Sale reports / Mississippi / Tadlock Livestock Auction / 2020-10-05

Tadlock Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Forest, Mississippi · Mon, Oct 5
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2114
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,335 head
▼ 155 vs last sale 1,490▲ 92 vs year ago 1,243 · +7.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
210 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 210▲ 125 vs year ago 85 · +147.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
161 head
▼ 51 vs last sale 212▲ 83 vs year ago 78 · +106.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale: Feeder steers and heifers sold 2-6 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 2-5 lower.

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 $129.72/cwt on 187 head.
Average price
$129.72
187 head · 578 lb average
Value per head Derived
$749
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$12
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$0.39/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.73
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1580129.84753131
Medium and Large 1-2572129.4574156
One grade step is worth $0.39/cwt here — about $12 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 sale187 hd
129.72
—
MS average13 barns · 1,427 hd
131.45
−1.73
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—High1,54279.151,22020
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,02550.3451614
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,03949.6251632
CowsLean 85-90%Low96641.9740538

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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1373156.48/cwt152.50–160.005846
Steers—Medium and Large 1423153.95/cwt150.00–157.5065110
Steers—Medium and Large 1475145.79/cwt140.00–150.006939
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added495145.00/cwt145.00–145.007184
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added521128.42/cwt126.00–130.0066918
Steers—Medium and Large 1523131.74/cwt126.00–137.0068924
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added565130.14/cwt128.00–134.0073513
Steers—Medium and Large 1573129.20/cwt124.00–134.0074022
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added616128.28/cwt128.00–128.5079014
Steers—Medium and Large 1623124.40/cwt120.00–128.5077530
Steers—Medium and Large 1673121.17/cwt116.00–126.0081514
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added674124.27/cwt120.00–126.008387
Steers—Medium and Large 1723111.64/cwt107.00–116.008078
Steers—Medium and Large 1773111.63/cwt107.00–116.008638
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1373129.45/cwt126.00–132.504836
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added393126.00/cwt126.00–126.004953
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added418115.00/cwt115.00–115.004813
Heifers—Medium and Large 1423118.69/cwt115.00–122.0050210
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473113.19/cwt109.00–117.0053532
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added480113.71/cwt109.00–116.0054619
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added506113.73/cwt113.00–114.0057515
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523110.17/cwt106.00–114.0057620
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added569112.00/cwt112.00–112.0063711
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573113.72/cwt108.00–119.0065224
Heifers—Medium and Large 1623109.66/cwt105.00–114.006838
Heifers—Medium and Large 1673105.17/cwt100.00–110.007086
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added692110.00/cwt110.00–110.007612
Heifers—Medium and Large 1723108.55/cwt107.00–110.0078510
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added745109.01/cwt107.00–110.008129
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1423141.69/cwt138.00–145.005994
Bulls—Medium and Large 1523122.74/cwt117.00–128.0064210
Bulls—Medium and Large 1573115.24/cwt109.00–121.006606
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,24872.39/cwt67.00–76.0090310
Bulls——1,83585.91/cwt80.00–90.001,57610
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%80037.66/cwt35.00–40.0030110
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,02550.34/cwt48.00–52.0051614
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,02549.51/cwt46.00–52.0050730
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02543.51/cwt40.00–46.0044628
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25051.30/cwt50.00–52.506412
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-2925650.54/cwt520.00–750.006,01712
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,150913.04/cwt750.00–1,050.0010,50020

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.