Sale reports / Mississippi / Tadlock Livestock Auction / 2020-09-21

Tadlock Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Forest, Mississippi · Mon, Sep 21
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2114
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,573 head
▲ 301 vs last sale 1,272▲ 424 vs year ago 1,149 · +36.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
131 head
▼ 101 vs last sale 232▲ 6 vs year ago 125 · +4.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
115 head
▼ 56 vs last sale 171▲ 85 vs year ago 30 · +283.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale: Feeder steers and heifers sold steady, slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold steady.

Grouped wean 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 $135.89/cwt on 252 head.
Average price
$135.89
252 head · 555 lb average
Value per head Derived
$754
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$15
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$0.65/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.59
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2560136.3176390
Medium and Large 1552135.66748162
One grade step is worth $0.65/cwt here — about $15 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 sale252 hd
135.89
—
MS average11 barns · 958 hd
135.30
+0.59
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—High1,71088.931,5216thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,09960.0265934
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,02559.056058thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low92948.0244628

Every lot

42 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1323165.35/cwt160.00–170.005344
Steers—Medium and Large 1373160.30/cwt155.00–165.0059810
Steers—Medium and Large 1423156.58/cwt150.00–162.5066220
Steers—Medium and Large 1473141.24/cwt136.00–146.0066822
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added482143.81/cwt143.00–146.0069314
Steers—Medium and Large 1523134.43/cwt130.00–138.5070320
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added532137.50/cwt135.00–138.5073244
Steers—Medium and Large 1573130.20/cwt125.00–135.0074620
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added577134.44/cwt132.50–140.007768
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added614134.94/cwt134.50–136.5082918
Steers—Medium and Large 1623130.48/cwt124.00–136.5081330
Steers—Medium and Large 1674120.21/cwt118.00–122.0081028
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added700115.00/cwt115.00–115.008052
Steers—Medium and Large 1723112.66/cwt107.50–117.508154
Steers—Medium and Large 1773112.40/cwt107.00–117.508694
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added790117.50/cwt117.50–117.509284
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1373130.30/cwt125.00–135.0048616
Heifers—Medium and Large 1423125.79/cwt120.00–131.0053220
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added435122.89/cwt122.50–124.0053515
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473122.24/cwt117.00–127.0057832
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added479124.88/cwt124.00–127.0059816
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added518122.97/cwt120.00–125.5063746
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523120.48/cwt115.00–125.5063032
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573115.20/cwt110.00–120.0066018
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added600121.00/cwt121.00–121.007263
Heifers—Medium and Large 1605112.07/cwt111.00–121.0067810
Heifers—Medium and Large 1673114.65/cwt110.00–119.0077210
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added676117.50/cwt117.50–117.507945
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added940114.00/cwt114.00–114.001,07212
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1423124.74/cwt120.00–129.0052810
Bulls—Medium and Large 1473124.71/cwt120.00–129.0059010
Bulls—Medium and Large 1523120.65/cwt117.00–124.0063114
Bulls—Medium and Large 1565117.46/cwt115.00–122.0066415
Bulls—Medium and Large 1673107.10/cwt104.00–110.007218
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,71088.93/cwt85.00–92.001,5216
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%80044.13/cwt42.00–46.0035312
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,02559.05/cwt57.00–60.506058
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,02558.93/cwt56.00–61.0060424
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02550.93/cwt48.00–53.0052216
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27562.65/cwt60.00–65.0079910
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-2875677.14/cwt580.00–750.005,92514
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,125844.44/cwt700.00–950.009,50012

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.