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Dickson Livestock Auction

Name: Dickson Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-04-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-27

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dickson, Tennessee · Mon, Apr 27

● Final74 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2064

← Apr 20Apr 27May 4 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

894 head

▲ 310 vs last sale 584▲ 894 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

60 head

▼ 18 vs last sale 78▲ 60 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

58 head

▲ 8 vs last sale 50▲ 58 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to same sale last week, Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 1.00 higher. Steers mostly 3.00 to 9.00 lower, 500 to 600 lbs steers 4.00 higher. Bull calves steady. Heifers steady to 5.00 lower.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $120.85/cwt on 350 head.

Average price

$120.85

350 head · 518 lb average

Value per head Derived

$626

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$74

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

$6.58/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.51

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	522	121.58	635	311
Medium and Large 2-3	487	115.00	560	39

One grade step is worth $6.58/cwt here — about $74 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 sale350 hd

120.85

—

TN average11 barns · 2,088 hd

117.34

+3.51

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	—	Average	1,840	88.54	1,629	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,551	60.49	938	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,142	57.71	659	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	971	43.03	418	17

Every lot

74 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	268	171.24/cwt	155.00–183.00	459	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	285	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	351	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	319	168.28/cwt	160.00–175.00	537	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	340	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	456	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	367	167.54/cwt	160.00–173.00	615	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	376	145.05/cwt	140.00–155.00	545	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	424	151.51/cwt	150.00–154.00	642	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	468	136.73/cwt	134.00–140.00	640	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	490	145.84/cwt	128.00–155.00	715	26
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	514	148.11/cwt	140.00–155.00	761	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	528	144.57/cwt	130.00–154.00	763	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	530	112.02/cwt	111.00–113.00	594	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	558	131.19/cwt	122.00–136.00	732	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	563	140.98/cwt	120.00–148.50	794	53
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	572	137.79/cwt	136.00–138.00	788	30
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	618	116.50/cwt	114.00–120.00	720	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	622	132.76/cwt	127.00–134.00	826	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	642	108.34/cwt	105.00–110.00	696	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	668	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	855	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	668	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	695	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	702	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	842	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	767	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	805	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	232	137.09/cwt	135.00–138.00	318	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	282	137.28/cwt	132.50–140.00	387	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	333	127.60/cwt	123.00–134.00	425	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	335	130.35/cwt	128.00–136.00	437	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	362	129.93/cwt	128.00–133.00	470	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	387	122.60/cwt	120.00–128.00	474	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	421	118.63/cwt	112.00–122.00	499	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	429	128.60/cwt	123.00–133.00	552	30
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	457	123.58/cwt	122.00–124.00	565	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	470	124.76/cwt	118.00–131.00	586	32
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	498	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	623	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	521	120.76/cwt	112.00–126.00	629	33
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	533	112.35/cwt	108.00–118.00	599	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	538	118.48/cwt	117.00–122.00	637	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	572	116.76/cwt	104.00–120.00	668	28
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	582	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	716	88
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	583	105.58/cwt	102.00–112.00	616	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	620	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	583	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	626	106.84/cwt	103.00–112.00	669	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	662	106.36/cwt	106.00–108.00	704	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	675	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	675	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	710	87.97/cwt	84.00–92.00	625	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	753	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	715	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	800	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	712	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	878	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	729	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	355	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	600	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	365	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	540	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	417	139.63/cwt	130.00–152.00	582	15
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	421	151.11/cwt	134.00–162.00	636	25
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	478	139.19/cwt	130.00–160.00	665	26
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	485	135.09/cwt	129.00–142.00	655	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	525	126.95/cwt	121.00–134.00	666	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	535	118.75/cwt	118.00–119.00	635	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	573	124.24/cwt	110.00–129.00	712	19
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	582	109.98/cwt	108.00–120.00	640	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	603	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	651	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	613	110.01/cwt	105.00–111.00	674	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	650	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	683	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	660	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	713	1
Bulls	—	Small 1-2	665	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	525	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,796	87.05/cwt	83.00–92.00	1,563	9
Bulls	—	—	1,970	93.00/cwt	92.00–94.00	1,832	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	903	34.53/cwt	31.00–36.00	312	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	992	45.64/cwt	42.00–50.00	453	13
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,011	51.03/cwt	49.00–52.00	516	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,126	57.51/cwt	54.00–62.00	648	17
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,405	67.72/cwt	66.00–70.00	951	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,551	60.49/cwt	57.00–63.00	938	4
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,050	775.00/cwt	775.00–775.00	8,138	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,130	875.00/cwt	875.00–875.00	9,888	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,175	1,175.00/cwt	1,175.00–1,175.00	13,806	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,325	1,125.00/cwt	1,125.00–1,125.00	14,906	5

