Name: Tadlock Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-03-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers and heifers were 10- 20 higher, slaughter cows were 9-12 higher, and slaughter bulls were 5-14 higher.

Grouped feeder cattle are listed as Medium & Large 1-2

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $123.89/cwt on 83 head.

Average price

$123.89

83 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$669

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$68

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$4.05/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.42

vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	525	124.72	654	66
Medium and Large 1-2	598	120.67	722	17thin

One grade step is worth $4.05/cwt here — about −$68 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale83 hd

123.89

—

MS average10 barns · 316 hd

118.47

+5.42

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	1,658	95.60	1,585	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,083	74.80	810	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,123	73.37	824	90
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	986	63.09	622	53

Every lot, as filed

25 lots · USDA AMS · Tadlock Stockyards - Forest, MS

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	—	—	1,882	101.33/cwt	94.00–105.50	1,907	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	573	124.16/cwt	120.00–128.00	711	4
Bulls	—	—	1,248	85.09/cwt	80.00–88.50	1,062	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	1,302.84/cwt	1,175.00–1,400.00	14,331	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	700	828.57/cwt	800.00–850.00	5,800	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	136.24/cwt	132.00–140.00	508	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	118.55/cwt	117.00–120.00	739	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	121.40/cwt	117.50–125.00	696	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	323	142.67/cwt	140.00–145.00	461	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	128.93/cwt	125.00–132.50	610	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	121.41/cwt	117.50–125.00	635	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	562	122.40/cwt	120.00–124.50	688	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	128.95/cwt	125.00–132.50	545	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	118.55/cwt	117.00–120.00	798	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	665	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	781	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,300	78.04/cwt	74.00–81.50	1,015	32
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	800	57.13/cwt	55.00–59.00	457	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,083	74.80/cwt	70.00–76.50	810	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,025	70.80/cwt	67.00–73.50	726	58
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,029	64.47/cwt	60.00–67.50	663	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	136.17/cwt	132.00–140.00	712	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	154.13/cwt	147.50–160.00	575	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	136.16/cwt	132.00–140.00	780	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,038	980.12/cwt	850.00–1,075.00	10,174	20
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	870	768.68/cwt	625.00–875.00	6,688	14

How this sale compares

Mississippi weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Mississippi auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Mississippi feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Tadlock Stockyards - Forest, MS

Mon Mar 23, 2020

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Jackson, MS (LS-JK)

Feeder CattleReceipts 205Last week 233Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 244Last week 151Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 201Last week 58Year ago 0

Compared to last week feeder steers and heifers were 10- 20 higher, slaughter cows were 9-12 higher, and slaughter bulls were 5-14 higher.

Grouped feeder cattle are listed as Medium & Large 1-2

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,882	94.00–105.50	101.33
6	—	1,248	80.00–88.50	85.09
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,300	74.00–81.50	78.04
58	—	1,025	67.00–73.50	70.80
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	800	55.00–59.00	57.13
43	—	1,029	60.00–67.50	64.47
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,083	70.00–76.50	74.80

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	573	120.00–128.00	124.16
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	373	132.00–140.00	136.24
8	—	623	117.00–120.00	118.55
14	—	573	117.50–125.00	121.40
4	—	323	140.00–145.00	142.67
6	—	473	125.00–132.50	128.93
14	—	523	117.50–125.00	121.41
6	—	423	125.00–132.50	128.95
8	—	673	117.00–120.00	118.55
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	562	120.00–124.50	122.40
6	—	665	117.50	117.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	523	132.00–140.00	136.17
6	—	373	147.50–160.00	154.13
6	—	573	132.00–140.00	136.16

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,100	1,175.00–1,400.00	1,302.84
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	10	—	700	800.00–850.00	828.57
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	20	—	1,038	850.00–1,075.00	980.12
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	14	—	870	625.00–875.00	768.68

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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Tadlock Livestock Auction

Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Tadlock Stockyards - Forest, MS

Slaughter Cattle

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle