Dickson Regional Livestock Center Market Report

Dickson, Tennessee · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, September 27, 2021

1,689 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $132.79/cwt -5.97 vs last sale · ≈ $694/hd at 523 lb · 96 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $128.20/cwt +0.33 vs last sale · ≈ $789/hd at 616 lb · 69 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $139.83/cwt -5.57 vs last sale · ≈ $874/hd at 625 lb · 66 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,689	937	1,562
Feeder cattle	1,422	841	1,432
Slaughter cattle	200	63	88
Replacement cattle	67	33	42

Market comments — USDA reporter

-Compared to same sale last week, Slaughter cows were steady to 2.00 lower. Slaughter bulls 8.00 lower. Steers under 600 lbs 3.00 to 7.00 lower, instances 10.00 lower. Over 600 lbs mostly steady. Heifers 2.00 to 5.00 lower. Bulls steady to 5.00 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
268–275	272	4	181.00–185.00	$183.03	$498	-10.00
325–345	333	11	169.00–180.00	$175.00	$583	-8.99
370–391	386	13	166.00–175.00	$171.69	$663	-0.92
405–445	428	17	150.00–165.00	$158.59	$679	-8.68
450–495	468	33	150.00–160.00	$155.52	$728	-3.43
500–549	514	42	136.00–155.00	$148.20	$762	-7.89
553 fancy	553	9	152.00	$152.00	$841	—
555–595	574	23	137.00–150.00	$140.92	$809	-10.20
555–581 value added	575	9	148.00–156.00	$149.72	$861	—
606	606	7	130.00	$130.00	$788	-15.40
618–638 value added	626	13	142.00–148.00	$145.65	$912	—
603–648	628	46	134.00–145.00	$139.68	$877	-5.72
652–688	666	29	130.00–140.00	$136.97	$912	-0.63
680 value added	680	14	148.00	$148.00	$1,006	-1.01
713 value added	713	9	140.00	$140.00	$998	-13.00
700–740	726	11	135.00–143.00	$138.66	$1,007	+0.62
753–777	766	9	138.00–141.00	$140.02	$1,073	+3.93
800–847	832	21	127.00–133.50	$130.85	$1,089	—
883–890	884	11	123.00–124.00	$123.91	$1,095	—
906 value added	906	55	141.50	$141.50	$1,282	—
928	928	2	120.00	$120.00	$1,114	—
960	960	1	110.00	$110.00	$1,056	—
1040	1040	1	100.00	$100.00	$1,040	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
368–393	378	11	130.00–150.00	$139.10	$526	-15.33
418	418	3	145.00	$145.00	$606	-19.00
455–498	478	10	134.00–150.00	$141.42	$676	-12.55
533–540	535	6	130.00–150.00	$136.68	$731	-4.76
555–590	576	4	124.00–130.00	$127.21	$733	-13.72
605–637	624	11	128.00–136.00	$132.44	$826	-3.03
665	665	1	116.00	$116.00	$771	-14.00
730	730	1	123.00	$123.00	$898	-11.00
800–845	823	2	120.00–124.00	$121.95	$1,004	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430–440	432	6	110.00–125.00	$112.55	$486	—
478	478	2	117.00	$117.00	$559	—
513	513	3	121.00	$121.00	$621	—
562	562	10	117.00	$117.00	$658	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
393	393	2	121.00	$121.00	$476	—
470	470	1	130.00	$130.00	$611	+9.00
615	615	1	109.50	$109.50	$673	—

