Sale reports / Mississippi / Tadlock Livestock Auction / 2019-10-07

Tadlock Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Forest, Mississippi · Mon, Oct 7
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2114
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,243 head
▼ 318 vs last sale 1,561▲ 1,243 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
85 head
▼ 40 vs last sale 125▲ 85 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
78 head
▲ 53 vs last sale 25▲ 78 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

1406 compared to 1711 last week. Slaughter cows were steady. Slaughter bulls were steady. Feeder steers and heifers were 2-8 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $112.23/cwt on 20 head.
Average price
$112.23
20 head · 543 lb average
Value per head Derived
$609
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$132
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$3.87/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.16
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2573113.3965014thin
Medium and Large 3473109.525186thin
One grade step is worth $3.87/cwt here — about $132 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 sale20 hd
112.23
—
MS average13 barns · 1,107 hd
112.39
−0.16
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,52771.861,0978thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,27551.3565515
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,44849.577187thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,03442.464396thin

Every lot

34 lots · USDA AMS · Tadlock Stockyards - Forest, MS
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2380158.46/cwt155.00–160.006023
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2423145.27/cwt140.00–150.006142
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2473134.19/cwt130.00–138.006352
Steers—Medium and Large 3473123.81/cwt122.50–125.005862
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2523123.22/cwt118.00–128.006442
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2573119.68/cwt115.00–124.006862
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2623119.40/cwt115.00–123.507442
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2673116.98/cwt110.00–123.507872
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2823110.54/cwt109.00–112.009102
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3323124.01/cwt120.00–127.504012
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2423121.11/cwt119.00–123.005122
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2473113.93/cwt110.00–117.505392
Heifers—Medium and Large 3473104.19/cwt100.00–108.004932
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2523112.65/cwt109.00–116.005892
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2573113.20/cwt108.00–118.006492
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2623114.11/cwt111.00–117.007112
Heifers—Medium and Large 3623100.35/cwt97.50–103.006252
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2673114.07/cwt112.00–116.007682
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2723104.64/cwt100.00–109.007572
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2473117.62/cwt115.00–120.005562
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2523110.22/cwt105.00–115.005762
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2573107.08/cwt105.00–109.006142
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2623108.63/cwt105.00–112.006772
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,33366.07/cwt63.00–70.008814
Bulls——1,72177.65/cwt73.00–82.001,3364
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%98943.54/cwt41.50–46.504314
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,12540.31/cwt37.50–43.004532
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21149.66/cwt46.50–52.5060110
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,40254.74/cwt52.00–58.007675
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,44849.57/cwt48.00–52.007187
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1451,050.00/cwt1,050.00–1,050.0012,0232
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,4601,150.00/cwt1,150.00–1,150.0016,7902
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-2880602.41/cwt500.00–675.005,3014
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,172722.39/cwt700.00–875.008,4669

This sale against other markets

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.