Sale reports / Mississippi / Tadlock Livestock Auction / 2019-11-18

Tadlock Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Forest, Mississippi · Mon, Nov 18
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2114
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,275 head
▼ 212 vs last sale 1,487▲ 1,275 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
172 head
▼ 13 vs last sale 185▲ 172 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
68 head
▼ 81 vs last sale 149▲ 68 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter cows were 2-3 higher, slaughter bulls were 2-4 higher, feeder steers were 2-7 higher, and feeder heifers were 2-4 higher.

Grouped steers: 12 avj 375lbs @ $164.00, 5 avj 467lbs @ $150.00, 6 avj 519lbs @ $145.00, 6 avj. 590lbs @ $137, and 6 avj. 687lbs @ $125.00

Grouped heifers: 6 avj 370lbs @ $133.00, 6 avj 410lbs @ $124.00, 28 avj 530lbs @ $114.00, 4 avj 560lbs @ $117.00, and 7 avj 690lbs @ $114.50

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $112.49/cwt on 340 head.
Average price
$112.49
340 head · 569 lb average
Value per head Derived
$640
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$44
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$6.15/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.44
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1512117.7260251
Medium and Large 2579111.57646289
One grade step is worth $6.15/cwt here — about −$44 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 sale340 hd
112.49
—
MS average13 barns · 1,562 hd
113.93
−1.44
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—High1,51872.971,10822
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,08050.4454530
CowsLean 85-90%Average92142.5939226

Every lot, as filed

40 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 1—400124.00/cwt124.00–124.004966
HeifersMedium and Large 2—773109.15/cwt104.00–114.0084422
HeifersMedium and Large 2—467114.58/cwt111.00–120.0053540
HeifersMedium and Large 2—673107.10/cwt104.00–110.0072140
SteersMedium and Large 1—519145.00/cwt145.00–145.007536
SteersMedium and Large 1—375164.00/cwt164.00–164.0061512
SteersMedium and Large 2—373155.30/cwt150.00–160.0057928
SteersMedium and Large 2—673124.13/cwt120.00–128.0083530
SteersMedium and Large 2—573129.68/cwt125.00–134.0074350
BullsMedium and Large 2—523123.43/cwt119.00–127.5064610
BullsMedium and Large 2—673110.17/cwt105.00–115.0074112
HeifersMedium and Large 1—370133.00/cwt133.00–133.004926
HeifersMedium and Large 1—515114.00/cwt114.00–114.0058728
HeifersMedium and Large 2—730110.80/cwt104.00–114.0080933
HeifersMedium and Large 2—623111.14/cwt107.00–115.0069240
SteersMedium and Large 1—467150.00/cwt150.00–150.007015
SteersMedium and Large 1—687125.00/cwt125.00–125.008596
SteersMedium and Large 2—730120.04/cwt118.00–121.0087615
SteersMedium and Large 2—473141.19/cwt137.00–145.0066830
SteersMedium and Large 2—523136.78/cwt130.00–143.0071550
BullsMedium and Large 2—373152.80/cwt147.50–157.505706
BullsMedium and Large 2—623110.18/cwt105.00–115.0068612
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,078797.33/cwt650.00–900.008,59510
HeifersMedium and Large 1—556117.00/cwt117.00–117.006514
HeifersMedium and Large 1—689114.50/cwt114.50–114.507897
HeifersMedium and Large 2—573109.68/cwt105.00–114.0062824
HeifersMedium and Large 2—523110.61/cwt108.00–113.0057840
HeifersMedium and Large 2—423116.32/cwt110.00–122.0049250
SteersMedium and Large 1—560137.00/cwt137.00–137.007676
SteersMedium and Large 2—773119.54/cwt118.00–121.0092410
SteersMedium and Large 2—423151.21/cwt147.00–155.0064030
SteersMedium and Large 2—623128.40/cwt124.00–132.5080040
BullsMedium and Large 2—323152.85/cwt147.50–157.504946
BullsMedium and Large 2—573117.60/cwt115.00–120.0067410
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,30054.15/cwt52.00–56.007046
CowsLean 85-90%—1,02545.51/cwt42.00–48.0046614
Bulls——1,84378.34/cwt73.00–82.001,44410
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,02549.51/cwt46.00–52.0050724
Bulls——1,24868.49/cwt64.00–71.5085512
CowsLean 85-90%—80039.19/cwt36.00–42.0031412

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.