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Dickson Livestock Auction

Name: Dickson Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-09-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-28

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

● Final83 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2064

← Sep 21Sep 28Oct 5 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,432 head

▼ 15 vs last sale 1,447▲ 33 vs year ago 1,399 · +2.4%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

88 head

▼ 40 vs last sale 128▼ 87 vs year ago 175 · −49.7%

Replacement Cattle receipts

42 head

▲ 1 vs last sale 41▼ 85 vs year ago 127 · −66.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to same sale last week, Slaughter cows 1.00 lower. Slaughter bulls 4.00 lower. Steers steady to 2.00 lower. Heifers steady to 2.00 higher. Bulls steady.

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 $138.50/cwt on 530 head.

Average price

$138.50

530 head · 675 lb average

Value per head Derived

$935

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$145

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

$27.61/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.47

vs TN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2-3	493	138.61	684	18thin
Medium and Large 1-2	682	138.60	946	510
Medium and Large 3	485	111.00	538	2thin

One grade step is worth $27.61/cwt here — about $145 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 sale530 hd

138.50

—

TN average7 barns · 1,256 hd

135.03

+3.47

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	1,688	82.36	1,390	24
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,427	55.65	794	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,194	55.34	661	42
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	983	43.52	428	21

Every lot

83 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 · Steers28 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	237	180.61/cwt	180.00–183.00	428	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	270	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	440	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	285	175.40/cwt	152.00–184.00	500	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	319	170.79/cwt	160.00–182.00	545	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	335	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	436	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	364	147.82/cwt	142.00–165.00	538	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	377	165.48/cwt	150.00–180.00	624	23
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	428	160.48/cwt	150.00–165.00	687	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	463	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	695	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	467	151.46/cwt	145.00–160.00	707	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	485	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	538	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	521	145.31/cwt	135.00–152.00	757	52
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	551	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	788	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	573	142.44/cwt	135.00–148.00	816	28
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	616	135.56/cwt	130.00–145.00	835	38
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	626	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	876	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	676	131.04/cwt	127.00–137.00	886	34
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	680	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	816	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	713	136.40/cwt	135.00–137.00	973	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	713	128.37/cwt	120.00–135.00	915	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	715	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	822	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	783	129.50/cwt	119.00–132.50	1,014	52
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	968	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	829	117.47/cwt	115.00–121.00	974	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	856	132.17/cwt	132.00–132.50	1,131	176
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	958	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	862	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	968	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,016	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	1,085	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,085	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	245	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	306	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	265	145.91/cwt	135.00–151.00	387	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	290	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	392	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	323	144.33/cwt	140.00–147.00	466	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	369	141.99/cwt	138.00–145.00	524	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	387	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	503	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	404	121.98/cwt	120.00–128.00	493	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	430	134.59/cwt	130.00–143.00	579	45
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	477	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	644	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	485	133.66/cwt	124.00–139.00	648	61
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	506	122.25/cwt	120.00–129.00	619	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	527	127.75/cwt	121.00–133.00	673	56
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	538	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	716	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	572	123.89/cwt	118.00–128.00	709	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	575	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	633	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	579	129.77/cwt	115.00–132.50	751	55
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	594	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	760	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	622	119.68/cwt	111.00–124.00	744	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	624	123.42/cwt	113.00–126.00	770	58
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	658	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	823	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	660	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	693	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	667	121.48/cwt	113.00–124.00	810	37
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	714	114.23/cwt	107.00–117.00	816	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	768	104.00/cwt	103.00–105.00	799	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	399	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	599	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	424	157.64/cwt	145.00–170.00	668	14
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	425	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	595	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	463	130.48/cwt	125.00–134.00	604	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	475	144.78/cwt	130.00–150.00	688	21
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	523	138.18/cwt	132.00–145.00	723	24
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	537	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	644	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	540	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	599	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	577	129.94/cwt	125.00–135.00	750	22
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	598	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	706	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	628	125.76/cwt	120.00–133.00	790	26
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	643	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	707	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	671	115.94/cwt	114.00–120.00	778	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	675	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	675	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	721	111.99/cwt	110.00–115.00	807	13
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	753	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	821	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	803	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	803	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	880	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	660	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	890	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	801	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,270	70.90/cwt	66.00–79.00	900	4
Bulls	—	—	1,764	84.37/cwt	80.00–90.00	1,488	19
Bulls	—	—	1,920	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,728	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	976	37.57/cwt	28.00–42.00	367	8
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	987	47.18/cwt	40.00–51.00	466	13
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,093	52.77/cwt	45.00–55.00	577	20
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,279	57.24/cwt	55.00–63.00	732	21
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,427	55.65/cwt	53.00–60.00	794	10
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,435	67.00/cwt	67.00–67.00	961	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	925	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	8,325	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,295	1,068.34/cwt	975.00–1,175.00	13,835	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,360	925.00/cwt	925.00–925.00	12,580	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 Sep 28, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,432Last week 1,447Year ago 1,399

Slaughter CattleReceipts 88Last week 128Year ago 175

Replacement CattleReceipts 42Last week 41Year ago 127

Compared to same sale last week, Slaughter cows 1.00 lower. Slaughter bulls 4.00 lower. Steers steady to 2.00 lower. Heifers steady to 2.00 higher. Bulls steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	551	143.00	143.00
10	—	713	135.00–137.00	136.40
176	—	856	132.00–132.50	132.17
6	—	626	140.00	140.00
2	—	800	121.00	121.00
1	—	1,085	100.00	100.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	270	163.00	163.00
2	—	958	90.00	90.00
1	—	680	120.00	120.00
1	—	335	130.00	130.00
6	—	364	142.00–165.00	147.82
1	—	715	115.00	115.00
6	—	463	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	485	111.00	111.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	783	119.00–132.50	129.50
2	—	968	105.00	105.00
28	—	573	135.00–148.00	142.44
23	—	377	150.00–180.00	165.48
5	—	237	180.00–183.00	180.61
4	—	285	152.00–184.00	175.40
52	—	521	135.00–152.00	145.31
8	—	428	150.00–165.00	160.48
38	—	616	130.00–145.00	135.56
34	—	676	127.00–137.00	131.04
21	—	713	120.00–135.00	128.37
15	—	467	145.00–160.00	151.46
6	—	829	115.00–121.00	117.47
20	—	319	160.00–182.00	170.79

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	579	115.00–132.50	129.77
9	—	323	140.00–147.00	144.33
58	—	624	113.00–126.00	123.42
10	—	265	135.00–151.00	145.91
45	—	430	130.00–143.00	134.59
15	—	714	107.00–117.00	114.23
15	—	369	138.00–145.00	141.99
56	—	527	121.00–133.00	127.75
37	—	667	113.00–124.00	121.48
2	—	768	103.00–105.00	104.00
61	—	485	124.00–139.00	133.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	660	105.00	105.00
3	—	622	111.00–124.00	119.68
4	—	404	120.00–128.00	121.98
2	—	245	125.00	125.00
1	—	290	135.00	135.00
3	—	477	135.00	135.00
8	—	506	120.00–129.00	122.25
9	—	572	118.00–128.00	123.89
3	—	387	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	658	125.00	125.00
2	—	538	133.00	133.00
4	—	594	128.00	128.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	575	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	537	120.00	120.00
1	—	880	75.00	75.00
5	—	463	125.00–134.00	130.48
3	—	643	110.00	110.00
2	—	425	140.00	140.00
2	—	598	118.00	118.00
1	—	675	100.00	100.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	523	132.00–145.00	138.18
13	—	721	110.00–115.00	111.99
22	—	577	125.00–135.00	129.94
26	—	628	120.00–133.00	125.76
4	—	399	150.00	150.00
2	—	753	109.00	109.00
1	—	890	90.00	90.00
14	—	424	145.00–170.00	157.64
21	—	475	130.00–150.00	144.78
4	—	671	114.00–120.00	115.94
2	—	803	100.00	100.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	540	111.00	111.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,427	53.00–60.00	55.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	987	40.00–51.00	47.18
8	—	976	28.00–42.00	37.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,279	55.00–63.00	57.24
20	—	1,093	45.00–55.00	52.77
1	—	1,435	67.00	67.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,764	80.00–90.00	84.37
4	—	1,270	66.00–79.00	70.90
1	—	1,920	90.00	90.00

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
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	925	900.00	900.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	1,360	925.00	925.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,295	975.00–1,175.00	1,068.34

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.