Name: Tadlock Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-08-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-08-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold steady. Slaughter cows sold 3.00-6.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 5.00-6.00 lower. Grouped weaned feeder cattle are listed as M&L 1&2 Value Added. 1 load of black steers 79 head average 674 lbs 137.30.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $133.74/cwt on 248 head.

Average price

$133.74

248 head · 630 lb average

Value per head Derived

$842

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$122

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

$0.36/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.51

vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	588	133.90	787	136
Medium and Large 1-2	680	133.54	909	112

One grade step is worth $0.36/cwt here — about −$122 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 sale248 hd

133.74

—

MS average13 barns · 1,497 hd

138.25

−4.51

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	—	Low	1,504	91.33	1,374	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,061	62.67	665	42
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,025	59.30	608	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	989	54.27	537	38

Every lot, as filed

34 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	Medium and Large 1	—	423	139.74/cwt	135.00–144.00	591	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	473	132.62/cwt	130.00–135.00	627	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	523	129.87/cwt	127.00–132.50	679	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	573	122.72/cwt	117.00–128.00	703	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	623	117.70/cwt	112.00–123.00	733	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	673	117.68/cwt	112.00–123.00	792	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	135.20/cwt	130.00–140.00	775	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	129.13/cwt	125.00–133.00	869	24
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,125	1,366.67/cwt	1,200.00–1,500.00	15,375	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,150	1,076.09/cwt	850.00–1,250.00	12,375	14
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	915	804.78/cwt	650.00–925.00	7,364	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	127.96/cwt	122.00–133.50	797	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	127.68/cwt	123.00–132.00	732	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	136.17/cwt	132.00–140.00	712	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	131.14/cwt	127.00–135.00	817	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	122.12/cwt	118.00–126.00	883	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	145.24/cwt	140.00–150.00	687	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,025	55.51/cwt	52.00–58.00	569	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	118.61/cwt	115.00–122.00	858	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	773	118.60/cwt	115.00–122.00	917	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	128.19/cwt	124.00–132.00	606	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	121.58/cwt	119.00–124.00	818	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	127.69/cwt	123.00–132.00	668	16
Bulls	—	—	1,248	87.79/cwt	83.00–91.00	1,096	10
Bulls	—	—	1,760	94.87/cwt	92.00–97.00	1,670	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,275	65.38/cwt	63.00–67.50	834	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,025	62.22/cwt	59.00–64.50	638	36
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,025	59.30/cwt	55.50–62.00	608	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	800	47.66/cwt	45.00–50.00	381	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	640	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	854	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	554	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	776	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	538	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	705	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	900	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	990	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	674	137.30/cwt	137.30–137.30	925	79

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 Aug 10, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,242Last week 1,353Year ago 918

Slaughter CattleReceipts 206Last week 160Year ago 218

Replacement CattleReceipts 185Last week 207Year ago 115

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	423	135.00–144.00	139.74
10	—	473	130.00–135.00	132.62
12	—	523	127.00–132.50	129.87
12	—	573	117.00–128.00	122.72
12	—	623	112.00–123.00	117.70
12	—	673	112.00–123.00	117.68
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	573	130.00–140.00	135.20
24	—	673	125.00–133.00	129.13
30	—	523	132.00–140.00	136.17
32	—	623	127.00–135.00	131.14
10	—	723	118.00–126.00	122.12
20	—	473	140.00–150.00	145.24
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	554	140.00	140.00
10	—	538	131.00	131.00
14	—	900	110.00	110.00
79	—	674	137.30	137.30
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	623	122.00–133.50	127.96
40	—	573	123.00–132.00	127.68
4	—	723	115.00–122.00	118.61
4	—	773	115.00–122.00	118.60
10	—	473	124.00–132.00	128.19
10	—	673	119.00–124.00	121.58
16	—	523	123.00–132.00	127.69
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	640	133.50	133.50

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	—	1,125	1,200.00–1,500.00	1,366.67
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	14	—	1,150	850.00–1,250.00	1,076.09
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	14	—	915	650.00–925.00	804.78

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,025	52.00–58.00	55.51
6	—	800	45.00–50.00	47.66
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,275	63.00–67.50	65.38
36	—	1,025	59.00–64.50	62.22
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,025	55.50–62.00	59.30
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,248	83.00–91.00	87.79
10	—	1,760	92.00–97.00	94.87

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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Reporter comment USDA

Steers · 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

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle