Dickson Regional Livestock Center Market Report

Dickson, Tennessee · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, October 12, 2020

1,082 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $123.32/cwt ≈ $751/hd at 609 lb · 66 head

light 7-weight M&L 1-2 steers $132.62/cwt ≈ $946/hd at 713 lb · 59 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $121.28/cwt ≈ $841/hd at 693 lb · 56 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,082	1,275	1,779
Feeder cattle	928	—	1,573
Slaughter cattle	85	—	138
Replacement cattle	69	—	68

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to same sale last week, Slaughter cows 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Slaughter bulls 1.00 lower. Steers 400 to 700 lbs steady to 4.00 lower. 700 to 800 lbs 1.00 to 5.00 higher. Heifers steady to 2.00 lower. Bulls mostly steady.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
280	280	1	154.00	$154.00	$431
312–347	331	9	155.00–177.00	$172.48	$571
373–395	381	12	142.00–165.00	$157.81	$601
420–435	427	3	154.00–167.00	$160.64	$686
450–497	483	22	135.00–150.00	$141.66	$684
497 value added	497	5	145.00	$145.00	$721
503–535	521	16	130.00–145.00	$137.53	$717
553 value added	553	4	143.00	$143.00	$791
550–593	582	26	126.00–142.00	$137.67	$801
603–645	620	22	127.00–136.00	$133.21	$826
650–690	666	19	120.00–133.00	$129.17	$860
665–678 value added	672	8	128.00–133.00	$130.52	$877
705–735	713	59	120.00–135.00	$132.62	$946
767–795	774	4	118.00–127.00	$124.69	$965
825	825	2	122.00	$122.00	$1,006
867	867	9	120.00	$120.00	$1,040

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
275	275	1	140.00	$140.00	$385
320–345	335	3	130.00–150.00	$140.37	$470
373–395	380	3	140.00	$140.00	$532
434	434	4	134.00	$134.00	$582
455–488	481	5	134.00–135.00	$134.41	$647
540–545	543	2	120.00–125.00	$122.49	$665
590	590	1	115.00	$115.00	$678
620–627	624	6	113.00–130.00	$121.45	$758
735	735	1	110.00	$110.00	$808
805	805	1	100.00	$100.00	$805

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
325	325	2	100.00	$100.00	$325
360–390	380	3	117.00–127.00	$123.84	$471
515	515	2	115.00	$115.00	$592

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
350	350	2	134.00	$134.00	$469
735	735	1	100.00	$100.00	$735

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
285	285	2	141.00	$141.00	$402
300–345	328	9	130.00–137.00	$135.32	$444
350–398	366	13	127.00–143.00	$136.64	$500
402–448	425	24	128.00–142.00	$134.73	$573
454–492	476	32	128.00–132.00	$130.51	$621
505 value added	505	6	132.00	$132.00	$667
500–542	522	43	123.00–131.50	$129.07	$674
550–577	564	29	119.00–126.00	$122.90	$693
600–641	609	66	116.00–126.00	$123.32	$751
655–695	678	6	108.00–121.00	$115.27	$782
695 value added	695	50	122.00	$122.00	$848
725–735	730	4	115.00–119.00	$116.99	$854
770	770	1	110.00	$110.00	$847
840	840	1	111.00	$111.00	$932

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
210	210	2	126.00	$126.00	$265
268	268	3	131.00	$131.00	$351
340	340	1	114.00	$114.00	$388
373–390	377	4	121.00–131.00	$128.42	$484
420–440	432	5	120.00–124.00	$122.41	$529
470	470	1	126.00	$126.00	$592
572–584	580	11	110.00–120.00	$116.54	$676
610–645	628	2	96.00–110.00	$102.80	$646
660–663	662	3	104.00–117.00	$112.68	$746
714	714	4	100.00	$100.00	$714

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
488–495	492	5	120.00–127.00	$122.78	$604

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
553	553	2	110.00	$110.00	$608

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
348	348	2	175.00	$175.00	$609
400–449	431	24	134.00–165.00	$147.23	$635
453–495	468	22	130.00–152.00	$141.20	$661
515–540	531	12	127.00–133.00	$130.68	$694
550–598	579	33	120.00–130.00	$126.63	$733
600–643	623	19	115.00–123.00	$119.93	$747
650–685	664	9	115.00–121.00	$118.09	$784
710	710	1	110.00	$110.00	$781
765	765	3	100.00	$100.00	$765
825	825	1	95.00	$95.00	$784
855	855	1	100.00	$100.00	$855

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
423	423	3	132.00	$132.00	$558
457	457	3	135.00	$135.00	$617
504–537	524	15	124.00–129.00	$126.36	$662
595	595	1	115.00	$115.00	$684
645	645	1	110.00	$110.00	$710
710–745	733	3	97.00–100.00	$97.97	$718
920–923	922	3	75.00–85.00	$81.67	$753

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
552	552	3	120.00	$120.00	$662

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
785–1200	1048	85-90%	4	28.00–43.00	$35.70	$374
880–1440	1093	85-90%	20	36.00–45.00	$41.63	$455

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1175	1175	80-85%	1	46.00	$46.00	$540
1030–1460	1257	80-85%	22	47.00–53.00	$48.88	$614

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1425–1620	1517	75-80%	13	53.00–56.00	$53.39	$810

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1460–1850	1657	5	76.00–85.00	$79.92	$1,324
1660–1865	1786	4	68.00–76.00	$72.44	$1,294

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
900–1100	967	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	685.00–825.00	$738.10
1050	1050	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	925.00	$925.00
1330	1330	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	950.00	$950.00

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.