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Dickson Livestock Auction

Name: Dickson Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-03-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-08

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dickson, Tennessee · Mon, Mar 8

● Final92 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2064

← Mar 1Mar 8Mar 15 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,988 head

▲ 1,126 vs last sale 862▲ 1,034 vs year ago 954 · +108.4%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

114 head

▲ 71 vs last sale 43▲ 38 vs year ago 76 · +50.0%

Replacement Cattle receipts

45 head

▲ 21 vs last sale 24▲ 13 vs year ago 32 · +40.6%

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 cow and bulls 3.00 to 4.00 lower. Steers and bulls steady to 5.00 higher. Heifers 2.00 to 5.00 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 $130.31/cwt on 806 head.

Average price

$130.31

806 head · 534 lb average

Value per head Derived

$696

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$70

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

$34.69/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.60

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	542	130.69	708	738
Medium and Large 2-3	446	126.69	565	67
Medium and Large 3	665	96.00	638	1thin

One grade step is worth $34.69/cwt here — about $70 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 sale806 hd

130.31

—

TN average11 barns · 3,908 hd

127.72

+2.60

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	—	High	1,652	83.86	1,385	29
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,502	57.56	864	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,227	55.72	683	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	944	40.76	385	29

Every lot

92 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 · Steers30 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	215	139.50/cwt	139.00–140.00	300	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	217	187.88/cwt	180.00–190.00	408	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	280	179.43/cwt	170.00–191.00	502	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	285	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	385	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	332	177.99/cwt	160.00–200.00	591	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	345	147.57/cwt	140.00–150.00	509	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	359	161.73/cwt	141.00–170.00	581	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	371	172.07/cwt	160.00–181.00	638	46
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	423	166.68/cwt	155.00–176.00	705	31
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	435	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	653	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	476	153.33/cwt	148.00–161.00	730	26
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	485	148.06/cwt	142.00–151.00	718	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	528	147.80/cwt	133.00–161.00	780	60
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	564	139.69/cwt	129.00–153.00	788	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	572	143.75/cwt	133.00–153.00	822	92
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	619	127.78/cwt	120.00–132.00	791	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	621	137.70/cwt	125.00–142.00	855	27
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	627	140.35/cwt	135.00–150.00	880	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	661	138.05/cwt	137.00–141.00	913	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	667	131.07/cwt	115.00–141.00	874	33
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	669	125.15/cwt	115.00–129.00	837	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	731	122.29/cwt	122.00–124.00	894	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	735	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	801	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	767	129.18/cwt	125.00–130.50	991	118
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	774	121.63/cwt	115.00–125.00	941	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	812	123.64/cwt	121.00–126.00	1,004	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	824	118.72/cwt	115.00–121.00	978	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	910	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	974	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	955	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	1,012	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,220	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	1,110	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers31 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	205	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	338	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	243	147.62/cwt	144.00–155.00	359	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	282	148.19/cwt	140.00–155.00	418	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	295	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	384	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	331	129.13/cwt	120.00–150.00	427	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	333	142.36/cwt	140.00–145.00	474	28
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	375	142.59/cwt	134.00–150.00	535	61
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	387	131.26/cwt	115.00–142.00	508	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	417	132.00/cwt	130.00–138.00	550	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	422	140.59/cwt	134.00–147.00	593	100
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	435	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	626	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	468	127.19/cwt	110.00–139.00	595	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	477	135.97/cwt	124.00–144.00	649	64
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	497	135.42/cwt	130.00–139.00	673	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	510	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	663	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	526	130.02/cwt	120.00–137.00	684	80
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	540	119.35/cwt	116.00–120.00	644	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	569	118.40/cwt	114.00–126.00	674	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	575	126.52/cwt	115.00–133.00	727	103
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	591	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	745	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	617	129.61/cwt	123.00–130.00	800	49
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	625	125.76/cwt	110.00–130.00	786	55
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	665	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	638	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	666	116.00/cwt	101.00–119.00	773	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	686	108.99/cwt	105.00–110.00	748	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	688	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	826	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	720	114.92/cwt	106.00–120.00	827	36
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	722	120.63/cwt	113.00–122.00	871	87
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	761	108.96/cwt	100.00–112.00	829	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	807	102.28/cwt	91.00–108.00	825	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	853	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	853	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	424	156.83/cwt	156.00–158.00	665	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	428	162.87/cwt	152.00–178.00	697	61
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	471	154.77/cwt	141.00–172.00	729	51
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	476	145.03/cwt	128.00–153.00	690	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	520	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	692	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	521	144.71/cwt	137.00–152.00	754	63
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	570	131.19/cwt	130.00–135.00	748	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	571	134.96/cwt	131.00–141.00	771	22
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	616	124.99/cwt	120.00–130.00	770	13
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	640	114.02/cwt	112.00–115.00	730	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	680	116.04/cwt	111.00–118.00	789	24
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	683	112.24/cwt	110.00–115.00	767	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	715	111.55/cwt	107.00–117.00	798	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	760	104.50/cwt	104.00–105.00	794	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	816	109.40/cwt	109.00–111.00	893	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	888	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	835	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	930	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	744	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,325	71.72/cwt	57.00–76.00	950	5
Bulls	—	—	1,711	84.50/cwt	80.00–90.00	1,446	21
Bulls	—	—	1,785	99.64/cwt	99.00–100.00	1,779	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	858	34.81/cwt	31.00–38.00	299	11
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	996	44.39/cwt	39.00–50.00	442	18
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,081	49.24/cwt	48.00–51.00	532	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,258	56.28/cwt	52.00–62.00	708	10
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,360	65.90/cwt	65.00–67.00	896	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,497	57.77/cwt	55.50–64.00	865	17
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,585	54.00/cwt	54.00–54.00	856	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	860	725.00/cwt	725.00–725.00	6,235	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	900	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	3,600	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,010	675.00/cwt	675.00–675.00	6,818	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,070	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	6,420	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 Mar 8, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,988Last week 862Year ago 954

