Name: Dickson Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-01-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-01-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends could be established due to the two week Christmas and New Year holiday layoff.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $158.27/cwt on 318 head.

Average price

$158.27

318 head · 753 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,192

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$84

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

$27.90/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.63

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	452	165.40	747	9thin
Medium and Large 1-2	763	158.19	1,207	307
Small 1-2	605	137.50	832	2thin

One grade step is worth $27.90/cwt here — about −$84 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 sale318 hd

158.27

—

TN average3 barns · 343 hd

157.63

+0.63

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	1,563	79.59	1,244	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,439	57.28	824	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,211	54.99	666	31
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	965	45.02	434	7thin

Every lot, as filed

68 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	160.67/cwt	158.00–163.00	921	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	629	141.26/cwt	140.00–142.00	889	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	459	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	711	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	516	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	759	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	225	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	338	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	370	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	548	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	880	133.67/cwt	133.00–135.00	1,176	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	424	170.65/cwt	160.00–174.00	724	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	335	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	583	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	555	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	866	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	463	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	741	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	646	153.77/cwt	148.00–157.00	993	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	335	192.57/cwt	180.00–200.00	645	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	174.96/cwt	168.00–182.00	828	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	751	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,066	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	672	148.29/cwt	148.00–150.00	997	7
Steers	Small 1-2	—	580	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	783	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	630	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	882	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	814	137.63/cwt	133.00–140.00	1,120	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	857	157.84/cwt	155.00–159.25	1,353	181
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	295	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	561	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	509	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	891	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	776	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,133	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	628	161.96/cwt	160.00–164.00	1,017	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	696	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,065	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	164.02/cwt	160.00–170.00	863	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	574	165.14/cwt	164.00–166.00	948	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	743	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	1,111	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	423	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	677	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	474	168.29/cwt	161.00–174.00	798	9
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	480	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	648	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	145.14/cwt	138.00–147.00	835	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	899	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	535	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	856	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	681	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	953	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	830	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	996	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	142.02/cwt	136.00–145.00	747	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	484	147.27/cwt	139.00–150.00	713	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	147.41/cwt	140.00–154.00	631	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	415	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	573	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	607	138.68/cwt	132.00–140.00	842	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	328	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	459	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	615	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	738	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	325	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	491	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	295	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	475	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	665	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	732	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	530	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	641	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	711	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	946	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	137.48/cwt	130.00–142.00	791	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	570	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	741	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	500	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	750	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	585	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	778	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	670	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	871	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	458	137.61/cwt	134.00–140.00	630	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	505	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	702	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,535	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	13,815	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,085	825.00/cwt	825.00–825.00	8,951	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,075	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	9,675	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,093	692.38/cwt	685.00–700.00	7,568	2
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	845	675.00/cwt	675.00–675.00	5,704	1
Bulls	—	—	1,705	82.12/cwt	78.00–86.00	1,400	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,310	63.00/cwt	63.00–63.00	825	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,219	56.51/cwt	54.00–62.00	689	22
Bulls	—	—	1,135	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	817	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,178	49.80/cwt	47.00–53.00	587	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,439	57.28/cwt	55.00–62.00	824	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	880	38.41/cwt	37.00–40.00	338	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	999	47.66/cwt	45.00–51.00	476	5

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 Jan 3, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 601Last week 783Year ago 567

Slaughter CattleReceipts 66Last week 115Year ago 84

Replacement CattleReceipts 18Last week 35Year ago 16

No trends could be established due to the two week Christmas and New Year holiday layoff.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	573	158.00–163.00	160.67
3	—	880	133.00–135.00	133.67
9	—	646	148.00–157.00	153.77
4	—	335	180.00–200.00	192.57
6	—	473	168.00–182.00	174.96
7	—	751	142.00	142.00
7	—	672	148.00–150.00	148.29
3	—	814	133.00–140.00	137.63
1	—	295	190.00	190.00
13	—	526	160.00–170.00	164.02
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	424	160.00–174.00	170.65
1	—	335	174.00	174.00
2	—	555	156.00	156.00
2	—	463	160.00	160.00
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	580	135.00	135.00
1	—	630	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
181	—	857	155.00–159.25	157.84
4	—	509	175.00	175.00
6	—	776	146.00	146.00
28	—	628	160.00–164.00	161.96
6	—	696	153.00	153.00
13	—	574	164.00–166.00	165.14
11	—	743	149.50	149.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	629	140.00–142.00	141.26
6	—	459	155.00	155.00
11	—	516	147.00	147.00
18	—	681	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	225	150.00	150.00
1	—	370	148.00	148.00
1	—	830	120.00	120.00
5	—	526	136.00–145.00	142.02
16	—	484	139.00–150.00	147.27
14	—	428	140.00–154.00	147.41
12	—	607	132.00–140.00	138.68
1	—	325	151.00	151.00
1	—	295	161.00	161.00
7	—	711	133.00	133.00
13	—	575	130.00–142.00	137.48
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	415	138.00	138.00
2	—	328	140.00	140.00
1	—	615	120.00	120.00
6	—	458	134.00–140.00	137.61
3	—	505	139.00	139.00
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	665	110.00	110.00
2	—	530	121.00	121.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	570	130.00	130.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	423	160.00	160.00
2	—	500	150.00	150.00
1	—	585	133.00	133.00
1	—	670	130.00	130.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	474	161.00–174.00	168.29
5	—	575	138.00–147.00	145.14
9	—	620	145.00	145.00
1	—	535	160.00	160.00
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	480	135.00	135.00

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
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,535	900.00	900.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,085	825.00	825.00
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	845	675.00	675.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,075	900.00	900.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,093	685.00–700.00	692.38

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,705	78.00–86.00	82.12
1	—	1,135	72.00	72.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,310	63.00	63.00
22	—	1,219	54.00–62.00	56.51
8	—	1,178	47.00–53.00	49.80
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,439	55.00–62.00	57.28
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	880	37.00–40.00	38.41
5	—	999	45.00–51.00	47.66

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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Dickson Livestock Auction

Reporter comment USDA

Steers · 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