Sale reports / Mississippi / Tadlock Livestock Auction / 2020-04-13

Tadlock Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Forest, Mississippi · Mon, Apr 13
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2114
Feeder Cattle receipts
417 head
▲ 161 vs last sale 256▲ 417 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
60 head
▲ 31 vs last sale 29▲ 60 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
37 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 40▲ 37 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers and heifers under 450lbs were 5-10 higher, over 500lbs were 2-3 lower. Slaughter cows were 6-10 higher, and slaughter bulls were 3-5 higher.

Weaning grouped feeder cattle are listed as M&L 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 $124.88/cwt on 136 head.
Average price
$124.88
136 head · 582 lb average
Value per head Derived
$727
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$115
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$8.68/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.12
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1542127.4469096
Medium and Large 1-2678118.7680640
One grade step is worth $8.68/cwt here — about −$115 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 sale136 hd
124.88
—
MS average8 barns · 401 hd
128.01
−3.12
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—Low1,40781.381,1458thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,17764.6276138
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,02554.765614thin

Every lot

25 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1373151.71/cwt148.00–155.005668
Steers—Medium and Large 1423148.06/cwt142.00–153.5062610
Steers—Medium and Large 1473136.24/cwt131.00–141.0064410
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2513137.00/cwt137.00–137.0070314
Steers—Medium and Large 1523129.17/cwt125.00–133.0067624
Steers—Medium and Large 1573117.60/cwt115.00–120.0067416
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2600119.00/cwt119.00–119.007149
Steers—Medium and Large 1623115.14/cwt111.00–119.0071714
Steers—Medium and Large 1673115.13/cwt111.00–119.0077510
Steers—Medium and Large 1723108.06/cwt106.00–110.007814
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2856103.61/cwt100.00–106.7588717
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1373132.65/cwt130.00–135.004956
Heifers—Medium and Large 1423128.74/cwt124.00–133.0054512
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473122.74/cwt117.50–127.5058122
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2490130.50/cwt130.50–130.5063911
Heifers—Medium and Large 1525115.10/cwt110.00–119.0060411
Heifers—Medium and Large 1575115.08/cwt110.00–119.0066211
Heifers—Medium and Large 1623105.70/cwt100.00–111.006596
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1573111.48/cwt105.50–117.006398
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,12471.99/cwt68.00–80.008094
Bulls——1,69090.78/cwt85.50–95.001,5344
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,02560.43/cwt57.50–62.5061916
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02554.76/cwt53.00–56.005614
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,28867.67/cwt65.00–70.0087222
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0881,029.31/cwt850.00–1,150.0011,19910

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.