Dickson Regional Livestock Center Market Report

Dickson, Tennessee · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, October 24, 2022

1,329 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $143.47/cwt +3.44 vs last sale · ≈ $816/hd at 569 lb · 64 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $147.77/cwt -2.22 vs last sale · ≈ $774/hd at 524 lb · 60 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $154.21/cwt +6.04 vs last sale · ≈ $716/hd at 464 lb · 46 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,329	1,385	1,487
Feeder cattle	1,085	1,260	1,178
Slaughter cattle	176	88	225
Replacement cattle	68	37	84

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to the same sale last week. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 lower. Slaughter bulls 4.00 lower. Steers steady to 3.00 lower. Heifers steady to 4.00 higher. Bulls calves 2.00 to 6.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285–295	292	5	180.00–200.00	$191.94	$560	+3.17
325	325	1	190.00	$190.00	$618	±0.00
365–398	381	14	170.00–196.00	$181.83	$693	-0.08
423–449	436	18	165.00–185.00	$177.42	$774	-2.43
465–498	488	16	164.00–180.00	$174.88	$853	-0.05
500–548	525	30	159.00–180.00	$167.03	$877	+5.18
553–595	574	32	142.00–165.00	$156.26	$897	-2.76
608–645	621	38	145.00–170.00	$159.06	$988	-0.32
658–680	663	5	145.00–165.00	$151.96	$1,007	-3.60
710–742	729	10	143.00–158.00	$149.43	$1,089	-3.45
755–775	764	11	150.00–155.00	$154.09	$1,177	+8.91
768 value added	768	3	155.00	$155.00	$1,190	—
818–820	819	3	145.00–153.00	$150.33	$1,231	+20.33
860	860	1	154.00	$154.00	$1,324	+12.34

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	180.00	$180.00	$441	—
320–340	330	2	140.00–165.00	$152.88	$505	—
350–390	377	12	150.00–170.00	$168.34	$635	+8.34
400	400	3	165.00	$165.00	$660	+9.88
460–475	470	3	153.00–157.00	$155.70	$732	+0.70
550–590	565	3	140.00	$140.00	$791	-5.07
610	610	1	140.00	$140.00	$854	+7.47
670–685	678	2	130.00–135.00	$132.47	$898	—
700	700	1	140.00	$140.00	$980	—
960	960	1	100.00	$100.00	$960	—
1080	1080	1	100.00	$100.00	$1,080	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
298	298	2	150.00	$150.00	$447	—
330	330	1	140.00	$140.00	$462	-10.00
483	483	2	125.00	$125.00	$604	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	1	137.00	$137.00	$534	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	3	170.00	$170.00	$400	—
268–298	282	5	169.00–170.00	$169.58	$478	—
300–342	334	18	153.00–177.00	$171.23	$572	+1.94
350–393	376	18	155.00–170.00	$166.51	$626	+2.10
402–443	429	30	148.00–165.00	$157.58	$676	-1.41
450–495	464	46	140.00–162.00	$154.21	$716	+6.04
500–547	524	60	130.00–156.00	$147.77	$774	-0.32
550–597	569	64	130.00–152.00	$143.47	$816	+4.09
600–643	623	17	130.00–140.00	$133.51	$832	-2.88
623 value added	623	3	137.00	$137.00	$854	—
650–685	667	21	130.00–137.00	$132.45	$883	+5.34
700–748	733	10	130.00–134.00	$131.29	$962	+5.55
765	765	1	130.00	$130.00	$994	+0.75
815–840	832	6	120.00–125.00	$122.47	$1,019	-2.53
870	870	1	114.00	$114.00	$992	+4.00
910	910	1	114.00	$114.00	$1,037	—
970	970	1	100.00	$100.00	$970	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
307	307	3	153.00	$153.00	$470	—
360	360	1	130.00	$130.00	$468	-17.74
445	445	1	140.00	$140.00	$623	-7.93
510	510	1	139.00	$139.00	$709	+2.37
563	563	2	130.00	$130.00	$732	—
603–635	611	5	120.00–126.00	$121.99	$745	-6.51
685	685	1	110.00	$110.00	$754	—
730	730	2	90.00	$90.00	$657	-35.00

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420–435	428	2	134.00–137.00	$135.47	$580	—
465	465	1	122.00	$122.00	$567	-18.00
500	500	1	120.00	$120.00	$600	-10.00
565–575	570	2	125.00–130.00	$127.52	$727	-2.48

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225	225	2	145.00	$145.00	$326	—
575	575	1	110.00	$110.00	$632	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–445	413	16	170.00–182.00	$179.41	$741	+9.57
452–495	471	18	159.00–170.00	$162.27	$764	+1.03
510–545	525	13	150.00–164.00	$155.13	$814	+4.88
553–595	569	10	140.00–154.00	$148.71	$846	+4.29
620–648	634	17	125.00–140.00	$130.76	$829	-5.39
655–685	674	7	120.00–144.00	$131.45	$886	+4.38
703–745	723	5	120.00–134.00	$126.86	$917	+2.27
805–835	820	2	115.00–129.00	$121.87	$999	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
438	438	2	149.00	$149.00	$653	-9.33
480–495	488	2	155.00–159.00	$156.97	$766	+7.29
503–535	517	8	140.00–154.00	$148.87	$770	+0.89
568–595	580	8	125.00–140.00	$130.03	$754	-6.23
648	648	2	120.00	$120.00	$778	—
680	680	1	120.00	$120.00	$816	-5.00
720–735	726	5	110.00–120.00	$117.57	$854	-2.43
765–770	766	4	120.00	$120.00	$919	±0.00
810–838	825	4	107.00–120.00	$114.25	$943	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
548	548	4	128.00	$128.00	$701	—
578	578	2	113.00	$113.00	$653	—
725–748	733	6	104.00–110.00	$107.96	$791	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400	400	1	120.00	$120.00	$480	—
570–575	573	2	115.00–130.00	$122.47	$702	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
790–991	957	85-90%	9	45.50–51.00	$46.21	$442	-12.53
815–1480	1061	85-90%	34	47.00–61.00	$56.31	$597	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
808–1535	1140	80-85%	31	62.00–72.00	$67.52	$770	—
1230–1575	1425	80-85%	4	56.00–63.00	$60.81	$867	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1060	1060	75-80%	1	79.00	$79.00	$837	—
1100–1685	1347	75-80%	12	65.00–75.00	$70.45	$949	—
1425	1425	75-80%	1	63.00	$63.00	$898	-8.56

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1180–1755	1401	4	68.00–83.00	$74.30	$1,041	-4.02
1495	1495	1	96.00	$96.00	$1,435	—
1510–2605	1879	12	84.00–92.00	$87.42	$1,643	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
840–850	847	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	625.00–675.00	$658.46
1060	1060	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	700.00	$700.00
1100	1100	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	750.00	$750.00
1300	1300	Aged (>8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	2	750.00	$750.00
1315	1315	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	850.00	$850.00

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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.