Sale reports / Tennessee / Dickson Livestock Auction / 2022-05-16

Dickson Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dickson, Tennessee · Mon, May 16
● Final83 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2064
Feeder Cattle receipts
970 head
414 vs last sale 556 9 vs year ago 961 · +0.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
137 head
70 vs last sale 67 3 vs year ago 140 · 2.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
88 head
58 vs last sale 30 6 vs year ago 82 · +7.3%
Also sold hereYearling Special (Annual)Fri Nov 21, 2025
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to sale last week, Slaughter cows were 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 3.00 higher. Feeder steers under 600 lbs steady to 6.00 lower, over 600 lbs 6.00 higher. Bulls calves 5.00 to 8.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $151.73/cwt on 365 head.
Average price
$151.73
365 head · 498 lb average
Value per head Derived
$755
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$209
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$48.90/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.08
vs TN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2500155.40777301
Medium and Large 2-3466139.3565052
Small 1-2619120.567466thin
Medium and Large 3534106.505686thin
One grade step is worth $48.90/cwt here — about $209 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 sale365 hd
151.73
TN average8 barns · 1,535 hd
149.66
+2.08
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
BullsAverage1,641104.381,71314
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,40982.881,16734
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,15378.2490231
CowsLean 85-90%Low92463.9459142

Every lot, as filed

83 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 1-2869121.78/cwt118.00–123.001,0584
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3522142.83/cwt130.00–150.007467
SteersMedium and Large 2-3665140.00/cwt140.00–140.009311
SteersMedium and Large 1-2721155.21/cwt144.00–162.001,11926
HeifersSmall 1-2573126.45/cwt110.00–140.007253
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added738135.00/cwt135.00–135.009968
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2471160.11/cwt154.00–167.0075428
HeifersMedium and Large 3380120.00/cwt120.00–120.004563
SteersMedium and Large 2-381095.00/cwt95.00–95.007701
SteersMedium and Large 2-3424175.11/cwt170.00–180.007427
SteersMedium and Large 2-3319185.71/cwt180.00–188.005927
SteersMedium and Large 2-3524161.24/cwt150.00–165.008454
SteersMedium and Large 3523140.00/cwt140.00–140.007322
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3278143.65/cwt130.00–170.003993
SteersMedium and Large 1-2556174.31/cwt168.00–176.0096913
SteersMedium and Large 1-2225206.74/cwt180.00–210.0046510
SteersMedium and Large 2-3481166.35/cwt140.00–173.008005
SteersMedium and Large 2-3380170.00/cwt170.00–170.006462
SteersMedium and Large 2-3730130.00/cwt130.00–130.009491
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added625150.00/cwt150.00–150.0093834
SteersMedium and Large 1-2922128.65/cwt126.00–130.001,1863
SteersMedium and Large 1-2483183.21/cwt178.00–188.0088519
SteersMedium and Large 1-2517177.03/cwt150.00–184.0091535
SteersMedium and Large 1-2836143.00/cwt143.00–143.001,19512
SteersMedium and Large 1-2615169.06/cwt150.00–175.001,04023
SteersMedium and Large 2-3250160.00/cwt160.00–160.004001
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added474185.00/cwt185.00–185.008779
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added525180.00/cwt180.00–180.009454
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added642166.00/cwt166.00–166.001,06610
SteersMedium and Large 1-2965126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,2161
SteersMedium and Large 1-2385191.59/cwt184.00–195.0073820
SteersMedium and Large 1-2319199.59/cwt190.00–210.0063715
SteersMedium and Large 1-2683158.81/cwt155.00–165.001,08524
SteersMedium and Large 1-2432184.44/cwt175.00–197.0079738
SteersMedium and Large 1-2772154.35/cwt145.00–157.001,19214
BullsMedium and Large 1-2700120.00/cwt120.00–120.008401
BullsMedium and Large 1-2573152.66/cwt133.00–155.0087517
BullsMedium and Large 2-3600117.00/cwt117.00–117.007021
BullsMedium and Large 1-2467174.35/cwt160.00–184.0081416
BullsMedium and Large 1-2536154.54/cwt150.00–170.0082814
BullsMedium and Large 1-2808115.00/cwt115.00–115.009293
CowsBoner 80-85%1,07772.01/cwt70.00–73.0077612
CowsLean 85-90%87552.06/cwt40.00–61.004563
CowsLean 85-90%92864.85/cwt58.00–70.0060239
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,19389.09/cwt88.00–90.001,0632
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,42282.49/cwt79.00–83.001,17332
CowsBoner 80-85%1,16892.18/cwt88.00–94.001,0775
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21278.61/cwt73.00–82.0095314
Bulls1,698107.40/cwt101.00–116.001,82410
Bulls1,43090.46/cwt84.00–94.001,2943
Bulls1,710116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,9841
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,012912.07/cwt875.00–975.009,2303
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,063875.00/cwt875.00–875.009,3014
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,175925.00/cwt925.00–925.0010,8693
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2917815.00/cwt500.00–1,025.007,4746
BullsMedium and Large 2-3460151.34/cwt140.00–160.006963
BullsMedium and Large 2-3658127.53/cwt120.00–130.008394
BullsMedium and Large 1-2424185.42/cwt184.00–188.0078610
BullsMedium and Large 2-3418180.00/cwt180.00–180.007522
BullsMedium and Large 1-2660137.52/cwt135.00–140.009082
BullsMedium and Large 2-3518140.00/cwt140.00–140.007253
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3228130.00/cwt130.00–130.002969
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added527159.01/cwt158.00–160.0083818
HeifersSmall 1-2680112.00/cwt104.00–120.007622
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2669132.08/cwt120.00–135.0088414
BullsMedium and Large 1-2890100.00/cwt100.00–100.008902
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2308169.56/cwt164.00–170.0052214
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3468145.48/cwt140.00–158.006817
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2610133.48/cwt130.00–134.0081415
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3563139.26/cwt120.00–148.007846
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3706117.60/cwt110.00–120.008305
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2429162.60/cwt152.00–170.0069869
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3621133.44/cwt130.00–137.008296
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3385170.00/cwt170.00–170.006554
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3310140.00/cwt140.00–140.004341
HeifersMedium and Large 368793.00/cwt93.00–93.006393
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3685130.00/cwt130.00–130.008911
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3424151.00/cwt151.00–151.006403
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2383161.47/cwt160.00–170.0061834
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2563149.20/cwt140.00–154.0084023
HeifersSmall 1-2635120.00/cwt120.00–120.007621
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2518156.28/cwt142.00–163.0081032
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2284174.37/cwt170.00–175.004958

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.