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Dickson Livestock Auction

Name: Dickson Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-04-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-04-12

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dickson, Tennessee · Mon, Apr 12

● Final91 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2064

← Apr 5Apr 12Apr 19 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,305 head

▲ 290 vs last sale 1,015▲ 980 vs year ago 325 · +301.5%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

114 head

▲ 60 vs last sale 54▲ 93 vs year ago 21 · +442.9%

Replacement Cattle receipts

55 head

▼ 25 vs last sale 80▲ 49 vs year ago 6 · +816.7%

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 were 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 3.00 higher. Steers were steady to 3.00 higher. Heifers 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Bulls mostly steady.

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 $140.69/cwt on 578 head.

Average price

$140.69

578 head · 534 lb average

Value per head Derived

$751

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$67

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

$61.59/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.71

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	541	141.59	766	519
Medium and Large 2-3	458	134.68	617	56
Small 1-2	400	130.00	520	1thin
Medium and Large 3	873	80.00	698	2thin

One grade step is worth $61.59/cwt here — about $67 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 sale578 hd

140.69

—

TN average12 barns · 3,535 hd

135.98

+4.71

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	1,634	89.77	1,467	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,302	69.15	900	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,120	66.57	746	26
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	971	54.96	534	38

Every lot

91 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 1-2	218	208.25/cwt	202.50–215.00	454	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	220	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	363	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	270	208.93/cwt	207.00–210.00	564	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	287	156.62/cwt	150.00–170.00	449	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	317	172.42/cwt	147.50–180.00	547	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	322	196.26/cwt	180.00–212.50	632	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	368	185.05/cwt	162.50–195.00	681	61
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	370	161.30/cwt	160.00–165.00	597	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	417	183.12/cwt	166.00–188.00	764	26
Steers	—	Small 1-2	420	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	462	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	428	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	728	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	445	151.50/cwt	143.00–160.00	674	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	472	150.08/cwt	135.00–158.00	708	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	477	166.15/cwt	160.00–174.00	793	27
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	507	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	862	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	513	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	857	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	515	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	582	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	535	149.27/cwt	135.00–152.00	799	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	537	157.72/cwt	140.00–169.00	847	40
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	570	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	827	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	575	151.53/cwt	140.00–160.00	871	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	619	146.05/cwt	139.00–152.00	904	34
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	633	120.96/cwt	110.00–128.00	766	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	667	136.49/cwt	126.00–143.00	910	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	690	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	890	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	729	135.32/cwt	132.00–139.00	986	24
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	755	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	831	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	774	130.50/cwt	130.00–131.00	1,010	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	855	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,000	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	925	105.44/cwt	100.00–111.00	975	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers30 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	220	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	330	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	238	157.63/cwt	150.00–160.00	375	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	275	160.69/cwt	160.00–161.00	442	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	277	143.76/cwt	140.00–160.00	398	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	321	157.05/cwt	140.00–164.00	504	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	322	150.23/cwt	130.00–158.00	484	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	343	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	559	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	355	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	515	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	373	160.62/cwt	150.00–165.00	599	33
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	400	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	520	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	418	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	673	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	420	152.47/cwt	142.00–162.00	640	55
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	437	141.43/cwt	139.00–143.00	618	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	470	135.73/cwt	127.50–140.00	638	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	473	147.21/cwt	135.00–159.00	696	52
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	499	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	729	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	523	142.69/cwt	130.00–152.00	746	70
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	529	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	809	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	532	128.94/cwt	115.00–135.00	686	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	572	121.09/cwt	115.00–124.00	693	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	573	133.81/cwt	121.00–141.00	767	53
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	621	130.99/cwt	127.00–132.00	813	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	642	116.73/cwt	110.00–120.00	749	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	653	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	718	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	672	125.73/cwt	122.00–128.00	845	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	710	117.54/cwt	115.00–120.00	835	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	719	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	906	137
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	764	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	924	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	837	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	929	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	873	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	698	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls20 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	375	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	600	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	425	169.18/cwt	150.00–176.00	719	27
Bulls	—	Small 1-2	440	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	528	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	472	157.09/cwt	144.00–166.00	741	21
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	485	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	616	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	490	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	735	16
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	508	143.52/cwt	130.00–159.00	729	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	521	160.07/cwt	150.00–165.00	834	35
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	574	141.78/cwt	134.00–153.00	814	17
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	587	137.58/cwt	133.00–140.00	808	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	608	139.66/cwt	135.00–141.00	849	12
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	625	120.42/cwt	118.00–128.00	753	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	668	125.98/cwt	122.00–128.00	842	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	690	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	718	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	704	110.25/cwt	110.00–111.00	776	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	713	118.28/cwt	115.00–124.00	843	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	776	102.67/cwt	90.00–114.00	797	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	820	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	820	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	860	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	912	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	885	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	708	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,466	79.98/cwt	74.00–84.00	1,173	4
Bulls	—	—	1,588	101.80/cwt	100.00–104.00	1,617	2
Bulls	—	—	1,744	91.92/cwt	87.00–95.00	1,603	7
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	893	44.11/cwt	39.00–48.00	394	6
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	986	57.00/cwt	48.00–61.00	562	32
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,114	66.19/cwt	57.00–72.50	737	25
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,280	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	973	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,290	68.83/cwt	64.00–72.00	888	15
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,480	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	1,095	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,050	850.00/cwt	850.00–850.00	8,925	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,138	852.47/cwt	775.00–925.00	9,701	2

