Dickson Regional Livestock Center Market Report

Dickson, Tennessee · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, May 2, 2022

1,205 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $167.31/cwt +4.10 vs last sale · ≈ $704/hd at 421 lb · 62 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $149.85/cwt +5.69 vs last sale · ≈ $856/hd at 571 lb · 59 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $157.99/cwt +7.24 vs last sale · ≈ $812/hd at 514 lb · 58 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,205	1,127	853
Feeder cattle	1,007	916	757
Slaughter cattle	125	62	69
Replacement cattle	73	149	27

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to the same sale last week, Slaughter cows and bulls steady. Steers under 400 lbs steady, over 400 lbs steady to 4.00 lower. Heifers 1.00 to 5.00 higher. Bulls steady to 3.00 higher. Quality fair to fancy. Demand moderate.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	1	210.00	$210.00	$483	—
260–278	269	7	190.00–210.00	$202.89	$546	+0.76
300–338	319	5	194.00–200.00	$195.52	$624	-2.90
330 value added	330	4	220.00	$220.00	$726	—
375–385	380	9	197.00–207.00	$199.19	$757	-0.07
425 fancy	425	1	200.00	$200.00	$850	—
410–445	433	3	185.00–190.00	$188.42	$816	-1.33
430–449 value added	444	41	190.00–194.00	$193.06	$857	—
465–495	484	7	170.00–185.00	$179.49	$869	-2.11
505–545	530	20	170.00–180.00	$173.96	$922	-10.90
525–545 value added	535	4	175.00–180.00	$177.45	$949	-12.27
562 value added	562	6	175.00	$175.00	$984	-1.00
557–595	571	35	156.00–173.00	$167.00	$954	-2.71
600–635	617	8	160.00–168.00	$162.92	$1,005	+2.59
657–693	674	21	155.00–166.00	$161.40	$1,088	+18.82
703–713	707	5	151.00–153.00	$152.20	$1,076	+5.20
710 value added	710	1	155.00	$155.00	$1,100	+0.51
750–765	758	2	140.00–142.00	$141.01	$1,069	-4.48
765 value added	765	3	151.00	$151.00	$1,155	—
858–860	858	6	130.00–140.00	$138.33	$1,187	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285–290	286	4	180.00	$180.00	$515	±0.00
305–335	320	7	180.00–190.00	$184.97	$592	+4.97
355–380	368	2	170.00–196.00	$182.56	$672	+6.71
400–423	409	6	170.00–185.00	$179.82	$735	+12.32
458–493	481	3	170.00–172.00	$171.37	$824	+9.37
535–545	543	4	158.00–160.00	$158.49	$861	-12.51
562–595	574	6	150.00–163.00	$154.90	$889	+2.60
635	635	2	147.00	$147.00	$933	—
678	678	3	150.00	$150.00	$1,017	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	1	180.00	$180.00	$585	—
435–440	438	2	174.00–178.00	$175.99	$771	—
452–490	462	4	170.00–180.00	$177.35	$819	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	1	160.00	$160.00	$528	—
380	380	1	160.00	$160.00	$608	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
233–240	235	3	170.00	$170.00	$400	±0.00
295	295	1	175.00	$175.00	$516	+3.31
315–345	325	9	160.00–183.00	$174.64	$568	-4.36
332 value added	332	7	175.00	$175.00	$581	—
350–398	369	18	159.00–180.00	$170.20	$628	+2.19
400–440	417	20	155.00–171.00	$164.88	$688	+3.59
409–437 value added	423	42	168.00–170.00	$168.46	$713	+0.46
458–492	470	39	155.00–169.00	$161.16	$757	+1.99
479 value added	479	8	168.00	$168.00	$805	—
495	495	1	140.00	$140.00	$693	-19.17
502–543	514	43	144.00–161.00	$157.20	$808	+6.45
510–517 value added	514	15	156.00–163.00	$160.26	$824	—
551–595	571	59	140.00–157.00	$149.85	$856	+5.69
600–648	632	10	132.00–146.00	$139.21	$880	+3.62
663–675	667	27	132.00–142.00	$138.53	$924	+7.28
708–719	715	7	120.00–128.00	$125.13	$895	-7.87
765	765	2	125.00	$125.00	$956	-1.54
945	945	1	110.00	$110.00	$1,040	-5.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–295	275	3	150.00–156.00	$151.96	$418	—
300–340	320	3	151.00–158.00	$153.95	$493	+9.03
360–393	380	5	140.00–149.00	$142.90	$543	+2.90
410–445	433	15	150.00–162.00	$157.28	$681	+0.47
459–495	475	15	140.00–156.00	$149.48	$710	+12.58
510–545	528	6	137.00–141.00	$139.66	$737	-2.30
570–588	580	4	130.00	$130.00	$754	+5.00
600–635	618	2	135.00–140.00	$137.43	$849	—
685	685	1	128.00	$128.00	$877	+4.00
860	860	1	104.00	$104.00	$894	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
395	395	2	158.00–163.00	$160.50	$634	—
460	460	1	130.00	$130.00	$598	—
555	555	1	120.00	$120.00	$666	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415–439	433	9	180.00–187.00	$184.33	$798	+1.24
450–480	468	8	170.00–185.00	$177.11	$829	+5.82
500–548	528	34	158.00–171.00	$165.07	$872	+3.29
550–585	559	10	149.00–160.00	$156.37	$874	+1.12
601–635	617	17	148.00–160.00	$151.17	$933	+21.17
650–685	669	7	139.00–145.00	$140.16	$938	+3.88
725	725	1	130.00	$130.00	$942	—
770–775	772	3	120.00–130.00	$123.35	$952	-14.65
810–845	833	4	110.00–120.00	$112.51	$937	—
900	900	1	110.00	$110.00	$990	+10.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–440	425	10	170.00–183.00	$178.89	$760	+17.35
455–495	478	9	160.00–174.00	$166.24	$795	+7.65
525–530	527	3	150.00–157.00	$152.33	$803	+17.31
578–585	580	3	138.00–150.00	$145.97	$847	+9.27
655	655	2	130.00	$130.00	$852	±0.00
770–780	775	2	120.00	$120.00	$930	-6.42
875	875	1	100.00	$100.00	$875	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410–440	422	3	150.00–170.00	$161.40	$681	—
490	490	2	170.00	$170.00	$833	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
530	530	1	140.00	$140.00	$742	+28.00

