Name: Dickson Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-04-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-04-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to same sell a week ago, Slaughter cows 4.00 lower. Slaughter bulls not a good comparison with last weeks sale. Steers 3.00 to 8.00 higher. Heifers steady to 3.00 higher. Bulls steady to 5.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $164.00/cwt on 272 head.

Average price

$164.00

272 head · 614 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,007

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$403

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

$45.08/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.51

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	619	165.08	1,021	247
Medium and Large 2-3	572	154.71	885	24
Medium and Large 3	515	120.00	618	1thin

One grade step is worth $45.08/cwt here — about $403 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 sale272 hd

164.00

—

TN average10 barns · 1,513 hd

162.49

+1.51

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	1,710	100.75	1,722	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,365	81.16	1,108	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,149	78.17	898	52
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	937	65.02	609	19

Every lot, as filed

87 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 2-3	—	872	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,107	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	980	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,205	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	874	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,093	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	700	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	931	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	590	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	738	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	402	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	675	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	295	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	531	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	740	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	962	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	318	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	572	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	990	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,168	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	565	144.16/cwt	138.00–153.00	815	30
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	758	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,038	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	430	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	720	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	622	160.33/cwt	151.00–170.00	997	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	566	152.30/cwt	140.00–160.00	862	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	643	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	932	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	369	168.01/cwt	154.00–175.00	620	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	485	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	786	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	370	199.26/cwt	190.00–200.00	737	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	693	142.58/cwt	138.00–155.00	988	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	272	202.13/cwt	194.00–210.00	550	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	715	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,051	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	515	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	618	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	335	198.42/cwt	188.00–213.00	665	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	716	154.49/cwt	153.00–155.00	1,106	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	779	145.49/cwt	137.00–147.00	1,133	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	184.86/cwt	170.00–190.00	980	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	515	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	881	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	925	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,073	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	495	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	950	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	433	189.75/cwt	174.00–200.00	822	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	580	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,021	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	486	181.60/cwt	170.00–193.00	883	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	366	175.85/cwt	160.00–183.00	644	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	169.71/cwt	160.00–179.00	979	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	607	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,008	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	532	189.72/cwt	185.00–193.00	1,009	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	635	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	826	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	676	136.28/cwt	130.00–144.00	921	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	735	132.26/cwt	110.00–135.00	972	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	900	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	525	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	788	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	481	171.29/cwt	160.00–184.00	824	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	910	56.62/cwt	55.00–58.00	515	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	940	66.01/cwt	61.00–72.00	620	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,365	81.16/cwt	76.00–84.00	1,108	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,149	78.17/cwt	73.00–83.00	898	52
Bulls	—	—	1,493	89.24/cwt	86.00–93.00	1,332	3
Bulls	—	—	2,145	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	2,574	1
Bulls	—	—	1,763	104.57/cwt	103.00–105.00	1,844	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,115	925.00/cwt	925.00–925.00	10,314	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,158	850.00/cwt	850.00–850.00	9,843	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,318	944.94/cwt	935.00–950.00	12,454	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,077	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	8,616	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,190	925.00/cwt	925.00–925.00	11,008	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,072	725.00/cwt	725.00–725.00	7,772	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	548	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	614	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	161.78/cwt	140.00–170.00	843	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	775	126.42/cwt	110.00–135.00	980	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	823	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	905	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	675	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	878	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	577	136.70/cwt	130.00–150.00	789	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	684	131.25/cwt	127.00–135.00	898	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	915	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,052	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	628	122.00/cwt	120.00–130.00	766	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	543	135.02/cwt	130.00–140.00	733	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	425	161.54/cwt	160.00–163.00	687	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	155.25/cwt	148.00–163.00	885	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	325	144.92/cwt	140.00–150.00	471	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	655	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	812	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	481	158.59/cwt	140.00–170.00	763	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	755	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,042	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	416	183.09/cwt	178.00–185.00	762	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	341	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	610	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	531	150.75/cwt	145.00–156.00	800	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	621	135.59/cwt	130.00–140.00	842	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	420	161.29/cwt	154.00–165.00	677	25
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	413	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	537	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	225	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	383	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	507	141.96/cwt	130.00–148.00	720	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	360	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	504	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	276	171.69/cwt	165.00–180.00	474	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	883	120.50/cwt	120.00–121.00	1,064	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	159.17/cwt	148.00–168.00	756	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	435	156.81/cwt	150.00–160.00	682	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	473	136.90/cwt	131.00–142.50	648	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	780	126.54/cwt	117.00–130.00	987	7

