Name: Tadlock Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-08-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-08-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale, feeder steers sold 3-6 higher, feeder heifers sold 3-5 higher, slaughter cows sold 3-6 higher, and slaughter bulls sold 2-3 higher.

Weaned grouped yearlings are listed as M&L 1&2 Value Added

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $137.00/cwt on 328 head.

Average price

$137.00

328 head · 596 lb average

Value per head Derived

$817

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$84

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

$3.32/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.93

vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	138.83	770	148
Medium and Large 1-2	631	135.50	854	180

One grade step is worth $3.32/cwt here — about −$84 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 sale328 hd

137.00

—

MS average13 barns · 1,328 hd

138.93

−1.93

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	1,666	89.20	1,486	24
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,121	62.90	705	52
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	885	57.68	510	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	898	49.12	441	46

Every lot, as filed

39 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	123.22/cwt	118.00–128.00	644	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	484	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	600	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	128.45/cwt	124.00–132.50	608	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	430	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	559	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	131.74/cwt	127.00–136.00	557	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	711	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	914	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	663	122.93/cwt	120.00–125.50	815	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	140.30/cwt	135.00–145.00	523	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	123.42/cwt	119.00–127.50	707	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	587	126.80/cwt	122.00–127.50	744	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	120.65/cwt	116.00–125.00	812	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	614	126.57/cwt	124.00–128.50	777	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	125.55/cwt	124.00–127.00	782	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	535	124.00/cwt	121.00–128.00	663	22
Bulls	—	—	1,875	92.80/cwt	88.00–96.00	1,740	16
Bulls	—	—	1,248	81.99/cwt	76.00–86.00	1,023	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	512	124.32/cwt	122.00–130.00	637	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	473	134.71/cwt	130.00–139.00	637	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,150	1,154.35/cwt	1,030.00–1,250.00	13,275	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	160.74/cwt	156.00–165.00	680	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	486	150.93/cwt	150.00–152.00	734	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	168.98/cwt	165.00–172.50	630	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	133.72/cwt	128.00–139.00	766	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	717	131.49/cwt	130.00–132.00	943	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	137.22/cwt	132.00–142.00	718	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	577	136.19/cwt	133.00–139.00	786	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	134.44/cwt	129.00–139.50	838	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	674	132.05/cwt	131.50–133.50	890	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	147.24/cwt	142.00–152.00	696	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	623	137.32/cwt	133.00–139.50	856	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	680	131.43/cwt	127.00–133.50	894	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	519	139.11/cwt	138.00–140.00	722	21
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,025	61.51/cwt	58.00–64.00	630	32
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,275	65.12/cwt	63.00–67.00	830	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	800	46.19/cwt	43.00–49.00	370	26
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,025	52.93/cwt	50.00–55.00	543	20
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	885	57.68/cwt	57.00–62.00	510	10
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,210	1,005.37/cwt	800.00–1,150.00	12,165	44
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	908	789.81/cwt	650.00–900.00	7,171	8

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 24, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,603Last week 1,327Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 119Last week 163Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 149Last week 118Year ago 0

Compared to last weeks sale, feeder steers sold 3-6 higher, feeder heifers sold 3-5 higher, slaughter cows sold 3-6 higher, and slaughter bulls sold 2-3 higher.

Weaned grouped yearlings are listed as M&L 1&2 Value Added

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	523	118.00–128.00	123.22
16	—	473	124.00–132.50	128.45
16	—	423	127.00–136.00	131.74
6	—	373	135.00–145.00	140.30
32	—	573	119.00–127.50	123.42
30	—	673	116.00–125.00	120.65
30	—	623	124.00–127.00	125.55
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	484	124.00	124.00
10	—	430	130.00	130.00
4	—	711	128.50	128.50
42	—	663	120.00–125.50	122.93
38	—	587	122.00–127.50	126.80
33	—	614	124.00–128.50	126.57
22	—	535	121.00–128.00	124.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	512	122.00–130.00	124.32
6	—	473	130.00–139.00	134.71
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	423	156.00–165.00	160.74
4	—	373	165.00–172.50	168.98
42	—	573	128.00–139.00	133.72
28	—	523	132.00–142.00	137.22
24	—	623	129.00–139.50	134.44
24	—	473	142.00–152.00	147.24
18	—	680	127.00–133.50	131.43
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	486	150.00–152.00	150.93
57	—	717	130.00–132.00	131.49
36	—	577	133.00–139.00	136.19
32	—	674	131.50–133.50	132.05
21	—	623	133.00–139.50	137.32
21	—	519	138.00–140.00	139.11

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,875	88.00–96.00	92.80
8	—	1,248	76.00–86.00	81.99
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,025	58.00–64.00	61.51
20	—	1,275	63.00–67.00	65.12
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	800	43.00–49.00	46.19
20	—	1,025	50.00–55.00	52.93
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	885	57.00–62.00	57.68

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
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,150	1,030.00–1,250.00	1,154.35
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	44	—	1,210	800.00–1,150.00	1,005.37
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	—	908	650.00–900.00	789.81

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

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

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle