Name: Dickson Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-02-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-02-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to same sale last week Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter 5.00 higher. Feeder steers 9.00 to 15.00 higher. Heifers 4.00 to 10.00 higher. Bull calves 4.00 to 8.00 higher. Several thin fleshed and groups of cattle.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $167.88/cwt on 483 head.

Average price

$167.88

483 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$916

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$352

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

$50.96/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.09

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	449	169.26	760	47
Medium and Large 1-2	558	168.35	940	430
Small 1-2	560	150.00	840	1thin
Medium and Large 3	345	118.30	408	5thin

One grade step is worth $50.96/cwt here — about $352 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 sale483 hd

167.88

—

TN average9 barns · 2,361 hd

164.79

+3.09

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,747	104.64	1,828	20
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,329	85.43	1,135	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,191	84.71	1,009	56
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	987	67.71	668	20

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,200	$1,300	2thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,300	$1,155	4thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,025	$900	2thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,000	$785	2thin

Every lot, as filed

98 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
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	785.00/head	785.00–785.00	785	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,300	1,155.00/head	1,010.00–1,300.00	1,155	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	1,300.00/head	1,300.00–1,300.00	1,300	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	795	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,105	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	590	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	856	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	671	159.75/cwt	150.00–180.00	1,072	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	373	185.10/cwt	170.00–200.00	690	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	813	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,041	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	245	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	441	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	471	173.37/cwt	165.00–180.00	817	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	154.32/cwt	140.00–160.00	957	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	464	179.79/cwt	178.00–181.00	834	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	493	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	986	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	289	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	564	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	440	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	814	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	429	177.21/cwt	170.00–189.00	760	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	724	135.34/cwt	135.00–137.00	980	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	410	181.41/cwt	178.00–185.00	744	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	722	178.26/cwt	171.00–182.00	1,287	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	800	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,112	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	633	190.00/cwt	176.00–193.00	1,203	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	545	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	894	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	610	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,049	85
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	710	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	994	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	576	190.78/cwt	175.00–198.00	1,099	45
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	320	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	560	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	790	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,185	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	260	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	520	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	638	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	957	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	629	182.19/cwt	160.00–193.00	1,146	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	305	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	763	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	667	150.56/cwt	150.00–154.00	1,004	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	239	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	562	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	505	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	859	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	583	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	944	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	852	162.68/cwt	160.00–168.00	1,386	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	774	159.44/cwt	152.00–167.00	1,234	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	660	186.32/cwt	183.00–188.00	1,230	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	332	229.12/cwt	195.00–236.00	761	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	199.83/cwt	185.00–210.00	1,051	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	377	222.16/cwt	190.00–234.00	838	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	480	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,061	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	523	206.59/cwt	205.00–210.00	1,080	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	597	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,152	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	801	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,442	120
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	416	211.70/cwt	204.00–225.00	881	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	283	246.14/cwt	235.00–252.50	697	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	215.32/cwt	193.00–225.00	1,034	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	679	182.90/cwt	182.00–183.50	1,242	49
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	200.70/cwt	193.00–210.00	963	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	805	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	966	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	767	146.83/cwt	130.00–154.00	1,126	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	622	160.29/cwt	150.00–169.00	997	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	873	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,292	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	432	209.08/cwt	200.00–220.00	903	25
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	965	64.48/cwt	49.00–78.00	622	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	992	68.52/cwt	65.00–75.00	680	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,329	85.43/cwt	79.00–93.00	1,135	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,187	90.62/cwt	90.00–94.00	1,076	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,221	85.61/cwt	80.00–89.00	1,045	34
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,104	76.04/cwt	75.00–77.00	839	11
Bulls	—	—	1,791	107.48/cwt	103.00–113.00	1,925	13
Bulls	—	—	1,433	91.10/cwt	77.00–100.00	1,305	5
Bulls	—	—	2,245	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	2,694	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,025	900.00/head	900.00–900.00	900	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	185.00/cwt	165.00–195.00	968	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	585	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	995	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	481	170.45/cwt	165.00–184.00	820	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	562	174.05/cwt	160.00–180.00	978	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	379	182.53/cwt	171.00–192.00	692	45
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	560	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	840	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	535	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	845	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	662	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	927	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	693	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	1,161	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	535	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	803	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	558	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	837	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	386	162.22/cwt	150.00–170.00	626	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	305	197.81/cwt	160.00–205.00	603	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Thin Fleshed	—	485	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	844	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	669	144.12/cwt	135.00–150.00	964	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	645	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	645	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	633	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	855	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	795	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	946	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	485	167.63/cwt	161.00–171.00	813	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	320	187.25/cwt	181.00–191.00	599	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	684	136.23/cwt	130.00–140.00	932	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	273	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	505	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	781	139.44/cwt	136.00–140.00	1,089	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	529	162.71/cwt	155.00–171.00	861	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	833	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,050	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	571	159.89/cwt	150.00–167.00	913	52
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	623	149.89/cwt	140.00–160.00	934	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	425	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	778	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	730	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,059	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	410	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	718	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	270	122.88/cwt	117.50–137.50	332	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	271	180.32/cwt	156.00–207.00	489	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	830	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,071	1

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 Feb 13, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,279Last week 1,031Year ago 1,199

Slaughter CattleReceipts 157Last week 99Year ago 106

Replacement CattleReceipts 38Last week 29Year ago 55

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,000	785.00	785.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,300	1,010.00–1,300.00	1,155.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,200	1,300.00	1,300.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,025	900.00	900.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	795	139.00	139.00
1	—	585	170.00	170.00
7	—	481	165.00–184.00	170.45
1	—	535	158.00	158.00
3	—	662	140.00	140.00
3	—	623	140.00–160.00	149.89
1	—	425	183.00	183.00
1	—	730	145.00	145.00
1	—	830	129.00	129.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	590	145.00	145.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	671	150.00–180.00	159.75
23	—	480	193.00–210.00	200.70
1	—	805	120.00	120.00
4	—	767	130.00–154.00	146.83
12	—	622	150.00–169.00	160.29
2	—	873	148.00	148.00
25	—	432	200.00–220.00	209.08
16	—	523	165.00–195.00	185.00
17	—	562	160.00–180.00	174.05
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	373	170.00–200.00	185.10
2	—	493	200.00	200.00
2	—	410	178.00–185.00	181.41
1	—	800	139.00	139.00
2	—	710	140.00	140.00
1	—	320	175.00	175.00
1	—	790	150.00	150.00
1	—	260	200.00	200.00
2	—	638	150.00	150.00
7	—	667	150.00–154.00	150.56
1	—	505	170.00	170.00
11	—	583	162.00	162.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	722	171.00–182.00	178.26
45	—	576	175.00–198.00	190.78
20	—	629	160.00–193.00	182.19
4	—	239	235.00	235.00
3	—	852	160.00–168.00	162.68
4	—	774	152.00–167.00	159.44
3	—	660	183.00–188.00	186.32
22	—	332	195.00–236.00	229.12
18	—	526	185.00–210.00	199.83
36	—	377	190.00–234.00	222.16
25	—	416	204.00–225.00	211.70
9	—	283	235.00–252.50	246.14
28	—	480	193.00–225.00	215.32
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	633	176.00–193.00	190.00
3	—	523	205.00–210.00	206.59
8	—	597	193.00	193.00
120	—	801	180.00	180.00
49	—	679	182.00–183.50	182.90
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	305	250.00	250.00
7	—	480	221.00	221.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	813	128.00	128.00
1	—	245	180.00	180.00
35	—	471	165.00–180.00	173.37
29	—	620	140.00–160.00	154.32
20	—	429	170.00–189.00	177.21
6	—	724	135.00–137.00	135.34
45	—	379	171.00–192.00	182.53
9	—	669	135.00–150.00	144.12
7	—	320	181.00–191.00	187.25
3	—	273	185.00	185.00
7	—	781	136.00–140.00	139.44
37	—	529	155.00–171.00	162.71
52	—	571	150.00–167.00	159.89
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	464	178.00–181.00	179.79
2	—	440	185.00	185.00
2	—	545	164.00	164.00
85	—	610	172.00	172.00
74	—	693	167.50	167.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	289	195.00	195.00
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	560	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	535	150.00	150.00
2	—	558	150.00	150.00
5	—	386	150.00–170.00	162.22
15	—	305	160.00–205.00	197.81
4	—	633	135.00	135.00
1	—	795	119.00	119.00
3	—	485	161.00–171.00	167.63
4	—	684	130.00–140.00	136.23
2	—	833	126.00	126.00
3	—	410	175.00	175.00
4	—	271	156.00–207.00	180.32
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	485	174.00	174.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	645	100.00	100.00
4	—	270	117.50–137.50	122.88

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	965	49.00–78.00	64.48
16	—	992	65.00–75.00	68.52
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,329	79.00–93.00	85.43
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,187	90.00–94.00	90.62
34	—	1,221	80.00–89.00	85.61
11	—	1,104	75.00–77.00	76.04
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,791	103.00–113.00	107.48
5	—	1,433	77.00–100.00	91.10
2	—	2,245	120.00	120.00

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

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Dickson Regional Livestock Center - Dickson, TN

Replacement Cattle

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle