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Dickson Livestock Auction

Name: Dickson Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-05-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-05-09

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dickson, Tennessee · Mon, May 9

● Final84 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2064

← May 2May 9May 16 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

556 head

▼ 451 vs last sale 1,007▲ 60 vs year ago 496 · +12.1%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

67 head

▼ 58 vs last sale 125▲ 3 vs year ago 64 · +4.7%

Replacement Cattle receipts

30 head

▼ 43 vs last sale 73▲ 1 vs year ago 29 · +3.4%

Also sold hereYearling Special (Annual)Fri Nov 21, 2025

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the same sale last week, Slaughter cows 1.00 higher. Slaughter bulls steady. Steers mostly steady. Heifers steady to 3.00 lower. Bulls under 600 lbs 4.00 to 7.00 higher, over 600 lbs steady to 2.00 lower. Quality fair to fancy. Demand moderate to good.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $178.66/cwt on 189 head.

Average price

$178.66

189 head · 511 lb average

Value per head Derived

$912

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$202

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

$10.46/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.07

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	517	179.13	927	169
Medium and Large 2-3	456	175.72	802	17thin
Small 1-2	430	168.67	725	3thin

One grade step is worth $10.46/cwt here — about $202 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 sale189 hd

178.66

—

TN average10 barns · 1,761 hd

168.59

+10.07

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	1,565	98.73	1,545	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,410	81.39	1,148	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,121	76.84	861	29
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	869	62.37	542	11

Every lot

84 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 · Steers29 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	215	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	414	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	230	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	439	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	293	196.97/cwt	194.00–200.00	577	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	328	199.87/cwt	190.00–210.00	656	7
Steers	—	Small 1-2	350	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	595	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	351	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	748	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	365	186.20/cwt	183.00–188.00	680	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	379	198.90/cwt	194.00–209.00	754	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	409	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	851	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	423	191.32/cwt	183.00–199.00	809	10
Steers	—	Small 1-2	425	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	723	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	429	184.52/cwt	182.00–185.00	792	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	465	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	870	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	471	179.74/cwt	177.00–181.00	847	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	495	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	861	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	500	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	805	1
Steers	—	Small 1-2	515	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	855	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	526	176.97/cwt	171.00–181.00	931	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	526	176.28/cwt	175.00–180.00	927	26
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	575	162.50/cwt	160.00–173.00	934	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	593	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	919	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	605	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	938	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	618	163.02/cwt	160.00–170.00	1,007	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	621	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,068	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	656	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,050	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	672	160.18/cwt	159.50–162.00	1,076	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	765	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,102	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	789	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,176	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	870	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,218	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	235	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	376	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	250	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	400	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	267	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	454	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	334	169.40/cwt	165.00–171.00	566	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	345	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	624	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3Thin Fleshed	353	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	565	3
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	355	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	511	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	380	162.33/cwt	160.00–164.00	617	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	383	171.79/cwt	163.00–177.00	658	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	410	155.50/cwt	155.00–157.00	638	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	436	163.77/cwt	160.00–168.00	714	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	445	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	743	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	473	161.06/cwt	156.00–164.00	762	32
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	494	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	810	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	508	156.59/cwt	152.00–161.00	795	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	517	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	827	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	523	150.39/cwt	144.00–156.00	787	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	565	158.54/cwt	158.00–159.00	896	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	571	145.48/cwt	140.00–157.00	831	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	595	140.68/cwt	138.00–142.00	837	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	627	142.68/cwt	140.00–144.00	895	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	668	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	935	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	673	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	868	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	705	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	917	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	761	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,020	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	850	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,020	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	425	191.36/cwt	187.00–196.00	813	17
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	432	179.37/cwt	178.00–180.00	775	3
Bulls	—	Small 1-2	450	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	792	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	461	178.58/cwt	177.00–181.00	823	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	483	182.10/cwt	180.00–183.00	880	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	523	172.29/cwt	170.00–175.00	901	13
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	545	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	807	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	560	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	829	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	568	170.03/cwt	160.00–175.00	966	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	616	145.35/cwt	140.00–151.00	895	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	670	138.99/cwt	137.00–140.00	931	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	673	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	835	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	720	125.97/cwt	125.00–127.00	907	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	895	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	985	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	910	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,001	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,265	86.37/cwt	85.00–88.00	1,093	2
Bulls	—	—	1,715	104.91/cwt	98.00–108.00	1,799	4
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	780	51.00/cwt	51.00–51.00	398	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	878	63.51/cwt	58.00–70.00	558	10
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,101	77.67/cwt	71.00–83.00	855	24
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,212	62.70/cwt	60.00–65.00	760	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,218	88.13/cwt	87.00–89.00	1,073	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,368	79.62/cwt	76.00–83.00	1,089	8
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,578	88.46/cwt	87.00–90.00	1,396	2
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Small 1-2	940	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	6,580	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	965	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	6,031	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,068	862.60/cwt	725.00–925.00	9,213	6
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,238	955.83/cwt	885.00–1,000.00	11,833	3
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2-3	900	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	8,100	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 May 9, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 556Last week 1,007Year ago 496

