Name: Tadlock Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-10-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale: Feeder steers sold steady to 3 higher, feeder heifers sold 1-3 higher, 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 $125.66/cwt on 174 head.

Average price

$125.66

174 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$693

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$38

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

$0.40/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.06

vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	540	125.80	679	112
Medium and Large 1-2	572	125.41	717	62

One grade step is worth $0.40/cwt here — about −$38 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 sale174 hd

125.66

—

MS average13 barns · 1,025 hd

126.72

−1.06

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	1,530	78.47	1,201	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,025	50.93	522	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	958	42.75	409	20

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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	473	113.57/cwt	112.00–115.00	537	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,075	1,273.26/cwt	1,050.00–1,450.00	13,688	20
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,300	1,073.08/cwt	900.00–1,200.00	13,950	36
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	373	135.30/cwt	130.00–140.00	505	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	573	111.20/cwt	106.00–116.00	637	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	673	96.17/cwt	91.00–101.00	647	6
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	825	801.52/cwt	650.00–900.00	6,613	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	116.07/cwt	114.00–118.00	723	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	97.58/cwt	95.00–100.00	706	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	116.72/cwt	111.00–122.00	669	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	323	152.67/cwt	150.00–155.00	493	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	538	125.82/cwt	124.50–134.00	677	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	103.64/cwt	100.00–107.00	594	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	125.30/cwt	120.00–130.00	467	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	100.17/cwt	95.00–105.00	674	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	773	112.57/cwt	110.00–115.00	870	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	695	115.50/cwt	115.50–115.50	803	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	471	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	528	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	108.19/cwt	104.00–112.00	512	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	105.22/cwt	100.00–110.00	550	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	130.24/cwt	125.00–135.00	616	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	128.26/cwt	122.00–134.00	671	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	424	139.15/cwt	135.00–141.00	590	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	430	111.13/cwt	109.00–115.00	478	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	343	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	523	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	113.17/cwt	108.00–118.00	762	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	140.27/cwt	135.00–145.00	593	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	590	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	720	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,025	50.93/cwt	48.00–53.00	522	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,025	44.93/cwt	42.00–47.00	461	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	561	103.02/cwt	100.00–107.00	578	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	112.58/cwt	110.00–115.00	814	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	112.16/cwt	109.00–115.00	474	22
Bulls	—	—	1,718	81.72/cwt	77.50–85.00	1,404	6
Bulls	—	—	1,248	73.60/cwt	70.00–76.00	919	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	800	37.66/cwt	35.00–40.00	301	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	760	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	844	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	680	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	714	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	505	109.62/cwt	109.00–110.00	554	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 Oct 26, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 934Last week 1,289Year ago 815

Slaughter CattleReceipts 80Last week 240Year ago 127

Replacement CattleReceipts 191Last week 275Year ago 85

Compared to last weeks sale: Feeder steers sold steady to 3 higher, feeder heifers sold 1-3 higher, slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold steady.

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
4	—	473	112.00–115.00	113.57
6	—	373	130.00–140.00	135.30
6	—	573	106.00–116.00	111.20
6	—	673	91.00–101.00	96.17
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	623	114.00–118.00	116.07
24	—	573	111.00–122.00	116.72
4	—	323	150.00–155.00	152.67
4	—	773	110.00–115.00	112.57
10	—	473	125.00–135.00	130.24
26	—	523	122.00–134.00	128.26
12	—	673	108.00–118.00	113.17
22	—	423	135.00–145.00	140.27
4	—	723	110.00–115.00	112.58
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	538	124.50–134.00	125.82
9	—	695	115.50	115.50
13	—	424	135.00–141.00	139.15
3	—	343	152.50	152.50
6	—	590	122.00	122.00
11	—	760	111.00	111.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	723	95.00–100.00	97.58
16	—	573	100.00–107.00	103.64
4	—	373	120.00–130.00	125.30
10	—	673	95.00–105.00	100.17
14	—	473	104.00–112.00	108.19
10	—	523	100.00–110.00	105.22
22	—	423	109.00–115.00	112.16
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	471	112.00	112.00
19	—	430	109.00–115.00	111.13
11	—	561	100.00–107.00	103.02
7	—	680	105.00	105.00
8	—	505	109.00–110.00	109.62

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	20	—	1,075	1,050.00–1,450.00	1,273.26
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	36	—	1,300	900.00–1,200.00	1,073.08
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	6	—	825	650.00–900.00	801.52

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,025	48.00–53.00	50.93
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,025	42.00–47.00	44.93
6	—	800	35.00–40.00	37.66
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,718	77.50–85.00	81.72
4	—	1,248	70.00–76.00	73.60

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

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle