Name: Tadlock Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-05-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-05-31

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale: Feeder steers and heifers sold 3-8 higher, and slaughter cows and bulls sold steady.

Grouped weaned 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 $134.69/cwt on 246 head.

Average price

$134.69

246 head · 673 lb average

Value per head Derived

$906

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$71

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

$0.41/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.40

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	695	134.87	937	140
Medium and Large 1	644	134.46	866	106

One grade step is worth $0.41/cwt here — about $71 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 sale246 hd

134.69

—

MS average13 barns · 1,406 hd

137.09

−2.40

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	1,508	91.93	1,387	24
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,114	71.13	793	74
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,025	67.51	692	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	947	61.56	583	46

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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,325	73.28/cwt	70.00–76.00	971	22
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,025	67.51/cwt	64.00–70.00	692	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,025	63.10/cwt	59.00–66.00	647	30
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	800	58.66/cwt	56.00–61.00	469	16
Bulls	—	—	1,248	86.59/cwt	80.00–91.00	1,081	14
Bulls	—	—	1,873	99.40/cwt	94.00–103.00	1,862	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	423	145.27/cwt	140.00–150.00	614	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	133.74/cwt	129.00–138.00	566	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	127.98/cwt	123.00–132.50	605	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	473	134.67/cwt	131.00–138.00	637	12
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 1-2	—	840	1,114.29/cwt	1,025.00–1,175.00	9,360	16
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	925	796.89/cwt	625.00–925.00	7,371	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	134.12/cwt	130.00–138.00	970	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	722	132.87/cwt	130.00–138.00	959	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	793	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	952	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	136.14/cwt	132.00–140.00	848	32
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	323	155.35/cwt	150.00–160.00	502	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	673	118.96/cwt	112.50–125.00	801	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	144.09/cwt	142.00–146.00	754	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	702	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	807	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	634	129.08/cwt	116.50–130.50	818	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	131.72/cwt	125.00–138.00	886	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	111.61/cwt	108.00–115.00	807	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	135.62/cwt	132.00–139.00	773	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	121.16/cwt	117.00–125.00	694	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	685	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	740	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	689	139.28/cwt	133.00–139.45	960	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	627	138.00/cwt	132.00–140.00	865	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	323	145.35/cwt	140.00–150.00	469	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	122.77/cwt	115.00–130.00	765	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	128.65/cwt	125.00–132.00	673	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	526	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	768	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	807	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	985	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	560	136.19/cwt	135.00–139.00	763	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	823	120.05/cwt	118.00–122.00	988	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	115.75/cwt	108.00–123.00	779	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,025	70.22/cwt	67.00–72.50	720	52
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	523	126.65/cwt	123.00–130.00	662	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	373	155.30/cwt	150.00–160.00	579	12
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,150	1,369.57/cwt	1,200.00–1,500.00	15,750	50
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,110	1,167.57/cwt	900.00–1,395.00	12,960	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	137.80/cwt	132.50–142.50	514	6

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 May 31, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,210Last week 949Year ago 1,056

Slaughter CattleReceipts 298Last week 197Year ago 131

Replacement CattleReceipts 394Last week 295Year ago 93

Compared to last weeks sale: Feeder steers and heifers sold 3-8 higher, and slaughter cows and bulls sold steady.

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

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,325	70.00–76.00	73.28
52	—	1,025	67.00–72.50	70.22
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,025	64.00–70.00	67.51
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,025	59.00–66.00	63.10
16	—	800	56.00–61.00	58.66
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,248	80.00–91.00	86.59
10	—	1,873	94.00–103.00	99.40

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	423	140.00–150.00	145.27
12	—	473	131.00–138.00	134.67
6	—	323	150.00–160.00	155.35
8	—	673	112.50–125.00	118.96
10	—	523	123.00–130.00	126.65
12	—	373	150.00–160.00	155.30
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	423	129.00–138.00	133.74
18	—	473	123.00–132.50	127.98
10	—	723	108.00–115.00	111.61
10	—	573	117.00–125.00	121.16
4	—	323	140.00–150.00	145.35
30	—	623	115.00–130.00	122.77
10	—	523	125.00–132.00	128.65
14	—	673	108.00–123.00	115.75
6	—	373	132.50–142.50	137.80
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	702	115.00	115.00
88	—	634	116.50–130.50	129.08
3	—	685	108.00	108.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	723	130.00–138.00	134.12
32	—	623	132.00–140.00	136.14
10	—	523	142.00–146.00	144.09
10	—	673	125.00–138.00	131.72
24	—	570	132.00–139.00	135.62
10	—	823	118.00–122.00	120.05
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	722	130.00–138.00	132.87
24	—	793	120.00	120.00
74	—	689	133.00–139.45	139.28
16	—	627	132.00–140.00	138.00
4	—	526	146.00	146.00
4	—	807	122.00	122.00
7	—	560	135.00–139.00	136.19

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	16	—	840	1,025.00–1,175.00	1,114.29
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	50	—	1,150	1,200.00–1,500.00	1,369.57
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	20	—	925	625.00–925.00	796.89
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	40	—	1,110	900.00–1,395.00	1,167.57

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