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Dickson Livestock Auction

Name: Dickson Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-10-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-28

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dickson, Tennessee · Mon, Oct 28

● Final90 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2064

← Oct 21Oct 28Nov 4 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

970 head

▼ 499 vs last sale 1,469▲ 970 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

146 head

▼ 20 vs last sale 166▲ 146 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

21 head

▼ 7 vs last sale 28▲ 21 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Also sold hereYearling Special (Annual)Fri Nov 21, 2025

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers were steady to 3.00 lower; feeder heifers were steady to 2.00 lower; feeder bulls were steady to 4.00 lower. Slaughter cows were 1.00-2.00 lower, and slaughter bulls 4.00 lower.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $137.30/cwt on 339 head.

Average price

$137.30

339 head · 585 lb average

Value per head Derived

$804

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$307

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

$19.07/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.58

vs TN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	598	138.27	826	302
Medium and Large 2-3	493	130.91	645	32
Medium and Large 3	436	119.20	520	5thin

One grade step is worth $19.07/cwt here — about $307 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 sale339 hd

137.30

—

TN average9 barns · 1,771 hd

133.72

+3.58

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	1,604	62.15	997	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,427	45.24	645	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,061	43.67	463	71
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	994	36.19	360	27

Every lot

90 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers27 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	258	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	413	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	263	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	334	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	317	160.67/cwt	151.00–165.00	509	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	338	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	392	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	343	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	515	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	373	151.91/cwt	150.00–155.00	567	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	426	132.59/cwt	127.00–140.00	565	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	432	148.50/cwt	140.00–150.00	642	23
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	463	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	593	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	489	133.20/cwt	120.00–141.00	651	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	508	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	665	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	531	139.32/cwt	132.00–145.00	740	29
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	573	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	808	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	583	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	723	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	586	133.36/cwt	127.00–143.00	781	51
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	587	113.35/cwt	110.00–120.00	665	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	628	133.30/cwt	115.00–145.00	837	29
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	642	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	790	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	662	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	960	70
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	670	126.67/cwt	120.00–130.00	849	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	674	131.06/cwt	120.00–135.00	883	37
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	710	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	923	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	724	126.18/cwt	120.00–131.00	914	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	742	116.68/cwt	110.00–120.00	866	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	785	123.33/cwt	120.00–125.00	968	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	822	119.40/cwt	115.00–123.00	981	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	898	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,024	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers27 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	245	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	296	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	280	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	336	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	322	132.12/cwt	125.00–135.00	425	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	328	123.05/cwt	108.00–130.00	404	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	382	121.37/cwt	120.00–122.00	464	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	386	123.28/cwt	120.00–130.00	476	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	412	119.07/cwt	118.00–123.00	491	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	424	124.66/cwt	119.00–129.00	529	33
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	458	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	536	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	466	121.61/cwt	120.00–127.00	567	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	477	113.25/cwt	112.00–114.00	540	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	512	120.55/cwt	117.00–123.00	617	46
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	518	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	544	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	535	113.93/cwt	110.00–119.00	610	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	565	110.25/cwt	105.00–115.00	623	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	579	120.58/cwt	116.00–125.00	698	37
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	600	110.33/cwt	110.00–111.00	662	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	603	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	603	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	619	118.95/cwt	110.00–124.00	736	26
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	653	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	790	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	670	118.97/cwt	112.00–121.00	797	44
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	700	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	700	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	726	116.04/cwt	114.00–118.00	842	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	763	103.48/cwt	102.00–105.00	790	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	828	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	952	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	885	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	974	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	925	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	990	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls21 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	310	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	477	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	370	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	518	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	385	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	578	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	426	138.35/cwt	130.00–146.00	589	26
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	429	135.43/cwt	130.00–143.00	581	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	482	125.33/cwt	122.00–128.00	604	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	484	135.20/cwt	130.00–143.00	654	13
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	511	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	603	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	521	131.12/cwt	125.00–132.00	683	15
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	526	129.41/cwt	128.00–130.00	681	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	553	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	581	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	574	121.94/cwt	110.00–125.00	700	22
Bulls	—	Small 1-2	580	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	615	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	583	122.61/cwt	119.00–127.00	715	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	625	111.64/cwt	110.00–115.00	698	12
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	628	117.51/cwt	115.00–123.00	738	15
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	673	111.03/cwt	110.00–112.00	747	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	682	111.55/cwt	110.00–112.00	761	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	702	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	807	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	770	105.41/cwt	101.00–110.00	812	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	778	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	817	8
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,524	56.90/cwt	43.00–62.00	867	9
Bulls	—	—	1,703	66.87/cwt	64.00–72.00	1,139	5
Bulls	—	—	1,720	73.99/cwt	73.00–75.00	1,273	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	924	28.38/cwt	25.00–31.00	262	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,006	37.55/cwt	32.00–41.00	378	23
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,054	43.66/cwt	41.00–47.50	460	68
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,105	51.00/cwt	51.00–51.00	564	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,270	40.47/cwt	40.00–41.00	514	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,414	44.91/cwt	43.00–48.00	635	10
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,555	48.50/cwt	48.50–48.50	754	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	785	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,983	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,050	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	4,200	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,100	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	4,840	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,265	619.37/cwt	600.00–640.00	7,835	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,300	775.00/cwt	775.00–775.00	10,075	1

