Sale reports / Mississippi / Tadlock Livestock Auction / 2020-09-07

Tadlock Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Forest, Mississippi · Mon, Sep 7
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2114
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,002 head
▼ 271 vs last sale 1,273▲ 1,002 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
105 head
▼ 82 vs last sale 187▲ 105 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
200 head
▼ 13 vs last sale 213▲ 200 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold 3.00-7.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold 5.00-11.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold steady. Slaughter bulls sold 2.00-3.00 lower. Grouped wean 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 $130.60/cwt on 161 head.
Average price
$130.60
161 head · 576 lb average
Value per head Derived
$753
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$83
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$6.16/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.27
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1549132.40727114
Medium and Large 1-2642126.2481047
One grade step is worth $6.16/cwt here — about −$83 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 sale161 hd
130.60
—
MS average13 barns · 1,268 hd
131.86
−1.27
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—Low1,49183.821,2498thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,02560.136166thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,05459.9163234
CowsLean 85-90%Low94149.4846516

Every lot

35 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1323177.67/cwt175.00–180.005744
Steers—Medium and Large 1373165.30/cwt160.00–170.006176
Steers—Medium and Large 1423150.27/cwt145.00–155.006368
Steers—Medium and Large 1473136.43/cwt132.50–140.0064510
Steers—Medium and Large 1523129.69/cwt125.00–134.0067830
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added526132.52/cwt130.00–134.006978
Steers—Medium and Large 1573124.72/cwt119.00–130.0071526
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added575127.50/cwt125.00–130.0073316
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added607123.50/cwt123.50–123.507504
Steers—Medium and Large 1623122.66/cwt118.00–127.007648
Steers—Medium and Large 1673122.65/cwt118.00–127.0082510
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added688127.00/cwt127.00–127.008745
Steers—Medium and Large 1723123.58/cwt121.00–126.0089312
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added730126.00/cwt126.00–126.0092010
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added900111.00/cwt111.00–111.009994
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1423125.27/cwt120.00–130.0053010
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473119.19/cwt115.00–123.005648
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523115.22/cwt110.00–120.0060314
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573114.16/cwt110.00–118.0065416
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added577112.00/cwt112.00–112.006465
Heifers—Medium and Large 1623115.18/cwt110.00–120.0071818
Heifers—Medium and Large 1673107.62/cwt104.00–111.007246
Heifers—Medium and Large 1723102.58/cwt100.00–105.007424
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1623106.70/cwt101.00–112.006654
Bulls—Medium and Large 1673106.68/cwt101.00–112.007184
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,24879.50/cwt76.50–81.509924
Bulls——1,73388.13/cwt87.00–89.001,5274
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%80043.72/cwt40.00–47.003506
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,02560.13/cwt57.50–62.006166
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,02559.51/cwt56.00–62.0061030
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02552.93/cwt50.00–55.0054310
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27562.91/cwt60.00–65.508024
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1251,325.00/cwt1,200.00–1,425.0014,9068
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-2913772.60/cwt600.00–900.007,05414
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0981,095.44/cwt900.00–1,225.0012,02840

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.