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 Apr 12, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,305Last week 1,015Year ago 325

Slaughter CattleReceipts 114Last week 54Year ago 21

Replacement CattleReceipts 55Last week 80Year ago 6

Compared to same sale last week, Slaughter cows were 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 3.00 higher. Steers were steady to 3.00 higher. Heifers 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Bulls mostly steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	774	130.00–131.00	130.50
24	—	729	132.00–139.00	135.32
12	—	322	180.00–212.50	196.26
61	—	368	162.50–195.00	185.05
26	—	417	166.00–188.00	183.12
3	—	270	207.00–210.00	208.93
2	—	925	100.00–111.00	105.44
5	—	667	126.00–143.00	136.49
14	—	575	140.00–160.00	151.53
2	—	218	202.50–215.00	208.25
34	—	619	139.00–152.00	146.05
27	—	477	160.00–174.00	166.15
1	—	855	117.00	117.00
40	—	537	140.00–169.00	157.72

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	428	170.00	170.00
2	—	513	167.00	167.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	420	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	507	170.00	170.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	570	145.00	145.00
6	—	535	135.00–152.00	149.27
1	—	690	129.00	129.00
13	—	472	135.00–158.00	150.08
4	—	370	160.00–165.00	161.30
2	—	445	143.00–160.00	151.50
1	—	755	110.00	110.00
6	—	317	147.50–180.00	172.42
1	—	220	165.00	165.00
3	—	633	110.00–128.00	120.96
3	—	287	150.00–170.00	156.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	515	113.00	113.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	621	127.00–132.00	130.99
53	—	573	121.00–141.00	133.81
52	—	473	135.00–159.00	147.21
55	—	420	142.00–162.00	152.47
70	—	523	130.00–152.00	142.69
3	—	837	111.00	111.00
3	—	275	160.00–161.00	160.69
6	—	764	121.00	121.00
4	—	238	150.00–160.00	157.63
8	—	672	122.00–128.00	125.73
19	—	321	140.00–164.00	157.05
33	—	373	150.00–165.00	160.62
2	—	710	115.00–120.00	117.54

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
137	—	719	126.00	126.00
11	—	529	153.00	153.00
9	—	499	146.00	146.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	343	163.00	163.00
21	—	418	161.00	161.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	400	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	532	115.00–135.00	128.94
2	—	653	110.00	110.00
11	—	322	130.00–158.00	150.23
4	—	470	127.50–140.00	135.73
5	—	437	139.00–143.00	141.43
5	—	277	140.00–160.00	143.76
7	—	572	115.00–124.00	121.09
3	—	642	110.00–120.00	116.73
1	—	220	150.00	150.00
2	—	355	145.00	145.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	873	80.00	80.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	375	160.00	160.00
5	—	776	90.00–114.00	102.67
12	—	608	135.00–141.00	139.66
4	—	860	106.00	106.00
4	—	668	122.00–128.00	125.98
35	—	521	150.00–165.00	160.07
21	—	472	144.00–166.00	157.09
3	—	713	115.00–124.00	118.28
27	—	425	150.00–176.00	169.18
17	—	574	134.00–153.00	141.78
1	—	820	100.00	100.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	440	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	690	104.00	104.00
1	—	485	127.00	127.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	704	110.00–111.00	110.25
6	—	508	130.00–159.00	143.52
2	—	885	80.00	80.00
7	—	587	133.00–140.00	137.58
4	—	625	118.00–128.00	120.42
16	—	490	150.00	150.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,280	76.00	76.00
25	—	1,114	57.00–72.50	66.19

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	986	48.00–61.00	57.00
6	—	893	39.00–48.00	44.11

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,480	74.00	74.00
15	—	1,290	64.00–72.00	68.83

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,588	100.00–104.00	101.80
4	—	1,466	74.00–84.00	79.98
7	—	1,744	87.00–95.00	91.92

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
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,138	775.00–925.00	852.47
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,050	850.00	850.00

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.