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Dickson Livestock Auction

Name: Dickson Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-07-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-07-27

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

● Final77 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2064

← Jul 20Jul 27Aug 3 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

650 head

▼ 49 vs last sale 699▲ 6 vs year ago 644 · +0.9%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

119 head

▲ 66 vs last sale 53▲ 34 vs year ago 85 · +40.0%

Replacement Cattle receipts

41 head

▲ 30 vs last sale 11▲ 16 vs year ago 25 · +64.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to same sale last week, Slaughter cows were mostly steady, on boner cows 5.00 higher. Slaughter bulls steady. Steers mostly steady, 450 to 600 lbs 3.00 to 6.00 higher. Heifers steady to 4.00 higher. Bulls 4.00 to 7.00 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 $127.18/cwt on 265 head.

Average price

$127.18

265 head · 535 lb average

Value per head Derived

$681

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$45

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

$7.26/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.92

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	536	127.98	686	236
Medium and Large 2-3	530	120.71	640	29

One grade step is worth $7.26/cwt here — about $45 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 sale265 hd

127.18

—

TN average9 barns · 1,632 hd

124.26

+2.92

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	1,445	89.53	1,293	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,400	68.53	959	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,079	65.90	711	75
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	938	50.17	471	9thin

Every lot

77 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	288	166.03/cwt	165.00–170.00	478	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	345	161.50/cwt	158.00–165.00	557	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	379	155.60/cwt	150.00–162.00	590	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	424	151.44/cwt	144.00–160.00	642	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	474	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	668	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	486	152.35/cwt	144.00–159.00	740	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	523	155.97/cwt	152.00–159.00	816	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	529	153.73/cwt	141.00–157.00	813	37
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	532	132.55/cwt	130.00–135.00	705	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	573	146.45/cwt	142.00–151.00	839	30
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	574	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	872	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	588	132.57/cwt	130.00–136.00	780	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	603	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	669	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	611	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	855	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	620	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	775	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	627	134.17/cwt	128.00–138.00	841	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	658	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	823	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	660	136.90/cwt	133.00–138.00	904	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	674	129.71/cwt	124.00–135.00	874	26
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	701	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	869	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	705	126.99/cwt	125.00–128.00	895	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	722	125.92/cwt	120.00–130.00	909	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	782	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	962	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	784	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	964	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	815	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	897	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	863	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	984	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	898	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	898	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	295	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	413	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	314	141.39/cwt	135.00–145.00	444	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	323	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	420	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	385	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	477	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	390	137.94/cwt	134.00–140.00	538	28
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	433	138.16/cwt	127.00–144.00	598	26
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	438	121.49/cwt	120.00–123.00	532	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	479	126.91/cwt	123.00–131.00	608	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	481	131.64/cwt	127.00–139.00	633	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	493	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	626	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	522	127.61/cwt	123.00–132.00	666	45
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	544	120.80/cwt	113.00–124.00	657	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	548	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	696	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	554	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	715	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	571	124.70/cwt	121.00–127.00	712	34
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	581	120.15/cwt	115.00–125.00	698	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	610	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	610	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	627	121.40/cwt	118.00–126.00	761	25
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	647	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	796	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	665	118.81/cwt	111.00–122.50	790	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	688	121.80/cwt	121.00–122.00	838	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	725	113.97/cwt	105.00–117.00	826	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	758	105.00/cwt	100.00–110.00	796	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	770	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	847	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	431	145.97/cwt	145.00–148.00	629	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	463	149.67/cwt	139.00–154.00	693	22
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	469	136.24/cwt	130.00–143.00	639	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	519	133.32/cwt	132.00–134.00	692	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	533	145.98/cwt	145.00–147.00	778	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	568	136.15/cwt	129.00–139.00	773	11
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	577	130.50/cwt	129.00–131.00	753	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	615	121.51/cwt	121.00–122.00	747	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	620	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	682	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	635	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	794	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	655	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	812	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	693	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	783	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	730	112.45/cwt	110.00–115.00	821	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	767	106.67/cwt	105.00–110.00	818	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	780	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	866	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	818	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	818	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,213	80.77/cwt	76.00–85.00	980	2
Bulls	—	—	1,511	92.03/cwt	86.00–97.00	1,391	7
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	525	35.00/cwt	35.00–35.00	184	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	990	52.07/cwt	48.00–55.00	515	8
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,069	65.46/cwt	57.00–69.00	700	58
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,102	57.76/cwt	56.00–59.00	637	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,116	71.42/cwt	70.00–72.00	797	12
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,400	68.53/cwt	62.00–70.00	959	15
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,350	1,050.00/cwt	1,050.00–1,050.00	14,175	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,450	975.00/cwt	975.00–975.00	14,138	2