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 Apr 27, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 894Last week 584Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 60Last week 78Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 58Last week 50Year ago 0

Compared to same sale last week, Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 1.00 higher. Steers mostly 3.00 to 9.00 lower, 500 to 600 lbs steers 4.00 higher. Bull calves steady. Heifers steady to 5.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	582	108.00–120.00	109.98
4	—	535	118.00–119.00	118.75
4	—	485	129.00–142.00	135.09
3	—	365	148.00	148.00
2	—	603	108.00	108.00
1	—	650	105.00	105.00
15	—	417	130.00–152.00	139.63

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	478	130.00–160.00	139.19
25	—	421	134.00–162.00	151.11
19	—	573	110.00–129.00	124.24
7	—	525	121.00–134.00	126.95
6	—	613	105.00–111.00	110.01
1	—	660	108.00	108.00
1	—	355	169.00	169.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	665	79.00	79.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	367	160.00–173.00	167.54
9	—	319	160.00–175.00	168.28
9	—	268	155.00–183.00	171.24
8	—	668	128.00	128.00
5	—	618	114.00–120.00	116.50
5	—	424	150.00–154.00	151.51
3	—	767	105.00	105.00
3	—	702	120.00	120.00
53	—	563	120.00–148.50	140.98
26	—	490	128.00–155.00	145.84
20	—	528	130.00–154.00	144.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	468	134.00–140.00	136.73
5	—	376	140.00–155.00	145.05
4	—	285	123.00	123.00
3	—	668	104.00	104.00
3	—	642	105.00–110.00	108.34
3	—	558	122.00–136.00	131.19
2	—	530	111.00–113.00	112.02
1	—	340	134.00	134.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	572	136.00–138.00	137.79
18	—	514	140.00–155.00	148.11
12	—	622	127.00–134.00	132.76

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	583	102.00–112.00	105.58
7	—	387	120.00–128.00	122.60
6	—	533	108.00–118.00	112.35
5	—	457	122.00–124.00	123.58
4	—	421	112.00–122.00	118.63
4	—	333	123.00–134.00	127.60
2	—	675	100.00	100.00
1	—	620	94.00	94.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
88	—	582	123.00	123.00
15	—	498	125.00	125.00
10	—	538	117.00–122.00	118.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	521	112.00–126.00	120.76
32	—	470	118.00–131.00	124.76
30	—	429	123.00–133.00	128.60
28	—	572	104.00–120.00	116.76
19	—	626	103.00–112.00	106.84
15	—	362	128.00–133.00	129.93
15	—	335	128.00–136.00	130.35
11	—	662	106.00–108.00	106.36
5	—	282	132.50–140.00	137.28
3	—	232	135.00–138.00	137.09
2	—	878	83.00	83.00
2	—	753	95.00	95.00
2	—	710	84.00–92.00	87.97
1	—	800	89.00	89.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,551	57.00–63.00	60.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,126	54.00–62.00	57.51
4	—	1,011	49.00–52.00	51.03
3	—	1,405	66.00–70.00	67.72

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	992	42.00–50.00	45.64
4	—	903	31.00–36.00	34.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,796	83.00–92.00	87.05
3	—	1,970	92.00–94.00	93.00

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/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,325	1,125.00	1,125.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,175	1,175.00	1,175.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	—	1,050	775.00	775.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,130	875.00	875.00

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.