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Dickson Livestock Auction

Name: Dickson Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-04-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-04-26

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

● Final87 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2064

← Apr 19Apr 26May 3 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

825 head

▼ 485 vs last sale 1,310▼ 69 vs year ago 894 · −7.7%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

125 head

▲ 2 vs last sale 123▲ 65 vs year ago 60 · +108.3%

Replacement Cattle receipts

38 head

▼ 39 vs last sale 77▼ 20 vs year ago 58 · −34.5%

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 4.00 lower. Slaughter bulls 2.00 lower. Steers under 600 lbs 8.00 to 10.00 lower. over 600 lbs steady to 5.00 lower. Heifers 3.00 to 9.00 lower. Bulls calves 5.00 to 10.00 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 $132.58/cwt on 233 head.

Average price

$132.58

233 head · 493 lb average

Value per head Derived

$654

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$88

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

$23.86/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.05

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	499	134.52	671	188
Medium and Large 2-3	465	125.58	584	41
Small 1-2	555	120.00	666	1thin
Medium and Large 3	527	110.67	583	3thin

One grade step is worth $23.86/cwt here — about $88 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 sale233 hd

132.58

—

TN average11 barns · 1,913 hd

130.53

+2.05

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	1,598	84.85	1,355	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,400	64.32	900	31
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,069	58.83	629	39
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	881	48.00	423	9thin

Every lot

87 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	240	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	390	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	286	191.78/cwt	167.50–200.00	548	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	295	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	509	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	329	175.11/cwt	165.00–186.00	576	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	335	157.51/cwt	147.00–161.00	528	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	375	151.03/cwt	140.00–161.00	566	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	379	173.13/cwt	161.00–181.00	656	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	385	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	529	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	428	162.49/cwt	158.00–167.00	695	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	440	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	634	1
Steers	—	Small 1-2	440	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	554	1
Steers	—	Small 1-2	450	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	590	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	453	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	770	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	471	156.86/cwt	145.00–165.00	739	25
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	530	130.92/cwt	125.00–135.00	694	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	534	149.10/cwt	144.00–155.00	796	29
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	570	127.83/cwt	120.00–134.00	729	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	573	139.01/cwt	132.00–145.00	797	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	582	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	885	6
Steers	—	Small 1-2	620	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	688	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	625	137.85/cwt	130.00–144.00	862	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	672	130.15/cwt	125.00–135.00	875	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	675	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	675	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	710	122.49/cwt	121.00–124.00	870	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	748	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	860	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	770	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	939	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	770	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	816	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	805	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	998	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	954	107.50/cwt	107.00–108.00	1,026	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,055	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,055	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	234	140.35/cwt	132.50–147.50	328	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	240	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	342	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	284	154.14/cwt	145.00–161.00	438	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	317	131.94/cwt	120.00–141.00	418	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	328	153.37/cwt	131.00–167.00	503	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	377	146.73/cwt	140.00–155.00	553	25
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	378	123.46/cwt	117.00–130.00	467	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	413	132.27/cwt	128.00–135.00	546	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	415	141.90/cwt	124.00–151.00	589	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	448	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	533	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	471	138.07/cwt	123.00–145.00	650	32
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	490	128.02/cwt	126.00–130.00	627	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	533	132.05/cwt	120.00–141.00	704	26
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	540	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	648	2
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	555	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	666	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	576	126.12/cwt	120.00–130.00	726	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	580	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	737	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	585	128.98/cwt	125.00–136.00	755	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	616	122.04/cwt	115.00–128.00	752	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	630	110.85/cwt	105.00–112.00	698	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	668	114.49/cwt	106.00–117.00	765	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	682	108.48/cwt	108.00–110.00	740	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	685	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	644	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	717	110.64/cwt	100.00–115.00	793	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	848	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	907	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	955	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	907	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	428	141.67/cwt	135.00–149.00	606	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	432	158.67/cwt	141.00–170.00	685	22
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	466	155.81/cwt	138.00–169.00	726	36
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	479	136.01/cwt	133.00–139.00	651	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	521	143.20/cwt	126.00–151.00	746	34
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	547	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	722	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	566	132.17/cwt	128.00–140.00	748	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	614	126.54/cwt	120.00–131.00	777	19
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	628	114.92/cwt	111.00–123.00	722	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	665	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	665	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	666	118.58/cwt	112.00–120.00	790	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	707	116.99/cwt	111.00–120.00	827	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	714	108.74/cwt	90.00–112.00	776	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	783	96.00/cwt	90.00–100.00	752	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	805	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	725	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	867	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	780	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	870	86.84/cwt	80.00–94.00	756	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	925	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	805	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	930	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	791	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,360	77.91/cwt	74.00–82.00	1,060	2
Bulls	—	—	1,657	86.58/cwt	83.00–91.00	1,435	8
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	875	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	438	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	881	48.00/cwt	42.00–53.00	423	9
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,062	58.55/cwt	53.00–64.00	622	36
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,288	68.23/cwt	64.00–72.00	879	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,400	64.32/cwt	60.00–66.00	900	31
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,150	825.00/cwt	825.00–825.00	9,488	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,175	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	10,575	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,250	950.00/cwt	950.00–950.00	11,875	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,275	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	10,200	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,300	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	11,700	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 Apr 26, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 825Last week 1,310Year ago 894

