Name: Tadlock Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-09-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold 3.00-7.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold 5.00-11.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold steady. Slaughter bulls sold 2.00-3.00 lower. Grouped wean cattle 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 $130.60/cwt on 161 head.

Average price

$130.60

161 head · 576 lb average

Value per head Derived

$753

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$83

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

$6.16/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.27

vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	549	132.40	727	114
Medium and Large 1-2	642	126.24	810	47

One grade step is worth $6.16/cwt here — about −$83 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 sale161 hd

130.60

—

MS average13 barns · 1,268 hd

131.86

−1.27

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	1,491	83.82	1,249	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,025	60.13	616	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,054	59.91	632	34
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	941	49.48	465	16

Every lot, as filed

35 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	—	623	106.70/cwt	101.00–112.00	665	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	673	106.68/cwt	101.00–112.00	718	4
Bulls	—	—	1,248	79.50/cwt	76.50–81.50	992	4
Bulls	—	—	1,733	88.13/cwt	87.00–89.00	1,527	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,275	62.91/cwt	60.00–65.50	802	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,025	59.51/cwt	56.00–62.00	610	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	150.27/cwt	145.00–155.00	636	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,125	1,325.00/cwt	1,200.00–1,425.00	14,906	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,098	1,095.44/cwt	900.00–1,225.00	12,028	40
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	913	772.60/cwt	600.00–900.00	7,054	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	165.30/cwt	160.00–170.00	617	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	122.66/cwt	118.00–127.00	764	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	136.43/cwt	132.50–140.00	645	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	122.65/cwt	118.00–127.00	825	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	123.58/cwt	121.00–126.00	893	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	124.72/cwt	119.00–130.00	715	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	125.27/cwt	120.00–130.00	530	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	114.16/cwt	110.00–118.00	654	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	115.18/cwt	110.00–120.00	718	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	115.22/cwt	110.00–120.00	603	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	129.69/cwt	125.00–134.00	678	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	323	177.67/cwt	175.00–180.00	574	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,025	60.13/cwt	57.50–62.00	616	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	800	43.72/cwt	40.00–47.00	350	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,025	52.93/cwt	50.00–55.00	543	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	102.58/cwt	100.00–105.00	742	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	107.62/cwt	104.00–111.00	724	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	119.19/cwt	115.00–123.00	564	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	577	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	646	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	575	127.50/cwt	125.00–130.00	733	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	607	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	750	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	900	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	999	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	688	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	874	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	526	132.52/cwt	130.00–134.00	697	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	730	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	920	10

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 Sep 7, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,002Last week 1,273Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 105Last week 187Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 200Last week 213Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	623	101.00–112.00	106.70
4	—	673	101.00–112.00	106.68
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	423	145.00–155.00	150.27
6	—	373	160.00–170.00	165.30
8	—	623	118.00–127.00	122.66
10	—	473	132.50–140.00	136.43
10	—	673	118.00–127.00	122.65
12	—	723	121.00–126.00	123.58
26	—	573	119.00–130.00	124.72
30	—	523	125.00–134.00	129.69
4	—	323	175.00–180.00	177.67
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	575	125.00–130.00	127.50
4	—	607	123.50	123.50
4	—	900	111.00	111.00
5	—	688	127.00	127.00
8	—	526	130.00–134.00	132.52
10	—	730	126.00	126.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	423	120.00–130.00	125.27
16	—	573	110.00–118.00	114.16
18	—	623	110.00–120.00	115.18
14	—	523	110.00–120.00	115.22
4	—	723	100.00–105.00	102.58
6	—	673	104.00–111.00	107.62
8	—	473	115.00–123.00	119.19
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	577	112.00	112.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,248	76.50–81.50	79.50
4	—	1,733	87.00–89.00	88.13
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,275	60.00–65.50	62.91
30	—	1,025	56.00–62.00	59.51
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,025	57.50–62.00	60.13
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	800	40.00–47.00	43.72
10	—	1,025	50.00–55.00	52.93

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	8	—	1,125	1,200.00–1,425.00	1,325.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	40	—	1,098	900.00–1,225.00	1,095.44
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	14	—	913	600.00–900.00	772.60

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