Sale reports / Mississippi / Tadlock Livestock Auction / 2020-10-26

Tadlock Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Forest, Mississippi · Mon, Oct 26
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2114
Feeder Cattle receipts
934 head
▼ 355 vs last sale 1,289▲ 119 vs year ago 815 · +14.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
80 head
▼ 160 vs last sale 240▼ 47 vs year ago 127 · −37.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
191 head
▼ 84 vs last sale 275▲ 106 vs year ago 85 · +124.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale: Feeder steers sold steady to 3 higher, feeder heifers sold 1-3 higher, 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 $125.66/cwt on 174 head.
Average price
$125.66
174 head · 551 lb average
Value per head Derived
$693
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$38
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$0.40/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.06
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1540125.80679112
Medium and Large 1-2572125.4171762
One grade step is worth $0.40/cwt here — about −$38 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 sale174 hd
125.66
—
MS average13 barns · 1,025 hd
126.72
−1.06
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—High1,53078.471,20110
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,02550.9352218
CowsLean 85-90%Average95842.7540920

Every lot

39 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 1323152.67/cwt150.00–155.004934
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added343152.50/cwt152.50–152.505233
Steers—Medium and Large 1423140.27/cwt135.00–145.0059322
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added424139.15/cwt135.00–141.0059013
Steers—Medium and Large 1473130.24/cwt125.00–135.0061610
Steers—Medium and Large 1523128.26/cwt122.00–134.0067126
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added538125.82/cwt124.50–134.0067720
Steers—Medium and Large 1573116.72/cwt111.00–122.0066924
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added590122.00/cwt122.00–122.007206
Steers—Medium and Large 1623116.07/cwt114.00–118.007236
Steers—Medium and Large 1673113.17/cwt108.00–118.0076212
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added695115.50/cwt115.50–115.508039
Steers—Medium and Large 1723112.58/cwt110.00–115.008144
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added760111.00/cwt111.00–111.0084411
Steers—Medium and Large 1773112.57/cwt110.00–115.008704
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1373125.30/cwt120.00–130.004674
Heifers—Medium and Large 1423112.16/cwt109.00–115.0047422
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added430111.13/cwt109.00–115.0047819
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added471112.00/cwt112.00–112.005284
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473108.19/cwt104.00–112.0051214
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added505109.62/cwt109.00–110.005548
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523105.22/cwt100.00–110.0055010
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added561103.02/cwt100.00–107.0057811
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573103.64/cwt100.00–107.0059416
Heifers—Medium and Large 1673100.17/cwt95.00–105.0067410
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added680105.00/cwt105.00–105.007147
Heifers—Medium and Large 172397.58/cwt95.00–100.007064
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1373135.30/cwt130.00–140.005056
Bulls—Medium and Large 1473113.57/cwt112.00–115.005374
Bulls—Medium and Large 1573111.20/cwt106.00–116.006376
Bulls—Medium and Large 167396.17/cwt91.00–101.006476
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,24873.60/cwt70.00–76.009194
Bulls——1,71881.72/cwt77.50–85.001,4046
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%80037.66/cwt35.00–40.003016
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,02550.93/cwt48.00–53.0052218
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02544.93/cwt42.00–47.0046114
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0751,273.26/cwt1,050.00–1,450.0013,68820
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-2825801.52/cwt650.00–900.006,6136
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3001,073.08/cwt900.00–1,200.0013,95036

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.