Dickson Regional Livestock Center Market Report

Dickson, Tennessee · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, January 24, 2022

1,484 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $146.15/cwt +6.12 vs last sale · ≈ $771/hd at 528 lb · 89 head

light 8-weight M&L 1-2 steers $151.00/cwt ≈ $1,235/hd at 818 lb · 62 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $165.49/cwt -0.75 vs last sale · ≈ $873/hd at 527 lb · 55 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,484	459	1,245
Feeder cattle	1,312	425	1,053
Slaughter cattle	118	26	98
Replacement cattle	54	8	94

Market comments — USDA reporter

There were no comparison due to weather last week and reporter being absent.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–295	274	4	180.00–200.00	$189.95	$520	-5.55
300–336	326	11	185.00–195.00	$187.25	$610	+4.42
350–398	371	29	170.00–200.00	$185.41	$688	+6.79
405–448	432	14	166.00–180.00	$174.43	$754	+0.17
455–499	483	34	161.00–178.00	$171.73	$829	+4.25
510 fancy	510	3	170.00	$170.00	$867	—
505–547	527	42	155.00–175.00	$163.55	$862	-1.32
510–545 value added	534	10	168.00–180.00	$172.30	$920	+3.30
570 value added	570	1	160.00	$160.00	$912	-3.00
554–595	577	38	150.00–166.00	$159.55	$921	+2.69
600–635	626	9	145.00–156.00	$148.97	$933	-7.54
629–643 value added	637	32	158.00–163.00	$161.02	$1,026	+11.02
660–696 value added	678	20	150.00–154.00	$152.24	$1,032	-0.73
660–695	680	12	140.00–152.00	$147.19	$1,001	-2.64
700–730	714	15	140.00–147.00	$144.47	$1,032	-1.76
735 value added	735	3	150.00	$150.00	$1,102	+2.00
758–790	763	8	138.00–147.00	$145.09	$1,107	+5.06
776 value added	776	4	146.00	$146.00	$1,133	-4.45
818 value added	818	62	151.00	$151.00	$1,235	—
860	860	1	134.00	$134.00	$1,152	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	1	150.00	$150.00	$345	—
260	260	1	162.00	$162.00	$421	-6.00
310–345	334	4	150.00–160.00	$157.49	$526	+9.99
368–390	374	6	150.00–170.00	$160.30	$600	+11.31
455–492	477	5	150.00–165.00	$154.77	$738	+12.77
585	585	1	150.00	$150.00	$878	+13.30
645	645	1	140.00	$140.00	$903	+17.00
652–695	663	4	125.00–136.00	$127.88	$848	-0.89
705–730	715	5	130.00–140.00	$133.06	$951	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	147.00	$147.00	$434	—
305	305	1	140.00	$140.00	$427	—
355–360	358	2	144.00–158.00	$150.95	$540	+28.95
430	430	1	131.00	$131.00	$563	—
450	450	1	139.00	$139.00	$626	—
508	508	3	130.00	$130.00	$660	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	1	130.00	$130.00	$422	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205–235	218	3	155.00–171.00	$163.24	$356	-1.76
265–293	282	8	140.00–164.00	$154.69	$436	-7.76
300–348	322	20	150.00–162.00	$152.84	$492	-7.16
350–393	377	16	140.00–155.00	$148.86	$561	-3.65
400–448	429	36	137.00–154.00	$148.10	$635	+1.52
450–498	474	40	140.00–152.00	$146.70	$695	-1.18
512–523 value added	518	11	150.00–152.00	$151.10	$783	—
500–548	529	78	135.00–150.00	$145.45	$769	+5.42
550–598	576	35	134.00–148.00	$142.82	$823	+3.99
605–645	625	31	120.00–140.00	$136.26	$852	+2.99
655–690	670	15	129.00–136.00	$132.90	$890	+2.30
702–746	718	33	123.00–135.00	$131.61	$945	-1.39
770–793	788	5	110.00–125.00	$120.43	$949	-1.95
805–845	819	7	119.00–128.00	$124.27	$1,018	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	9	130.00	$130.00	$364	-35.00
300–342	332	4	142.00	$142.00	$471	—
368–395	390	13	131.00–141.00	$139.60	$544	+10.60
490	490	2	133.00	$133.00	$652	+0.55
520	520	1	139.00	$139.00	$723	+18.00
570–595	585	3	124.00–130.00	$127.63	$747	—
603–620	612	4	125.00–135.00	$129.93	$795	+8.93

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280–290	285	3	111.00–130.00	$120.22	$343	—
495	495	3	121.00	$121.00	$599	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350	350	1	92.00	$92.00	$322	—
515	515	2	130.00	$130.00	$670	—
605	605	1	123.00	$123.00	$744	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
408–448	430	25	160.00–180.00	$171.67	$738	-1.01
450–495	472	29	150.00–174.00	$163.30	$771	—
503–540	522	31	146.00–165.00	$159.41	$832	+4.41
550–597	574	21	145.00–160.00	$149.84	$860	+9.84
600–638	620	15	138.00–146.00	$142.10	$881	+11.10
655–695	677	10	128.00–140.00	$133.35	$903	—
705–710	707	3	130.00–133.00	$131.33	$929	—
800–845	823	2	120.00–123.00	$121.46	$1,000	—
960–990	975	2	93.00–109.00	$100.88	$984	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
413–445	427	5	145.00–160.00	$149.49	$638	+16.49
480–488	484	4	131.00–160.00	$149.79	$725	-7.43
563–585	568	7	130.00–151.00	$141.06	$801	+1.06
603–635	609	5	130.00–136.00	$131.25	$799	—
670–685	675	4	120.00–135.00	$130.01	$878	—
760–795	778	2	116.00–138.00	$126.75	$986	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
535	535	1	135.00	$135.00	$722	—
592–595	594	14	114.00–127.00	$124.23	$738	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	1	107.00	$107.00	$401	—
472–487	480	6	132.00–142.00	$136.92	$657	-6.08

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1000–1295	1133	80-85%	3	55.00–57.00	$55.94	$634	—
980–1510	1215	80-85%	23	57.00–69.00	$62.74	$762	+7.25
1410–1470	1440	80-85%	2	71.00–74.00	$72.53	$1,044	+5.53

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1220–1555	1471	75-80%	4	74.00–77.00	$74.62	$1,098	—
1175–1835	1485	75-80%	20	61.00–71.00	$67.78	$1,007	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
700–990	828	85-90%	4	38.00–45.00	$42.54	$352	—
915–1375	1054	85-90%	15	47.00–58.00	$52.50	$553	+9.52

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1365–1675	1524	4	74.00–77.00	$76.25	$1,162	-14.75
1440–2120	1808	14	79.00–88.00	$84.85	$1,534	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1100	1100	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	875.00–975.00	$941.67
1150	1150	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,010.00	$1,010.00
1155	1155	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,100.00	$1,100.00
1205	1205	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	800.00	$800.00
1265	1265	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	975.00	$975.00

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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.