Dickson Regional Livestock Center Market Report

Dickson, Tennessee · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, November 8, 2021

2,044 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $128.30/cwt -1.10 vs last sale · ≈ $672/hd at 524 lb · 92 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $135.25/cwt -1.03 vs last sale · ≈ $648/hd at 479 lb · 68 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $154.34/cwt +3.99 vs last sale · ≈ $803/hd at 520 lb · 55 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,044	1,419	1,222
Feeder cattle	1,742	1,253	1,039
Slaughter cattle	233	118	111
Replacement cattle	69	48	72

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to same sale last week, Slaughter cows were 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Slaughter bulls 1.00 lower. Feeder steers were steady to 3.00 lower. Heifers mostly steady with instances 4.00 higher. Bull calves 2.00 to 8.00 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
220–228	225	3	182.50–193.00	$189.58	$427	+8.58
250–295	275	10	174.00–184.00	$180.17	$495	-9.83
310–345	325	15	160.00–181.00	$167.79	$545	-5.79
353 value added	353	3	183.00	$183.00	$646	—
350–390	369	21	154.00–181.00	$172.60	$637	-3.71
413–448	426	16	145.00–169.00	$161.63	$689	-2.03
443 value added	443	2	170.00	$170.00	$753	—
450–498	481	44	144.00–164.00	$157.82	$759	-2.30
490 value added	490	3	172.50	$172.50	$845	—
500–549	520	55	140.00–160.00	$154.34	$803	+5.00
555–590	570	22	140.00–154.00	$147.64	$842	+0.24
575–593 value added	589	24	150.00–156.00	$154.53	$910	+4.53
600–632 value added	616	6	140.00–149.00	$144.38	$889	—
600–649	620	32	130.00–154.00	$139.08	$862	-2.56
650–690	679	10	133.00–143.00	$138.02	$937	-3.19
685 value added	685	3	143.00	$143.00	$980	-1.68
703–747	720	36	129.00–138.00	$136.20	$981	-1.85
750–795	766	18	124.00–140.00	$136.04	$1,042	—
768 value added	768	2	127.00	$127.00	$975	-17.50
805–845	828	3	121.00–131.00	$126.74	$1,049	-2.73
875–895	885	2	119.00–125.00	$121.97	$1,079	+1.96
923	923	2	120.00	$120.00	$1,108	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
277–283	278	10	145.00–170.00	$150.09	$417	-26.91
328	328	2	158.00	$158.00	$518	-4.87
367–398	384	19	137.00–160.00	$147.26	$565	—
423–430	425	3	150.00–155.00	$153.32	$652	+0.32
495	495	1	140.00	$140.00	$693	-8.61
510–525	518	5	130.00–144.00	$135.44	$702	-4.56
555–580	568	3	130.00–138.00	$133.70	$759	—
718	718	2	120.00	$120.00	$862	±0.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
490	490	1	125.00	$125.00	$612	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225–245	238	6	140.00–160.00	$150.62	$358	—
270–298	283	8	140.00–150.00	$147.24	$417	-7.25
300–340	322	18	134.00–150.00	$143.52	$462	+0.75
355–395	372	28	134.00–156.00	$144.37	$537	+3.91
400–448	421	53	130.00–145.00	$139.44	$587	+0.14
450–498	479	68	125.00–148.00	$135.25	$648	-0.89
500–548	524	92	120.00–135.00	$128.30	$672	-1.10
555–595	568	41	121.00–135.00	$127.00	$721	+3.27
603–645	614	41	110.00–125.00	$121.60	$747	-0.07
658 value added	658	12	125.00	$125.00	$822	-2.17
657–685	666	24	110.00–125.00	$121.56	$810	+1.27
700–735	713	12	110.00–137.00	$121.10	$863	+7.43
785–793	790	5	103.00–112.00	$108.42	$857	—
873–895	884	4	100.00–108.00	$104.05	$920	+1.64

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	2	131.00	$131.00	$354	—
300–345	324	6	125.00–142.50	$131.04	$425	—
377–380	378	4	122.00–130.00	$127.99	$484	+1.76
405–449	431	25	114.00–133.00	$124.28	$536	-5.38
455–480	474	12	114.00–125.00	$122.61	$581	-2.43
515–540	530	4	105.00–110.00	$108.28	$574	-10.40
565–599	589	10	100.00–120.00	$112.03	$660	—
615–635	630	7	100.00–115.00	$104.94	$661	-5.06
695	695	2	100.00	$100.00	$695	—
720	720	4	100.00–115.00	$110.75	$797	+10.75
750–790	777	3	90.00–108.00	$95.79	$744	—
800	800	1	90.00	$90.00	$720	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
343	343	2	105.00	$105.00	$360	—
430	430	1	105.00	$105.00	$452	—
710	710	1	90.00	$90.00	$639	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	2	105.00–120.00	$112.50	$495	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–448	428	33	141.00–165.00	$157.64	$675	-4.75
460–497	481	26	135.00–155.00	$146.15	$703	-8.60
505–542	524	26	129.00–158.00	$143.71	$753	-3.29
550–594	571	27	130.00–149.00	$138.60	$791	+2.77
603–640	618	11	118.00–130.00	$122.39	$756	-4.61
665–675	670	18	111.00–123.00	$120.34	$806	+1.53
705–730	714	6	100.00–118.00	$112.05	$800	-4.95
785	785	1	115.00	$115.00	$903	+7.48
820	820	1	108.00	$108.00	$886	—
943	943	3	110.00	$110.00	$1,037	+20.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
470–495	478	6	130.00–140.00	$138.11	$660	-2.31
538–545	541	5	120.00–121.00	$120.20	$650	-10.79
580–597	590	6	120.00–132.00	$125.27	$739	-4.73
610–640	629	8	110.00–120.00	$112.43	$707	-1.69
685	685	2	120.00	$120.00	$822	+10.00
700–723	717	5	100.00–115.00	$108.85	$780	+2.09

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410	410	2	122.50	$122.50	$502	—
472	472	3	123.00	$123.00	$581	—
560	560	1	113.00	$113.00	$633	—
695	695	1	100.00	$100.00	$695	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430	430	1	130.00	$130.00	$559	-10.00

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1170	1170	80-85%	1	45.00	$45.00	$526	—
890–1390	1245	80-85%	65	50.00–61.00	$55.16	$687	+8.38

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
793–1020	902	85-90%	14	22.00–35.00	$30.46	$275	—
730–1268	1006	85-90%	37	36.00–48.00	$43.72	$440	-1.86

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1460	1460	75-80%	1	62.00	$62.00	$905	—
1295–1660	1496	75-80%	13	51.00–60.00	$54.76	$819	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1085–1940	1481	7	38.00–75.00	$57.96	$858	—
1270–2085	1694	10	75.00–86.00	$80.83	$1,369	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
765	765	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	575.00	$575.00
820	820	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	550.00	$550.00
930	930	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	725.00	$725.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1067–1145	1098	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	700.00–825.00	$772.87

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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.