Name: Tadlock Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-09-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale: Feeder steers and heifers sold steady, slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold steady.

Grouped wean feeder 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 $135.89/cwt on 252 head.

Average price

$135.89

252 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$754

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$15

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

$0.65/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.59

vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	560	136.31	763	90
Medium and Large 1	552	135.66	748	162

One grade step is worth $0.65/cwt here — about $15 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 sale252 hd

135.89

—

MS average11 barns · 958 hd

135.30

+0.59

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	1,710	88.93	1,521	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,099	60.02	659	34
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,025	59.05	605	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	929	48.02	446	28

Every lot, as filed

42 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	—	—	1,710	88.93/cwt	85.00–92.00	1,521	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	673	107.10/cwt	104.00–110.00	721	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	423	124.74/cwt	120.00–129.00	528	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	473	124.71/cwt	120.00–129.00	590	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	523	120.65/cwt	117.00–124.00	631	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	565	117.46/cwt	115.00–122.00	664	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	130.20/cwt	125.00–135.00	746	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	323	165.35/cwt	160.00–170.00	534	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	482	143.81/cwt	143.00–146.00	693	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	141.24/cwt	136.00–146.00	668	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	112.66/cwt	107.50–117.50	815	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	614	134.94/cwt	134.50–136.50	829	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	674	120.21/cwt	118.00–122.00	810	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	773	112.40/cwt	107.00–117.50	869	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	532	137.50/cwt	135.00–138.50	732	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	130.48/cwt	124.00–136.50	813	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	160.30/cwt	155.00–165.00	598	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	700	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	805	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	156.58/cwt	150.00–162.50	662	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	790	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	928	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	134.43/cwt	130.00–138.50	703	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	800	44.13/cwt	42.00–46.00	353	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,025	59.05/cwt	57.00–60.50	605	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,025	58.93/cwt	56.00–61.00	604	24
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,275	62.65/cwt	60.00–65.00	799	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,025	50.93/cwt	48.00–53.00	522	16
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,125	844.44/cwt	700.00–950.00	9,500	12
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	875	677.14/cwt	580.00–750.00	5,925	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	605	112.07/cwt	111.00–121.00	678	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	120.48/cwt	115.00–125.50	630	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	518	122.97/cwt	120.00–125.50	637	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	122.24/cwt	117.00–127.00	578	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	479	124.88/cwt	124.00–127.00	598	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	125.79/cwt	120.00–131.00	532	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	435	122.89/cwt	122.50–124.00	535	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	115.20/cwt	110.00–120.00	660	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	940	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,072	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	130.30/cwt	125.00–135.00	486	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	676	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	794	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	114.65/cwt	110.00–119.00	772	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	600	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	726	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	577	134.44/cwt	132.50–140.00	776	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 Sep 21, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,573Last week 1,272Year ago 1,149

Slaughter CattleReceipts 131Last week 232Year ago 125

Replacement CattleReceipts 115Last week 171Year ago 30

Compared to last weeks sale: Feeder steers and heifers sold steady, slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold steady.

Grouped wean feeder cattle are listed as M&L 1&2 Value Added.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,710	85.00–92.00	88.93
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	800	42.00–46.00	44.13
16	—	1,025	48.00–53.00	50.93
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,025	57.00–60.50	59.05
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,025	56.00–61.00	58.93
10	—	1,275	60.00–65.00	62.65

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	673	104.00–110.00	107.10
10	—	423	120.00–129.00	124.74
10	—	473	120.00–129.00	124.71
14	—	523	117.00–124.00	120.65
15	—	565	115.00–122.00	117.46
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	573	125.00–135.00	130.20
4	—	323	160.00–170.00	165.35
22	—	473	136.00–146.00	141.24
4	—	723	107.50–117.50	112.66
28	—	674	118.00–122.00	120.21
4	—	773	107.00–117.50	112.40
30	—	623	124.00–136.50	130.48
10	—	373	155.00–165.00	160.30
20	—	423	150.00–162.50	156.58
20	—	523	130.00–138.50	134.43
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	482	143.00–146.00	143.81
18	—	614	134.50–136.50	134.94
44	—	532	135.00–138.50	137.50
2	—	700	115.00	115.00
4	—	790	117.50	117.50
8	—	577	132.50–140.00	134.44
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	605	111.00–121.00	112.07
32	—	523	115.00–125.50	120.48
32	—	473	117.00–127.00	122.24
20	—	423	120.00–131.00	125.79
18	—	573	110.00–120.00	115.20
16	—	373	125.00–135.00	130.30
10	—	673	110.00–119.00	114.65
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	518	120.00–125.50	122.97
16	—	479	124.00–127.00	124.88
15	—	435	122.50–124.00	122.89
12	—	940	114.00	114.00
5	—	676	117.50	117.50
3	—	600	121.00	121.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	12	—	1,125	700.00–950.00	844.44
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	14	—	875	580.00–750.00	677.14

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

Slaughter Cattle

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle