Dickson Regional Livestock Center Market Report

Dickson, Tennessee · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, October 10, 2022

2,191 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $166.99/cwt -3.96 vs last sale · ≈ $1,117/hd at 669 lb · 122 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $148.50/cwt +10.82 vs last sale · ≈ $920/hd at 620 lb · 106 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $151.74/cwt -7.42 vs last sale · ≈ $800/hd at 527 lb · 77 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,191	1,470	1,354
Feeder cattle	1,577	1,185	1,202
Slaughter cattle	393	242	89
Replacement cattle	221	43	63

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to same sale last week Slaughter cows were 6.00 to 10.00 lower. Slaughter bulls 8.00 lower. Steers 2.00 to 8.00 lower, instances 12.00 lower. Heifers 4.00 to 7.00 lower. Bulls calves steady to 5.00 lower, instances 7.00 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
280	280	2	190.00	$190.00	$532	-17.61
303–332	320	7	190.00–200.00	$195.51	$626	-3.96
350–398	367	27	175.00–200.00	$184.69	$678	+4.69
402–445	423	19	164.00–190.00	$179.38	$759	-1.10
460–490	468	33	165.00–183.00	$176.85	$828	-2.58
520 value added	520	2	180.00	$180.00	$936	—
500–548	534	36	155.00–180.00	$163.55	$873	-10.46
560–599	575	34	150.00–171.00	$164.56	$946	-7.16
580 value added	580	5	167.00	$167.00	$969	—
603–640	613	22	155.00–167.00	$161.34	$989	-13.14
630–637 value added	635	17	160.00–172.00	$169.54	$1,077	—
650–695	669	43	140.00–167.00	$157.61	$1,054	-13.34
665–671 value added	669	79	165.00–173.00	$172.09	$1,151	—
700–740 value added	715	21	150.00–163.00	$159.33	$1,139	—
715–735	730	5	150.00–159.00	$156.23	$1,140	-13.60
765–785	775	2	157.00–159.00	$158.01	$1,225	+0.01
805	805	5	153.00–162.00	$158.40	$1,275	-1.95
813 value added	813	52	164.00	$164.00	$1,333	—
890–895	893	2	135.00–140.00	$137.49	$1,228	—
918 value added	918	57	167.00	$167.00	$1,533	—
969 value added	969	57	164.50	$164.50	$1,594	—
970	970	1	125.00	$125.00	$1,212	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275–285	280	2	160.00–180.00	$170.18	$477	—
300–340	319	8	150.00–185.00	$170.43	$544	—
365–388	377	7	140.00–175.00	$156.49	$590	-3.51
415–435	424	4	140.00–155.00	$150.83	$640	—
465–498	480	7	160.00–164.00	$161.66	$776	+1.66
527–535	529	8	134.00–158.00	$148.23	$784	—
595	595	2	150.00	$150.00	$892	—
685	685	1	140.00	$140.00	$959	-13.68
770–790	783	3	120.00–144.00	$136.14	$1,066	—
1070	1070	2	106.00	$106.00	$1,134	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
525	525	2	122.00–130.00	$126.00	$662	—
575	575	1	140.00	$140.00	$805	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	140.00	$140.00	$476	—
540	540	1	120.00	$120.00	$648	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
227–245	232	4	160.00	$160.00	$371	-3.47
270–278	276	4	165.00–172.50	$170.67	$471	+0.86
303–349	333	20	157.00–173.00	$164.58	$548	-5.25
360–395	377	13	150.00–170.00	$159.32	$601	-10.66
401–445	423	60	146.00–171.00	$160.85	$680	-5.15
450–498	464	72	145.00–165.00	$156.11	$724	-6.98
502–548	527	77	140.00–159.00	$151.74	$800	-7.25
558–599	574	60	135.00–150.00	$141.39	$812	-5.47
613–635 value added	616	74	135.00–156.00	$152.78	$941	—
605–646	628	32	134.00–150.00	$138.61	$870	+3.50
660–693	681	26	125.00–140.00	$134.60	$917	-3.86
700–725	708	16	125.00–138.00	$130.02	$921	-7.48
783–789	786	7	130.00–140.00	$135.73	$1,067	-0.89
810–825	818	2	127.00	$127.00	$1,039	-0.47
875	875	1	124.00	$124.00	$1,085	±0.00
933	933	2	130.00	$130.00	$1,213	+29.03

