Name: Tadlock Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-08-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-08-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale: Feeder steers and heifers sold 2.00-6.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 2.00-5.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 1.00-3.00 higher. Weaned grouped feeder cattle are listed as M&L 1&2 Value Added.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $135.55/cwt on 200 head.

Average price

$135.55

200 head · 523 lb average

Value per head Derived

$709

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$18

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

$2.97/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.40

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	524	136.74	716	120
Medium and Large 1	522	133.77	698	80

One grade step is worth $2.97/cwt here — about $18 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 sale200 hd

135.55

—

MS average12 barns · 1,447 hd

135.15

+0.40

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	1,504	95.48	1,436	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,119	72.31	809	32
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,025	66.63	683	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	941	59.95	564	48

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	—	—	1,248	90.39/cwt	85.00–94.00	1,128	8
Bulls	—	—	1,708	99.55/cwt	94.50–103.50	1,700	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,275	73.65/cwt	71.00–76.00	939	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,025	71.51/cwt	68.00–74.00	733	20
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,025	66.63/cwt	64.00–68.50	683	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,025	62.80/cwt	59.00–65.50	644	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	167.27/cwt	162.00–172.00	708	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	149.96/cwt	144.50–155.00	859	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	128.70/cwt	123.00–134.00	802	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	530	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	837	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	400	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	688	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	223	207.75/cwt	205.00–210.00	463	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	133.90/cwt	130.00–137.50	767	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	160.24/cwt	155.00–165.00	758	16
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	933	760.46/cwt	650.00–850.00	7,095	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	416	139.64/cwt	135.00–142.00	581	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	457	138.35/cwt	137.00–139.50	632	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	273	191.33/cwt	187.00–195.00	522	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	135.24/cwt	130.00–140.00	640	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	141.65/cwt	137.00–146.00	953	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	154.17/cwt	150.00–158.00	806	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	773	117.66/cwt	112.00–123.00	910	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	589	134.56/cwt	133.50–137.50	793	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	801	133.33/cwt	132.00–134.00	1,068	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	145.70/cwt	140.00–151.00	908	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	134.69/cwt	130.00–139.00	704	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	137.50/cwt	132.50–142.00	582	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	800	55.19/cwt	52.00–58.00	442	18
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,025	1,454.88/cwt	1,250.00–1,600.00	14,913	18
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,175	927.13/cwt	775.00–1,050.00	10,894	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	470	158.53/cwt	157.00–160.00	745	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	625	152.72/cwt	151.00–154.00	955	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	584	153.90/cwt	145.50–161.50	899	35
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	673	124.17/cwt	119.00–129.00	836	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	573	142.72/cwt	137.00–148.00	818	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	523	143.26/cwt	137.00–149.00	749	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	365	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	533	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	524	136.32/cwt	131.00–139.00	714	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	684	143.66/cwt	139.00–146.50	983	18

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 Aug 2, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 819Last week 1,261Year ago 1,353

Slaughter CattleReceipts 203Last week 242Year ago 160

Replacement CattleReceipts 142Last week 84Year ago 207

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,248	85.00–94.00	90.39
10	—	1,708	94.50–103.50	99.55
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,275	71.00–76.00	73.65
20	—	1,025	68.00–74.00	71.51
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,025	64.00–68.50	66.63
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,025	59.00–65.50	62.80
18	—	800	52.00–58.00	55.19

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	423	162.00–172.00	167.27
12	—	573	144.50–155.00	149.96
2	—	223	205.00–210.00	207.75
16	—	473	155.00–165.00	160.24
4	—	273	187.00–195.00	191.33
6	—	673	137.00–146.00	141.65
12	—	523	150.00–158.00	154.17
12	—	623	140.00–151.00	145.70
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	530	158.00	158.00
2	—	400	172.00	172.00
9	—	801	132.00–134.00	133.33
10	—	470	157.00–160.00	158.53
18	—	625	151.00–154.00	152.72
35	—	584	145.50–161.50	153.90
18	—	684	139.00–146.50	143.66
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	623	123.00–134.00	128.70
10	—	573	130.00–137.50	133.90
20	—	473	130.00–140.00	135.24
4	—	773	112.00–123.00	117.66
24	—	523	130.00–139.00	134.69
14	—	423	132.50–142.00	137.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	416	135.00–142.00	139.64
13	—	457	137.00–139.50	138.35
47	—	589	133.50–137.50	134.56
8	—	365	146.00	146.00
43	—	524	131.00–139.00	136.32
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	673	119.00–129.00	124.17
4	—	573	137.00–148.00	142.72
8	—	523	137.00–149.00	143.26

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	12	—	933	650.00–850.00	760.46
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	—	1,175	775.00–1,050.00	927.13
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	18	—	1,025	1,250.00–1,600.00	1,454.88

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

Heifers · 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