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 Apr 25, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 916Last week 588Year ago 825

Slaughter CattleReceipts 62Last week 120Year ago 125

Replacement CattleReceipts 149Last week 46Year ago 38

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	872	127.00	127.00
1	—	295	180.00	180.00
2	—	740	130.00	130.00
2	—	318	180.00	180.00
4	—	758	137.00	137.00
1	—	430	167.50	167.50
4	—	566	140.00–160.00	152.30
1	—	485	162.00	162.00
2	—	515	171.00	171.00
4	—	366	160.00–183.00	175.85
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	980	123.00	123.00
12	—	716	153.00–155.00	154.49
2	—	495	192.00	192.00
2	—	580	176.00	176.00
2	—	607	166.00	166.00
5	—	532	185.00–193.00	189.72
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	622	151.00–170.00	160.33
13	—	370	190.00–200.00	199.26
10	—	693	138.00–155.00	142.58
6	—	272	194.00–210.00	202.13
4	—	715	147.00	147.00
11	—	335	188.00–213.00	198.42
77	—	779	137.00–147.00	145.49
8	—	530	170.00–190.00	184.86
1	—	925	116.00	116.00
22	—	433	174.00–200.00	189.75
16	—	486	170.00–193.00	181.60
33	—	577	160.00–179.00	169.71
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	515	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	874	125.00	125.00
10	—	402	168.00	168.00
15	—	643	145.00	145.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	700	133.00	133.00
1	—	990	118.00	118.00
30	—	565	138.00–153.00	144.16
17	—	369	154.00–175.00	168.01
17	—	684	127.00–135.00	131.25
1	—	915	115.00	115.00
4	—	341	179.00	179.00
30	—	531	145.00–156.00	150.75
17	—	621	130.00–140.00	135.59
25	—	420	154.00–165.00	161.29
1	—	225	170.00	170.00
12	—	276	165.00–180.00	171.69
2	—	883	120.00–121.00	120.50
37	—	475	148.00–168.00	159.17
7	—	780	117.00–130.00	126.54
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	590	125.00	125.00
2	—	325	140.00–150.00	144.92
1	—	655	124.00	124.00
3	—	507	130.00–148.00	141.96
1	—	360	140.00	140.00
10	—	435	150.00–160.00	156.81
2	—	473	131.00–142.50	136.90
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	413	130.00	130.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	635	130.00	130.00
6	—	676	130.00–144.00	136.28
1	—	900	100.00	100.00
15	—	481	160.00–184.00	171.29
12	—	521	140.00–170.00	161.78
14	—	570	148.00–163.00	155.25
1	—	755	138.00	138.00
19	—	416	178.00–185.00	183.09
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	735	110.00–135.00	132.26
9	—	775	110.00–135.00	126.42
3	—	823	110.00	110.00
1	—	675	130.00	130.00
19	—	577	130.00–150.00	136.70
10	—	628	120.00–130.00	122.00
2	—	543	130.00–140.00	135.02
2	—	425	160.00–163.00	161.54
10	—	481	140.00–170.00	158.59
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	525	150.00	150.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	548	112.00	112.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	910	55.00–58.00	56.62
17	—	940	61.00–72.00	66.01
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,365	76.00–84.00	81.16
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	1,149	73.00–83.00	78.17
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,493	86.00–93.00	89.24
1	—	2,145	120.00	120.00
4	—	1,763	103.00–105.00	104.57

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	—	1,115	925.00	925.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,158	850.00	850.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,318	935.00–950.00	944.94
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,077	800.00	800.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,190	925.00	925.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,072	725.00	725.00

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

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle