Sale reports / Mississippi / Tadlock Livestock Auction / 2020-01-27

Tadlock Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Forest, Mississippi · Mon, Jan 27
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2114
Feeder Cattle receipts
832 head
▲ 321 vs last sale 511▲ 832 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
104 head
▼ 29 vs last sale 133▲ 104 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
126 head
▲ 15 vs last sale 111▲ 126 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 3.00-6.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold 8.00-10.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 3.00-7.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 5.00-8.00 higher. Grouped steers: 5 avj. 358lbs @$181.00, 12avj. 451lbs. @$169.00, 17 avj. 521lbs. @$157.50, 6 avj. 604lbs. @$143.50, and 3 avj. 751lbs. @$115.00. Grouped heifers: 8 avj. 350lbs. @$144.00, 5 avj. 405 lbs. @$140.00, 10 avj. 455 lbs. @$134.00, 3 avj. 556lbs. @$125.00, 4 avj. 608lbs. @$120.00, 5 avj. 701lbs. @$116.00

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $130.68/cwt on 156 head.
Average price
$130.68
156 head · 478 lb average
Value per head Derived
$625
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$31
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$2.76/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.37
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2489132.8865032
Medium and Large 1475130.12619124
One grade step is worth $2.76/cwt here — about $31 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 sale156 hd
130.68
—
MS average13 barns · 1,112 hd
131.05
−0.37
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—Average1,45181.961,18916
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,11763.1870630
CowsLean 85-90%Low91348.5644320

Every lot

38 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 1215196.90/cwt195.00–200.004236
Steers—Medium and Large 1323187.85/cwt182.50–192.5060710
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2358181.00/cwt181.00–181.006485
Steers—Medium and Large 1373173.04/cwt168.00–177.5064516
Steers—Medium and Large 1423165.27/cwt160.00–170.006996
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2451169.00/cwt169.00–169.0076212
Steers—Medium and Large 1473160.24/cwt155.00–165.0075824
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2521157.50/cwt157.50–157.5082117
Steers—Medium and Large 1523148.74/cwt143.00–154.0077824
Steers—Medium and Large 1573141.68/cwt137.00–146.0081214
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2604143.50/cwt143.50–143.508676
Steers—Medium and Large 1623136.18/cwt131.00–141.0084812
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2751115.00/cwt115.00–115.008643
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2360144.00/cwt144.00–144.005188
Heifers—Medium and Large 1373140.01/cwt135.50–144.0052222
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2405140.00/cwt140.00–140.005675
Heifers—Medium and Large 1423135.27/cwt130.00–140.0057238
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473129.71/cwt125.00–134.0061422
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2480134.00/cwt134.00–134.0064310
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523123.65/cwt120.00–127.0064720
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573120.20/cwt115.00–125.006896
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2610120.00/cwt120.00–120.007324
Heifers—Medium and Large 1623116.63/cwt113.00–120.007278
Heifers—Medium and Large 1673116.62/cwt113.00–120.007858
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2701116.00/cwt116.00–116.008135
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1473144.19/cwt140.00–148.006824
Bulls—Medium and Large 1523138.56/cwt137.00–140.0072512
Bulls—Medium and Large 1573132.20/cwt127.00–137.007586
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,24875.99/cwt70.00–80.009488
Bulls——1,65387.92/cwt83.00–92.001,4538
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%80044.19/cwt41.00–47.0035410
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,02560.93/cwt58.00–63.0062520
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02552.93/cwt50.00–55.0054310
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,30067.69/cwt65.00–70.0088010
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-2840619.05/cwt500.00–700.005,2008
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,208865.53/cwt750.00–950.0010,4568
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small and Medium 1-2Thin Fleshed900907.78/cwt850.00–950.008,1708
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed1,1001,127.27/cwt950.00–1,275.0012,4008

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.