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Dickson Livestock Auction

Name: Dickson Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-05-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-05-11

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dickson, Tennessee · Mon, May 11

● Final82 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2064

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Feeder Cattle receipts

1,116 head

▲ 207 vs last sale 909▲ 1,116 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

100 head

▼ 44 vs last sale 144▲ 100 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

42 head

▲ 1 vs last sale 41▲ 42 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 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 3.00 lower. Steers 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Bulls 4.00 to 8.00 higher. Heifers 4.00 to 6.00 higher, instances 12.00 higher.

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 $123.62/cwt on 424 head.

Average price

$123.62

424 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$670

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$129

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

$14.38/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.11

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	545	124.45	678	399
Small 1-2	473	113.46	537	2thin
Medium and Large 2-3	499	110.07	550	23

One grade step is worth $14.38/cwt here — about $129 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 sale424 hd

123.62

—

TN average12 barns · 2,665 hd

120.52

+3.11

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	1,779	88.20	1,569	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,182	59.65	705	49
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,410	59.23	835	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	957	44.84	429	21

Every lot

82 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 · Steers31 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	220	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	380	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	230	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	345	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	274	168.48/cwt	160.00–176.00	462	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	280	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	392	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	320	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	483	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	337	175.84/cwt	165.00–182.00	593	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	368	147.41/cwt	145.00–150.00	542	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	370	174.19/cwt	151.00–184.00	645	28
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	405	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	668	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	413	165.33/cwt	145.00–172.00	683	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	428	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	599	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	470	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	682	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	471	160.99/cwt	157.00–166.50	758	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	477	155.23/cwt	144.00–160.00	740	35
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	513	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	780	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	525	149.58/cwt	143.00–155.00	785	30
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	530	124.83/cwt	124.00–130.00	662	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	578	147.65/cwt	143.00–148.00	853	43
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	579	142.42/cwt	122.00–152.00	825	27
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	580	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	725	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	634	130.83/cwt	120.00–133.00	829	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	636	127.26/cwt	125.00–133.00	809	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	662	127.70/cwt	120.00–130.00	845	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	683	125.19/cwt	125.00–126.00	855	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	685	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	754	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	711	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	867	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	725	122.29/cwt	112.00–126.00	887	32
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	765	121.42/cwt	108.00–128.00	929	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	812	111.66/cwt	110.00–112.00	907	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	884	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	981	37
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	905	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	923	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	235	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	329	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	287	145.08/cwt	130.00–150.00	416	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	326	126.14/cwt	120.00–132.00	411	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	327	136.53/cwt	125.00–142.00	446	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	370	122.40/cwt	115.00–130.00	453	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	374	139.84/cwt	135.00–144.00	523	32
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	416	125.29/cwt	121.00–128.00	521	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	431	134.56/cwt	118.00–143.00	580	67
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	450	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	540	1
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	473	113.46/cwt	105.00–122.00	537	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	475	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	608	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	476	126.12/cwt	124.00–130.00	600	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	500	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	595	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	525	126.87/cwt	118.00–131.00	666	82
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	569	120.83/cwt	115.00–127.00	688	31
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	575	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	518	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	619	113.33/cwt	111.00–115.00	702	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	628	116.44/cwt	115.00–119.00	731	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	658	113.47/cwt	103.00–119.00	747	63
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	671	93.85/cwt	85.00–103.00	630	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	725	109.36/cwt	108.00–111.00	793	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	762	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	884	32
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	773	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	843	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	845	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	761	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	405	131.50/cwt	129.00–134.00	533	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	427	155.17/cwt	145.00–168.00	663	14
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	470	146.77/cwt	132.00–158.00	690	39
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	479	136.01/cwt	134.00–140.00	651	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	518	127.97/cwt	125.00–131.00	663	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	521	136.18/cwt	126.00–144.00	709	17
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	578	131.69/cwt	125.00–145.00	761	11
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	580	118.99/cwt	117.00–120.00	690	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	615	122.06/cwt	120.00–125.00	751	15
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	675	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	776	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	686	108.48/cwt	107.00–110.00	744	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	702	105.29/cwt	105.00–110.00	739	17
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	770	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	809	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	855	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	804	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	893	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	714	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,708	84.86/cwt	77.00–88.00	1,449	6
Bulls	—	—	1,886	93.21/cwt	91.00–95.00	1,758	4
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	937	37.63/cwt	33.00–42.00	353	6
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	965	47.72/cwt	43.00–53.00	460	15
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,180	59.47/cwt	54.00–63.00	702	47
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,220	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	781	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,410	59.23/cwt	57.00–60.00	835	12
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,000	925.00/cwt	925.00–925.00	9,250	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,000	775.00/cwt	775.00–775.00	7,750	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,050	875.00/cwt	875.00–875.00	9,188	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,345	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	10,760	6
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,375	925.00/cwt	925.00–925.00	12,719	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 May 11, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,116Last week 909Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 100Last week 144Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 42Last week 41Year ago 0