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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	154.00	$154.00	$370	-8.22
270–292	280	11	134.00–150.00	$143.52	$402	-14.48
310–343	329	9	140.00–146.00	$144.16	$474	—
350–398	378	24	134.00–147.00	$139.11	$526	-3.16
400–448	426	46	135.00–140.00	$137.79	$587	-2.85
453–495	470	61	127.00–141.00	$135.01	$635	+5.01
500–548	523	96	124.00–137.00	$132.79	$694	-4.44
550–590	574	33	120.00–130.00	$127.42	$731	-2.91
606 value added	606	13	135.00	$135.00	$818	—
601–644	618	56	120.00–134.00	$126.62	$783	-1.25
650–695	668	22	115.00–124.00	$121.22	$810	-2.10
724 value added	724	4	127.00	$127.00	$919	+2.00
718–735	725	7	105.00–120.00	$115.87	$840	-9.76
765	765	1	108.00	$108.00	$826	-2.55
800–847	830	5	106.00–110.00	$108.45	$900	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330–348	340	7	120.00–136.00	$126.71	$431	-16.61
370–393	384	8	130.00–131.00	$130.64	$502	-9.57
400–444	434	17	121.00–132.00	$128.80	$559	-6.70
453–490	476	8	120.00–130.00	$127.16	$605	-8.62
525–545	541	9	120.00–130.00	$123.65	$669	-2.53
568–595	578	6	108.00–121.00	$117.82	$681	-7.33
600–630	623	4	112.00–120.00	$115.95	$722	-4.05
665–685	673	3	104.00–115.00	$110.38	$743	—
728	728	2	110.00	$110.00	$801	-2.84

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	1	115.00	$115.00	$448	—
429	429	4	110.00	$110.00	$472	—
465	465	4	104.00–113.00	$106.25	$494	—
503	503	2	100.00	$100.00	$503	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	1	100.00	$100.00	$320	-40.00
435	435	1	105.00	$105.00	$457	—
555	555	1	110.00	$110.00	$610	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–445	430	15	143.00–161.00	$154.54	$665	-0.46
450–499	475	40	140.00–163.00	$146.91	$698	-2.53
500–543	521	23	130.00–142.00	$138.59	$722	-0.73
554–590	567	27	129.00–139.00	$135.24	$767	+1.50
610–647	628	15	120.00–130.00	$125.72	$790	-5.09
650–695	665	19	120.00–128.00	$124.46	$828	-4.70
700–735	716	12	115.00–124.00	$121.41	$869	+1.97
753–770	762	4	112.00–124.00	$117.93	$899	—
805–830	814	9	111.00–115.00	$113.43	$923	+3.43
978	978	2	80.00	$80.00	$782	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365	365	1	140.00	$140.00	$511	—
445	445	3	134.00	$134.00	$596	-16.00
455–493	483	9	130.00–140.00	$134.17	$648	-5.83
506–545	517	9	121.00–135.00	$132.06	$683	—
550–562	559	6	124.00–130.00	$128.67	$719	-4.34
635	635	2	120.00–121.00	$120.50	$765	-3.84
740	740	2	126.00	$126.00	$932	—
850	850	1	108.00	$108.00	$918	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
404	404	5	105.00	$105.00	$424	—
513	513	2	105.00	$105.00	$539	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1150	1150	80-85%	1	70.00	$70.00	$805	—
1155–1300	1228	80-85%	2	58.00–60.00	$58.94	$724	-4.87
1030–1500	1242	80-85%	31	60.00–69.00	$64.34	$799	+0.53

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
680–895	814	85-90%	4	41.00–47.00	$44.21	$360	—
855–1305	988	85-90%	25	46.00–58.00	$53.90	$533	+1.81

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1215	1215	75-80%	1	74.00	$74.00	$899	—
1240	1240	75-80%	1	61.00	$61.00	$756	—
1205–1680	1410	75-80%	22	64.00–72.00	$67.28	$949	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1175–1760	1417	6	78.00–84.00	$81.60	$1,156	—
1170–2010	1575	13	85.00–94.00	$87.69	$1,381	—
1799–1805	1800	5	95.00–100.00	$96.00	$1,728	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1100	1100	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	775.00	$775.00
1100–1160	1130	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	785.00–960.00	$870.18
1180–1205	1193	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	725.00–750.00	$737.37

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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
1050	1050	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	2	900.00	$900.00	—
1100	1100	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	950.00	$950.00	-398.35
1150	1150	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	1,150.00	$1,150.00	-25.00

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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.