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 Jul 27, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 650Last week 699Year ago 644

Slaughter CattleReceipts 119Last week 53Year ago 85

Replacement CattleReceipts 41Last week 11Year ago 25

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	385	124.00	124.00
10	—	479	123.00–131.00	126.91
5	—	544	113.00–124.00	120.80
4	—	758	100.00–110.00	105.00
4	—	581	115.00–125.00	120.15
2	—	438	120.00–123.00	121.49
2	—	323	130.00	130.00
1	—	610	100.00	100.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	688	121.00–122.00	121.80
5	—	554	129.00	129.00
3	—	647	123.00	123.00
3	—	548	127.00	127.00
3	—	493	127.00	127.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	522	123.00–132.00	127.61
34	—	571	121.00–127.00	124.70
28	—	390	134.00–140.00	137.94
26	—	433	127.00–144.00	138.16
25	—	627	118.00–126.00	121.40
22	—	665	111.00–122.50	118.81
18	—	481	127.00–139.00	131.64
7	—	725	105.00–117.00	113.97
4	—	314	135.00–145.00	141.39
2	—	295	140.00	140.00
1	—	770	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	620	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	577	129.00–131.00	130.50
4	—	469	130.00–143.00	136.24
3	—	693	113.00	113.00
3	—	635	125.00	125.00
3	—	519	132.00–134.00	133.32
2	—	818	100.00	100.00
2	—	780	111.00	111.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	463	139.00–154.00	149.67
11	—	568	129.00–139.00	136.15
4	—	431	145.00–148.00	145.97
3	—	767	105.00–110.00	106.67
2	—	730	110.00–115.00	112.45
2	—	615	121.00–122.00	121.51
2	—	533	145.00–147.00	145.98
1	—	655	124.00	124.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	603	111.00	111.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	474	141.00	141.00
5	—	701	124.00	124.00
5	—	588	130.00–136.00	132.57
4	—	532	130.00–135.00	132.55
2	—	898	100.00	100.00
2	—	658	125.00	125.00
1	—	620	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	660	133.00–138.00	136.90
12	—	705	125.00–128.00	126.99
7	—	574	152.00	152.00
7	—	523	152.00–159.00	155.97
5	—	611	140.00	140.00
3	—	782	123.00	123.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	529	141.00–157.00	153.73
30	—	573	142.00–151.00	146.45
26	—	674	124.00–135.00	129.71
17	—	627	128.00–138.00	134.17
17	—	379	150.00–162.00	155.60
15	—	424	144.00–160.00	151.44
14	—	722	120.00–130.00	125.92
13	—	486	144.00–159.00	152.35
5	—	784	123.00	123.00
5	—	288	165.00–170.00	166.03
2	—	863	114.00	114.00
2	—	815	110.00	110.00
2	—	345	158.00–165.00	161.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	990	48.00–55.00	52.07
1	—	525	35.00	35.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,400	62.00–70.00	68.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	1,069	57.00–69.00	65.46
12	—	1,116	70.00–72.00	71.42
5	—	1,102	56.00–59.00	57.76

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,511	86.00–97.00	92.03
2	—	1,213	76.00–85.00	80.77

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 (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	1,450	975.00	975.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,350	1,050.00	1,050.00

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.