Sale reports / Mississippi / Tadlock Livestock Auction / 2020-01-13

Tadlock Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Forest, Mississippi · Mon, Jan 13
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2114
Feeder Cattle receipts
778 head
▲ 163 vs last sale 615▲ 778 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
66 head
▼ 40 vs last sale 106▲ 66 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
38 head
▼ 63 vs last sale 101▲ 38 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers sold 3-10 higher, feeder heifers sold 3-5 higher, slaughter cows sold 2-3 higher, and slaughter bulls sold 5-8 higher.

Grouped steers: 4 avj. 407lbs @ $177.00, 5 avj. 452lbs. @ $171.00, 5 avj. 503lbs. @ $165.50, and 7 avj. 609lbs. @ $151.00

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $162.04/cwt on 155 head.
Average price
$162.04
155 head · 490 lb average
Value per head Derived
$794
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$46
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$2.46/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.18
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2508164.1783421
Medium and Large 1487161.70788134
One grade step is worth $2.46/cwt here — about $46 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 sale155 hd
162.04
—
MS average13 barns · 1,567 hd
155.86
+6.18
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—High1,41475.381,06614
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,06152.2355414
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,02547.9349112

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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1273204.06/cwt200.00–207.505576
Steers—Medium and Large 1323191.28/cwt187.00–195.006188
Steers—Medium and Large 1373175.30/cwt170.00–180.0065418
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2407177.00/cwt177.00–177.007204
Steers—Medium and Large 1423169.21/cwt165.00–173.0071624
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2452171.00/cwt171.00–171.007735
Steers—Medium and Large 1473159.88/cwt157.00–162.5075616
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2503165.50/cwt165.50–165.508325
Steers—Medium and Large 1523157.74/cwt152.00–163.0082520
Steers—Medium and Large 1573155.88/cwt152.50–159.0089310
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2609151.00/cwt151.00–151.009207
Steers—Medium and Large 1623142.40/cwt138.00–146.5088722
Steers—Medium and Large 1673129.28/cwt128.50–130.0087010
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1373149.30/cwt144.00–154.0055722
Heifers—Medium and Large 1423142.21/cwt138.00–146.0060212
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473136.67/cwt133.00–140.0064612
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523135.35/cwt133.00–137.5070818
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573134.16/cwt130.00–138.007696
Heifers—Medium and Large 1623119.59/cwt117.00–122.0074510
Heifers—Medium and Large 1673119.58/cwt117.00–122.0080510
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1423160.27/cwt155.00–165.006786
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,31072.71/cwt67.00–77.0095310
Bulls——1,67382.07/cwt76.00–87.001,3734
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,02551.51/cwt48.00–54.0052812
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02547.93/cwt45.00–50.0049112
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27556.53/cwt56.00–57.007212
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-2915615.85/cwt500.00–700.005,6354
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,025792.68/cwt740.00–830.008,1258

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.