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–275	265	6	140.00–160.00	$155.12	$411	+20.12
300–335	327	11	130.00–158.00	$137.63	$450	—
375–394	389	6	125.00–150.00	$144.34	$561	+2.81
415–447	437	10	145.00–162.00	$152.48	$666	-1.27
450–495	475	9	140.00–153.00	$143.94	$684	-1.05
523–545	535	12	130.00–148.00	$136.92	$733	+4.66
570–595	583	5	120.00–138.00	$129.52	$755	+1.52
605–645	619	7	125.00–135.00	$131.54	$814	+6.54
665	665	1	130.00	$130.00	$864	+8.27
710	710	3	115.00	$115.00	$816	-5.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
283	283	2	130.00	$130.00	$368	—
356	356	5	150.00	$150.00	$534	—
420	420	1	117.50	$117.50	$494	—
475	475	1	120.00	$120.00	$570	—
540	540	1	120.00	$120.00	$648	—
560	560	2	120.00	$120.00	$672	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360	360	2	120.00	$120.00	$432	±0.00
425	425	2	100.00	$100.00	$425	—
483	483	2	130.00	$130.00	$628	—
515–545	530	2	97.00–120.00	$108.17	$573	—
550	550	1	130.00	$130.00	$715	+30.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–449	437	19	161.00–180.00	$173.14	$757	-1.40
450–495	470	21	160.00–180.00	$167.03	$785	-1.08
500–540	521	28	145.00–169.00	$158.53	$826	-4.73
552–596	575	21	143.00–165.00	$150.51	$865	-4.72
601–648	627	36	140.00–154.00	$142.98	$896	-5.43
655–686	672	12	128.00–147.00	$139.82	$940	-8.21
705–745	719	9	125.00–167.00	$148.79	$1,070	+7.25
750	750	1	130.00	$130.00	$975	-2.31
805–815	812	3	125.00–142.00	$132.29	$1,074	+11.66
850–880	865	2	125.00–129.00	$126.97	$1,098	+16.97

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
397	397	3	160.00	$160.00	$635	+20.94
410	410	3	153.00	$153.00	$627	+0.85
459–482	468	15	140.00–164.00	$158.67	$743	+2.67
505–548	537	12	130.00–162.00	$148.76	$799	+7.12
570–584	579	13	130.00–140.00	$132.30	$766	+2.30
606–648	616	9	130.00–140.00	$138.90	$856	-5.27
680	680	5	130.00	$130.00	$884	+0.06
750	750	1	100.00	$100.00	$750	—
805	805	2	110.00	$110.00	$886	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
702	702	3	115.00	$115.00	$807	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
485	485	1	130.00	$130.00	$630	-14.00
645	645	2	100.00	$100.00	$645	-30.00

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1145–1550	1229	80-85%	49	60.00–67.50	$66.78	$821	-8.87
876–1510	1231	80-85%	38	66.00–77.00	$69.31	$853	-6.34

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
830–1325	950	85-90%	14	35.00–57.00	$51.52	$489	—
915–1300	1113	85-90%	47	57.00–68.00	$62.42	$695	-3.95

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1284–1630	1417	75-80%	43	66.00–77.00	$70.92	$1,005	—
1395–1695	1545	75-80%	2	63.00–64.00	$63.55	$982	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1275–1830	1664	7	60.00–87.00	$76.39	$1,271	-21.74
1295–2095	1680	13	84.00–93.00	$87.64	$1,472	-10.49
2090	2090	1	95.00	$95.00	$1,986	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
945	945	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	700.00	$700.00
950	950	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	775.00	$775.00
960	960	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	575.00	$575.00
975	975	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	825.00	$825.00
973–1326	1065	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	25	600.00–900.00	$794.08

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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.