Sale reports / Tennessee / Dickson Livestock Auction / 2021-10-04

Dickson Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dickson, Tennessee · Mon, Oct 4
● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2064
Feeder Cattle receipts
644 head
778 vs last sale 1,422 395 vs year ago 1,039 · 38.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
130 head
70 vs last sale 200 44 vs year ago 174 · 25.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
73 head
6 vs last sale 67 11 vs year ago 62 · +17.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to same sale last week , Slaughter cows 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Slaughter bulls mostly steady. Steers under 400 lbs 6.00 to 10.00 lower, over 400 lbs steady to 3.00 higher. Heifers steady to 4.00 higher. Bulls mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $132.80/cwt on 135 head.
Average price
$132.80
135 head · 537 lb average
Value per head Derived
$714
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$122
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$23.91/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.42
vs TN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2543133.91727121
Medium and Large 2-3506125.0063211thin
Small 1-2373120.004472thin
Medium and Large 3550110.006051thin
One grade step is worth $23.91/cwt here — about $122 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 sale135 hd
132.80
TN average8 barns · 1,239 hd
123.38
+9.42
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
BullsLow1,65085.151,4059thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,68064.311,0802thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,26362.4778937
CowsLean 85-90%Low99851.2851236

Every lot, as filed

62 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 1-2579131.62/cwt128.00–138.0076232
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2398143.00/cwt143.00–143.005694
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3255135.00/cwt135.00–135.003441
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3640120.00/cwt120.00–120.007682
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2763120.00/cwt120.00–120.009163
SteersMedium and Large 2-3625124.02/cwt122.00–125.007753
SteersMedium and Large 2-3590133.00/cwt133.00–133.007851
SteersMedium and Large 1-2709137.84/cwt134.00–142.509777
SteersMedium and Large 1-2770132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,0161
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400169.00/cwt169.00–169.006761
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2432139.18/cwt130.00–141.0060117
SteersMedium and Large 1-2676139.59/cwt137.00–140.0094415
SteersMedium and Large 1-2810130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,0531
SteersMedium and Large 2-3500155.00/cwt155.00–155.007751
SteersMedium and Large 2-3760120.00/cwt120.00–120.009121
SteersMedium and Large 3368133.00/cwt133.00–133.004892
SteersMedium and Large 2-3675120.00/cwt120.00–120.008101
SteersMedium and Large 1-2475158.18/cwt150.00–160.0075111
SteersMedium and Large 1-2520149.05/cwt140.00–154.0077511
SteersMedium and Large 1-2368163.63/cwt160.00–171.006023
SteersMedium and Large 1-2611139.88/cwt132.00–148.0085514
SteersMedium and Large 1-2345164.00/cwt164.00–164.005666
SteersMedium and Large 1-2556146.81/cwt144.00–150.008166
SteersMedium and Large 2-3495140.00/cwt140.00–140.006931
SteersMedium and Large 2-3360156.50/cwt154.00–159.005632
BullsMedium and Large 1-2669121.58/cwt120.00–124.008135
BullsMedium and Large 1-2615133.98/cwt124.00–140.0082414
BullsMedium and Large 1-2426153.55/cwt150.00–156.0065411
BullsMedium and Large 1-2517139.02/cwt134.00–144.007193
BullsMedium and Large 1-2566136.77/cwt115.00–143.0077416
BullsMedium and Large 1-2473150.00/cwt150.00–150.007103
CowsBoner 80-85%1,41068.00/cwt68.00–68.009591
CowsLean 85-90%87143.45/cwt32.00–45.003789
CowsLean 85-90%1,04053.89/cwt52.00–54.0056027
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,68064.31/cwt63.00–66.001,0802
Bulls1,47577.71/cwt70.00–82.001,1464
CowsBoner 80-85%1,31554.00/cwt54.00–54.007102
CowsBoner 80-85%1,25662.81/cwt59.00–66.0078934
Bulls1,79091.10/cwt86.00–97.001,6315
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2251,014.29/cwt925.00–1,100.0012,4252
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,000675.00/cwt675.00–675.006,7501
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,383909.94/cwt750.00–975.0012,5843
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,075975.58/cwt850.00–1,075.0010,4872
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,250875.00/cwt875.00–875.0010,9382
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,200700.00/cwt700.00–700.008,4001
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2629126.68/cwt124.00–129.0079712
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3845105.00/cwt105.00–105.008871
BullsMedium and Large 2-3495140.00/cwt140.00–140.006932
BullsMedium and Large 1-2782109.32/cwt108.00–110.008553
BullsMedium and Large 1-2732118.81/cwt117.00–120.008705
HeifersSmall 1-2285120.00/cwt120.00–120.003421
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3755113.00/cwt113.00–113.008531
HeifersMedium and Large 3550110.00/cwt110.00–110.006051
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2315141.23/cwt135.00–150.004454
HeifersSmall 1-2460120.00/cwt120.00–120.005521
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2676127.11/cwt125.00–128.0085910
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2728121.21/cwt120.00–124.008824
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3407134.00/cwt134.00–134.005453
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3450120.00/cwt120.00–120.005401
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2514138.55/cwt135.00–140.0071221
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3378130.00/cwt130.00–130.004912
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2475138.79/cwt135.00–141.0065914

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.