Sale reports / Mississippi / Tadlock Livestock Auction / 2020-08-10

Tadlock Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Forest, Mississippi · Mon, Aug 10
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2114
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,242 head
▼ 111 vs last sale 1,353▲ 324 vs year ago 918 · +35.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
206 head
▲ 46 vs last sale 160▼ 12 vs year ago 218 · −5.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
185 head
▼ 22 vs last sale 207▲ 70 vs year ago 115 · +60.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold steady. Slaughter cows sold 3.00-6.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 5.00-6.00 lower. Grouped weaned feeder cattle are listed as M&L 1&2 Value Added. 1 load of black steers 79 head average 674 lbs 137.30.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $133.74/cwt on 248 head.
Average price
$133.74
248 head · 630 lb average
Value per head Derived
$842
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$122
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$0.36/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.51
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1588133.90787136
Medium and Large 1-2680133.54909112
One grade step is worth $0.36/cwt here — about −$122 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 sale248 hd
133.74
—
MS average13 barns · 1,497 hd
138.25
−4.51
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—Low1,50491.331,37420
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,06162.6766542
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,02559.3060812
CowsLean 85-90%Average98954.2753738

Every lot

34 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1473145.24/cwt140.00–150.0068720
Steers—Medium and Large 1523136.17/cwt132.00–140.0071230
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added538131.00/cwt131.00–131.0070510
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added554140.00/cwt140.00–140.007769
Steers—Medium and Large 1573135.20/cwt130.00–140.0077520
Steers—Medium and Large 1623131.14/cwt127.00–135.0081732
Steers—Medium and Large 1673129.13/cwt125.00–133.0086924
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added674137.30/cwt137.30–137.3092579
Steers—Medium and Large 1723122.12/cwt118.00–126.0088310
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added900110.00/cwt110.00–110.0099014
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473128.19/cwt124.00–132.0060610
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523127.69/cwt123.00–132.0066816
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573127.68/cwt123.00–132.0073240
Heifers—Medium and Large 1623127.96/cwt122.00–133.5079730
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added640133.50/cwt133.50–133.5085412
Heifers—Medium and Large 1673121.58/cwt119.00–124.0081810
Heifers—Medium and Large 1723118.61/cwt115.00–122.008584
Heifers—Medium and Large 1773118.60/cwt115.00–122.009174
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1423139.74/cwt135.00–144.005914
Bulls—Medium and Large 1473132.62/cwt130.00–135.0062710
Bulls—Medium and Large 1523129.87/cwt127.00–132.5067912
Bulls—Medium and Large 1573122.72/cwt117.00–128.0070312
Bulls—Medium and Large 1623117.70/cwt112.00–123.0073312
Bulls—Medium and Large 1673117.68/cwt112.00–123.0079212
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,24887.79/cwt83.00–91.001,09610
Bulls——1,76094.87/cwt92.00–97.001,67010
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%80047.66/cwt45.00–50.003816
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,02562.22/cwt59.00–64.5063836
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,02559.30/cwt55.50–62.0060812
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02555.51/cwt52.00–58.0056932
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27565.38/cwt63.00–67.508346
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1251,366.67/cwt1,200.00–1,500.0015,3758
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-2915804.78/cwt650.00–925.007,36414
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1501,076.09/cwt850.00–1,250.0012,37514

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.