Dickson Regional Livestock Center Market Report

Dickson, Tennessee · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, April 26, 2021

988 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 bulls $155.81/cwt -4.33 vs last sale · ≈ $726/hd at 466 lb · 36 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 bulls $143.20/cwt -5.21 vs last sale · ≈ $746/hd at 521 lb · 34 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $138.07/cwt -11.64 vs last sale · ≈ $650/hd at 471 lb · 32 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	988	1,510	1,012
Feeder cattle	825	1,310	894
Slaughter cattle	125	123	60
Replacement cattle	38	77	58

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to same sale last week, Slaughter cows 4.00 lower. Slaughter bulls 2.00 lower. Steers under 600 lbs 8.00 to 10.00 lower. over 600 lbs steady to 5.00 lower. Heifers 3.00 to 9.00 lower. Bulls calves 5.00 to 10.00 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
240	240	1	162.50	$162.50	$390	—
255–291	286	7	167.50–200.00	$191.78	$548	-2.28
305–343	329	11	165.00–186.00	$175.11	$576	-13.89
360–395	379	17	161.00–181.00	$173.13	$656	-7.98
419–445	428	17	158.00–167.00	$162.49	$695	-8.80
453 fancy	453	3	170.00	$170.00	$770	—
450–495	471	25	145.00–165.00	$156.86	$739	-8.14
500–546	534	29	144.00–155.00	$149.10	$796	-12.25
550–595	573	19	132.00–145.00	$139.01	$797	-15.24
582 value added	582	6	152.00	$152.00	$885	-2.42
600–645	625	9	130.00–144.00	$137.85	$862	-3.61
655–685	672	6	125.00–135.00	$130.15	$875	-0.76
705–715	710	2	121.00–124.00	$122.49	$870	-12.10
770	770	1	122.00	$122.00	$939	-5.01
805	805	1	124.00	$124.00	$998	-1.68
953–955	954	4	107.00–108.00	$107.50	$1,026	—
1055	1055	2	100.00	$100.00	$1,055	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	172.50	$172.50	$509	-17.50
310–345	335	5	147.00–161.00	$157.51	$528	—
367–390	375	7	140.00–161.00	$151.03	$566	-24.59
440	440	1	144.00	$144.00	$634	-6.67
520–545	530	3	125.00–135.00	$130.92	$694	-14.09
555–595	570	3	120.00–134.00	$127.83	$729	-0.17
748	748	2	115.00	$115.00	$860	—
770	770	1	106.00	$106.00	$816	-2.00

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	1	126.00	$126.00	$554	—
450	450	1	131.00	$131.00	$590	—
620	620	1	111.00	$111.00	$688	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385	385	1	137.50	$137.50	$529	—
675	675	1	100.00	$100.00	$675	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	142.50	$142.50	$342	—
265–295	284	9	145.00–161.00	$154.14	$438	-6.89
305–348	328	9	131.00–167.00	$153.37	$503	-4.86
350–398	377	25	140.00–155.00	$146.73	$553	-13.31
400–445	415	22	124.00–151.00	$141.90	$589	-9.85
451–495	471	32	123.00–145.00	$138.07	$650	-9.63
508–547	533	26	120.00–141.00	$132.05	$704	-9.29
558–594	576	20	120.00–130.00	$126.12	$726	-10.81
565–597 value added	585	8	125.00–136.00	$128.98	$755	-10.55
600–628	616	18	115.00–128.00	$122.04	$752	-3.95
650–675	668	6	106.00–117.00	$114.49	$765	-6.72
706–745	717	8	100.00–115.00	$110.64	$793	-11.61
848	848	3	107.00	$107.00	$907	+13.00
955	955	1	95.00	$95.00	$907	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
223–245	234	4	132.50–147.50	$140.35	$328	—
300–335	317	5	120.00–141.00	$131.94	$418	+10.94
375–380	378	2	117.00–130.00	$123.46	$467	-20.82
400–445	413	9	128.00–135.00	$132.27	$546	-3.03
485–498	490	8	126.00–130.00	$128.02	$627	-3.28
540	540	2	120.00	$120.00	$648	-10.83
580	580	1	127.00	$127.00	$737	-0.78
620–632	630	6	105.00–112.00	$110.85	$698	-0.20
650–693	682	4	108.00–110.00	$108.48	$740	+1.48

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
448	448	2	119.00	$119.00	$533	—
685	685	1	94.00	$94.00	$644	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
555	555	1	120.00	$120.00	$666	+50.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–448	432	22	141.00–170.00	$158.67	$685	-8.15
450–495	466	36	138.00–169.00	$155.81	$726	-4.33
500–540	521	34	126.00–151.00	$143.20	$746	-5.21
560–570	566	5	128.00–140.00	$132.17	$748	-10.51
600–640	614	19	120.00–131.00	$126.54	$777	-0.18
658–695	666	8	112.00–120.00	$118.58	$790	-1.74
705–710	707	3	111.00–120.00	$116.99	$827	+1.99
780–785	783	3	90.00–100.00	$96.00	$752	—
867	867	5	90.00	$90.00	$780	-7.49
925	925	2	87.00	$87.00	$805	-3.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–443	428	10	135.00–149.00	$141.67	$606	-10.77
460–498	479	6	133.00–139.00	$136.01	$651	-15.33
547	547	3	132.00	$132.00	$722	-4.27
615–635	628	3	111.00–123.00	$114.92	$722	-9.81
665	665	2	100.00	$100.00	$665	—
705–740	714	7	90.00–112.00	$108.74	$776	+7.73
805	805	1	90.00	$90.00	$724	—
850–890	870	2	80.00–94.00	$86.84	$756	+1.84
930	930	1	85.00	$85.00	$790	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
875	875	80-85%	1	50.00	$50.00	$438	—
785–1305	1062	80-85%	36	53.00–64.00	$58.55	$622	-4.82
1215–1360	1288	80-85%	2	64.00–72.00	$68.23	$879	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1285–1510	1400	75-80%	31	60.00–66.00	$64.32	$900	+5.32

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
705–1105	881	85-90%	9	42.00–53.00	$48.00	$423	-0.29

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1330–1390	1360	2	74.00–82.00	$77.91	$1,060	—
1390–2155	1657	8	83.00–91.00	$86.58	$1,435	-1.72

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1150	1150	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	825.00	$825.00
1175	1175	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	900.00	$900.00
1250	1250	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	950.00	$950.00
1275	1275	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	800.00	$800.00
1300	1300	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00

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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.