Sale reports / Mississippi / Tadlock Livestock Auction / 2020-01-20

Tadlock Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Forest, Mississippi · Mon, Jan 20
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2114
Feeder Cattle receipts
511 head
▼ 267 vs last sale 778▲ 511 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
133 head
▲ 67 vs last sale 66▲ 133 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
111 head
▲ 73 vs last sale 38▲ 111 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 3-8 higher, feeder heifers sold 2-6 higher, slaughter cows sold 2-4 higher, and slaughter bulls sold steady.

8 grouped steers avj. 661@ $138.50

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $169.99/cwt on 78 head.
Average price
$169.99
78 head · 442 lb average
Value per head Derived
$752
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$190
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$35.09/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+13.06
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1417173.5972470
Medium and Large 1-2660138.509148thin
One grade step is worth $35.09/cwt here — about −$190 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 sale78 hd
169.99
—
MS average13 barns · 1,106 hd
156.92
+13.06
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—Low1,43675.481,0848thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,15257.2565926
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,02553.935536thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low91346.5942528

Every lot

23 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1265199.97/cwt197.00–205.0053012
Steers—Medium and Large 1323190.35/cwt185.00–195.0061510
Steers—Medium and Large 1373179.24/cwt175.00–183.0066912
Steers—Medium and Large 1423170.27/cwt165.00–175.0072010
Steers—Medium and Large 1473165.24/cwt160.00–170.007826
Steers—Medium and Large 1523162.09/cwt160.00–164.008484
Steers—Medium and Large 1573147.16/cwt143.00–151.0084316
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2660138.50/cwt138.50–138.509148
Feeder Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1373155.30/cwt150.00–160.005798
Heifers—Medium and Large 1423143.03/cwt137.50–148.0060512
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473143.00/cwt137.50–148.0067612
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523134.17/cwt130.00–138.0070214
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573134.16/cwt130.00–138.0076914
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1423158.69/cwt155.00–162.006714
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,24870.39/cwt65.00–74.008784
Bulls——1,62380.57/cwt76.00–84.501,3084
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%80043.66/cwt41.00–46.0034914
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,02555.22/cwt52.00–57.5056614
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,02553.93/cwt51.00–56.005536
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02549.51/cwt46.00–52.0050714
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,30059.62/cwt58.00–61.0077512
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-2818759.11/cwt610.00–875.006,21010
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1281,054.27/cwt900.00–1,175.0011,89220

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.