Dickson Regional Livestock Center Market Report

Dickson, Tennessee · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, October 19, 2020

1,361 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $123.24/cwt -7.27 vs last sale · ≈ $590/hd at 479 lb · 88 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $118.46/cwt -4.44 vs last sale · ≈ $667/hd at 563 lb · 55 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $128.73/cwt -4.48 vs last sale · ≈ $805/hd at 626 lb · 45 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,361	1,082	1,663
Feeder cattle	1,139	928	1,469
Slaughter cattle	142	85	166
Replacement cattle	80	69	28

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to the same sale last week, Slaughter cows steady to 1.00 lower. Slaughter bulls 2.00 lower. Steers 2.00 to 5.00 lower. Heifers 4.00 to 10.00 lower. Bulls 2.00 to 8.00 lower.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	3	150.00–160.00	$156.67	$368	—
260–295	276	5	150.00–170.00	$158.25	$437	+4.25
300–340	331	20	155.00–166.00	$160.39	$531	-12.09
350–390	375	7	150.00–163.00	$157.99	$592	+0.18
408–448	426	21	145.00–162.00	$155.68	$663	-4.96
450–495 value added	465	6	149.00–154.00	$152.23	$708	+7.23
455–491	483	16	135.00–151.00	$141.08	$681	-0.58
521 value added	521	4	138.00	$138.00	$719	—
500–545	524	37	128.00–140.00	$134.21	$703	-3.32
550–585	559	35	130.00–139.00	$135.39	$757	-2.28
553–590 value added	564	7	133.00–135.00	$134.40	$758	-8.60
619–631 value added	625	14	128.00–133.00	$130.48	$816	—
600–648	626	31	123.00–131.00	$127.94	$801	-5.27
653–670	657	10	122.00–128.00	$126.88	$834	-2.29
660–674 value added	671	10	128.00–129.00	$128.20	$860	-2.32
705–744	725	26	115.00–124.00	$121.58	$881	-11.04
890	890	2	113.00	$113.00	$1,006	-7.00
892 value added	892	19	115.00	$115.00	$1,026	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	140.00	$140.00	$413	±0.00
310–346	337	6	138.00–154.00	$142.45	$480	+2.08
355–385	364	4	130.00–135.00	$131.32	$478	-8.68
409–415	411	9	129.00–145.00	$133.81	$550	-0.19
460–495	474	7	130.00–146.00	$139.73	$662	+5.32
510	510	1	125.00	$125.00	$638	+2.51
564	564	5	132.00	$132.00	$744	+17.00
605–625	615	2	115.00–123.00	$118.93	$731	-2.52
698	698	3	122.00	$122.00	$852	—
890	890	1	112.00	$112.00	$997	—
923	923	2	103.00	$103.00	$951	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
368	368	2	140.00	$140.00	$515	+6.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225	225	1	130.00	$130.00	$292	—
290	290	1	130.00	$130.00	$377	-11.00
300–347	327	15	128.00–132.00	$129.95	$425	-5.37
355–398	379	44	123.00–136.00	$130.38	$494	-6.26
409–448	424	29	120.00–129.00	$125.21	$531	-9.52
462–478 value added	474	27	128.00–130.00	$129.49	$614	—
450–497	481	61	116.00–127.00	$120.48	$580	-10.03
500–548	522	31	115.00–123.00	$119.85	$626	-9.22
557–561 value added	558	34	120.00–121.00	$120.33	$671	—
550–595	571	21	113.00–119.00	$115.44	$659	-7.46
600–647	625	27	113.00–119.00	$115.77	$724	-7.55
623–634 value added	630	9	117.00–119.00	$118.34	$746	—
650–695	667	19	113.00–117.00	$115.10	$768	-0.17
715–720	718	3	98.00–106.00	$100.65	$723	-16.34
715–740 value added	721	8	110.00–115.00	$111.38	$803	—
763–793	779	10	100.00–111.00	$105.95	$825	-4.05
794 value added	794	9	112.00	$112.00	$889	—
840	840	1	103.00	$103.00	$865	-8.00
850–880	868	4	95.00–107.00	$102.49	$890	—
897 value added	897	8	106.00	$106.00	$951	—
950–985	968	2	98.00–103.00	$100.45	$972	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235–245	242	3	125.00–127.00	$126.35	$306	+0.35
320	320	1	128.00	$128.00	$410	+14.00
350–375	356	6	124.00–126.00	$125.32	$446	-3.10
410–425	418	2	121.00–123.00	$121.98	$510	-0.43
490–495	492	3	105.00–115.00	$108.36	$533	-17.64
580–585	584	4	110.00–111.00	$110.25	$644	-6.29
625	625	1	108.00	$108.00	$675	+5.20
675	675	1	93.00	$93.00	$628	-19.68
752	752	3	100.00	$100.00	$752	—
865	865	1	92.00	$92.00	$796	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375–395	385	2	104.00–124.00	$113.74	$438	—
430	430	1	105.00	$105.00	$452	—
495	495	1	110.00	$110.00	$544	-12.78

