Sale reports / Mississippi / Tadlock Livestock Auction / 2020-05-25

Tadlock Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Forest, Mississippi · Mon, May 25
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2114
Feeder Cattle receipts
991 head
▼ 43 vs last sale 1,034▲ 991 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
130 head
▲ 24 vs last sale 106▲ 130 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
222 head
▲ 135 vs last sale 87▲ 222 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 2-5 lower, feeder heifers sold 1-3 lower, slaughter cows sold 2-3 lower, 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 $130.92/cwt on 202 head.
Average price
$130.92
202 head · 622 lb average
Value per head Derived
$814
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$124
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$15.62/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.07
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1571135.40773144
Medium and Large 1-2749119.7989758
One grade step is worth $15.62/cwt here — about −$124 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 sale202 hd
130.92
—
MS average13 barns · 1,273 hd
131.99
−1.07
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—High1,61296.571,55612
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,06761.9566126
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,02558.3459810
CowsLean 85-90%Average96452.6250722

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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1373163.83/cwt162.50–165.006116
Steers—Medium and Large 1423147.63/cwt145.00–150.006246
Steers—Medium and Large 1473146.19/cwt142.00–150.006918
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added500144.00/cwt144.00–144.007206
Steers—Medium and Large 1523139.22/cwt134.00–144.0072836
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added555141.00/cwt141.00–141.007835
Steers—Medium and Large 1573136.20/cwt131.00–141.0078040
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added600137.00/cwt137.00–137.008228
Steers—Medium and Large 1623131.70/cwt126.00–137.0082024
Steers—Medium and Large 1673122.17/cwt117.00–127.008228
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added701120.00/cwt120.00–120.0084111
Steers—Medium and Large 1723116.37/cwt112.50–120.0084116
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added880105.75/cwt105.75–105.7593121
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added950106.00/cwt106.00–106.001,0077
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1423121.27/cwt116.00–126.0051310
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473121.24/cwt116.00–126.0057310
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523118.74/cwt113.00–124.0062120
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added530119.89/cwt119.00–124.0063538
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573116.16/cwt112.00–120.0066612
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added605112.00/cwt112.00–112.006785
Heifers—Medium and Large 1623108.14/cwt104.00–112.0067420
Heifers—Medium and Large 1673108.13/cwt104.00–112.0072820
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added700104.00/cwt104.00–104.007284
Heifers—Medium and Large 1723102.06/cwt100.00–104.0073812
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added755101.01/cwt100.00–103.0076315
Heifers—Medium and Large 1773102.06/cwt100.00–104.0078912
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added80095.00/cwt95.00–95.007606
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,37391.36/cwt87.00–95.001,2546
Bulls——1,850101.78/cwt98.00–105.001,8836
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%80049.13/cwt47.00–51.003936
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,02561.10/cwt57.00–64.0062622
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,02558.34/cwt56.00–60.0059810
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02553.93/cwt51.00–56.0055316
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,30066.65/cwt64.50–68.508664
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-2975834.62/cwt700.00–950.008,13816
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3501,180.56/cwt1,000.00–1,325.0015,93842
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1501,241.30/cwt1,100.00–1,350.0014,27516

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.