Dickson Regional Livestock Center Market Report

Dickson, Tennessee · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, April 18, 2022

754 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 8-weight M&L 1-2 steers $143.00/cwt +5.00 vs last sale · ≈ $1,216/hd at 850 lb · 63 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $155.73/cwt -0.84 vs last sale · ≈ $737/hd at 473 lb · 47 head

light 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $162.81/cwt +1.96 vs last sale · ≈ $694/hd at 426 lb · 37 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	754	1,427	1,510
Feeder cattle	588	1,280	1,310
Slaughter cattle	120	99	123
Replacement cattle	46	48	77

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, feeder steers were mostly 2.00-4.00 lower, and feeder heifers were unevenly steady with a lower undertone. Trends on feeder classes are based on a limited test because of lighter receipts due largely in part to the Easter holiday yesterday which slowed livestock movement. Slaughter cows were unevenly steady, and slaughter bulls were too few to compare to last week but a lower undertone was noted. Offerings today included one load lot with 63 head steers, 850 lbs, 143.00.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220–238	232	3	180.00–190.00	$183.16	$425	-6.84
270–295	283	2	200.00–210.00	$205.22	$581	+1.22
315 fancy	315	1	210.00	$210.00	$662	—
300–345	318	6	175.00–190.00	$180.96	$575	-14.50
378 fancy	378	3	205.00	$205.00	$775	—
365–395	379	9	190.00–193.00	$190.80	$723	-3.07
405–445	436	14	184.00–194.00	$187.47	$817	-0.11
453–498	469	15	170.00–180.00	$173.06	$812	-11.83
500–535	519	6	160.00–170.00	$166.69	$865	-15.04
550–598	580	17	160.00–170.00	$163.73	$950	-5.76
608–647	621	18	145.00–164.00	$154.88	$962	-3.76
651–682	663	27	150.00–165.50	$158.04	$1,048	-3.09
707–740	719	5	139.00–151.00	$143.51	$1,032	-4.56
759–795	786	27	141.00–150.00	$142.90	$1,123	—
803	803	5	141.00	$141.00	$1,132	—
850 value added	850	63	143.00	$143.00	$1,216	—
1001	1001	5	128.00	$128.00	$1,281	+3.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	160.00	$160.00	$392	-40.00
400–447	439	11	165.00–178.00	$174.77	$767	+22.27
475–498	490	3	155.00–160.00	$158.39	$776	+5.14
505–508	507	4	147.00–150.00	$148.50	$753	—
635	635	1	140.00	$140.00	$889	+10.00
875	875	1	126.00	$126.00	$1,102	±0.00

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
510	510	2	130.00	$130.00	$663	—

