Sale reports / Tennessee / Dickson Livestock Auction / 2022-06-27

Dickson Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Dickson, Tennessee · Mon, Jun 27
● Final89 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2064
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,033 head
12 vs last sale 1,045 111 vs year ago 922 · +12.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
373 head
181 vs last sale 192 274 vs year ago 99 · +276.8%
Also sold hereYearling Special (Annual)Fri Nov 21, 2025
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to same sale last week, Slaughter cows 3.00 higher, Slaughter Bulls 4.00 higher, Steers 2.00 to 5.00 lower, with 600 lbs steers 2.00 higher. Heifers steady to 4.00 lower. Bull calves steady to 5.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $168.40/cwt on 462 head.
Average price
$168.40
462 head · 641 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,080
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$165
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$38.82/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.09
vs TN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2652169.321,105426
Medium and Large 2-3480160.9277232
Medium and Large 3720130.509404thin
One grade step is worth $38.82/cwt here — about $165 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 sale462 hd
168.40
TN average9 barns · 1,107 hd
166.31
+2.09
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
BullsHigh1,817113.662,0657thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,41689.321,26515
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,17183.28975149
CowsLean 85-90%Low99571.2870921

Every lot, as filed

89 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 1-21,095116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,2702
HeifersMedium and Large 3552100.00/cwt100.00–100.005523
SteersMedium and Large 2-3840124.50/cwt120.00–129.001,0462
SteersMedium and Large 2-3918126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,1572
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added439189.00/cwt189.00–189.008306
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy521177.00/cwt177.00–177.009229
HeifersSmall 1-2530140.00/cwt140.00–140.007421
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3529136.12/cwt120.00–145.0072012
SteersMedium and Large 2-3274167.58/cwt150.00–180.004594
SteersMedium and Large 3830134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,1123
SteersMedium and Large 3390120.00/cwt120.00–120.004681
SteersMedium and Large 2-3425170.00/cwt170.00–170.007231
SteersMedium and Large 2-3588150.00/cwt150.00–150.008823
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3564144.09/cwt138.00–149.008136
SteersMedium and Large 1-2330210.83/cwt205.00–215.0069614
SteersMedium and Large 2-3525150.00/cwt150.00–150.007881
SteersMedium and Large 2-3476164.97/cwt160.00–170.007856
SteersMedium and Large 1-2425191.55/cwt180.00–194.0081447
SteersMedium and Large 2-3690158.00/cwt158.00–158.001,0901
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2576143.44/cwt135.00–150.0082623
SteersMedium and Large 1-2526174.76/cwt170.00–184.0091931
SteersMedium and Large 1-2619163.03/cwt155.00–170.001,00947
SteersMedium and Large 1-21,005118.00/cwt118.00–118.001,1861
SteersMedium and Large 1-2472180.52/cwt172.00–185.0085224
SteersMedium and Large 1-2727146.14/cwt140.00–161.001,06210
SteersMedium and Large 1-21,190111.00/cwt111.00–111.001,3211
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added719159.00/cwt159.00–159.001,14311
SteersMedium and Large 1-2664159.25/cwt150.00–164.001,05739
SteersMedium and Large 1-2288194.96/cwt190.00–200.005612
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added779154.00/cwt154.00–154.001,2005
SteersMedium and Large 1-2810149.12/cwt149.00–150.001,2088
SteersMedium and Large 2-3374171.70/cwt140.00–181.0064212
SteersMedium and Large 1-2565165.80/cwt154.00–178.0093723
SteersMedium and Large 1-2382197.28/cwt182.00–206.0075420
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added890148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,3175
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added663164.46/cwt162.00–166.001,0908
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added916159.00/cwt159.00–159.001,456110
SteersMedium and Large 1-2768149.40/cwt131.00–156.001,1474
SteersMedium and Large 1-2876129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,1301
BullsMedium and Large 1-2615153.00/cwt153.00–153.009411
BullsMedium and Large 1-2569154.52/cwt140.00–166.0087914
BullsMedium and Large 1-2662144.78/cwt140.00–151.009588
BullsMedium and Large 1-2528157.36/cwt154.00–163.008316
CowsBoner 80-85%1,12080.04/cwt75.00–82.0089611
CowsLean 85-90%62548.00/cwt48.00–48.003001
CowsLean 85-90%1,01372.44/cwt65.00–81.0073420
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,33897.47/cwt95.00–102.001,3043
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,43687.28/cwt85.00–91.001,25312
CowsBoner 80-85%1,17083.30/cwt78.00–93.00975135
CowsBoner 80-85%1,42394.05/cwt93.00–95.001,3383
Bulls1,710130.00/cwt130.00–130.002,2231
Bulls1,885114.12/cwt110.00–119.002,1515
Bulls1,58595.00/cwt95.00–95.001,5061
BullsMedium and Large 2-3850110.00/cwt110.00–110.009352
BullsMedium and Large 3643111.00/cwt111.00–111.007142
BullsMedium and Large 2-3529149.94/cwt140.00–155.007934
BullsMedium and Large 2-3725132.00/cwt132.00–132.009571
BullsMedium and Large 2-3613141.02/cwt140.00–142.008642
BullsMedium and Large 2-3659139.79/cwt130.00–143.009214
BullsMedium and Large 3440135.00/cwt135.00–135.005941
BullsMedium and Large 2-3468162.81/cwt160.00–174.007625
BullsMedium and Large 1-2705124.00/cwt124.00–124.008741
BullsMedium and Large 2-3419159.03/cwt158.00–160.006666
BullsMedium and Large 2-3555141.00/cwt141.00–141.007832
BullsMedium and Large 1-2880107.75/cwt100.00–123.009483
HeifersMedium and Large 3750108.00/cwt108.00–108.008101
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2622144.11/cwt130.00–150.0089650
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2736129.91/cwt128.00–133.0095617
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2521152.59/cwt140.00–158.00795114
BullsMedium and Large 1-2479171.34/cwt150.00–182.0082117
BullsMedium and Large 2-3773119.97/cwt112.00–128.009272
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3415134.00/cwt134.00–134.005562
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3340134.00/cwt134.00–134.004561
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2295170.00/cwt170.00–170.005022
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3465151.00/cwt151.00–151.007022
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3780127.00/cwt127.00–127.009911
HeifersMedium and Large 3350122.50/cwt122.50–122.504291
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3681128.73/cwt121.00–133.008774
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3615131.95/cwt130.00–134.008112
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2485157.32/cwt150.00–164.0076339
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2820125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,0252
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3365150.00/cwt150.00–150.005481
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2421163.24/cwt150.00–168.0068771
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2667134.96/cwt127.00–138.0090021
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2365169.22/cwt161.00–175.0061815
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3235160.00/cwt160.00–160.003761
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2335163.98/cwt162.00–167.005493
BullsMedium and Large 1-2419170.00/cwt170.00–170.007125
BullsSmall 1-2545110.00/cwt110.00–110.006001

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.