Dickson Regional Livestock Center Market Report

Dickson, Tennessee · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, January 18, 2021

1,470 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $122.95/cwt -0.16 vs last sale · ≈ $709/hd at 577 lb · 90 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $125.91/cwt +4.61 vs last sale · ≈ $656/hd at 521 lb · 65 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $130.51/cwt +2.77 vs last sale · ≈ $626/hd at 480 lb · 61 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,470	667	1,246
Feeder cattle	1,330	567	1,108
Slaughter cattle	110	84	73
Replacement cattle	30	16	65

Market comments — USDA reporter

Because this sale was not reported last week, no trends could be established.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	170.00	$170.00	$502	-14.88
310–348	341	9	160.00–180.00	$172.88	$590	-7.76
350–390	372	28	160.00–170.00	$163.21	$607	-12.78
400–448	433	27	151.00–160.00	$154.63	$670	-7.01
450–493	471	24	145.00–156.00	$150.71	$710	+2.67
456–486 value added	471	20	154.00–156.00	$154.97	$730	-11.62
510–520 value added	516	18	143.00–149.00	$145.31	$750	+0.31
500–545	527	27	135.00–149.00	$141.69	$747	+2.61
555–596	578	18	128.00–136.00	$131.70	$761	-2.34
573–590 value added	585	19	136.00–137.00	$136.31	$797	—
614–640 value added	632	35	129.00–134.00	$130.15	$823	-11.85
616–649	637	19	120.00–131.00	$126.28	$804	-5.21
660–693	675	6	122.00–128.00	$125.52	$847	-3.68
663–693 value added	680	31	124.00–132.00	$128.34	$873	+3.34
715–718	717	3	120.00–124.00	$122.67	$880	+2.81
720–744 value added	735	37	124.00–128.00	$126.04	$926	—
755–775 value added	768	15	120.00–126.00	$123.21	$946	+2.25
760–790	772	4	115.00–125.00	$121.21	$936	+1.21
806–816 value added	810	9	114.00–120.00	$117.32	$950	—
840	840	1	115.00	$115.00	$966	±0.00
1075	1075	8	104.00	$104.00	$1,118	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225–245	237	3	160.00–165.00	$162.60	$385	+7.60
265	265	1	170.00	$170.00	$450	+10.00
320–348	344	14	148.00–164.00	$159.33	$548	—
353–396	383	17	148.00–157.00	$153.80	$589	-6.07
410–430	415	5	142.00–146.00	$144.58	$600	+3.60
450–480	468	6	136.00–149.00	$141.65	$663	+2.79
513–525	517	3	134.00–139.00	$135.69	$702	+16.69
555	555	1	128.00	$128.00	$710	—
620–630	625	2	120.00–124.00	$122.02	$763	+1.56
650	650	3	115.00	$115.00	$748	-8.75
720–728	725	3	110.00–114.00	$112.68	$817	+8.68

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355	355	1	160.00	$160.00	$568	—
407	407	3	150.00	$150.00	$610	—
510	510	1	120.00	$120.00	$612	—
700	700	1	108.00	$108.00	$756	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355	355	1	140.00	$140.00	$497	—
418	418	2	130.00	$130.00	$543	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
282–290	285	8	142.00–143.00	$142.38	$406	+2.38
333–341	339	10	139.00–145.00	$140.78	$477	—
355–395	373	22	134.00–143.00	$139.57	$521	+7.16
400–445	422	31	126.00–138.00	$133.16	$562	+2.03
410–433 fancy	425	3	140.00–141.00	$140.32	$596	—
430–445 value added	444	23	134.00–138.00	$137.09	$609	—
451–499	480	61	126.00–135.00	$130.51	$626	+4.48
510	510	4	130.00	$130.00	$663	+8.70
505–526 value added	521	24	126.00–130.00	$126.97	$662	—
500–548	522	37	121.00–129.00	$124.78	$651	+3.48
550–597	572	30	121.00–127.00	$123.12	$704	+4.57
564–598 value added	579	60	121.00–125.00	$122.87	$711	-3.49
600–645	611	21	111.00–122.00	$118.95	$727	+0.82
620–638 value added	625	11	119.00–122.00	$121.16	$757	-0.86
657–667 value added	664	25	118.00–120.00	$118.63	$788	+1.96
658–698	674	14	115.00–122.00	$117.57	$792	+3.14
700–747 value added	723	44	117.00–120.00	$119.10	$861	—
703–748	726	8	111.00–118.00	$114.45	$831	+4.47
755–788	770	15	105.00–110.00	$105.86	$815	-4.13
850	850	1	103.00	$103.00	$876	—
903	903	2	100.00	$100.00	$903	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225	225	1	130.00	$130.00	$292	—
250–290	274	6	134.00–140.00	$135.84	$372	—
300–340	318	6	130.00–135.00	$132.33	$421	-0.71
370–393	388	8	126.00–134.00	$126.95	$493	+3.42
407 thin fleshed	407	3	134.00	$134.00	$545	—
400–440	418	13	120.00–132.00	$128.71	$538	+17.71
470	470	1	125.00	$125.00	$588	+5.00
505–545	525	2	120.00–123.00	$121.56	$638	+6.57
555–595	577	5	111.00–121.00	$114.77	$662	—
630	630	1	111.00	$111.00	$699	—
665–690	678	2	110.00–111.00	$110.49	$749	—
705	705	1	100.00	$100.00	$705	±0.00

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	2	124.00–134.00	$129.00	$432	—
350	350	1	135.00	$135.00	$472	—
435	435	1	120.00	$120.00	$522	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420–443	440	13	149.00–155.00	$153.61	$676	-18.39
450–496	471	28	142.00–154.00	$147.19	$693	-0.62
505–548	517	15	132.00–146.00	$137.45	$711	+0.46
551–595	576	21	122.00–131.00	$126.77	$730	+2.62
600–648	624	8	114.00–123.00	$118.65	$740	-1.15
650–678	667	23	104.00–123.00	$113.61	$758	+3.61
708–745	719	12	105.00–108.00	$107.24	$771	-4.76
825	825	1	90.00	$90.00	$742	-12.00
855–873	869	5	90.00–95.00	$90.98	$791	—
905	905	2	85.00	$85.00	$769	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
468–495	477	3	140.00–141.00	$140.35	$669	—
500–545	518	8	123.00–132.00	$130.21	$674	+5.71
575	575	1	120.00	$120.00	$690	-2.00
620–645	633	3	110.00–116.00	$112.34	$711	+7.34
720–745	726	4	105.00	$105.00	$762	+7.40

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
965–1540	1151	80-85%	9	40.00–48.00	$45.29	$521	—
975–1625	1268	80-85%	28	47.00–54.00	$50.64	$642	—
1215–1435	1298	80-85%	3	58.00–59.00	$58.31	$757	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1410	1410	75-80%	1	58.00	$58.00	$818	—
1195–1865	1538	75-80%	16	50.00–55.00	$52.54	$808	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
910–1310	1123	85-90%	14	38.00–48.00	$44.37	$498	—
1170–1205	1188	85-90%	2	37.00–41.00	$39.03	$464	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1525–1860	1689	5	68.00–75.00	$71.48	$1,207	—
1420–2070	1800	5	77.00–85.00	$81.08	$1,459	—
1840	1840	1	88.00	$88.00	$1,619	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1235	1235	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	725.00	$725.00
1090–1575	1292	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	725.00–835.00	$798.56

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
920	920	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	660.00	$660.00
925	925	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	500.00	$500.00
1180	1180	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	600.00	$600.00

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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.