Name: Tadlock Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-01-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-01-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale of December 2023: Feeder steers and heifers sold 5-10 higher, slaughter cows sold 3-7 higher, and slaughter bulls sold 2-5 higher. Weaned 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 $244.13/cwt on 189 head.

Average price

$244.13

189 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,365

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$178

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

$40.96/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.78

vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	488	261.25	1,274	110
Medium and Large 1-2	659	220.29	1,452	79

One grade step is worth $40.96/cwt here — about −$178 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 sale189 hd

244.13

—

MS average6 barns · 481 hd

250.90

−6.78

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	1,620	116.92	1,894	24
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,116	105.23	1,174	66
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,025	99.44	1,019	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	920	91.66	843	40

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,198	$1,239	34
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	855	$885	6

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	224.26/cwt	218.00–230.00	1,173	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	221.16/cwt	217.00–225.00	1,267	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	265.30/cwt	260.00–270.00	990	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	250.27/cwt	245.00–255.00	1,059	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	233	287.66/cwt	280.00–290.00	670	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	323	275.35/cwt	270.00–280.00	889	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	610	227.64/cwt	213.00–236.00	1,389	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	595	226.17/cwt	223.00–230.00	1,346	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	353	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,059	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	428	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,134	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	678	204.16/cwt	202.00–205.00	1,384	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	765	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,530	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	712	211.24/cwt	210.00–216.00	1,504	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	273	310.83/cwt	300.00–320.00	849	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	223	311.01/cwt	300.00–320.00	694	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	836	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,630	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	208.25/cwt	200.00–216.00	1,506	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	295.60/cwt	285.00–305.00	1,103	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	323	310.70/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,004	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	819	170.76/cwt	170.00–171.00	1,399	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	270.27/cwt	265.00–275.00	1,143	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	217.25/cwt	210.00–224.00	1,353	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	206.13/cwt	202.00–210.00	1,387	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	270.24/cwt	265.00–275.00	1,278	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	262.82/cwt	255.00–270.00	1,375	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	273	285.41/cwt	280.00–290.00	779	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	242.62/cwt	240.00–245.00	1,148	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	703	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,364	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	446	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,093	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	518	222.70/cwt	220.00–224.00	1,154	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	379	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,014	4
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	855	885.23/head	750.00–1,000.00	885	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,198	1,239.30/head	1,050.00–1,375.00	1,239	34
Bulls	—	—	1,168	106.28/cwt	104.00–108.00	1,241	4
Bulls	—	—	1,593	115.22/cwt	111.00–118.00	1,835	10
Bulls	—	—	1,828	122.88/cwt	118.00–127.00	2,246	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,275	108.24/cwt	104.00–112.00	1,380	24
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,025	99.44/cwt	93.00–104.00	1,019	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,025	96.15/cwt	90.00–100.50	986	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	800	87.31/cwt	82.00–92.00	698	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	725	77.07/cwt	75.00–79.00	559	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,025	103.51/cwt	100.00–106.00	1,061	42

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 Jan 8, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,210Last week 811Year ago 749

Slaughter CattleReceipts 296Last week 156Year ago 145

Replacement CattleReceipts 162Last week 272Year ago 217

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	523	218.00–230.00	224.26
8	—	573	217.00–225.00	221.16
10	—	373	260.00–270.00	265.30
10	—	423	245.00–255.00	250.27
11	—	233	280.00–290.00	287.66
6	—	323	270.00–280.00	275.35
6	—	273	280.00–290.00	285.41
4	—	473	240.00–245.00	242.62
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	819	170.00–171.00	170.76
2	—	703	194.00	194.00
7	—	446	245.00	245.00
9	—	518	220.00–224.00	222.70
4	—	379	267.50	267.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	610	213.00–236.00	227.64
11	—	595	223.00–230.00	226.17
4	—	353	300.00	300.00
5	—	428	265.00	265.00
7	—	678	202.00–205.00	204.16
11	—	765	200.00	200.00
15	—	712	210.00–216.00	211.24
10	—	836	195.00	195.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	273	300.00–320.00	310.83
6	—	223	300.00–320.00	311.01
16	—	723	200.00–216.00	208.25
20	—	373	285.00–305.00	295.60
10	—	323	300.00–320.00	310.70
10	—	423	265.00–275.00	270.27
18	—	623	210.00–224.00	217.25
6	—	673	202.00–210.00	206.13
10	—	473	265.00–275.00	270.24
8	—	523	255.00–270.00	262.82

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	855	750.00–1,000.00	885.23
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	34	—	1,198	1,050.00–1,375.00	1,239.30

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,168	104.00–108.00	106.28
10	—	1,593	111.00–118.00	115.22
10	—	1,828	118.00–127.00	122.88
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,275	104.00–112.00	108.24
42	—	1,025	100.00–106.00	103.51
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,025	93.00–104.00	99.44
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,025	90.00–100.50	96.15
16	—	800	82.00–92.00	87.31
2	—	725	75.00–79.00	77.07

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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Steers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Tadlock Stockyards - Forest, MS

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle