Sale reports / Mississippi / Tadlock Livestock Auction / 2020-06-08

Tadlock Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Forest, Mississippi · Mon, Jun 8
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2114
Feeder Cattle receipts
565 head
▼ 491 vs last sale 1,056▲ 565 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
110 head
▼ 21 vs last sale 131▲ 110 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
149 head
▲ 56 vs last sale 93▲ 149 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 and heifers sold 2-4 lower, slaughter cows sold 1-4 higher, and slaughter bulls sold 4-6 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 $133.71/cwt on 59 head.
Average price
$133.71
59 head · 585 lb average
Value per head Derived
$782
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$276
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$24.10/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.65
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1525137.8072349
Medium and Large 1-2879113.7099910thin
One grade step is worth $24.10/cwt here — about −$276 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 sale59 hd
133.71
—
MS average12 barns · 1,194 hd
133.06
+0.65
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—High1,46697.311,42616
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,07965.6170828
CowsLean 85-90%Average97257.7556134

Every lot

27 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1273187.71/cwt185.00–190.005122
Steers—Medium and Large 1373162.65/cwt160.00–165.006074
Steers—Medium and Large 1423145.40/cwt142.50–148.0061510
Steers—Medium and Large 1523132.17/cwt128.00–136.0069110
Steers—Medium and Large 1573129.68/cwt125.00–134.007436
Steers—Medium and Large 1623130.14/cwt126.00–134.0081112
Steers—Medium and Large 1659122.11/cwt120.00–130.008055
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added879113.70/cwt108.50–115.0099910
Feeder Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523125.22/cwt120.00–130.006558
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573117.60/cwt115.00–120.0067410
Heifers—Medium and Large 1623113.70/cwt108.00–119.007086
Heifers—Medium and Large 1673102.68/cwt97.00–108.006916
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added756110.00/cwt110.00–110.008325
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added82495.00/cwt95.00–95.007834
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1423132.63/cwt130.00–135.005618
Bulls—Medium and Large 1473132.62/cwt130.00–135.006278
Bulls—Medium and Large 1573127.08/cwt125.00–129.007288
Bulls—Medium and Large 1623119.66/cwt115.00–124.007456
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,24894.19/cwt90.00–97.001,1758
Bulls——1,683100.43/cwt96.00–104.001,6908
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%80050.66/cwt48.00–53.004058
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,02564.93/cwt62.00–67.0066622
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02559.93/cwt57.00–62.0061426
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27568.12/cwt66.00–70.008696
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-2905829.83/cwt660.00–950.007,51018
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1581,056.21/cwt900.00–1,175.0012,23124
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1001,363.64/cwt1,200.00–1,500.0015,0006

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.