Sale reports / Mississippi / Tadlock Livestock Auction / 2019-09-23

Tadlock Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Forest, Mississippi · Mon, Sep 23
● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2114
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,149 head
1,149 vs last sale 0 1,149 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
125 head
125 vs last sale 0 125 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
30 head
30 vs last sale 0 30 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder Steers and Heifers sold 6-10 Higher. Slaughter cows and bulls were steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $118.40/cwt on 133 head.
Average price
$118.40
133 head · 548 lb average
Value per head Derived
$649
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$78
per head · Small and Medium 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$25.03/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.95
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Small and Medium 1-2374125.0346714thin
Medium and Large 1-2568117.77669118
Medium and Large 2-3545100.005451thin
One grade step is worth $25.03/cwt here — about −$78 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 sale133 hd
118.40
MS average7 barns · 722 hd
116.46
+1.95
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
BullsAverage1,62677.291,25713
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,18052.3161715
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,50951.7478113
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,11544.5149622

Every lot, as filed

56 lots · USDA AMS · Tadlock Stockyards - Forest, MS
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3545100.00/cwt100.00–100.005451
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2360144.43/cwt137.50–150.005204
SteersMedium and Large 1-2373146.18/cwt136.00–158.005453
SteersMedium and Large 1-2325157.50/cwt157.50–157.505121
SteersMedium and Large 1-2661125.19/cwt110.00–127.0082823
SteersMedium and Large 1-2512128.00/cwt115.00–133.5065516
SteersMedium and Large 1-2480132.47/cwt129.00–135.0063613
SteersMedium and Large 1-2736122.98/cwt115.00–127.5090511
SteersSmall and Medium 1-2365131.25/cwt120.00–142.504792
SteersSmall and Medium 1-2280155.00/cwt155.00–155.004341
SteersSmall and Medium 1-2410133.75/cwt130.00–137.505482
SteersMedium and Large 1-2288157.24/cwt157.00–157.504532
SteersMedium and Large 1-2760108.00/cwt108.00–108.008211
SteersMedium and Large 1-2808112.50/cwt112.50–112.509093
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,450700.00/cwt700.00–700.0010,1501
Bred CowsMedium 1-21,005830.00/cwt830.00–830.008,3421
SteersMedium and Large 3400134.00/cwt134.00–134.005361
SteersMedium and Large 2-3475120.00/cwt120.00–120.005701
SteersMedium and Large 2-3375112.50/cwt112.50–112.504221
SteersMedium and Large 1-2563125.71/cwt110.00–132.5070832
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,450700.00/cwt700.00–700.0010,1501
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 1-2905625.00/cwt625.00–625.005,6561
BullsMedium and Large 1-2574110.62/cwt105.00–125.006358
BullsMedium and Large 1-272090.00/cwt90.00–90.006487
BullsMedium and Large 1-2385147.50/cwt145.00–150.005682
BullsMedium and Large 1-284090.00/cwt90.00–90.007561
Bulls1,72377.23/cwt75.00–81.501,3316
Bulls1,29972.54/cwt70.00–74.009424
HeifersSmall and Medium 1-2490125.00/cwt125.00–125.006131
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2755100.00/cwt100.00–100.007551
SteersMedium and Large 1-2440137.61/cwt130.00–141.006055
SteersMedium and Large 1-2616122.59/cwt117.00–128.0075511
HeifersSmall and Medium 1-2300130.00/cwt130.00–130.003904
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2423127.36/cwt117.50–133.005393
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2487119.34/cwt116.00–122.005813
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2705107.57/cwt107.00–111.007587
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2516116.91/cwt108.00–123.0060324
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2673116.13/cwt112.50–119.007823
CowsBoner 80-85%1,39046.50/cwt46.50–46.506461
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,58545.00/cwt45.00–45.007131
HeifersSmall and Medium 1-2405121.53/cwt119.00–130.004926
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2624116.72/cwt101.00–119.0072825
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2567117.79/cwt110.00–120.0066848
HeifersSmall and Medium 1-2370125.41/cwt110.00–134.004643
CowsLean 85-90%1,08341.67/cwt38.00–43.004516
CowsLean 85-90%1,13946.87/cwt44.50–50.0053414
CowsBoner 80-85%1,33057.74/cwt56.00–59.507682
CowsBoner 80-85%1,13751.89/cwt50.00–56.5059012
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,50352.30/cwt50.00–54.0078612
CowsLean 85-90%1,04536.54/cwt35.00–38.003822
Bulls1,86883.75/cwt83.00–84.501,5643
BullsMedium and Large 1-2435131.25/cwt130.00–132.505712
BullsMedium and Large 1-2478112.57/cwt110.00–115.005382
BullsMedium and Large 1-2606109.90/cwt102.00–127.006665
BullsMedium and Large 1-2525115.24/cwt110.00–121.006057
BullsMedium and Large 2-3550110.00/cwt110.00–110.006051

How this sale compares

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.