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Dickson Livestock Auction

Name: Dickson Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-10-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-04

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

● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2064

← Sep 27Oct 4Oct 11 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

644 head

▼ 778 vs last sale 1,422▼ 395 vs year ago 1,039 · −38.0%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

130 head

▼ 70 vs last sale 200▼ 44 vs year ago 174 · −25.3%

Replacement Cattle receipts

73 head

▲ 6 vs last sale 67▲ 11 vs year ago 62 · +17.7%

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 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Slaughter bulls mostly steady. Steers under 400 lbs 6.00 to 10.00 lower, over 400 lbs steady to 3.00 higher. Heifers steady 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 $132.80/cwt on 135 head.

Average price

$132.80

135 head · 537 lb average

Value per head Derived

$714

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$122

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

$23.91/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.42

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	543	133.91	727	121
Medium and Large 2-3	506	125.00	632	11thin
Small 1-2	373	120.00	447	2thin
Medium and Large 3	550	110.00	605	1thin

One grade step is worth $23.91/cwt here — about $122 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 sale135 hd

132.80

—

TN average8 barns · 1,239 hd

123.38

+9.42

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	—	Low	1,650	85.15	1,405	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,680	64.31	1,080	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,263	62.47	789	37
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	998	51.28	512	36

Every lot

62 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	345	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	566	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	360	156.50/cwt	154.00–159.00	563	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	368	163.63/cwt	160.00–171.00	602	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	368	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	489	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	400	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	676	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	475	158.18/cwt	150.00–160.00	751	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	495	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	693	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	500	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	775	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	520	149.05/cwt	140.00–154.00	775	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	556	146.81/cwt	144.00–150.00	816	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	590	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	785	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	611	139.88/cwt	132.00–148.00	855	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	625	124.02/cwt	122.00–125.00	775	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	675	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	810	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	676	139.59/cwt	137.00–140.00	944	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	709	137.84/cwt	134.00–142.50	977	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	760	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	912	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	770	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,016	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	810	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,053	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	255	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	344	1
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	285	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	342	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	315	141.23/cwt	135.00–150.00	445	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	378	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	491	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	398	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	569	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	407	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	545	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	432	139.18/cwt	130.00–141.00	601	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	450	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	540	1
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	460	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	552	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	475	138.79/cwt	135.00–141.00	659	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	514	138.55/cwt	135.00–140.00	712	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	550	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	605	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	579	131.62/cwt	128.00–138.00	762	32
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	629	126.68/cwt	124.00–129.00	797	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	640	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	768	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	676	127.11/cwt	125.00–128.00	859	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	728	121.21/cwt	120.00–124.00	882	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	755	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	853	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	763	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	916	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	845	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	887	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	426	153.55/cwt	150.00–156.00	654	11
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	473	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	710	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	495	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	693	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	517	139.02/cwt	134.00–144.00	719	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	566	136.77/cwt	115.00–143.00	774	16
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	615	133.98/cwt	124.00–140.00	824	14
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	669	121.58/cwt	120.00–124.00	813	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	732	118.81/cwt	117.00–120.00	870	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	782	109.32/cwt	108.00–110.00	855	3
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,475	77.71/cwt	70.00–82.00	1,146	4
Bulls	—	—	1,790	91.10/cwt	86.00–97.00	1,631	5
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	871	43.45/cwt	32.00–45.00	378	9
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,040	53.89/cwt	52.00–54.00	560	27
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,256	62.81/cwt	59.00–66.00	789	34
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,315	54.00/cwt	54.00–54.00	710	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,410	68.00/cwt	68.00–68.00	959	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,680	64.31/cwt	63.00–66.00	1,080	2
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows6 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,000	675.00/cwt	675.00–675.00	6,750	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,075	975.58/cwt	850.00–1,075.00	10,487	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,200	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	8,400	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,225	1,014.29/cwt	925.00–1,100.00	12,425	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,250	875.00/cwt	875.00–875.00	10,938	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,383	909.94/cwt	750.00–975.00	12,584	3

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 Oct 4, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 644Last week 1,422Year ago 1,039

Slaughter CattleReceipts 130Last week 200Year ago 174

Replacement CattleReceipts 73Last week 67Year ago 62

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	579	128.00–138.00	131.62
4	—	398	143.00	143.00
3	—	763	120.00	120.00
17	—	432	130.00–141.00	139.18
12	—	629	124.00–129.00	126.68
4	—	315	135.00–150.00	141.23
10	—	676	125.00–128.00	127.11
4	—	728	120.00–124.00	121.21
21	—	514	135.00–140.00	138.55
14	—	475	135.00–141.00	138.79

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	255	135.00	135.00
2	—	640	120.00	120.00
1	—	845	105.00	105.00
1	—	755	113.00	113.00
3	—	407	134.00	134.00
1	—	450	120.00	120.00
2	—	378	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	285	120.00	120.00
1	—	460	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	550	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	625	122.00–125.00	124.02
1	—	590	133.00	133.00
1	—	500	155.00	155.00
1	—	760	120.00	120.00
1	—	675	120.00	120.00
1	—	495	140.00	140.00
2	—	360	154.00–159.00	156.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	709	134.00–142.50	137.84
1	—	770	132.00	132.00
1	—	400	169.00	169.00
15	—	676	137.00–140.00	139.59
1	—	810	130.00	130.00
11	—	475	150.00–160.00	158.18
11	—	520	140.00–154.00	149.05
3	—	368	160.00–171.00	163.63
14	—	611	132.00–148.00	139.88
6	—	345	164.00	164.00
6	—	556	144.00–150.00	146.81

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	368	133.00	133.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	669	120.00–124.00	121.58
14	—	615	124.00–140.00	133.98
11	—	426	150.00–156.00	153.55
3	—	517	134.00–144.00	139.02
16	—	566	115.00–143.00	136.77
3	—	473	150.00	150.00
3	—	782	108.00–110.00	109.32
5	—	732	117.00–120.00	118.81

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	495	140.00	140.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,410	68.00	68.00
2	—	1,315	54.00	54.00
34	—	1,256	59.00–66.00	62.81

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	871	32.00–45.00	43.45
27	—	1,040	52.00–54.00	53.89

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,680	63.00–66.00	64.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,475	70.00–82.00	77.71
5	—	1,790	86.00–97.00	91.10

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)	2	—	1,225	925.00–1,100.00	1,014.29
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,000	675.00	675.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,383	750.00–975.00	909.94
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,075	850.00–1,075.00	975.58
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,250	875.00	875.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,200	700.00	700.00

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.