Sale reports / Tennessee / Dickson Livestock Auction / 2021-02-08

Dickson Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dickson, Tennessee · Mon, Feb 8
● Final82 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2064
Feeder Cattle receipts
787 head
▲ 96 vs last sale 691▼ 137 vs year ago 924 · −14.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
54 head
▲ 11 vs last sale 43▼ 9 vs year ago 63 · −14.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
26 head
▲ 22 vs last sale 4▼ 12 vs year ago 38 · −31.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to same sale last week, Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 higher. Steers firm 3.00 lower, with 400 to 500 steer and bull calves higher. Heifers steady to 5.00 higher. Bulls steady to 3.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $140.62/cwt on 331 head.
Average price
$140.62
331 head · 577 lb average
Value per head Derived
$812
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$235
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$0.48/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.77
vs TN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2601140.69845284
Medium and Large 2-3435140.2161047
One grade step is worth $0.48/cwt here — about $235 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 sale331 hd
140.62
—
TN average9 barns · 1,674 hd
137.85
+2.77
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—High1,77881.251,44410
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,00560.006031thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,23755.6368812
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,03042.3343620

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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers33 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3228140.00/cwt140.00–140.003192
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2238176.97/cwt174.00–180.004212
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2280170.00/cwt170.00–170.004761
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3295150.00/cwt150.00–150.004432
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3315160.00/cwt160.00–160.005043
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added329181.00/cwt181.00–181.005957
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2332166.33/cwt160.00–177.005527
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3364144.40/cwt125.00–150.0052616
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2374165.43/cwt131.00–178.0061913
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2415167.94/cwt145.00–175.0069726
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3426143.97/cwt135.00–145.0061314
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added431176.00/cwt176.00–176.007598
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3465131.00/cwt131.00–131.006091
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2476161.49/cwt142.00–165.0076920
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added489154.00/cwt154.00–154.007534
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added522143.41/cwt129.00–151.007493
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2534138.77/cwt135.00–150.007419
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2578139.48/cwt130.00–145.0080653
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3593130.00/cwt130.00–130.007713
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3600113.00/cwt113.00–113.006781
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2621130.93/cwt120.00–137.0081325
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added625130.00/cwt130.00–130.008131
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2668124.94/cwt122.00–128.008352
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3690112.00/cwt112.00–112.007732
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added706122.00/cwt120.00–124.0086116
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3710118.00/cwt118.00–118.008381
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2720122.60/cwt114.00–126.0088335
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2754119.62/cwt117.00–120.009028
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added813119.29/cwt118.00–120.0097014
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2818116.33/cwt115.00–117.009523
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2860116.00/cwt116.00–116.009981
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3870114.00/cwt114.00–114.009922
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added882121.93/cwt120.00–122.001,07526
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3237126.13/cwt125.00–133.002996
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2272131.88/cwt130.00–134.003594
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3293127.76/cwt127.00–134.003748
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed303126.00/cwt126.00–126.003823
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2322138.23/cwt130.00–150.0044517
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3329130.72/cwt119.00–138.004305
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3368122.00/cwt122.00–122.004492
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2385138.55/cwt133.00–144.0053319
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3404126.00/cwt126.00–126.005096
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2419137.92/cwt124.00–143.0057843
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2472130.15/cwt120.00–139.0061434
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2513126.96/cwt117.00–130.0065143
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3532113.53/cwt107.00–115.006048
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3566112.69/cwt112.00–114.006386
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2567122.67/cwt112.00–126.0069622
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added618123.00/cwt123.00–123.007603
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2618121.45/cwt110.00–127.0075129
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3638112.01/cwt111.00–115.007154
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2679116.61/cwt113.00–119.0079210
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added708120.00/cwt120.00–120.0085010
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2723111.74/cwt105.00–116.0080818
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-373090.00/cwt90.00–90.006572
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2765103.49/cwt103.00–104.007922
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2820101.98/cwt101.00–103.008362
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-294595.00/cwt95.00–95.008981
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-299397.00/cwt97.00–97.009632
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3415151.00/cwt151.00–151.006271
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2418163.37/cwt140.00–177.006838
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2465150.27/cwt140.00–159.0069911
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3515128.00/cwt128.00–128.006591
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2524136.57/cwt130.00–145.0071610
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2563129.94/cwt124.00–133.007326
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3620111.45/cwt110.00–113.006912
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2646119.70/cwt117.00–120.0077310
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2670119.68/cwt112.00–126.008024
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3723107.17/cwt105.00–113.007759
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2728107.46/cwt105.00–110.007822
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-282890.00/cwt90.00–90.007452
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-288099.00/cwt99.00–99.008711
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,60870.69/cwt66.00–76.001,1374
Bulls——1,89085.93/cwt84.00–89.001,6244
Bulls——1,89393.00/cwt93.00–93.001,7602
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,00560.00/cwt60.00–60.006031
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02234.69/cwt30.00–38.003555
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03344.88/cwt38.00–50.0046415
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,03549.00/cwt49.00–49.005071
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25556.23/cwt49.00–65.0070611
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2955400.00/cwt400.00–400.003,8201
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,195520.00/cwt520.00–520.006,2141

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.