Sale reports / Mississippi / Tadlock Livestock Auction / 2020-05-18

Tadlock Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Forest, Mississippi · Mon, May 18
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2114
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,034 head
▲ 202 vs last sale 832▲ 1,034 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
106 head
▼ 55 vs last sale 161▲ 106 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
87 head
▼ 104 vs last sale 191▲ 87 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale feeder steers sold 4-10 higher, feeder heifers sold 2-7 higher, slaughter cows sold 3-7 higher, and slaughter bulls sold 2-3 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 $126.61/cwt on 383 head.
Average price
$126.61
383 head · 706 lb average
Value per head Derived
$894
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$183
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$17.71/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.88
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1554138.13766134
Medium and Large 1-2788120.42949249
One grade step is worth $17.71/cwt here — about −$183 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 sale383 hd
126.61
—
MS average12 barns · 1,338 hd
132.50
−5.88
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—High1,53191.051,39412
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,11766.4874230
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,02562.106376thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,02555.9357320

Every lot

42 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1373165.30/cwt160.00–170.006176
Steers—Medium and Large 1423155.27/cwt150.00–160.006578
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added456155.86/cwt155.00–157.007117
Steers—Medium and Large 1473149.76/cwt144.00–155.0070810
Steers—Medium and Large 1523142.04/cwt135.00–148.5074336
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added525148.50/cwt148.50–148.5078017
Steers—Medium and Large 1573134.68/cwt130.00–139.0077240
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added573134.00/cwt133.50–135.0076833
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added620130.58/cwt129.50–131.508109
Steers—Medium and Large 1623127.40/cwt123.00–131.5079414
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added672126.25/cwt126.25–126.2584816
Steers—Medium and Large 1673124.65/cwt120.00–129.0083920
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added735122.00/cwt122.00–122.0089716
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added780122.10/cwt122.10–122.109523
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added832112.00/cwt112.00–112.009327
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added870116.90/cwt116.90–116.901,01763
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added911104.75/cwt104.75–104.7595414
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added958106.53/cwt104.00–107.001,02164
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1373136.48/cwt132.50–140.005094
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added465128.00/cwt128.00–128.005954
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473125.71/cwt121.00–130.0059520
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added508124.70/cwt124.50–125.0063315
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523120.22/cwt115.00–125.0062922
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added564118.96/cwt115.00–121.5067127
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573116.94/cwt112.00–121.5067026
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added620114.89/cwt111.50–120.0071223
Heifers—Medium and Large 1623110.66/cwt106.00–115.0068930
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added711111.79/cwt107.50–113.5079522
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added750108.25/cwt108.25–108.258128
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added800108.00/cwt108.00–108.008648
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added853104.50/cwt104.50–104.5089112
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added911104.75/cwt104.75–104.7595414
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1473137.14/cwt134.00–140.006496
Bulls—Medium and Large 1523132.13/cwt129.00–135.0069110
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,24885.20/cwt84.00–86.001,0636
Bulls——1,81396.90/cwt92.50–100.001,7576
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,02564.10/cwt60.00–67.0065720
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,02562.10/cwt58.00–65.006376
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02555.93/cwt53.00–58.0057320
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,30071.23/cwt68.00–74.0092610
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1001,371.36/cwt1,175.00–1,535.0015,0856
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,100917.61/cwt875.00–950.0010,09410

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.