Sale reports / Mississippi / Tadlock Livestock Auction / 2020-11-09

Tadlock Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Forest, Mississippi · Mon, Nov 9
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2114
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,197 head
▲ 17 vs last sale 1,180▼ 290 vs year ago 1,487 · −19.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
186 head
▲ 83 vs last sale 103▲ 1 vs year ago 185 · +0.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
202 head
▼ 64 vs last sale 266▲ 53 vs year ago 149 · +35.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week sale: Feeder steers sold 3-15 higher, feeder heifers sold 3-13 higher, slaughter cows sold 2-7 higher, and slaughter bulls sold 4-7 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 $146.58/cwt on 223 head.
Average price
$146.58
223 head · 503 lb average
Value per head Derived
$737
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$23
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$7.80/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.06
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1486149.59727137
Medium and Large 1-2529141.7975086
One grade step is worth $7.80/cwt here — about −$23 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 sale223 hd
146.58
—
MS average13 barns · 887 hd
143.53
+3.06
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—High1,48284.131,24620
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,15059.4268352
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,02554.845628thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low93145.3642231

Every lot

44 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 1223201.01/cwt190.00–210.004484
Steers—Medium and Large 1273175.41/cwt170.00–180.004794
Steers—Medium and Large 1323175.35/cwt170.00–180.0056610
Steers—Medium and Large 1373170.30/cwt165.00–175.0063510
Steers—Medium and Large 1423160.27/cwt155.00–165.0067810
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added434147.80/cwt141.00–155.0064110
Steers—Medium and Large 1473146.24/cwt141.00–151.0069230
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added474147.30/cwt145.00–151.0069816
Steers—Medium and Large 1519146.05/cwt142.00–151.0075835
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added522146.14/cwt143.00–150.0076337
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added570132.99/cwt132.00–137.5075811
Steers—Medium and Large 1573133.16/cwt129.00–137.0076318
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added666124.09/cwt107.00–130.0082612
Steers—Medium and Large 1673127.10/cwt124.00–130.0085516
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1373138.98/cwt135.00–142.505186
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added416133.39/cwt133.00–134.0055510
Heifers—Medium and Large 1423134.05/cwt133.00–135.0056712
Heifers—Medium and Large 1469120.52/cwt116.00–126.0056514
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added484119.00/cwt119.00–119.005765
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523115.69/cwt111.00–120.006058
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573110.16/cwt106.00–114.0063114
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added575112.00/cwt112.00–112.006442
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added603115.00/cwt115.00–115.006934
Heifers—Medium and Large 1623110.66/cwt106.00–115.0068910
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added662111.00/cwt111.00–111.007356
Heifers—Medium and Large 1723111.90/cwt107.00–116.5080910
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added725108.59/cwt107.00–111.007875
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added765116.50/cwt116.50–116.508913
Heifers—Medium and Large 1773111.89/cwt107.00–116.5086510
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added867100.00/cwt100.00–100.0086715
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1423146.69/cwt143.00–150.006204
Bulls—Medium and Large 1473140.24/cwt135.00–145.006634
Bulls—Medium and Large 1623110.18/cwt105.00–115.006864
Bulls—Medium and Large 1673103.62/cwt100.00–107.006974
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,22579.44/cwt75.00–82.5097310
Bulls——1,73888.83/cwt84.00–92.501,54410
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%75938.56/cwt38.00–43.5029311
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,02557.93/cwt55.00–60.0059426
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,02554.84/cwt52.50–56.505628
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02549.10/cwt45.00–52.0050320
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27560.91/cwt58.00–63.5077726
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1751,444.15/cwt1,200.00–1,625.0016,9696
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-2883720.96/cwt500.00–900.006,36612
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2781,125.29/cwt900.00–1,275.0014,38148

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.