Sale reports / Mississippi / Tadlock Livestock Auction / 2019-11-04

Tadlock Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Forest, Mississippi · Mon, Nov 4
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2114
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,452 head
▲ 637 vs last sale 815▲ 1,452 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
213 head
▲ 86 vs last sale 127▲ 213 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
117 head
▲ 32 vs last sale 85▲ 117 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week Slaughter cows and bulls were steady. Feeder steers and heifers were steady.

Grouped steers : 4 @ $146.00 avj 470lbs, 11 @ $136.00 avj 520lbs. Grouped heifers: 15@ $116.50 avj. 455lbs.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $137.46/cwt on 159 head.
Average price
$137.46
159 head · 484 lb average
Value per head Derived
$666
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$116
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$3.52/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.69
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1495139.7369223
Medium and Large 2487137.15668126
Medium and Large 3423136.2157610thin
One grade step is worth $3.52/cwt here — about $116 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 sale159 hd
137.46
—
MS average13 barns · 1,292 hd
132.77
+4.69
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—High1,44071.421,02918
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,04649.9152224
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,02544.934616thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average96341.1639636

Every lot

28 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 2323159.01/cwt155.00–162.505148
Steers—Medium and Large 2423152.27/cwt147.00–157.0064430
Steers—Medium and Large 3423136.21/cwt132.00–140.0057610
Steers—Medium and Large 1473143.14/cwt140.00–146.0067712
Steers—Medium and Large 2473135.24/cwt130.00–140.0064032
Steers—Medium and Large 1520136.00/cwt136.00–136.0070711
Steers—Medium and Large 2523130.74/cwt125.00–136.0068432
Steers—Medium and Large 2573121.64/cwt118.00–125.0069714
Steers—Medium and Large 2623122.59/cwt120.00–125.0076410
Feeder Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2423115.16/cwt112.00–118.0048722
Heifers—Medium and Large 2473112.45/cwt108.00–116.5053224
Heifers—Medium and Large 2523109.65/cwt106.00–113.0057314
Heifers—Medium and Large 2573109.64/cwt106.00–113.0062814
Heifers—Medium and Large 2623111.14/cwt107.00–115.0069218
Heifers—Medium and Large 2723106.70/cwt100.00–113.007716
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2423135.27/cwt130.00–140.0057214
Bulls—Medium and Large 2523113.74/cwt108.00–119.005958
Bulls—Medium and Large 2573110.20/cwt105.00–115.006316
Bulls—Medium and Large 2623104.37/cwt101.00–107.506506
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,24867.69/cwt62.00–71.5084512
Bulls——1,82578.89/cwt73.00–83.001,4406
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%80037.66/cwt35.00–40.0030110
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,02549.43/cwt46.50–51.5050722
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,02544.93/cwt42.00–47.004616
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02542.51/cwt39.00–45.0043626
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27555.18/cwt52.00–58.007042
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-2930702.69/cwt640.00–750.006,5358
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,195798.58/cwt660.00–900.009,54310

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.