Sale reports / Mississippi / Tadlock Livestock Auction / 2020-03-09

Tadlock Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Forest, Mississippi · Mon, Mar 9
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2114
Feeder Cattle receipts
550 head
▲ 67 vs last sale 483▲ 550 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
94 head
▲ 12 vs last sale 82▲ 94 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
122 head
▲ 27 vs last sale 95▲ 122 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers were 12.00-18.00 lower. Feeder heifers were 8.00-18.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls were steady. Grouped cattle are listed as Medium and Large 1&2.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $132.33/cwt on 71 head.
Average price
$132.33
71 head · 563 lb average
Value per head Derived
$745
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$187
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$13.08/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.83
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1508135.8369052
Medium and Large 1-2714122.7587619thin
One grade step is worth $13.08/cwt here — about −$187 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 sale71 hd
132.33
—
MS average13 barns · 1,054 hd
140.16
−7.83
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—Average1,47683.981,23912
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,05260.6263831
CowsLean 85-90%Low70847.4433615

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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1323160.41/cwt158.00–162.505186
Steers—Medium and Large 1423145.05/cwt144.00–146.0061412
Steers—Medium and Large 1523133.13/cwt130.00–136.0069612
Steers—Medium and Large 1573127.64/cwt124.00–131.0073112
Steers—Medium and Large 1623123.11/cwt120.00–126.0076710
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2714122.75/cwt122.75–122.7587619
Feeder Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1373131.06/cwt130.00–132.0048912
Heifers—Medium and Large 1423118.11/cwt116.00–120.005004
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473116.19/cwt112.00–120.0055012
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523115.13/cwt112.00–118.0060218
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573109.64/cwt106.00–113.0062814
Heifers—Medium and Large 1623107.18/cwt102.00–112.006686
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1320153.59/cwt150.00–157.504919
Bulls—Medium and Large 1373150.18/cwt147.00–153.0056012
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,29378.93/cwt74.00–82.501,0216
Bulls——1,65889.02/cwt83.00–94.001,4766
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%67549.57/cwt47.00–53.0033511
Cows—Lean 85-90%80041.59/cwt40.00–43.003334
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,01959.84/cwt57.00–62.0061027
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27565.91/cwt63.00–68.508404
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,035869.12/cwt800.00–1,085.008,9955
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-2870664.94/cwt550.00–750.005,78510
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,080790.28/cwt700.00–850.008,5358

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.