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
898–1740	1110	80-85%	57	73.00–84.00	$76.83	$853	—
1135–1330	1233	80-85%	2	68.00–73.00	$70.30	$867	—
1045–1335	1235	80-85%	5	85.00–87.00	$86.19	$1,064	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
730–1070	920	85-90%	3	53.00–64.00	$58.31	$536	+1.69
803–1230	990	85-90%	18	60.00–74.00	$67.20	$665	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1105–1470	1335	75-80%	3	84.00–88.00	$85.80	$1,145	—
1140–1875	1475	75-80%	13	70.00–83.00	$77.61	$1,145	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1260–1535	1384	7	87.00–96.00	$92.60	$1,282	—
1375–2195	1643	10	101.00–107.00	$102.98	$1,692	—
1860–1985	1923	2	115.00	$115.00	$2,211	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
920	920	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	625.00	$625.00
923	923	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	875.00	$875.00
1005–1150	1078	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	710.00–835.00	$776.71

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
925	925	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	650.00	$650.00
1175	1175	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	925.00	$925.00
1190	1190	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00
1115–1335	1253	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	885.00–1,025.00	$983.48

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
823	823	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	635.00	$635.00
1033	1033	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	850.00	$850.00

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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
1045	1045	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,225.00	$1,225.00	—
1045–1150	1093	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	1,150.00–1,250.00	$1,220.77	—
1100	1100	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,400.00	$1,400.00	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
850	850	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	950.00	$950.00	—
955	955	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	1,100.00	$1,100.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
825	825	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,025.00	$1,025.00	—
825	825	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,075.00	$1,075.00	—

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Heifer Pairs

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1050	1050	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,400.00	$1,400.00	—

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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.