Sale reports / Tennessee / Dickson Livestock Auction / 2021-05-10

Dickson Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dickson, Tennessee · Mon, May 10
● Final85 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2064
Feeder Cattle receipts
496 head
261 vs last sale 757 620 vs year ago 1,116 · 55.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
64 head
5 vs last sale 69 36 vs year ago 100 · 36.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
29 head
2 vs last sale 27 13 vs year ago 42 · 31.0%
Also sold hereYearling Special (Annual)Fri Nov 21, 2025
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to same sale last week, Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 4.00 higher. Steers and bulls calves steady to 4.00 lower. Heifers steady to 4.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $129.45/cwt on 240 head.
Average price
$129.45
240 head · 527 lb average
Value per head Derived
$682
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$163
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$21.20/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.11
vs TN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2529130.70692211
Medium and Large 2-3514121.1162327
Medium and Large 3483109.505282thin
One grade step is worth $21.20/cwt here — about $163 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 sale240 hd
129.45
TN average11 barns · 1,891 hd
124.33
+5.11
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
BullsLow1,74088.851,54610
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,46469.521,01812
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,16764.0574728
CowsLean 85-90%Average94449.774708thin

Every lot, as filed

85 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
Bulls1,29580.00/cwt80.00–80.001,0361
BullsMedium and Large 3675100.00/cwt100.00–100.006751
BullsMedium and Large 1-2425152.52/cwt151.00–154.006482
SteersMedium and Large 1-2332172.27/cwt160.00–180.005724
SteersMedium and Large 1-2518150.26/cwt137.00–160.0077816
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added1,055103.00/cwt103.00–103.001,0872
SteersMedium and Large 1-2573148.38/cwt135.00–153.0085022
SteersMedium and Large 1-2220181.00/cwt181.00–181.003981
SteersMedium and Large 1-2265180.00/cwt180.00–180.004771
HeifersMedium and Large 1-278497.45/cwt94.00–102.007644
SteersMedium and Large 1-2910105.00/cwt105.00–105.009562
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added513160.00/cwt160.00–160.008212
SteersMedium and Large 1-2433160.73/cwt150.00–167.006969
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2667113.36/cwt110.00–115.007563
SteersMedium and Large 1-2810120.00/cwt120.00–120.009723
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2570126.35/cwt120.00–130.0072022
SteersMedium and Large 1-2786118.75/cwt110.00–123.009334
SteersMedium and Large 1-2480152.18/cwt146.00–160.0073020
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2722108.75/cwt100.00–114.007857
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2330140.00/cwt140.00–140.004621
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2850104.00/cwt104.00–104.008841
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3625102.98/cwt92.00–115.006445
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2464135.60/cwt130.00–140.0062930
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2275144.66/cwt144.00–145.003983
SteersMedium and Large 1-2611140.07/cwt136.00–143.0085612
SteersMedium and Large 1-2662130.97/cwt125.00–134.008679
BullsMedium and Large 1-2675118.35/cwt112.00–120.007995
BullsMedium and Large 1-2723115.00/cwt115.00–115.008312
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added581144.00/cwt144.00–144.0083712
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700125.00/cwt125.00–125.008751
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added756125.00/cwt125.00–125.009455
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added737127.00/cwt127.00–127.009363
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added571128.77/cwt128.00–130.0073560
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added608143.07/cwt140.00–145.0087021
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,200875.00/cwt875.00–875.0010,5001
SteersMedium and Large 1-21,083100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,0832
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added467160.25/cwt160.00–161.007488
BullsMedium and Large 1-2616127.94/cwt120.00–136.007886
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added475138.00/cwt138.00–138.006566
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,44872.22/cwt71.00–73.001,0465
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,47567.59/cwt66.00–69.009977
CowsBoner 80-85%1,13762.86/cwt58.00–69.0071522
CowsBoner 80-85%1,06555.00/cwt55.00–55.005861
CowsBoner 80-85%1,31871.11/cwt68.00–75.009375
CowsLean 85-90%96352.03/cwt47.00–56.005016
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2800550.00/cwt550.00–550.004,4001
CowsLean 85-90%88842.98/cwt42.00–44.003822
Bulls1,78989.83/cwt82.00–93.001,6079
SteersMedium and Large 370597.00/cwt97.00–97.006841
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,000700.00/cwt700.00–700.007,0001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,100825.00/cwt825.00–825.009,0751
BullsMedium and Large 1-2478144.05/cwt135.00–153.006892
HeifersMedium and Large 3440110.00/cwt110.00–110.004841
BullsMedium and Large 1-2815104.00/cwt104.00–104.008481
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3588124.00/cwt124.00–124.007292
SteersMedium and Large 2-3470144.00/cwt144.00–144.006771
HeifersMedium and Large 3525109.00/cwt109.00–109.005721
BullsMedium and Large 3543123.00/cwt123.00–123.006682
BullsMedium and Large 3643105.00/cwt105.00–105.006752
SteersMedium and Large 2-3615129.00/cwt129.00–129.007932
SteersMedium and Large 2-3579133.51/cwt128.00–145.007736
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3360135.00/cwt135.00–135.004862
SteersMedium and Large 2-3535137.49/cwt136.00–139.007362
SteersMedium and Large 3370135.00/cwt135.00–135.005001
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3479128.71/cwt125.00–135.0061711
HeifersMedium and Large 2-368387.00/cwt87.00–87.005942
BullsMedium and Large 2-3535130.00/cwt130.00–130.006961
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2629119.72/cwt115.00–123.007538
SteersMedium and Large 2-3315160.00/cwt160.00–160.005042
BullsMedium and Large 371584.00/cwt84.00–84.006012
SteersMedium and Large 2-3375145.00/cwt145.00–145.005441
SteersMedium and Large 2-3245142.50/cwt142.50–142.503491
BullsMedium and Large 1-2770105.00/cwt105.00–105.008092
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2530131.62/cwt129.00–139.0069836
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3500127.00/cwt127.00–127.006351
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3433130.06/cwt126.00–132.005634
BullsMedium and Large 2-3463140.00/cwt140.00–140.006482
BullsMedium and Large 2-3665113.00/cwt113.00–113.007511
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2200152.50/cwt152.50–152.503051
SteersMedium and Large 1-2370172.58/cwt170.00–175.006397
BullsMedium and Large 1-2560134.16/cwt131.00–135.007515
SteersMedium and Large 2-3420150.00/cwt150.00–150.006301
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2426141.76/cwt134.00–144.0060415
BullsMedium and Large 1-2522140.38/cwt139.00–143.007333
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2372145.16/cwt137.00–151.0054014

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.