Slaughter CattleReceipts 67Last week 125Year ago 64

Replacement CattleReceipts 30Last week 73Year ago 29

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	425	170.00	170.00
1	—	515	166.00	166.00
1	—	350	170.00	170.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	230	191.00	191.00
1	—	765	144.00	144.00
4	—	656	160.00	160.00
10	—	423	183.00–199.00	191.32
7	—	328	190.00–210.00	199.87
10	—	618	160.00–170.00	163.02
9	—	526	171.00–181.00	176.97
2	—	293	194.00–200.00	196.97
17	—	379	194.00–209.00	198.90
12	—	471	177.00–181.00	179.74
17	—	575	160.00–173.00	162.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	495	174.00	174.00
3	—	365	183.00–188.00	186.20
1	—	500	161.00	161.00
1	—	605	155.00	155.00
3	—	593	155.00	155.00
6	—	429	182.00–185.00	184.52
1	—	215	192.50	192.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	870	140.00	140.00
4	—	351	213.00	213.00
14	—	409	208.00	208.00
4	—	465	187.00	187.00
26	—	526	175.00–180.00	176.28
9	—	621	172.00	172.00
11	—	672	159.50–162.00	160.18
8	—	789	149.00	149.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	761	134.00	134.00
17	—	517	160.00	160.00
6	—	668	140.00	140.00
4	—	445	167.00	167.00
2	—	345	181.00	181.00
7	—	494	164.00	164.00
13	—	565	158.00–159.00	158.54

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	508	152.00–161.00	156.59
15	—	571	140.00–157.00	145.48
1	—	235	160.00	160.00
32	—	473	156.00–164.00	161.06
2	—	267	170.00	170.00
6	—	627	140.00–144.00	142.68
5	—	705	130.00	130.00
11	—	436	160.00–168.00	163.77
7	—	334	165.00–171.00	169.40
1	—	850	120.00	120.00
16	—	383	163.00–177.00	171.79

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	410	155.00–157.00	155.50
3	—	595	138.00–142.00	140.68
2	—	673	129.00	129.00
1	—	250	160.00	160.00
4	—	523	144.00–156.00	150.39
4	—	380	160.00–164.00	162.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	355	144.00	144.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	353	160.00	160.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	616	140.00–151.00	145.35
9	—	483	180.00–183.00	182.10
1	—	910	110.00	110.00
1	—	895	110.00	110.00
2	—	720	125.00–127.00	125.97
13	—	523	170.00–175.00	172.29
3	—	670	137.00–140.00	138.99
3	—	568	160.00–175.00	170.03
17	—	425	187.00–196.00	191.36

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	450	176.00	176.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	545	148.00	148.00
5	—	461	177.00–181.00	178.58
3	—	432	178.00–180.00	179.37
2	—	673	124.00	124.00
1	—	560	148.00	148.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,212	60.00–65.00	62.70
2	—	1,218	87.00–89.00	88.13
24	—	1,101	71.00–83.00	77.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	780	51.00	51.00
10	—	878	58.00–70.00	63.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,578	87.00–90.00	88.46
8	—	1,368	76.00–83.00	79.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,715	98.00–108.00	104.91
2	—	1,265	85.00–88.00	86.37

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	965	625.00	625.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,068	725.00–925.00	862.60

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	940	700.00	700.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,238	885.00–1,000.00	955.83

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	900	900.00	900.00

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.