Sale reports / Mississippi / Tadlock Livestock Auction / 2020-05-11

Tadlock Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Forest, Mississippi · Mon, May 11
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2114
Feeder Cattle receipts
832 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 830▲ 832 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
161 head
▲ 51 vs last sale 110▲ 161 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
191 head
▲ 53 vs last sale 138▲ 191 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 4-7 higher, feeder heifers sold 2-3 higher, slaughter cows sold steady, and slaughter bulls sold 3-5 higher.

Wean grouped yearlings are listed as M&L 1&2 VALUE ADDED.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $130.22/cwt on 290 head.
Average price
$130.22
290 head · 614 lb average
Value per head Derived
$799
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$118
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$9.85/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.73
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1548134.90739152
Medium and Large 1-2686125.05857138
One grade step is worth $9.85/cwt here — about −$118 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 sale290 hd
130.22
—
MS average13 barns · 1,042 hd
128.48
+1.73
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—High1,68894.061,58812
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,10561.8368350
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,02560.5162010
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,05053.2755922

Every lot

37 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 1323174.01/cwt170.00–177.5056212
Steers—Medium and Large 1373157.30/cwt152.00–162.0058716
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added464147.50/cwt146.50–148.0068418
Steers—Medium and Large 1473143.40/cwt140.00–146.5067816
Steers—Medium and Large 1523132.61/cwt130.00–135.0069440
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added541136.88/cwt134.50–139.0074137
Steers—Medium and Large 1573128.08/cwt126.00–130.007348
Steers—Medium and Large 1623127.70/cwt122.00–133.0079620
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added636128.00/cwt128.00–128.0081411
Steers—Medium and Large 1673122.58/cwt120.00–125.0082520
Steers—Medium and Large 1723113.55/cwt112.00–115.0082120
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added814114.20/cwt114.20–114.2093060
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added868106.50/cwt106.50–106.5092412
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1423125.27/cwt120.00–130.0053020
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added455128.00/cwt128.00–128.005828
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473122.76/cwt117.00–128.0058140
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523115.61/cwt113.00–118.0060540
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added539116.26/cwt115.00–117.0062716
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added565117.50/cwt117.50–117.5066415
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573112.20/cwt107.00–117.0064340
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added606114.50/cwt114.50–114.5069428
Heifers—Medium and Large 1623111.14/cwt107.00–115.0069214
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added650117.00/cwt117.00–117.007617
Heifers—Medium and Large 1673109.07/cwt107.00–111.0073410
Heifers—Medium and Large 1723107.58/cwt105.00–110.007786
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added82199.00/cwt99.00–99.008137
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added88095.00/cwt95.00–95.008365
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1473132.62/cwt130.00–135.006278
Bulls—Medium and Large 1523127.61/cwt125.00–130.006678
Bulls—Medium and Large 1573117.60/cwt115.00–120.006748
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,68894.06/cwt90.00–97.501,58812
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,02560.51/cwt57.00–63.0062010
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,02560.51/cwt57.00–63.0062034
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05053.27/cwt50.00–55.5055922
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27564.65/cwt62.00–67.0082416
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1251,391.67/cwt1,225.00–1,525.0015,65630
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,160940.09/cwt800.00–1,050.0010,90516

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.