Sale reports / Mississippi / Tadlock Livestock Auction / 2020-08-03

Tadlock Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Forest, Mississippi · Mon, Aug 3
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2114
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,353 head
▲ 429 vs last sale 924▲ 1,353 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
160 head
▼ 21 vs last sale 181▲ 160 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
207 head
▲ 20 vs last sale 187▲ 207 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold 2.00-3.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 2.00-5.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 1.00-3.00 higher. Wean 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 $141.25/cwt on 341 head.
Average price
$141.25
341 head · 552 lb average
Value per head Derived
$780
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$31
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$6.15/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.51
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1541142.78772256
Medium and Large 1-2588136.6480385
One grade step is worth $6.15/cwt here — about −$31 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 sale341 hd
141.25
—
MS average13 barns · 1,308 hd
140.75
+0.51
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—Low1,43998.061,41120
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,13366.7575646
CowsLean 85-90%Low94357.1053922

Every lot

41 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 1273192.71/cwt190.00–195.005264
Steers—Medium and Large 1323182.62/cwt177.00–187.5059016
Steers—Medium and Large 1373175.30/cwt170.00–180.0065416
Steers—Medium and Large 1423160.27/cwt155.00–165.0067818
Steers—Medium and Large 1473143.71/cwt139.00–148.0068020
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added504142.95/cwt142.00–144.0072017
Steers—Medium and Large 1523138.98/cwt133.50–144.0072726
Steers—Medium and Large 1573133.64/cwt130.00–137.0076670
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added579136.65/cwt136.50–137.0079127
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added610134.44/cwt132.00–136.5082029
Steers—Medium and Large 1623133.37/cwt130.00–136.5083150
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added673132.99/cwt131.00–134.5089512
Steers—Medium and Large 1673129.43/cwt124.00–134.5087136
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added350143.00/cwt143.00–143.0050110
Heifers—Medium and Large 1423141.69/cwt138.00–145.005996
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473130.62/cwt128.00–133.0061820
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added476131.00/cwt131.00–131.006247
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added512129.00/cwt129.00–129.006607
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523127.61/cwt125.00–130.0066742
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added558129.57/cwt128.00–130.0072329
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573126.16/cwt122.00–130.0072330
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added602129.50/cwt129.50–129.5078013
Heifers—Medium and Large 1623124.44/cwt119.00–129.5077530
Heifers—Medium and Large 1673115.55/cwt114.00–117.007784
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1273183.79/cwt180.00–187.005024
Bulls—Medium and Large 1323172.67/cwt170.00–175.005582
Bulls—Medium and Large 1373162.65/cwt160.00–165.006076
Bulls—Medium and Large 1423147.63/cwt145.00–150.006246
Bulls—Medium and Large 1473132.14/cwt129.00–135.006258
Bulls—Medium and Large 1523127.61/cwt125.00–130.0066720
Bulls—Medium and Large 1573123.90/cwt120.00–127.507108
Bulls—Medium and Large 1623121.55/cwt120.00–123.007576
Bulls—Medium and Large 1673114.13/cwt110.00–118.007686
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,23892.69/cwt88.00–96.001,14810
Bulls——1,640103.43/cwt98.00–108.001,69610
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%80053.19/cwt50.00–56.004268
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,02563.22/cwt60.00–65.5064828
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02559.34/cwt57.00–61.0060814
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,30072.23/cwt69.00–75.0093918
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2501,775.00/cwt1,400.00–2,025.0022,18822
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1701,171.79/cwt1,000.00–1,300.0013,71018

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.