106.67/cwt105.00–110.008183
BullsMedium and Large 1-2730112.45/cwt110.00–115.008212
BullsMedium and Large 1-2615121.51/cwt121.00–122.007472
BullsMedium and Large 1-2533145.98/cwt145.00–147.007782
BullsMedium and Large 1-2655124.00/cwt124.00–124.008121
CowsBoner 80-85%1,10257.76/cwt56.00–59.006375
Bulls1,51192.03/cwt86.00–97.001,3917
Bulls1,21380.77/cwt76.00–85.009802
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,450975.00/cwt975.00–975.0014,1382
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,3501,050.00/cwt1,050.00–1,050.0014,1752
SteersMedium and Large 3603111.00/cwt111.00–111.006692
SteersMedium and Large 2-3474141.00/cwt141.00–141.006686
SteersMedium and Large 2-3701124.00/cwt124.00–124.008695
SteersMedium and Large 2-3588132.57/cwt130.00–136.007805
SteersMedium and Large 2-3532132.55/cwt130.00–135.007054
SteersMedium and Large 2-3898100.00/cwt100.00–100.008982
SteersMedium and Large 2-3658125.00/cwt125.00–125.008232
SteersMedium and Large 2-3620125.00/cwt125.00–125.007751
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added660136.90/cwt133.00–138.0090418
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added705126.99/cwt125.00–128.0089512
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added574152.00/cwt152.00–152.008727
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added523155.97/cwt152.00–159.008167
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added611140.00/cwt140.00–140.008555
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added782123.00/cwt123.00–123.009623
SteersMedium and Large 1-2529153.73/cwt141.00–157.0081337
SteersMedium and Large 1-2573146.45/cwt142.00–151.0083930
SteersMedium and Large 1-2674129.71/cwt124.00–135.0087426
SteersMedium and Large 1-2627134.17/cwt128.00–138.0084117
SteersMedium and Large 1-2379155.60/cwt150.00–162.0059017
SteersMedium and Large 1-2424151.44/cwt144.00–160.0064215
SteersMedium and Large 1-2722125.92/cwt120.00–130.0090914
SteersMedium and Large 1-2486152.35/cwt144.00–159.0074013
SteersMedium and Large 1-2784123.00/cwt123.00–123.009645
SteersMedium and Large 1-2288166.03/cwt165.00–170.004785
SteersMedium and Large 1-2863114.00/cwt114.00–114.009842
SteersMedium and Large 1-2815110.00/cwt110.00–110.008972
SteersMedium and Large 1-2345161.50/cwt158.00–165.005572
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3479126.91/cwt123.00–131.0060810
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3544120.80/cwt113.00–124.006575
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3758105.00/cwt100.00–110.007964
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3581120.15/cwt115.00–125.006984
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3438121.49/cwt120.00–123.005322
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3323130.00/cwt130.00–130.004202
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3610100.00/cwt100.00–100.006101

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.