This sale against other markets

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 Oct 28, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 970Last week 1,469Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 146Last week 166Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 21Last week 28Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	526	128.00–130.00	129.41
5	—	429	130.00–143.00	135.43
3	—	702	115.00	115.00
2	—	370	140.00	140.00
1	—	310	154.00	154.00
22	—	574	110.00–125.00	121.94
12	—	625	110.00–115.00	111.64
9	—	682	110.00–112.00	111.55
9	—	482	122.00–128.00	125.33
8	—	778	105.00	105.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	426	130.00–146.00	138.35
15	—	628	115.00–123.00	117.51
15	—	521	125.00–132.00	131.12
13	—	484	130.00–143.00	135.20
8	—	583	119.00–127.00	122.61
4	—	673	110.00–112.00	111.03
2	—	770	101.00–110.00	105.41
1	—	385	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	580	106.00	106.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	511	118.00	118.00
2	—	553	105.00	105.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	662	145.00	145.00
6	—	710	130.00	130.00
6	—	573	141.00	141.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	586	127.00–143.00	133.36
37	—	674	120.00–135.00	131.06
29	—	628	115.00–145.00	133.30
29	—	531	132.00–145.00	139.32
23	—	432	140.00–150.00	148.50
12	—	489	120.00–141.00	133.20
11	—	724	120.00–131.00	126.18
9	—	317	151.00–165.00	160.67
7	—	373	150.00–155.00	151.91
5	—	822	115.00–123.00	119.40
3	—	785	120.00–125.00	123.33
2	—	898	114.00	114.00
2	—	258	160.00	160.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	338	116.00	116.00
2	—	583	124.00	124.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	426	127.00–140.00	132.59
7	—	343	150.00	150.00
3	—	742	110.00–120.00	116.68
3	—	670	120.00–130.00	126.67
3	—	642	123.00	123.00
3	—	587	110.00–120.00	113.35
2	—	508	131.00	131.00
2	—	463	128.00	128.00
2	—	263	127.00	127.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	603	100.00	100.00
2	—	518	105.00	105.00
2	—	458	117.00	117.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	412	118.00–123.00	119.07
9	—	328	108.00–130.00	123.05
8	—	477	112.00–114.00	113.25
6	—	382	120.00–122.00	121.37
5	—	565	105.00–115.00	110.25
3	—	600	110.00–111.00	110.33
3	—	535	110.00–119.00	113.93
1	—	700	100.00	100.00
1	—	280	120.00	120.00
1	—	245	121.00	121.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	653	121.00	121.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	512	117.00–123.00	120.55
44	—	670	112.00–121.00	118.97
37	—	579	116.00–125.00	120.58
33	—	424	119.00–129.00	124.66
26	—	619	110.00–124.00	118.95
20	—	386	120.00–130.00	123.28
18	—	466	120.00–127.00	121.61
12	—	322	125.00–135.00	132.12
8	—	726	114.00–118.00	116.04
4	—	763	102.00–105.00	103.48
3	—	828	115.00	115.00
1	—	925	107.00	107.00
1	—	885	110.00	110.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,006	32.00–41.00	37.55
4	—	924	25.00–31.00	28.38

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,414	43.00–48.00	44.91
1	—	1,555	48.50	48.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
68	—	1,054	41.00–47.50	43.66
2	—	1,270	40.00–41.00	40.47
1	—	1,105	51.00	51.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,524	43.00–62.00	56.90
5	—	1,703	64.00–72.00	66.87
2	—	1,720	73.00–75.00	73.99

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
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	785	380.00	380.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,300	775.00	775.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	1,050	400.00	400.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,265	600.00–640.00	619.37
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,100	440.00	440.00

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.