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
418–445	436	20	140.00–155.00	$150.04	$654	+2.81
450–495	472	26	130.00–142.00	$137.63	$650	-3.57
502–545	523	17	125.00–133.00	$128.64	$673	-2.04
550–598	571	27	117.00–128.00	$124.23	$709	-2.40
603–635	614	9	113.00–118.00	$116.31	$714	-3.62
655–685	671	17	104.00–114.00	$110.11	$739	-7.98
700–725	715	6	103.00–108.00	$105.33	$753	-4.67
750–775	759	5	95.00–100.00	$99.01	$751	-0.99
800	800	1	95.00	$95.00	$760	±0.00
850	850	1	95.00	$95.00	$808	-5.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–445	422	3	130.00–141.00	$133.48	$563	+1.48
460–496	486	7	120.00–125.00	$122.58	$596	-12.42
502–546	530	15	120.00–122.00	$120.80	$640	-5.56
555–580	573	12	110.00–121.00	$115.75	$663	+0.75
600–633	622	3	106.00–114.00	$108.57	$675	-1.43
658–662	660	9	100.00–107.00	$103.01	$680	—
730–740	735	2	100.00–104.00	$101.99	$750	+4.02
755–790	777	3	90.00–95.00	$92.98	$722	—
815–820	818	2	90.00	$90.00	$736	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	1	128.00	$128.00	$570	—
555	555	1	120.00	$120.00	$666	±0.00

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
935–1370	1196	80-85%	10	43.00–46.00	$44.43	$531	-1.57
1015–1590	1228	80-85%	35	45.50–53.00	$47.93	$589	—
1180–1505	1339	80-85%	5	53.00–56.00	$54.28	$727	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
880–1185	1016	85-90%	5	36.00–40.00	$38.03	$386	+2.33
870–1220	1041	85-90%	29	39.00–47.00	$42.82	$446	+7.12

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1220	1220	75-80%	1	46.00	$46.00	$561	—
1150–1825	1407	75-80%	23	48.00–53.00	$50.20	$706	—
1565	1565	75-80%	1	53.00	$53.00	$829	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1330–1625	1512	3	60.00–76.00	$68.52	$1,036	—
1515–2050	1759	9	74.00–83.00	$79.77	$1,403	+7.33
1635–2000	1818	2	84.00–86.00	$85.10	$1,547	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
910	910	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	550.00	$550.00
1100–1580	1253	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	650.00–875.00	$730.70
1125–1465	1264	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	800.00–1,000.00	$915.64
1100–1465	1275	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	800.00–850.00	$814.38

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1050	1050	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	550.00	$550.00
1100	1100	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00
975–1330	1141	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	560.00–800.00	$679.80
1220–1260	1235	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	700.00–750.00	$716.46

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
895	895	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	710.00	$710.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1400	1400	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	925.00	$925.00	—
1305–1610	1458	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,000.00–1,025.00	$1,011.19	—

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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.