Sale reports / Mississippi / Tadlock Livestock Auction / 2020-02-10

Tadlock Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Forest, Mississippi · Mon, Feb 10
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2114
Feeder Cattle receipts
629 head
▼ 180 vs last sale 809▲ 629 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
83 head
▼ 95 vs last sale 178▲ 83 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
62 head
▼ 58 vs last sale 120▲ 62 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers, heifers, slaughter cows, and slaughter bulls were all steady.

Grouped steers: 6@$154.5 avj 510lbs, 11@$146.5 avj 575lbs, 4@$148.00 avj 625lbs, 4@$140.00 avj 650lbs, 7@$124.50 avj 755lbs

Grouped hiefers: 14@$120.50 avj 728lbs

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $145.78/cwt on 153 head.
Average price
$145.78
153 head · 565 lb average
Value per head Derived
$823
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$97
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$8.29/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.85
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1540147.79798116
Medium and Large 1-2642139.5089537
One grade step is worth $8.29/cwt here — about −$97 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 sale153 hd
145.78
—
MS average13 barns · 672 hd
148.63
−2.85
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—High1,87591.001,7068thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,09461.0166732
CowsLean 85-90%Average92546.3242818

Every lot

29 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1373173.98/cwt170.00–177.506494
Steers—Medium and Large 1423159.27/cwt154.00–164.0067424
Steers—Medium and Large 1473152.62/cwt150.00–155.0072214
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2510154.50/cwt154.50–154.507886
Steers—Medium and Large 1523149.48/cwt144.00–154.5078216
Steers—Medium and Large 1573142.42/cwt138.00–146.5081622
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2575146.50/cwt146.50–146.5084211
Steers—Medium and Large 1623141.25/cwt134.00–148.0088016
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2625148.00/cwt148.00–148.009254
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2650140.00/cwt140.00–140.009104
Steers—Medium and Large 1673135.17/cwt130.00–140.0091020
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2772122.57/cwt120.00–124.5094612
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1423138.27/cwt133.00–143.0058516
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473133.24/cwt128.00–138.0063014
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523130.22/cwt125.00–135.0068110
Heifers—Medium and Large 1565117.11/cwt115.00–121.006629
Heifers—Medium and Large 1623115.63/cwt112.00–119.0072010
Heifers—Medium and Large 1673115.62/cwt112.00–119.0077810
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2728120.50/cwt120.50–120.5087714
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1423153.95/cwt150.00–157.506516
Bulls—Medium and Large 1473144.19/cwt140.00–148.006824
Bulls—Medium and Large 1573132.16/cwt128.00–136.007576
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,87591.00/cwt85.00–95.001,7068
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%80043.06/cwt42.00–44.003448
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,02559.80/cwt56.00–62.5061324
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02548.93/cwt46.00–51.0050210
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,30064.65/cwt62.50–66.508408
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-2868729.32/cwt575.00–830.006,33016
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,118993.40/cwt800.00–1,150.0011,1068

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.