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)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,000	775.00	775.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,345	800.00	800.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,375	925.00	925.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,000	925.00	925.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,050	875.00	875.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	428	140.00	140.00
7	—	530	124.00–130.00	124.83
4	—	685	110.00	110.00
2	—	580	125.00	125.00
2	—	368	145.00–150.00	147.41
1	—	470	145.00	145.00
1	—	320	151.00	151.00
1	—	280	140.00	140.00
1	—	230	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	578	143.00–148.00	147.65
19	—	471	157.00–166.50	160.99
17	—	636	125.00–133.00	127.26
10	—	683	125.00–126.00	125.19
8	—	711	122.00	122.00
3	—	513	152.00	152.00
2	—	405	165.00	165.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	634	120.00–133.00	130.83
16	—	413	145.00–172.00	165.33
16	—	337	165.00–182.00	175.84
6	—	812	110.00–112.00	111.66
6	—	274	160.00–176.00	168.48
1	—	905	102.00	102.00
1	—	220	172.50	172.50
37	—	884	111.00	111.00
35	—	477	144.00–160.00	155.23
32	—	725	112.00–126.00	122.29
30	—	525	143.00–155.00	149.58
28	—	370	151.00–184.00	174.19
27	—	579	122.00–152.00	142.42
20	—	662	120.00–130.00	127.70
18	—	765	108.00–128.00	121.42

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	327	125.00–142.00	136.53
8	—	287	130.00–150.00	145.08
2	—	845	90.00	90.00
1	—	235	140.00	140.00
82	—	525	118.00–131.00	126.87
67	—	431	118.00–143.00	134.56
63	—	658	103.00–119.00	113.47
32	—	762	116.00	116.00
32	—	374	135.00–144.00	139.84
31	—	569	115.00–127.00	120.83
22	—	619	111.00–115.00	113.33
18	—	476	124.00–130.00	126.12
15	—	725	108.00–111.00	109.36

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	473	105.00–122.00	113.46

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	671	85.00–103.00	93.85
4	—	575	90.00	90.00
4	—	416	121.00–128.00	125.29
4	—	326	120.00–132.00	126.14
2	—	500	119.00	119.00
2	—	370	115.00–130.00	122.40
1	—	450	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	628	115.00–119.00	116.44
4	—	475	128.00	128.00
3	—	773	109.00	109.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	770	105.00	105.00
4	—	686	107.00–110.00	108.48
4	—	518	125.00–131.00	127.97
3	—	580	117.00–120.00	118.99
3	—	479	134.00–140.00	136.01
2	—	893	80.00	80.00
2	—	405	129.00–134.00	131.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	470	132.00–158.00	146.77
17	—	702	105.00–110.00	105.29
17	—	521	126.00–144.00	136.18
15	—	615	120.00–125.00	122.06
14	—	427	145.00–168.00	155.17
11	—	578	125.00–145.00	131.69
2	—	855	94.00	94.00
2	—	675	115.00	115.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	965	43.00–53.00	47.72
6	—	937	33.00–42.00	37.63

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,410	57.00–60.00	59.23

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	1,180	54.00–63.00	59.47
2	—	1,220	64.00	64.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,708	77.00–88.00	84.86
4	—	1,886	91.00–95.00	93.21

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.