Slaughter CattleReceipts 125Last week 123Year ago 60

Replacement CattleReceipts 38Last week 77Year ago 58

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	379	161.00–181.00	173.13
1	—	805	124.00	124.00
11	—	329	165.00–186.00	175.11
7	—	286	167.50–200.00	191.78
1	—	240	162.50	162.50
2	—	1,055	100.00	100.00
1	—	770	122.00	122.00
19	—	573	132.00–145.00	139.01
29	—	534	144.00–155.00	149.10
25	—	471	145.00–165.00	156.86
2	—	710	121.00–124.00	122.49
17	—	428	158.00–167.00	162.49
9	—	625	130.00–144.00	137.85
4	—	954	107.00–108.00	107.50
6	—	672	125.00–135.00	130.15

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	582	152.00	152.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	440	126.00	126.00
1	—	620	111.00	111.00
1	—	450	131.00	131.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	453	170.00	170.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	570	120.00–134.00	127.83
1	—	295	172.50	172.50
1	—	440	144.00	144.00
5	—	335	147.00–161.00	157.51
7	—	375	140.00–161.00	151.03
3	—	530	125.00–135.00	130.92
2	—	748	115.00	115.00
1	—	770	106.00	106.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	675	100.00	100.00
1	—	385	137.50	137.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	284	145.00–161.00	154.14
3	—	848	107.00	107.00
32	—	471	123.00–145.00	138.07
20	—	576	120.00–130.00	126.12
1	—	240	142.50	142.50
1	—	955	95.00	95.00
18	—	616	115.00–128.00	122.04
9	—	328	131.00–167.00	153.37
26	—	533	120.00–141.00	132.05
22	—	415	124.00–151.00	141.90
8	—	717	100.00–115.00	110.64
25	—	377	140.00–155.00	146.73
6	—	668	106.00–117.00	114.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	585	125.00–136.00	128.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	555	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	448	119.00	119.00
1	—	685	94.00	94.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	413	128.00–135.00	132.27
2	—	540	120.00	120.00
8	—	490	126.00–130.00	128.02
2	—	378	117.00–130.00	123.46
4	—	682	108.00–110.00	108.48
4	—	234	132.50–147.50	140.35
5	—	317	120.00–141.00	131.94
6	—	630	105.00–112.00	110.85
1	—	580	127.00	127.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	665	100.00	100.00
7	—	714	90.00–112.00	108.74
6	—	479	133.00–139.00	136.01
10	—	428	135.00–149.00	141.67
1	—	805	90.00	90.00
1	—	930	85.00	85.00
3	—	628	111.00–123.00	114.92
3	—	547	132.00	132.00
2	—	870	80.00–94.00	86.84

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	867	90.00	90.00
8	—	666	112.00–120.00	118.58
19	—	614	120.00–131.00	126.54
5	—	566	128.00–140.00	132.17
3	—	783	90.00–100.00	96.00
34	—	521	126.00–151.00	143.20
36	—	466	138.00–169.00	155.81
2	—	925	87.00	87.00
3	—	707	111.00–120.00	116.99
22	—	432	141.00–170.00	158.67

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)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,300	900.00	900.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,250	950.00	950.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,150	825.00	825.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,175	900.00	900.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,275	800.00	800.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,400	60.00–66.00	64.32

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	875	50.00	50.00
2	—	1,288	64.00–72.00	68.23
36	—	1,062	53.00–64.00	58.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	881	42.00–53.00	48.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,657	83.00–91.00	86.58
2	—	1,360	74.00–82.00	77.91

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.