Sale reports / Mississippi / Tadlock Livestock Auction / 2020-07-20

Tadlock Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Forest, Mississippi · Mon, Jul 20
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2114
Feeder Cattle receipts
753 head
▼ 50 vs last sale 803▲ 753 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
107 head
▼ 24 vs last sale 131▲ 107 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
220 head
▲ 66 vs last sale 154▲ 220 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Comapred to last week slaughter cows and bulls sold steady, and feeder steers and heifers sold 2-7 higher.

Grouped feeder cattle 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 $138.32/cwt on 145 head.
Average price
$138.32
145 head · 537 lb average
Value per head Derived
$743
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$81
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$3.99/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.38
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1517139.39721106
Medium and Large 1-2592135.4080239
One grade step is worth $3.99/cwt here — about −$81 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 sale145 hd
138.32
—
MS average13 barns · 759 hd
134.94
+3.38
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—Low1,42986.741,23910
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,04659.7762524
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,02557.135866thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average97353.7952326

Every lot

33 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1223175.51/cwt170.00–180.003914
Steers—Medium and Large 1273174.33/cwt170.00–178.004766
Steers—Medium and Large 1323169.01/cwt165.00–172.505466
Steers—Medium and Large 1423143.16/cwt140.00–146.0060612
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added522143.50/cwt143.50–143.5074911
Steers—Medium and Large 1523138.17/cwt134.00–142.0072330
Steers—Medium and Large 1573131.64/cwt128.00–135.0075420
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added587135.67/cwt135.50–136.0079615
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added622131.00/cwt131.00–131.008155
Steers—Medium and Large 1623128.66/cwt124.00–133.0080214
Steers—Medium and Large 1673122.58/cwt120.00–125.0082514
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added680126.50/cwt126.50–126.508608
Feeder Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473129.14/cwt126.00–132.0061112
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523124.17/cwt120.00–128.0064912
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573117.20/cwt112.00–122.0067212
Heifers—Medium and Large 1623114.07/cwt112.00–116.0071112
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added627115.68/cwt115.00–116.007259
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added709107.32/cwt106.00–109.007619
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1423137.63/cwt135.00–140.005828
Bulls—Medium and Large 1473127.62/cwt125.00–130.0060410
Bulls—Medium and Large 1523119.17/cwt115.00–123.006238
Bulls—Medium and Large 1623107.59/cwt105.00–110.006708
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,24883.00/cwt80.00–85.001,0366
Bulls——1,70092.35/cwt89.00–95.001,5704
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%80047.66/cwt45.00–50.003816
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,02559.51/cwt56.00–62.0061022
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,02557.13/cwt54.50–59.005866
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02555.63/cwt53.00–57.5057020
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27562.59/cwt61.00–64.007982
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small and Medium 1-28751,100.00/cwt900.00–1,250.009,6256
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1001,331.82/cwt1,250.00–1,400.0014,65016
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-2938802.56/cwt600.00–960.007,5288
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2251,117.35/cwt925.00–1,250.0013,68822

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.