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Dickson Livestock Auction

Name: Dickson Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-10-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-26

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dickson, Tennessee · Mon, Oct 26

● Final80 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2064

← Oct 19Oct 26Nov 2 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

742 head

▼ 397 vs last sale 1,139▼ 228 vs year ago 970 · −23.5%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

53 head

▼ 89 vs last sale 142▼ 93 vs year ago 146 · −63.7%

Replacement Cattle receipts

36 head

▼ 44 vs last sale 80▲ 15 vs year ago 21 · +71.4%

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

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to same sale last week, Slaughter cows mostly steady. Slaughter bulls 1.00 lower. Steers 4.00 to 9.00 lower. Bulls 4.00 to 6.00 lower. Heifers 4.00 to 9.00 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 $114.26/cwt on 207 head.

Average price

$114.26

207 head · 519 lb average

Value per head Derived

$593

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$236

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

$25.53/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.44

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	528	115.53	610	179
Medium and Large 2-3	480	107.69	517	24
Small 1-2	325	99.00	322	3thin
Medium and Large 3	415	90.00	374	1thin

One grade step is worth $25.53/cwt here — about $236 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 sale207 hd

114.26

—

TN average11 barns · 2,135 hd

108.82

+5.44

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	1,669	76.43	1,276	19
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,409	50.44	710	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,207	50.03	604	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,054	40.06	422	30

Every lot

80 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 · Steers25 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	225	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	304	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	235	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	376	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	290	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	429	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	325	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	455	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	340	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	459	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	372	134.36/cwt	124.00–141.00	500	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	381	150.61/cwt	145.00–155.00	574	11
Steers	—	Small 1-2	390	105.06/cwt	100.00–110.00	410	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	418	120.76/cwt	115.00–133.00	505	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	441	141.13/cwt	120.00–146.00	622	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	470	121.61/cwt	120.00–125.00	572	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	484	134.16/cwt	130.00–140.00	649	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	507	111.18/cwt	108.00–121.00	564	8
Steers	—	Small 1-2	520	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	598	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	523	128.34/cwt	120.00–136.00	671	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	556	109.30/cwt	104.00–120.00	608	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	582	124.51/cwt	114.00–133.00	725	33
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	591	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	739	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	624	123.18/cwt	117.00–128.00	769	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	655	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	819	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	684	117.49/cwt	115.00–120.00	804	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	719	115.65/cwt	115.00–117.00	832	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	726	118.69/cwt	117.00–120.00	862	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	764	114.17/cwt	105.00–117.00	872	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	887	109.16/cwt	107.00–110.00	968	7
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	223	129.44/cwt	120.00–140.00	289	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	288	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	369	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	309	120.43/cwt	100.00–130.00	372	8
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	325	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	322	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	373	121.19/cwt	118.00–124.00	452	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	389	116.73/cwt	116.00–118.00	454	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	415	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	374	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	424	120.60/cwt	117.00–124.00	511	28
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	436	106.54/cwt	101.00–118.00	465	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	458	106.59/cwt	100.00–109.00	488	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	468	116.06/cwt	110.00–121.00	543	25
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	521	105.74/cwt	105.00–108.00	551	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	522	116.21/cwt	113.00–120.00	607	36
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	565	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	588	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	574	115.14/cwt	111.00–118.00	661	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	601	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	697	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	620	113.40/cwt	110.00–116.00	703	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	630	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	674	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	664	112.43/cwt	112.00–113.00	747	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	667	109.57/cwt	106.00–113.00	731	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	690	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	676	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	716	103.63/cwt	94.00–107.00	742	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	750	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	705	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	823	94.92/cwt	90.00–101.00	781	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	423	121.94/cwt	120.00–124.00	516	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	425	140.65/cwt	125.00–150.00	598	19
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	458	124.97/cwt	120.00–130.00	572	2
Bulls	—	Small 1-2	462	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	467	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	476	131.43/cwt	120.00–140.00	626	18
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	518	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	570	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	522	125.23/cwt	120.00–129.00	654	22
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	559	113.15/cwt	110.00–116.00	633	12
Bulls	—	Small 1-2	563	108.98/cwt	108.00–110.00	614	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	565	119.94/cwt	113.00–130.00	678	31
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	567	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	635	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	618	106.49/cwt	105.00–108.00	658	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	620	109.58/cwt	105.00–116.00	679	11
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	650	106.50/cwt	105.00–108.00	692	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	663	103.02/cwt	100.00–105.00	683	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	731	105.21/cwt	90.00–110.00	769	13
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	776	98.74/cwt	95.00–100.00	766	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	820	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	763	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	880	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	642	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,502	71.22/cwt	56.00–76.00	1,070	6
Bulls	—	—	1,713	78.23/cwt	75.00–81.00	1,340	12
Bulls	—	—	2,150	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	1,849	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	927	32.72/cwt	31.00–36.00	303	6
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,086	41.90/cwt	36.00–45.00	455	24
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,207	50.03/cwt	47.00–53.00	604	11
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,305	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	587	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,420	51.04/cwt	49.00–54.00	725	9
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Small and Medium 1-2	845	670.00/cwt	670.00–670.00	5,662	3
Bred Cows	—	Small and Medium 1-2	845	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	4,732	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,050	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	5,775	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,550	1,075.00/cwt	1,075.00–1,075.00	16,663	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 26, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 742Last week 1,139Year ago 970

Slaughter CattleReceipts 53Last week 142Year ago 146

Replacement CattleReceipts 36Last week 80Year ago 21

Compared to same sale last week, Slaughter cows mostly steady. Slaughter bulls 1.00 lower. Steers 4.00 to 9.00 lower. Bulls 4.00 to 6.00 lower. Heifers 4.00 to 9.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	563	108.00–110.00	108.98
3	—	462	101.00	101.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	820	93.00	93.00
4	—	776	95.00–100.00	98.74
11	—	620	105.00–116.00	109.58
18	—	476	120.00–140.00	131.43
13	—	731	90.00–110.00	105.21
22	—	522	120.00–129.00	125.23
19	—	425	125.00–150.00	140.65
2	—	650	105.00–108.00	106.50
31	—	565	113.00–130.00	119.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	559	110.00–116.00	113.15
2	—	423	120.00–124.00	121.94
2	—	618	105.00–108.00	106.49
3	—	663	100.00–105.00	103.02
3	—	518	110.00	110.00
2	—	458	120.00–130.00	124.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	567	112.00	112.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	880	73.00	73.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	373	118.00–124.00	121.19
1	—	750	94.00	94.00
28	—	424	117.00–124.00	120.60
8	—	309	100.00–130.00	120.43
18	—	574	111.00–118.00	115.14
8	—	716	94.00–107.00	103.63
2	—	288	128.00	128.00
2	—	223	120.00–140.00	129.44
25	—	468	110.00–121.00	116.06
20	—	620	110.00–116.00	113.40
3	—	823	90.00–101.00	94.92
5	—	667	106.00–113.00	109.57
36	—	522	113.00–120.00	116.21

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	664	112.00–113.00	112.43
4	—	601	116.00	116.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	325	99.00	99.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	415	90.00	90.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	690	98.00	98.00
2	—	630	107.00	107.00
4	—	521	105.00–108.00	105.74
6	—	436	101.00–118.00	106.54
1	—	565	104.00	104.00
6	—	458	100.00–109.00	106.59
4	—	389	116.00–118.00	116.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	235	160.00	160.00
20	—	764	105.00–117.00	114.17
33	—	582	114.00–133.00	124.51
18	—	624	117.00–128.00	123.18
1	—	325	140.00	140.00
6	—	684	115.00–120.00	117.49
13	—	441	120.00–146.00	141.13
6	—	719	115.00–117.00	115.65
9	—	484	130.00–140.00	134.16
7	—	887	107.00–110.00	109.16
13	—	523	120.00–136.00	128.34
11	—	381	145.00–155.00	150.61

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	726	117.00–120.00	118.69
3	—	591	125.00	125.00
1	—	655	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	520	115.00	115.00
2	—	390	100.00–110.00	105.06

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	556	104.00–120.00	109.30
10	—	372	124.00–141.00	134.36
1	—	340	135.00	135.00
1	—	225	135.00	135.00
3	—	470	120.00–125.00	121.61
9	—	418	115.00–133.00	120.76
1	—	290	148.00	148.00
8	—	507	108.00–121.00	111.18

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	845	560.00	560.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	845	670.00	670.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,550	1,075.00	1,075.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,050	550.00	550.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,713	75.00–81.00	78.23
6	—	1,502	56.00–76.00	71.22
1	—	2,150	86.00	86.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,207	47.00–53.00	50.03

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,086	36.00–45.00	41.90
6	—	927	31.00–36.00	32.72

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,420	49.00–54.00	51.04
1	—	1,305	45.00	45.00

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.