Name: Tadlock Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-09-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-09-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold 2.00-3.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady. Weaning grouped 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 $143.04/cwt on 89 head.

Average price

$143.04

89 head · 621 lb average

Value per head Derived

$889

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$54

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

$13.01/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.27

vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	590	147.28	868	60
Medium and Large 1-2	687	134.28	923	29

One grade step is worth $13.01/cwt here — about −$54 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 sale89 hd

143.04

—

MS average13 barns · 1,159 hd

146.31

−3.27

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	1,462	94.32	1,379	28
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,070	70.15	751	44
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,025	63.51	651	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	894	57.32	512	24

Every lot, as filed

27 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	140.18/cwt	135.00–145.00	873	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	134.13/cwt	130.00–138.00	903	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	132.58/cwt	130.00–135.00	892	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	182.77/cwt	177.50–187.50	773	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	650	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	848	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	615	126.92/cwt	125.00–130.50	781	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	132.59/cwt	130.00–135.00	826	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	133.22/cwt	128.00–138.00	697	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	541	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	730	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	135.24/cwt	130.00–140.00	640	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	661	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	886	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	136.69/cwt	133.00–140.00	578	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	568	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	801	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	145.20/cwt	140.00–150.00	832	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	129.64/cwt	125.00–134.00	937	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	151.78/cwt	145.00–158.00	794	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	701	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	936	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	131.12/cwt	128.00–134.00	751	10
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,163	1,146.24/cwt	1,075.00–1,200.00	13,331	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,135	1,052.75/cwt	800.00–1,225.00	11,949	26
Bulls	—	—	1,700	100.31/cwt	95.00–104.50	1,705	10
Bulls	—	—	1,330	90.99/cwt	85.00–93.00	1,210	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,025	68.93/cwt	66.00–71.00	707	36
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,275	75.65/cwt	73.00–78.00	965	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,025	63.51/cwt	60.00–66.00	651	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,025	63.10/cwt	59.00–66.00	647	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	800	53.19/cwt	50.00–56.00	426	14

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 13, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,280Last week 1,988Year ago 1,272

Slaughter CattleReceipts 186Last week 205Year ago 232

Replacement CattleReceipts 201Last week 198Year ago 171

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold 2.00-3.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady. Weaning grouped feeder cattle are listed as M&L 1&2 Value Added.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	623	135.00–145.00	140.18
10	—	673	130.00–138.00	134.13
10	—	423	177.50–187.50	182.77
10	—	573	140.00–150.00	145.20
10	—	723	125.00–134.00	129.64
10	—	523	145.00–158.00	151.78
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	568	141.00	141.00
26	—	701	133.50	133.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	673	130.00–135.00	132.58
10	—	623	130.00–135.00	132.59
10	—	523	128.00–138.00	133.22
10	—	473	130.00–140.00	135.24
10	—	423	133.00–140.00	136.69
10	—	573	128.00–134.00	131.12
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	541	135.00	135.00
16	—	661	134.00	134.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	650	130.50	130.50
15	—	615	125.00–130.50	126.92

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	6	—	1,163	1,075.00–1,200.00	1,146.24
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	26	—	1,135	800.00–1,225.00	1,052.75

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,700	95.00–104.50	100.31
18	—	1,330	85.00–93.00	90.99
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	1,025	66.00–71.00	68.93
8	—	1,275	73.00–78.00	75.65
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,025	60.00–66.00	63.51
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,025	59.00–66.00	63.10
14	—	800	50.00–56.00	53.19

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