Name: Dickson Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-06-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-06-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to same sale last week Slaughter cows were 1.00 higher. Slaughter bulls steady. Steers and bulls calves mostly steady. Heifers steady to 1.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $133.11/cwt on 342 head.

Average price

$133.11

342 head · 561 lb average

Value per head Derived

$747

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$471

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

$30.95/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.88

vs TN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	568	133.45	758	322
Medium and Large 2-3	462	130.45	602	18thin
Medium and Large 3	280	102.50	287	2thin

One grade step is worth $30.95/cwt here — about $471 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 sale342 hd

133.11

—

TN average9 barns · 1,722 hd

130.22

+2.88

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	—	Low	1,484	87.11	1,293	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,509	74.31	1,122	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,199	68.66	823	43
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	960	56.70	544	8thin

Every lot, as filed

65 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	137.41/cwt	126.00–148.00	790	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	432	142.06/cwt	138.00–144.00	614	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	624	130.65/cwt	120.00–138.00	815	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	275	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	509	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	376	175.20/cwt	165.00–180.00	659	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	153.96/cwt	150.00–161.00	811	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	334	147.68/cwt	141.00–151.00	493	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	136.20/cwt	130.00–141.00	710	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	139.41/cwt	131.00–144.00	669	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	534	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	854	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	570	155.54/cwt	154.00–157.00	887	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	423	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	639	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	677	125.30/cwt	120.00–129.00	848	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	712	133.01/cwt	130.00–136.00	947	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	631	138.72/cwt	130.00–143.00	875	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	581	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	779	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	524	134.64/cwt	134.00–138.00	706	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	621	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	814	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	581	146.81/cwt	140.00–155.00	853	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	416	171.43/cwt	158.00–174.00	713	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	762	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,006	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	706	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	805	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	842	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,044	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	738	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,018	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	163.68/cwt	154.00–166.00	786	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	364	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	546	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,580	72.10/cwt	70.00–75.00	1,139	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,346	75.18/cwt	73.00–77.50	1,012	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,187	68.37/cwt	64.00–72.50	812	29
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,063	61.34/cwt	61.00–62.00	652	6
Bulls	—	—	1,294	83.43/cwt	80.50–85.00	1,080	5
Bulls	—	—	1,674	90.79/cwt	86.00–96.50	1,520	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	414	170.36/cwt	150.00–175.00	705	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	672	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	806	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	810	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	851	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	775	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	891	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,462	75.79/cwt	74.00–77.50	1,108	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,040	45.50/cwt	45.50–45.50	473	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	429	152.64/cwt	138.00–160.00	655	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	948	58.30/cwt	54.50–60.50	553	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	675	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	844	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	325	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	410	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	280	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	287	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	863	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,105	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	376	136.03/cwt	134.00–138.00	511	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	156.66/cwt	150.00–170.00	741	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	620	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	713	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	429	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	618	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	323	150.50/cwt	150.00–151.00	486	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	520	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	728	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	761	120.43/cwt	115.00–122.00	916	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	581	133.18/cwt	129.00–136.00	774	47
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	515	150.55/cwt	131.00–161.00	775	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	464	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	603	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	539	128.00/cwt	120.00–130.00	690	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	613	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	797	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	807	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	968	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	373	147.96/cwt	143.00–154.00	552	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	724	120.10/cwt	118.00–124.00	870	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	707	113.75/cwt	110.00–115.00	804	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	525	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	688	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	785	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	738	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	334	170.55/cwt	166.00–180.00	570	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	668	139.14/cwt	133.00–142.00	929	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	616	127.90/cwt	123.00–129.00	788	34

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 Jun 21, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 934Last week 1,152Year ago 777

Slaughter CattleReceipts 88Last week 83Year ago 92

Compared to same sale last week Slaughter cows were 1.00 higher. Slaughter bulls steady. Steers and bulls calves mostly steady. Heifers steady to 1.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	575	126.00–148.00	137.41
30	—	624	120.00–138.00	130.65
5	—	706	114.00	114.00
11	—	414	150.00–175.00	170.36
3	—	672	120.00	120.00
1	—	810	105.00	105.00
1	—	775	115.00	115.00
6	—	473	150.00–170.00	156.66
26	—	515	131.00–161.00	150.55
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	620	115.00	115.00
4	—	707	110.00–115.00	113.75
1	—	525	131.00	131.00
1	—	785	94.00	94.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	429	144.00	144.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	432	138.00–144.00	142.06
4	—	334	141.00–151.00	147.68
43	—	521	130.00–141.00	136.20
36	—	480	131.00–144.00	139.41
24	—	677	120.00–129.00	125.30
14	—	761	115.00–122.00	120.43
47	—	581	129.00–136.00	133.18
22	—	807	120.00	120.00
18	—	373	143.00–154.00	147.96
8	—	724	118.00–124.00	120.10
34	—	616	123.00–129.00	127.90
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	423	151.00	151.00
13	—	581	134.00	134.00
24	—	524	134.00–138.00	134.64
11	—	621	131.00	131.00
11	—	364	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	325	126.00	126.00
4	—	376	134.00–138.00	136.03
7	—	464	130.00	130.00
6	—	539	120.00–130.00	128.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	280	102.50	102.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	275	185.00	185.00
23	—	376	165.00–180.00	175.20
21	—	527	150.00–161.00	153.96
41	—	712	130.00–136.00	133.01
27	—	631	130.00–143.00	138.72
17	—	581	140.00–155.00	146.81
16	—	416	158.00–174.00	171.43
5	—	762	132.00	132.00
51	—	480	154.00–166.00	163.68
3	—	334	166.00–180.00	170.55
53	—	668	133.00–142.00	139.14
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	534	160.00	160.00
16	—	570	154.00–157.00	155.54
3	—	842	124.00	124.00
2	—	738	138.00	138.00
7	—	863	128.00	128.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	429	138.00–160.00	152.64
2	—	675	125.00	125.00
2	—	323	150.00–151.00	150.50
1	—	520	140.00	140.00
2	—	613	130.00	130.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,580	70.00–75.00	72.10
3	—	1,462	74.00–77.50	75.79
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,346	73.00–77.50	75.18
29	—	1,187	64.00–72.50	68.37
6	—	1,063	61.00–62.00	61.34
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,040	45.50	45.50
7	—	948	54.50–60.50	58.30
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,294	80.50–85.00	83.43
5	—	1,674	86.00–96.50	90.79

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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