Dickson Regional Livestock Center Market Report

Dickson, Tennessee · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, January 25, 2021

1,245 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 7-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $119.76/cwt +13.90 vs last sale · ≈ $920/hd at 768 lb · 71 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $133.08/cwt +2.57 vs last sale · ≈ $622/hd at 467 lb · 60 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 steers $148.20/cwt -4.45 vs last sale · ≈ $711/hd at 480 lb · 60 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,245	1,470	1,431
Feeder cattle	1,053	1,330	1,263
Slaughter cattle	98	110	135
Replacement cattle	94	30	33

Market comments — USDA reporter

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

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280–290	283	3	174.00–177.00	$175.68	$497	+5.68
305–345	328	10	154.00–183.00	$174.57	$573	+1.69
355–397	383	12	165.00–175.00	$168.12	$644	+4.91
403 value added	403	3	158.00	$158.00	$637	—
406–445	424	16	148.00–172.00	$161.52	$685	+6.89
458–488 value added	472	20	146.00–158.00	$151.65	$716	-3.32
450–497	484	40	133.00–158.00	$146.47	$709	-4.24
500–545	525	37	139.00–150.00	$144.54	$759	+2.85
540 value added	540	1	140.00	$140.00	$756	-5.31
561–598	567	14	127.00–140.00	$136.01	$771	+4.31
587–597 value added	593	22	137.00–137.50	$137.18	$813	+0.87
618–646 value added	628	18	128.00–135.00	$131.24	$824	+1.09
620–645	629	10	126.00–134.00	$131.16	$825	+4.88
658–663 value added	661	17	131.00–132.00	$131.77	$871	+3.43
690	690	1	120.00	$120.00	$828	-5.52
713 value added	713	23	128.00	$128.00	$913	+1.96
703–738	729	10	120.00–125.00	$123.39	$900	+0.72
754–795	759	9	105.00–122.00	$120.02	$911	-1.19
774 value added	774	5	118.00	$118.00	$913	-5.21
855–890	878	3	110.00–113.00	$112.03	$984	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205	205	2	150.00–152.50	$151.25	$310	-11.35
255–293	274	8	135.00–160.00	$143.66	$394	-26.34
323–346	337	8	133.00–150.00	$145.80	$491	-13.53
375–380	379	13	135.00–168.00	$159.97	$606	+6.17
422–425	423	4	120.00–151.00	$143.21	$606	-1.37
455–465	460	3	130.00–138.00	$135.00	$621	-6.65
520–542	533	5	130.00–135.00	$133.05	$709	-2.64
553–592	573	6	123.00–135.00	$132.42	$759	+4.42
605	605	2	125.00–126.00	$125.50	$759	+3.48
779	779	3	118.00	$118.00	$919	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260	260	1	120.00	$120.00	$312	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–285	270	2	140.00	$140.00	$378	-2.38
303–342	335	18	137.00–141.00	$140.32	$470	-0.46
355–398	374	6	130.00–138.00	$134.78	$504	-4.79
400–446	425	47	124.00–144.00	$135.54	$576	+2.38
445 value added	445	1	132.00	$132.00	$587	-5.09
459 value added	459	15	135.00	$135.00	$620	—
450–498	470	45	122.00–138.00	$132.44	$622	+1.93
516 value added	516	7	128.00	$128.00	$660	+1.03
500–545	518	43	123.00–135.00	$129.22	$669	+4.44
569 value added	569	7	125.00	$125.00	$711	+2.13
552–595	577	22	118.00–126.00	$124.14	$716	+1.02
607–618 value added	614	28	124.00	$124.00	$761	+2.84
600–645	617	10	116.00–126.00	$121.37	$749	+2.42
650–698	668	27	108.00–123.00	$118.03	$788	+0.46
658–696 value added	682	11	117.00–121.00	$118.40	$807	-0.23
700 value added	700	7	116.00	$116.00	$812	-3.10
735	735	1	115.00	$115.00	$845	+0.55
768 value added	768	70	120.00	$120.00	$922	—
785	785	1	103.00	$103.00	$809	-2.86
805–815	812	3	100.00–107.00	$104.69	$850	—
850	850	3	105.00	$105.00	$892	+2.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225–230	228	2	135.00–140.00	$137.53	$314	+7.53
250–260	257	3	130.00–140.00	$136.75	$351	+0.91
303–346	327	22	121.00–143.00	$135.15	$442	+2.82
350–370	360	2	130.00–135.00	$132.57	$477	+5.62
415–440	435	6	125.00–133.00	$128.14	$557	-0.57
455–495	483	15	120.00–128.00	$125.66	$607	+0.66
504	504	4	124.00	$124.00	$625	+2.44
595	595	2	115.00	$115.00	$684	+0.23
612	612	3	117.00	$117.00	$716	+6.00
720–740	733	3	100.00–104.00	$102.69	$753	+2.69

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
515–545	525	3	121.00–122.00	$121.35	$637	—
660–680	670	2	110.00–113.00	$111.48	$747	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–415	410	2	100.00–115.00	$107.41	$440	—
550	550	1	101.00	$101.00	$556	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	1	152.00	$152.00	$524	—
410–423	417	4	151.00–158.00	$154.55	$644	+0.94
455–493	475	19	140.00–164.00	$146.00	$694	-1.19
525–540	534	6	130.00–140.00	$133.64	$714	-3.81
555–597	584	20	121.00–134.00	$128.45	$750	+1.68
600–630	616	7	115.00–131.00	$120.93	$745	+2.28
673	673	3	110.00	$110.00	$740	-3.61
718–728	723	9	100.00–112.00	$109.78	$794	+2.54
790	790	1	101.00	$101.00	$798	—
800	800	1	100.00	$100.00	$800	+10.00
915	915	1	100.00	$100.00	$915	+15.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430	430	6	131.00	$131.00	$563	—
465–499	495	9	130.00–138.00	$131.61	$651	-8.74
510–540	524	6	122.00–132.00	$126.42	$662	-3.79
570–590	580	2	121.00	$121.00	$702	+1.00
620–644	639	5	110.00–111.00	$110.19	$704	-2.15
680	680	1	115.00	$115.00	$782	—
758	758	3	105.00	$105.00	$796	—
804–810	806	10	96.00–100.00	$98.39	$793	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
675	675	1	105.00	$105.00	$709	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
575	575	1	120.00	$120.00	$690	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
750	750	1	104.00	$104.00	$780	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
810–1155	968	85-90%	5	28.00–37.00	$33.67	$326	—
860–1285	1031	85-90%	34	40.00–46.50	$45.04	$464	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1035–1445	1220	80-85%	11	46.00–57.00	$51.25	$625	—
1208–1405	1236	80-85%	7	57.00–59.00	$57.32	$708	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1315–1835	1583	75-80%	5	48.00–54.00	$51.26	$811	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1315–1750	1519	4	68.00–73.00	$69.66	$1,058	—
1740–2135	1898	5	77.00–84.00	$81.16	$1,540	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1125	1125	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	750.00	$750.00
1220–1325	1273	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,075.00–1,150.00	$1,110.95

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
900	900	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	570.00	$570.00

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Dairy Steers

Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
530	530	4	76.00	$76.00	$403	—

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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.