Sale reports / Mississippi / Tadlock Livestock Auction / 2020-11-02

Tadlock Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Forest, Mississippi · Mon, Nov 2
● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2114
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,180 head
▲ 246 vs last sale 934▼ 272 vs year ago 1,452 · −18.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
103 head
▲ 23 vs last sale 80▼ 110 vs year ago 213 · −51.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
266 head
▲ 75 vs last sale 191▲ 149 vs year ago 117 · +127.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week sale: Feeder steers sold 7-14 higher, feeder heifers sold 5-15 higher, slaughter cows sold 2-3 higher, and slaughter bulls sold 2-3 higher.

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 $131.41/cwt on 179 head.
Average price
$131.41
179 head · 574 lb average
Value per head Derived
$754
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$18
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$2.15/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.69
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1564132.31746104
Medium and Large 1-2587130.1776475
One grade step is worth $2.15/cwt here — about −$18 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 sale179 hd
131.41
—
MS average12 barns · 843 hd
132.11
−0.69
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—Low1,54279.051,21914
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,02552.765414thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,06451.2654628
CowsLean 85-90%Low95044.3842218

Every lot

47 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 1373153.89/cwt147.00–160.0057412
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added381152.05/cwt147.00–159.005799
Steers—Medium and Large 1423152.63/cwt150.00–155.006464
Steers—Medium and Large 1473137.74/cwt132.50–142.5065216
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added478134.00/cwt134.00–134.0064110
Steers—Medium and Large 1523131.22/cwt126.00–136.0068616
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added536131.79/cwt130.00–134.007069
Steers—Medium and Large 1573124.52/cwt124.00–125.007136
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added588124.67/cwt124.00–125.007336
Steers—Medium and Large 1623127.07/cwt125.00–129.0079228
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added637125.91/cwt125.75–126.0080220
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added669124.75/cwt124.50–125.2583515
Steers—Medium and Large 1673124.58/cwt122.00–127.0083812
Steers—Medium and Large 1723121.12/cwt117.00–125.008764
Steers—Medium and Large 1780119.27/cwt114.00–121.759306
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added784121.75/cwt121.75–121.759556
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1373130.30/cwt125.00–135.004868
Heifers—Medium and Large 1423125.27/cwt120.00–130.005308
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added463115.00/cwt115.00–115.005326
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473121.29/cwt115.00–127.005748
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added503114.00/cwt114.00–114.0057311
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523111.13/cwt108.00–114.0058118
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added562108.93/cwt107.50–110.006127
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573110.20/cwt105.00–115.0063118
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added614108.58/cwt107.50–111.0066710
Heifers—Medium and Large 1623106.18/cwt101.00–111.0066216
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added657106.27/cwt104.00–107.0069817
Heifers—Medium and Large 1673105.55/cwt104.00–107.0071016
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added719109.00/cwt109.00–109.0078415
Heifers—Medium and Large 1723106.09/cwt103.00–109.0076718
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1273162.71/cwt160.00–165.004444
Bulls—Medium and Large 1323153.60/cwt152.00–155.004964
Bulls—Medium and Large 1373147.65/cwt145.00–150.005514
Bulls—Medium and Large 1523122.48/cwt117.00–127.506418
Bulls—Medium and Large 1573117.64/cwt114.00–121.006744
Bulls—Medium and Large 1611111.64/cwt109.00–119.006828
Bulls—Medium and Large 1673102.58/cwt100.00–105.006904
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,24872.79/cwt68.00–76.009086
Bulls——1,76383.74/cwt78.00–88.001,4768
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%80040.45/cwt37.00–43.503246
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,02552.76/cwt51.00–54.005414
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,02550.93/cwt48.00–53.0052224
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02546.34/cwt44.00–48.0047512
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,30053.23/cwt50.00–56.006924
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-2828667.22/cwt550.00–750.005,52522
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1751,029.79/cwt800.00–1,200.0012,10048
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1501,254.35/cwt1,000.00–1,450.0014,4256

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.