Sale reports / Mississippi / Tadlock Livestock Auction / 2020-09-28

Tadlock Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Forest, Mississippi · Mon, Sep 28
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2114
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,490 head
▼ 83 vs last sale 1,573▼ 71 vs year ago 1,561 · −4.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
210 head
▲ 79 vs last sale 131▲ 85 vs year ago 125 · +68.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
212 head
▲ 97 vs last sale 115▲ 187 vs year ago 25 · +748.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale: Feeder steers sold 2-6 lower, feeder heifers sold 4- 7 lower, slaughter cows sold 4-5 lower, 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

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $113.30/cwt on 152 head.
Average price
$113.30
152 head · 553 lb average
Value per head Derived
$626
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$37
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$2.54/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.70
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2566115.0665247
Medium and Large 1547112.52615105
One grade step is worth $2.54/cwt here — about $37 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 sale152 hd
113.30
—
MS average13 barns · 1,169 hd
117.01
−3.70
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—High1,51884.441,28222
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,06854.8858638
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,02550.345168thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low94744.4242158

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 1423157.79/cwt152.00–163.0066712
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added425163.00/cwt163.00–163.006935
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added452146.00/cwt146.00–146.006605
Steers—Medium and Large 1473142.74/cwt137.50–147.5067510
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added520131.57/cwt131.00–132.0068414
Steers—Medium and Large 1523130.22/cwt125.00–135.0068124
Steers—Medium and Large 1573124.16/cwt120.00–128.0071110
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added576128.00/cwt128.00–128.007374
Steers—Medium and Large 1623119.55/cwt118.00–121.0074520
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added630120.00/cwt120.00–120.0075610
Steers—Medium and Large 1673118.07/cwt116.00–120.007956
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added690119.00/cwt119.00–119.008213
Steers—Medium and Large 1723117.64/cwt113.00–122.008516
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1423126.37/cwt119.00–133.0053520
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added431133.00/cwt133.00–133.005739
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added450117.00/cwt117.00–117.005275
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473112.24/cwt107.00–117.0053118
Heifers—Medium and Large 1516110.02/cwt107.00–115.0056814
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added544114.00/cwt114.00–114.006206
Heifers—Medium and Large 1567108.82/cwt106.00–113.0061713
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added585112.00/cwt112.00–112.006555
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added620112.00/cwt112.00–112.006949
Heifers—Medium and Large 1623108.14/cwt104.00–112.0067422
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added671105.67/cwt104.00–106.5070913
Heifers—Medium and Large 1673107.36/cwt104.00–110.5072318
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1373135.30/cwt130.00–140.0050510
Bulls—Medium and Large 1423133.03/cwt127.50–138.005636
Bulls—Medium and Large 1473116.67/cwt113.00–120.005528
Bulls—Medium and Large 1523116.65/cwt113.00–120.0061012
Bulls—Medium and Large 1623110.11/cwt107.00–113.006866
Bulls—Medium and Large 1673110.10/cwt107.00–113.007416
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,24879.49/cwt75.00–82.5099210
Bulls——1,74388.56/cwt84.00–92.001,54412
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%80039.66/cwt37.00–42.0031720
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,02554.10/cwt50.00–57.0055532
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,02550.34/cwt48.00–52.005168
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02546.93/cwt44.00–49.0048138
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,30059.04/cwt55.00–62.507686
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-2910645.60/cwt500.00–750.005,8758
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,185999.37/cwt800.00–1,150.0011,84332
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2151,284.00/cwt1,125.00–1,400.0015,6016

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.