Slaughter CattleReceipts 114Last week 43Year ago 76

Replacement CattleReceipts 45Last week 24Year ago 32

Compared to same sale last week, Slaughter cow and bulls 3.00 to 4.00 lower. Steers and bulls steady to 5.00 higher. Heifers 2.00 to 5.00 higher

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
61	—	428	152.00–178.00	162.87
51	—	471	141.00–172.00	154.77
22	—	571	131.00–141.00	134.96
13	—	616	120.00–130.00	124.99
5	—	816	109.00–111.00	109.40
24	—	680	111.00–118.00	116.04
5	—	715	107.00–117.00	111.55
4	—	760	104.00–105.00	104.50
3	—	888	94.00	94.00
63	—	521	137.00–152.00	144.71

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	683	110.00–115.00	112.24
1	—	930	80.00	80.00
3	—	640	112.00–115.00	114.02
7	—	424	156.00–158.00	156.83
1	—	520	133.00	133.00
5	—	570	130.00–135.00	131.19
10	—	476	128.00–153.00	145.03

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
92	—	572	133.00–153.00	143.75
60	—	528	133.00–161.00	147.80
27	—	621	125.00–142.00	137.70
26	—	476	148.00–161.00	153.33
1	—	1,220	91.00	91.00
22	—	332	160.00–200.00	177.99
17	—	280	170.00–191.00	179.43
7	—	731	122.00–124.00	122.29
46	—	371	160.00–181.00	172.07
1	—	955	106.00	106.00
33	—	667	115.00–141.00	131.07
31	—	423	155.00–176.00	166.68
1	—	910	107.00	107.00
11	—	774	115.00–125.00	121.63
10	—	824	115.00–121.00	118.72
5	—	217	180.00–190.00	187.88

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	661	137.00–141.00	138.05
16	—	564	129.00–153.00	139.69
11	—	627	135.00–150.00	140.35
12	—	812	121.00–126.00	123.64
118	—	767	125.00–130.50	129.18

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	215	139.00–140.00	139.50
1	—	735	109.00	109.00
1	—	285	135.00	135.00
13	—	619	120.00–132.00	127.78
10	—	359	141.00–170.00	161.73
3	—	485	142.00–151.00	148.06
2	—	435	150.00	150.00
4	—	345	140.00–150.00	147.57
6	—	669	115.00–129.00	125.15

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
87	—	722	113.00–122.00	120.63
49	—	617	123.00–130.00	129.61
4	—	510	130.00	130.00
15	—	591	126.00	126.00
10	—	497	130.00–139.00	135.42
4	—	688	120.00	120.00
4	—	435	144.00	144.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	282	140.00–155.00	148.19
55	—	625	110.00–130.00	125.76
3	—	807	91.00–108.00	102.28
36	—	720	106.00–120.00	114.92
28	—	333	140.00–145.00	142.36
7	—	761	100.00–112.00	108.96
80	—	526	120.00–137.00	130.02
64	—	477	124.00–144.00	135.97
3	—	243	144.00–155.00	147.62
2	—	853	100.00	100.00
100	—	422	134.00–147.00	140.59
103	—	575	115.00–133.00	126.52
61	—	375	134.00–150.00	142.59
9	—	666	101.00–119.00	116.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	665	96.00	96.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	331	120.00–150.00	129.13
5	—	686	105.00–110.00	108.99
6	—	540	116.00–120.00	119.35
8	—	468	110.00–139.00	127.19
21	—	417	130.00–138.00	132.00
1	—	295	130.00	130.00
7	—	387	115.00–142.00	131.26
6	—	569	114.00–126.00	118.40

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	205	165.00	165.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,360	65.00–67.00	65.90
4	—	1,081	48.00–51.00	49.24
10	—	1,258	52.00–62.00	56.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	858	31.00–38.00	34.81
18	—	996	39.00–50.00	44.39

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,585	54.00	54.00
17	—	1,497	55.50–64.00	57.77

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,785	99.00–100.00	99.64
21	—	1,711	80.00–90.00	84.50
5	—	1,325	57.00–76.00	71.72

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 (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	860	725.00	725.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,010	675.00	675.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,070	600.00	600.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	900	400.00	400.00

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.