Name: Dickson Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-02-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-02-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends were reported today, no comparison from last week. Lite run with back roads still rough.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $123.93/cwt on 187 head.

Average price

$123.93

187 head · 599 lb average

Value per head Derived

$742

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$41

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

$24.65/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.98

vs TN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2-3	387	127.15	492	18thin
Medium and Large 1-2	624	123.84	773	167
Small 1-2	440	102.50	451	2thin

One grade step is worth $24.65/cwt here — about $41 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 sale187 hd

123.93

—

TN average5 barns · 406 hd

121.95

+1.98

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,640	91.01	1,493	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,385	68.38	947	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,248	63.42	791	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	728	34.58	252	5thin

Every lot, as filed

70 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 1-2Value Added	—	733	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	887	73
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	628	122.26/cwt	117.00–125.00	768	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	122.00/cwt	118.00–125.00	644	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	315	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	504	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	413	148.99/cwt	127.50–160.00	615	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	518	127.54/cwt	125.00–130.00	661	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	730	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	840	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	744	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	528	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	644	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	553	115.68/cwt	110.00–118.50	640	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	820	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	771	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	483	135.63/cwt	124.00–148.00	655	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	710	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	767	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	553	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	697	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	611	120.00/cwt	108.00–123.00	733	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	558	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	843	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	748	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	569	118.57/cwt	112.00–126.00	675	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	676	118.06/cwt	115.00–127.00	798	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	618	131.32/cwt	120.00–138.00	812	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	372	146.20/cwt	143.00–148.00	544	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	735	111.72/cwt	105.00–116.00	821	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	587	135.92/cwt	120.00–145.00	798	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	653	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	797	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	740	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	888	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	767	124.82/cwt	123.00–126.00	957	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	540	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	680	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	855	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	975	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	773	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	835	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	365	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	668	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	423	137.84/cwt	131.00–140.00	583	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	458	155.03/cwt	150.00–160.00	710	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	671	133.37/cwt	131.00–134.50	895	6
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	595	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	625	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	635	98.60/cwt	86.00–111.00	626	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	605	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	817	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	671	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	872	5
Steers	Small 1-2	—	688	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	688	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	592	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	728	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	930	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	6,510	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	472	130.95/cwt	120.00–137.00	618	21
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	285	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	285	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	595	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	696	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,398	65.22/cwt	57.00–70.00	912	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,353	76.27/cwt	73.00–80.00	1,032	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,480	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	740	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,068	69.46/cwt	68.00–70.00	742	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,285	62.60/cwt	57.00–65.00	804	13
Bulls	—	—	1,640	91.01/cwt	88.00–97.00	1,493	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	386	148.43/cwt	127.50–170.00	573	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	316	136.96/cwt	120.00–145.00	433	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	765	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	3,060	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	855	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	4,617	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,025	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	6,663	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,235	1,076.00/cwt	1,076.00–1,076.00	13,289	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	460	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	561	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	408	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	612	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,170	46.00/cwt	46.00–46.00	538	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	618	31.73/cwt	25.00–37.00	196	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	275	154.41/cwt	135.00–170.00	425	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	568	126.42/cwt	124.00–130.00	718	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	142.12/cwt	132.00–153.00	745	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	571	124.90/cwt	121.00–130.00	713	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	835	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	835	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	373	120.38/cwt	118.00–123.00	449	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	534	144.69/cwt	133.00–155.00	773	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	305	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	439	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	163.53/cwt	149.00–174.00	777	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	675	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	743	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	770	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	878	1

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

Mon Feb 22, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 401Last week 787Year ago 1,326

Slaughter CattleReceipts 35Last week 54Year ago 79

Replacement CattleReceipts 46Last week 26Year ago 21

No trends were reported today, no comparison from last week. Lite run with back roads still rough.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
73	—	733	121.00	121.00
8	—	676	115.00–127.00	118.06
8	—	540	126.00	126.00
3	—	592	123.00	123.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	528	118.00–125.00	122.00
8	—	611	108.00–123.00	120.00
11	—	569	112.00–126.00	118.57
8	—	372	143.00–148.00	146.20
5	—	735	105.00–116.00	111.72
4	—	653	122.00	122.00
5	—	423	131.00–140.00	137.84
21	—	472	120.00–137.00	130.95
1	—	835	100.00	100.00
2	—	305	144.00	144.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	553	110.00–118.50	115.68
8	—	316	120.00–145.00	136.96
2	—	460	122.00	122.00
5	—	373	118.00–123.00	120.38
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	595	105.00	105.00
1	—	285	100.00	100.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	628	117.00–125.00	122.26
2	—	315	160.00	160.00
3	—	413	127.50–160.00	148.99
2	—	518	125.00–130.00	127.54
10	—	386	127.50–170.00	148.43
7	—	275	135.00–170.00	154.41
7	—	571	121.00–130.00	124.90
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	558	151.00	151.00
5	—	767	123.00–126.00	124.82
6	—	671	131.00–134.50	133.37
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	430	174.00	174.00
5	—	618	120.00–138.00	131.32
11	—	587	120.00–145.00	135.92
5	—	740	120.00	120.00
1	—	855	114.00	114.00
1	—	365	183.00	183.00
5	—	671	130.00	130.00
7	—	534	133.00–155.00	144.69
11	—	475	149.00–174.00	163.53
1	—	770	114.00	114.00
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	635	86.00–111.00	98.60
2	—	688	100.00	100.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	605	135.00	135.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	730	115.00	115.00
1	—	620	120.00	120.00
2	—	773	108.00	108.00
2	—	458	150.00–160.00	155.03
4	—	568	124.00–130.00	126.42
6	—	524	132.00–153.00	142.12
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	528	122.00	122.00
1	—	820	94.00	94.00
4	—	483	124.00–148.00	135.63
1	—	710	108.00	108.00
3	—	553	126.00	126.00
4	—	408	150.00	150.00
1	—	675	110.00	110.00
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	595	117.00	117.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	930	700.00	700.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	855	540.00	540.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,025	650.00	650.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,235	1,076.00	1,076.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	765	400.00	400.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,398	57.00–70.00	65.22
2	—	1,353	73.00–80.00	76.27
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,480	50.00	50.00
4	—	1,068	68.00–70.00	69.46
13	—	1,285	57.00–65.00	62.60
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,170	46.00	46.00
4	—	618	25.00–37.00	31.73
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,640	88.00–97.00	91.01

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Dickson Livestock Auction

Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Dickson Regional Livestock Center - Dickson, TN

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle