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Dickson Livestock Auction

Name: Dickson Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-01-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-01-04

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dickson, Tennessee · Mon, Jan 4

● Final82 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2064

← Dec 14Jan 4Jan 18 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

567 head

▼ 696 vs last sale 1,263▼ 553 vs year ago 1,120 · −49.4%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

84 head

▼ 27 vs last sale 111▼ 36 vs year ago 120 · −30.0%

Replacement Cattle receipts

16 head

▼ 34 vs last sale 50▲ 3 vs year ago 13 · +23.1%

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

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends could be established due to the two week holiday lay off.

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 $123.08/cwt on 267 head.

Average price

$123.08

267 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$668

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$134

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

$5.59/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.24

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	549	123.48	678	248
Medium and Large 2-3	461	117.88	544	19thin

One grade step is worth $5.59/cwt here — about $134 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 sale267 hd

123.08

—

TN average4 barns · 587 hd

120.84

+2.24

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	1,624	79.77	1,295	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,508	52.36	790	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,229	50.16	616	32
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,063	40.94	435	14

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 2-3	245	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	380	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	271	184.88/cwt	184.00–185.00	501	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	280	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	448	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	332	180.64/cwt	177.00–185.00	600	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	367	175.99/cwt	170.00–184.00	646	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	381	159.87/cwt	154.00–173.00	609	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	410	140.98/cwt	140.00–142.00	578	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	424	161.64/cwt	150.00–171.00	685	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	443	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	766	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	459	166.59/cwt	161.00–175.00	765	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	463	138.86/cwt	135.00–144.00	643	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	483	148.04/cwt	142.00–154.00	715	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	505	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	752	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	516	139.08/cwt	134.00–146.00	718	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	525	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	761	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	534	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	774	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	535	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	637	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	585	134.04/cwt	130.00–136.00	784	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	605	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	859	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	615	131.49/cwt	127.00–135.00	809	31
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	620	120.46/cwt	116.00–125.00	747	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	663	129.20/cwt	126.00–131.00	857	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	667	123.75/cwt	123.00–124.00	825	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	695	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	869	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	711	119.86/cwt	119.00–120.00	852	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	745	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	775	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	765	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	918	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	783	120.96/cwt	120.00–123.00	947	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	813	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	935	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	870	112.99/cwt	112.00–115.00	983	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	900	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	909	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	270	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	378	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	327	133.04/cwt	130.00–135.00	435	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	364	123.53/cwt	122.00–130.00	450	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	382	132.41/cwt	130.00–134.00	506	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	417	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	571	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	433	131.13/cwt	123.00–136.00	568	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	445	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	494	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	479	126.03/cwt	120.00–134.00	604	31
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	480	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	576	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	484	130.78/cwt	130.00–135.00	633	25
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	490	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	588	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	502	114.99/cwt	113.00–116.00	577	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	516	121.30/cwt	115.00–126.00	626	29
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	566	126.36/cwt	124.00–128.00	715	31
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	571	118.55/cwt	115.00–123.00	677	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	616	122.02/cwt	118.00–123.00	752	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	639	118.13/cwt	117.00–119.00	755	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	677	114.43/cwt	110.00–117.00	775	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	678	116.67/cwt	116.00–117.00	791	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	701	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	701	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	733	109.98/cwt	107.00–113.00	806	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	760	109.99/cwt	105.00–112.00	836	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	764	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	863	7
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	412	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	709	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	440	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	616	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	470	147.81/cwt	140.00–156.00	695	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	508	136.99/cwt	134.00–140.00	696	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	524	124.50/cwt	123.00–126.00	652	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	550	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	671	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	566	124.15/cwt	120.00–132.00	703	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	618	119.80/cwt	115.00–124.00	740	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	628	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	659	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	665	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	732	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	700	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	784	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	734	97.60/cwt	94.00–109.00	716	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	770	105.98/cwt	105.00–110.00	816	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	810	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	826	1
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	420	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	315	4
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,624	79.77/cwt	74.00–82.00	1,295	9
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,008	35.48/cwt	35.00–36.00	358	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,072	41.85/cwt	37.00–46.00	449	12
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,214	43.32/cwt	41.00–45.00	526	7
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,220	51.38/cwt	46.00–54.00	627	21
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,300	55.76/cwt	55.00–57.00	725	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,360	56.00/cwt	56.00–56.00	762	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,500	52.57/cwt	51.50–54.00	789	8
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,720	47.00/cwt	47.00–47.00	808	1
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,005	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	8,040	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,300	850.00/cwt	850.00–850.00	11,050	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,180	775.00/cwt	775.00–775.00	9,145	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,205	675.00/cwt	675.00–675.00	8,134	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 Jan 4, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 567Last week 1,263Year ago 1,120