Small 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
765	765	2	120.00	$120.00	$918	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
655	655	1	130.00	$130.00	$852	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–295	276	4	160.00–172.00	$168.18	$464	+1.49
318–340	324	4	164.00–175.00	$169.83	$550	+0.84
353–385	362	11	160.00–175.00	$166.70	$603	+0.49
407–445	425	33	155.00–165.00	$161.36	$686	+0.51
430–440 fancy	438	4	174.00–175.00	$174.75	$765	—
450–485	473	47	154.00–160.00	$155.73	$737	-1.01
515–540	529	20	140.00–154.00	$149.97	$793	-0.56
554 value added	554	7	152.00	$152.00	$842	—
550–595	584	24	135.00–147.00	$142.60	$833	+0.17
603–645	623	11	130.00–138.00	$134.06	$835	-7.80
650–674	666	11	134.00–137.00	$134.80	$898	+6.37
700–725	709	4	124.00–130.00	$127.96	$907	+0.48
766–779	775	25	123.00–130.00	$128.06	$992	+0.07
830–843	834	6	120.00	$120.00	$1,001	—
925	925	2	117.00	$117.00	$1,082	+1.48
1055	1055	2	115.00	$115.00	$1,213	—
1165	1165	1	119.00	$119.00	$1,386	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215	215	1	160.00	$160.00	$344	—
278–285	280	3	130.00–140.00	$133.39	$373	-15.02
355–390	369	4	142.00–155.00	$147.71	$545	-4.17
418–440	428	7	133.00–152.00	$145.26	$622	+15.22
450–493	483	5	140.00–147.00	$143.60	$694	-11.07
505–543	525	4	130.00	$130.00	$682	-10.00
579–595	583	10	121.00–126.00	$122.02	$711	-20.11
742	742	3	110.00	$110.00	$816	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	1	140.00	$140.00	$322	—
435	435	1	121.00	$121.00	$526	+3.76
535	535	1	122.50	$122.50	$655	—
572	572	3	121.00	$121.00	$692	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420	420	1	110.00	$110.00	$462	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
382	382	3	171.00	$171.00	$653	—
430 fancy	430	1	185.00	$185.00	$796	—
400–445	433	9	170.00–180.00	$177.76	$770	-2.82
453 fancy	453	2	185.00	$185.00	$838	—
465–495	480	10	160.00–175.00	$170.51	$818	-4.40
509–535	517	11	160.00–173.00	$169.76	$878	+2.27
570–580	575	2	145.00–150.00	$147.48	$848	-12.79
603–645	612	6	142.00–145.00	$144.14	$882	-5.21
675–690	680	3	134.00–138.00	$135.68	$923	+7.71
750	750	1	130.00	$130.00	$975	+5.00
875	875	1	100.00	$100.00	$875	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365	365	1	130.00	$130.00	$474	—
405–420	413	2	150.00	$150.00	$620	-19.90
520–545	533	2	140.00–155.00	$147.68	$787	-3.63
580	580	1	140.00	$140.00	$812	+3.83
660–663	662	3	110.00–120.00	$116.68	$772	—
1015	1015	1	80.00	$80.00	$812	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220	220	2	165.00	$165.00	$363	—
283	283	3	155.00	$155.00	$439	—
470	470	4	133.00	$133.00	$625	-10.48
610	610	1	130.00	$130.00	$793	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1015–1342	1207	80-85%	23	78.00–87.00	$82.60	$997	—
1245–1575	1420	80-85%	3	88.00–93.00	$90.19	$1,281	—
1515	1515	80-85%	1	75.00	$75.00	$1,136	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
815–1027	972	85-90%	6	55.00–62.00	$60.16	$585	+11.51
900–1034	1015	85-90%	8	80.00–83.00	$80.58	$818	—
965–1200	1029	85-90%	9	63.00–75.00	$69.87	$719	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1225–1815	1479	75-80%	16	79.00–87.00	$82.30	$1,217	—
1420–1615	1518	75-80%	2	76.00–77.00	$76.47	$1,161	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1535	1535	1	89.00	$89.00	$1,366	—
1340–1780	1562	3	95.00–99.00	$97.38	$1,521	—
1575–1730	1630	3	106.00–113.00	$110.09	$1,794	—

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Stock Cows

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
728–773	743	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	102.00–116.00	$106.86	$794
880	880	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	94.00	$94.00	$827

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1165	1165	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	100.00	$100.00	$1,165

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
745	745	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	500.00	$500.00

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
795	795	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	675.00	$675.00

Small 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
890	890	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	90.00	$90.00	$801

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1120–1215	1157	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	825.00–1,000.00	$910.48
1235	1235	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	875.00	$875.00
1260	1260	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00
1305	1305	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	800.00	$800.00
1240–1530	1368	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	875.00–1,175.00	$996.80

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
925	925	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	510.00	$510.00
945–950	948	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	800.00–850.00	$824.93
995–1050	1023	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	725.00–850.00	$785.82

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
885–915	900	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	525.00–600.00	$561.88
960	960	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	680.00	$680.00

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Bred Heifers

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
740	740	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	725.00	$725.00
805–945	840	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	850.00–900.00	$861.76

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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
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	1,275.00	$1,275.00	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,175.00–1,375.00	$1,275.00	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,150.00–1,275.00	$1,212.50	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00	—

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,175.00	$1,175.00	—

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	600.00	$600.00	—

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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.