Name: Tadlock Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-10-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale: feeder steers sold steady, feeder heifers sold 3-5 higher, slaughter cows sold steady, and slaughter bulls sold 4-5 lower.

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 $131.77/cwt on 154 head.

Average price

$131.77

154 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$731

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$39

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

$2.33/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.01

vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	536	132.89	712	80
Medium and Large 1-2	575	130.56	751	74

One grade step is worth $2.33/cwt here — about −$39 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 sale154 hd

131.77

—

MS average13 barns · 1,005 hd

132.78

−1.01

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	1,495	73.35	1,097	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,025	48.51	497	36
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	965	41.38	399	30

Every lot, as filed

32 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	—	565	112.81/cwt	110.00–118.00	637	12
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,258	1,023.66/cwt	800.00–1,175.00	12,878	40
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	473	119.71/cwt	115.00–124.00	566	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	129.20/cwt	124.00–134.00	740	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	131.17/cwt	127.00–135.00	686	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	124.30/cwt	119.00–129.00	464	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	507	133.05/cwt	132.00–135.00	675	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	111.14/cwt	107.00–115.00	692	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	755	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	846	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	114.22/cwt	109.00–119.00	597	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	112.64/cwt	109.00–116.00	645	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	116.67/cwt	113.00–120.00	552	20
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	885	729.41/cwt	550.00–840.00	6,455	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	584	132.75/cwt	132.00–134.00	775	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	591	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	686	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	525	114.79/cwt	110.00–119.00	603	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	104.16/cwt	99.00–109.00	753	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	112.58/cwt	110.00–115.00	758	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	123.14/cwt	119.00–125.00	530	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	803	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	859	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,025	48.51/cwt	45.00–51.00	497	36
Bulls	—	—	1,825	80.77/cwt	74.00–85.50	1,474	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	147.62/cwt	145.00–150.00	698	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	121.63/cwt	118.00–125.00	758	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	151.48/cwt	147.50–155.00	565	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	452	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	655	8
Bulls	—	—	1,248	67.79/cwt	63.00–71.00	846	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	800	37.13/cwt	35.00–39.00	297	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	603	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	693	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	627	124.21/cwt	123.00–125.00	779	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	476	118.89/cwt	118.00–120.00	566	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,025	42.93/cwt	40.00–45.00	440	22

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 Oct 12, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,135Last week 1,335Year ago 1,617

Slaughter CattleReceipts 181Last week 210Year ago 217

Replacement CattleReceipts 161Last week 161Year ago 70

Compared to last weeks sale: feeder steers sold steady, feeder heifers sold 3-5 higher, slaughter cows sold steady, and slaughter bulls sold 4-5 lower.

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

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	565	110.00–118.00	112.81
16	—	473	115.00–124.00	119.71
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	573	124.00–134.00	129.20
20	—	523	127.00–135.00	131.17
10	—	473	145.00–150.00	147.62
20	—	623	118.00–125.00	121.63
10	—	373	147.50–155.00	151.48
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	507	132.00–135.00	133.05
5	—	755	112.00	112.00
28	—	584	132.00–134.00	132.75
3	—	803	107.00	107.00
8	—	452	145.00	145.00
10	—	627	123.00–125.00	124.21
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	373	119.00–129.00	124.30
10	—	623	107.00–115.00	111.14
20	—	523	109.00–119.00	114.22
20	—	573	109.00–116.00	112.64
20	—	473	113.00–120.00	116.67
4	—	723	99.00–109.00	104.16
10	—	673	110.00–115.00	112.58
12	—	430	119.00–125.00	123.14
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	591	116.00	116.00
21	—	525	110.00–119.00	114.79
3	—	603	115.00	115.00
13	—	476	118.00–120.00	118.89

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)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	40	—	1,258	800.00–1,175.00	1,023.66
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	10	—	885	550.00–840.00	729.41

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	1,025	45.00–51.00	48.51
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	800	35.00–39.00	37.13
22	—	1,025	40.00–45.00	42.93
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,825	74.00–85.50	80.77
8	—	1,248	63.00–71.00	67.79

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

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle