Dickson Regional Livestock Center Market Report

Dickson, Tennessee · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, May 3, 2021

853 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 9-weight M&L 1-2 steers $116.50/cwt ≈ $1,078/hd at 925 lb · 60 head

light 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $144.18/cwt +2.28 vs last sale · ≈ $608/hd at 422 lb · 57 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $133.90/cwt +1.85 vs last sale · ≈ $701/hd at 523 lb · 49 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	853	988	1,094
Feeder cattle	757	825	909
Slaughter cattle	69	125	144
Replacement cattle	27	38	41

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to the same sale last week, Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 3.00 higher. Steers under 550 lbs steady to 2.00 lower, over 550 lbs 1.00 to 6.00 higher. Heifers under 550 lbs steady to 3.00 lower, over 550 lbs steady to 4.00 higher. Bulls steady to 4.00 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
310–345	322	5	170.00	$170.00	$547	-5.11
360 fancy	360	2	180.00	$180.00	$648	—
350–395	382	20	164.00–175.00	$170.73	$652	-2.40
420–447	436	26	155.00–165.00	$161.37	$704	-1.12
461–496	475	26	150.00–160.00	$156.59	$744	-0.27
508 value added	508	3	150.00	$150.00	$762	—
510–539	533	5	146.00–152.00	$147.15	$784	-1.95
568 value added	568	3	151.00	$151.00	$858	-1.00
553–594	571	14	139.00–153.00	$145.61	$831	+6.60
571	571	4	132.00	$132.00	$754	-7.01
600–627	617	24	134.00–143.00	$139.49	$861	+1.64
632–635 value added	632	15	140.00–142.00	$140.27	$887	—
658–690	662	9	125.00–138.00	$135.61	$898	+5.46
708–740	720	8	125.00–127.00	$126.23	$909	+3.74
760 value added	760	4	126.00	$126.00	$958	—
765	765	1	118.00	$118.00	$903	-4.00
925 value added	925	60	116.50	$116.50	$1,078	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	160.00	$160.00	$544	+2.49
375–395	388	10	155.00–165.00	$159.25	$618	+8.22
403–435	411	8	145.00–157.00	$149.09	$613	+5.09
475–490	485	6	143.00–152.00	$147.71	$716	—
515–548	532	6	140.00–145.00	$143.33	$763	+12.41
580–587	585	4	133.00–140.00	$138.27	$809	+10.44
620–628	623	5	125.00–130.00	$127.02	$791	—
980	980	1	100.00	$100.00	$980	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	1	153.00	$153.00	$482	—
480	480	1	143.00	$143.00	$686	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420	420	1	155.00	$155.00	$651	+29.00
535	535	1	130.00	$130.00	$696	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285–293	291	4	161.00–165.00	$161.98	$471	+7.84
294 thin fleshed	294	10	166.00	$166.00	$488	—
310–340	325	7	145.00–157.00	$148.99	$484	-4.38
365–396	384	20	140.00–150.00	$146.21	$561	-0.52
410–419 thin fleshed	414	20	147.00–151.00	$149.18	$618	—
400–448	425	26	137.00–143.00	$139.53	$593	-2.37
424–428 value added	427	11	145.00–148.00	$146.08	$624	—
450–495	470	42	128.00–142.00	$136.65	$642	-1.42
520 value added	520	16	138.00	$138.00	$718	—
500–545	525	33	124.00–136.00	$131.91	$693	-0.14
550–595	571	19	125.00–135.00	$130.18	$743	+4.06
600–645	613	6	117.00–128.00	$123.93	$760	+1.89
640 value added	640	11	125.00	$125.00	$800	—
650–690	660	4	112.00–122.00	$118.40	$781	+3.91
741 value added	741	32	115.00	$115.00	$852	—
805–823	814	4	95.00–105.00	$102.53	$835	-4.47
825 value added	825	2	110.00	$110.00	$908	—
935	935	4	105.00	$105.00	$982	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220	220	1	151.00	$151.00	$332	+10.65
250	250	1	151.00	$151.00	$378	—
300–335	311	4	134.00–147.00	$139.91	$435	+7.97
355–395	368	4	132.00–140.00	$137.23	$505	+13.77
400–430	415	11	121.00–138.00	$134.03	$556	+1.76
450–485	474	4	119.00–130.00	$127.18	$603	-0.84
560–575	572	8	124.00–130.00	$127.77	$731	+0.77
600–620	610	4	113.00–122.00	$116.76	$712	+5.91
670	670	3	109.00	$109.00	$730	+0.52
770	770	1	100.00	$100.00	$770	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
435	435	1	123.00	$123.00	$535	+4.00
480	480	2	116.00	$116.00	$557	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	1	134.00	$134.00	$382	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420–447	439	10	153.00–160.00	$154.86	$680	-3.81
450–472	469	8	155.00–156.00	$155.12	$728	-0.69
518–545	532	7	136.00–150.00	$140.87	$749	-2.33
565–570	568	3	133.00–136.00	$133.99	$761	+1.82
620–638	632	4	122.00–125.00	$123.75	$782	-2.79
695	695	1	110.00	$110.00	$764	-8.58
735	735	2	110.00	$110.00	$808	-6.99
970	970	1	85.00	$85.00	$824	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
413	413	2	150.00	$150.00	$620	+8.33
463–490	480	12	131.00–146.00	$137.33	$659	+1.32
533–545	537	5	123.00–136.00	$132.96	$714	+0.96
585	585	1	131.00	$131.00	$766	—
665	665	1	112.00	$112.00	$745	+12.00
710	710	1	110.00	$110.00	$781	+1.26
770	770	1	100.00	$100.00	$770	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
465	465	1	141.00	$141.00	$656	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1115–1340	1228	80-85%	2	70.00–75.00	$72.27	$887	—
965–1500	1238	80-85%	17	59.00–67.00	$63.15	$782	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
940–1500	1239	75-80%	13	58.00–66.00	$62.32	$772	—
1150–1595	1373	75-80%	2	67.00–72.00	$69.91	$960	—
1260–1845	1508	75-80%	3	56.00–59.00	$57.85	$872	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
785–1260	974	85-90%	12	46.00–58.00	$50.39	$491	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1355	1355	1	79.00	$79.00	$1,070	+1.09
1170–1515	1393	6	81.00–88.00	$84.77	$1,181	+6.86
1290–2185	1733	3	90.00–96.00	$93.67	$1,623	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
955	955	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	825.00	$825.00
1150	1150	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,050.00	$1,050.00
1230	1230	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00
1250	1250	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	825.00	$825.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1093	1093	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	800.00	$800.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1120	1120	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,075.00	$1,075.00

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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
700	700	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,050.00	$1,050.00	—
980–1055	1018	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,100.00–1,175.00	$1,136.12	—
1075–1225	1157	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,050.00–1,125.00	$1,084.11	—

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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.