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

Tadlock Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Forest, Mississippi · Mon, Nov 11
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2114
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,487 head
▲ 35 vs last sale 1,452▲ 1,487 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
185 head
▼ 28 vs last sale 213▲ 185 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
149 head
▲ 32 vs last sale 117▲ 149 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows were 1-3 higher, Slaughter bulls were steady, feeder steers were 2-5 higher, and feeder heifers were steady.

Group of 7 562lbs steers @ $127.00

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $111.29/cwt on 126 head.
Average price
$111.29
126 head · 500 lb average
Value per head Derived
$556
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$106
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$7.46/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.50
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2512112.71577102
Medium and Large 3448105.2647224
One grade step is worth $7.46/cwt here — about $106 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 sale126 hd
111.29
—
MS average13 barns · 1,510 hd
112.79
−1.50
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—Low1,49871.771,07510
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,02550.8052118
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,02546.764798thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low95841.3539620

Every lot

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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2373153.98/cwt150.00–157.505746
Steers—Medium and Large 2423148.95/cwt145.00–152.506306
Steers—Medium and Large 2473139.76/cwt134.00–145.0066130
Steers—Medium and Large 2523131.69/cwt127.00–136.0068910
Steers—Medium and Large 2623121.14/cwt117.00–125.0075520
Steers—Medium and Large 2673121.13/cwt117.00–125.0081520
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2373125.65/cwt123.00–128.0046914
Heifers—Medium and Large 2423116.58/cwt115.00–118.004936
Heifers—Medium and Large 3423105.27/cwt100.00–110.0044512
Heifers—Medium and Large 2473111.71/cwt107.00–116.0052822
Heifers—Medium and Large 3473105.24/cwt100.00–110.0049812
Heifers—Medium and Large 2523109.69/cwt105.00–114.0057424
Heifers—Medium and Large 2573109.68/cwt105.00–114.0062824
Heifers—Medium and Large 2623109.63/cwt106.00–113.006836
Heifers—Medium and Large 2673109.62/cwt106.00–113.007386
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2423137.74/cwt133.00–142.005836
Bulls—Medium and Large 2473125.24/cwt120.00–130.005924
Bulls—Medium and Large 2523119.87/cwt117.00–122.506276
Bulls—Medium and Large 2573117.60/cwt115.00–120.006744
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,22565.03/cwt60.00–68.507974
Bulls——1,68076.26/cwt71.00–80.501,2816
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%80037.66/cwt35.00–40.003016
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,02550.80/cwt47.00–53.5052118
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,02546.76/cwt45.00–48.004798
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02542.93/cwt40.00–45.0044014
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-2980618.52/cwt540.00–675.006,06110
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,238844.44/cwt700.00–960.0010,45422

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.