Slaughter CattleReceipts 84Last week 111Year ago 120

Replacement CattleReceipts 16Last week 50Year ago 13

No trends could be established due to the two week holiday lay off.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	663	126.00–131.00	129.20
3	—	332	177.00–185.00	180.64
12	—	516	134.00–146.00	139.08
1	—	765	120.00	120.00
9	—	271	184.00–185.00	184.88
7	—	711	119.00–120.00	119.86
6	—	870	112.00–115.00	112.99
6	—	367	170.00–184.00	175.99
3	—	813	115.00	115.00
22	—	585	130.00–136.00	134.04
10	—	483	142.00–154.00	148.04
8	—	424	150.00–171.00	161.64
31	—	615	127.00–135.00	131.49
1	—	900	101.00	101.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	534	145.00	145.00
5	—	443	173.00	173.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	667	123.00–124.00	123.75
1	—	535	119.00	119.00
2	—	620	116.00–125.00	120.46
11	—	381	154.00–173.00	159.87
9	—	463	135.00–144.00	138.86
1	—	245	155.00	155.00
4	—	410	140.00–142.00	140.98
1	—	280	160.00	160.00
1	—	745	104.00	104.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	605	142.00	142.00
7	—	525	145.00	145.00
21	—	783	120.00–123.00	120.96
15	—	459	161.00–175.00	166.59
2	—	695	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	505	149.00	149.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	433	123.00–136.00	131.13
17	—	639	117.00–119.00	118.13
6	—	733	107.00–113.00	109.98
22	—	571	115.00–123.00	118.55
31	—	479	120.00–134.00	126.03
29	—	516	115.00–126.00	121.30
1	—	270	140.00	140.00
13	—	677	110.00–117.00	114.43
9	—	760	105.00–112.00	109.99
8	—	382	130.00–134.00	132.41

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	417	137.00	137.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	445	111.00	111.00
3	—	327	130.00–135.00	133.04
4	—	701	100.00	100.00
1	—	480	120.00	120.00
7	—	364	122.00–130.00	123.53
3	—	502	113.00–116.00	114.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	484	130.00–135.00	130.78
10	—	616	118.00–123.00	122.02
7	—	764	113.00	113.00
6	—	678	116.00–117.00	116.67
31	—	566	124.00–128.00	126.36

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	490	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	524	123.00–126.00	124.50
2	—	550	122.00	122.00
1	—	440	140.00	140.00
4	—	734	94.00–109.00	97.60
4	—	628	105.00	105.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	770	105.00–110.00	105.98
5	—	470	140.00–156.00	147.81
1	—	665	110.00	110.00
1	—	700	112.00	112.00
6	—	566	120.00–132.00	124.15
8	—	618	115.00–124.00	119.80
3	—	412	172.00	172.00
2	—	508	134.00–140.00	136.99
1	—	810	102.00	102.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	420	75.00	75.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,720	47.00	47.00
1	—	1,360	56.00	56.00
8	—	1,500	51.50–54.00	52.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,214	41.00–45.00	43.32
4	—	1,300	55.00–57.00	55.76
21	—	1,220	46.00–54.00	51.38

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,008	35.00–36.00	35.48
12	—	1,072	37.00–46.00	41.85

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,624	74.00–82.00	79.77

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,005	800.00	800.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,300	850.00	850.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,205	675.00	675.00

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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,180	775.00	775.00

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.