Dickson Regional Livestock Center Market Report

Dickson, Tennessee · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, March 21, 2022

1,646 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 9-weight M&L 1-2 steers $137.16/cwt ≈ $1,281/hd at 934 lb · 235 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $182.02/cwt +4.44 vs last sale · ≈ $953/hd at 524 lb · 124 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $146.03/cwt +0.89 vs last sale · ≈ $839/hd at 574 lb · 84 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,646	914	947
Feeder cattle	1,480	827	793
Slaughter cattle	147	87	104
Replacement cattle	19	—	50

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to the same sale last week, Slaughter cows steady. Slaughter bulls 2.00 higher. Steers steady to 5.00 higher. Heifers steady to 2.00 higher. Bulls mostly steady.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–285	275	3	200.00	$200.00	$550	+9.88
320–345	335	17	190.00–210.00	$196.06	$657	-4.45
350–395	372	26	189.00–205.00	$195.60	$728	+2.77
404 value added	404	4	200.00	$200.00	$808	+5.00
415–440	424	9	185.00–190.00	$188.22	$798	+4.77
463–498	483	40	174.00–184.00	$181.80	$878	+2.24
506–534 value added	523	92	180.00–190.00	$183.31	$959	+0.48
500–543	524	28	170.00–182.00	$178.10	$933	+7.53
525–545 thin fleshed	538	4	179.00–180.00	$179.76	$967	—
558–585 value added	577	41	174.00–179.00	$174.64	$1,008	—
550–598	579	23	160.00–177.00	$169.02	$979	+2.13
608 value added	608	5	170.00	$170.00	$1,034	+10.98
600–619	612	14	152.00–169.00	$159.45	$976	+0.63
653–660 value added	655	6	155.00–162.00	$159.65	$1,046	+1.15
658–698	678	20	140.00–153.00	$147.80	$1,002	+6.88
710–740	724	6	138.00–141.00	$140.18	$1,015	+2.28
725 value added	725	5	145.00	$145.00	$1,051	+5.00
759–786	776	13	141.00–143.00	$141.91	$1,101	+10.78
787 value added	787	15	141.00	$141.00	$1,110	—
927	927	7	131.00	$131.00	$1,214	—
913–941 value added	934	228	137.00–138.50	$137.35	$1,283	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–235	218	2	197.50–200.00	$198.85	$433	+18.85
275–295	285	3	170.00–190.00	$176.67	$504	+16.67
305–345	317	4	175.00–187.50	$182.29	$578	+9.99
350–385	376	11	170.00–183.00	$180.51	$679	+18.99
402–425	411	5	160.00–175.00	$169.63	$697	-0.44
455–485	476	8	175.00–179.00	$177.26	$844	+25.26
500–530	512	3	155.00–168.00	$160.96	$824	—
595	595	1	150.00	$150.00	$892	+5.62
620–640	634	7	140.00–145.00	$141.40	$896	+11.40
690	690	1	140.00	$140.00	$966	+7.08
705	705	1	139.00	$139.00	$980	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	1	150.00	$150.00	$502	—
475	475	3	153.00	$153.00	$727	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	180.00	$180.00	$441	—
360	360	1	160.00	$160.00	$576	—
570	570	1	150.00	$150.00	$855	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	2	170.00	$170.00	$416	—
290–295	292	3	161.00–165.00	$163.65	$478	+5.43
305–349	335	23	160.00–171.00	$165.05	$553	+5.11
359–395	372	13	159.00–169.00	$165.77	$617	+3.62
400–445	423	40	155.00–167.00	$161.55	$683	-0.40
449 thin fleshed	449	15	167.00	$167.00	$750	+3.00
461 value added	461	5	160.00	$160.00	$738	—
450–495	476	68	148.00–162.00	$154.92	$737	+0.64
517 value added	517	33	160.00	$160.00	$827	—
500–545	525	35	140.00–154.00	$147.33	$773	+1.82
572–597 value added	574	45	147.00–155.00	$148.09	$850	-5.41
550–595	575	39	135.00–150.00	$143.66	$826	+2.70
600–640	625	20	127.00–141.00	$132.92	$831	+1.71
650	650	1	125.00	$125.00	$812	-4.42
700–745	729	7	126.00–128.00	$126.69	$924	-1.16
757–783 value added	779	29	128.00–129.00	$128.17	$998	-6.83
920	920	1	109.00	$109.00	$1,003	—
975	975	1	110.00	$110.00	$1,072	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205	205	1	165.00	$165.00	$338	+25.00
275	275	1	137.50	$137.50	$378	—
300–345	321	4	140.00–164.00	$153.89	$494	—
365–398	381	11	140.00–163.00	$150.39	$573	+16.70
403–447	430	12	130.00–156.00	$147.99	$636	+2.99
450–478	472	12	140.00–150.00	$143.02	$675	—
529–538	532	6	130.00–135.00	$131.69	$701	—
553–595	574	12	120.00–138.00	$130.15	$747	+2.93
655–698	684	11	120.00–125.00	$123.09	$842	+9.09

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–435	416	8	180.00–189.00	$184.05	$766	+2.10
450–495	467	24	172.00–183.00	$178.98	$836	+21.61
520–525	523	5	165.00–175.00	$171.82	$899	+4.20
550–590	563	15	155.00–169.00	$163.63	$921	-0.70
601–636	623	11	142.00–159.00	$147.96	$922	+2.65
650–675	662	3	131.00–138.00	$134.62	$891	-0.38
830	830	1	120.00	$120.00	$996	+4.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
419–443	432	10	170.00–181.00	$178.31	$770	—
460–490	478	16	166.00–175.00	$171.17	$818	—
500–545	530	3	150.00–156.00	$151.89	$805	—
600	600	1	138.00	$138.00	$828	—
670–675	673	6	127.00–134.00	$131.50	$885	—
710	710	1	120.00	$120.00	$852	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
505	505	1	138.00	$138.00	$697	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1105–1245	1177	80-85%	3	84.00–91.00	$87.25	$1,027	—
1055–1435	1245	80-85%	2	57.00–69.00	$63.92	$796	-23.08
935–1615	1314	80-85%	83	70.00–83.00	$80.95	$1,064	+3.47

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
900–1150	1045	85-90%	3	50.00–61.00	$55.24	$577	—
890–1285	1102	85-90%	18	57.00–71.00	$65.31	$720	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1175–1315	1263	75-80%	3	87.00–90.00	$88.65	$1,120	-1.35
1120–1745	1328	75-80%	13	75.00–84.00	$77.73	$1,032	—
1215–1605	1410	75-80%	2	71.00–77.00	$73.59	$1,038	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1285–1635	1475	3	84.00–104.00	$96.04	$1,417	—
1550–1810	1648	4	114.00–118.00	$115.10	$1,897	—
1635–2215	1927	5	106.00–112.00	$108.81	$2,097	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
905	905	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	825.00	$825.00
935–1440	1188	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	985.00–1,025.00	$1,009.25
1035–1305	1199	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	885.00–985.00	$934.62

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1000	1000	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00

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Bred Heifers

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
830	830	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	640.00	$640.00
835	835	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	720.00	$720.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
830	830	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	710.00	$710.00

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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.