Sale reports / Mississippi / Tadlock Livestock Auction / 2020-03-02

Tadlock Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Forest, Mississippi · Mon, Mar 2
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2114
Feeder Cattle receipts
483 head
▼ 26 vs last sale 509▲ 483 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
82 head
▲ 14 vs last sale 68▲ 82 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
95 head
▲ 48 vs last sale 47▲ 95 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 were steady. Slaughter cows and bulls were 3.00-4.00 higher. Grouped feeder steers and heifers are reported as Medium and Large 1-2.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $125.26/cwt on 87 head.
Average price
$125.26
87 head · 547 lb average
Value per head Derived
$685
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$116
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$7.47/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.63
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1506127.6764659
Medium and Large 1-2634120.2076228
One grade step is worth $7.47/cwt here — about −$116 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 sale87 hd
125.26
—
MS average13 barns · 933 hd
129.90
−4.63
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—High1,75389.001,56010
CowsBoner 80-85%High98655.0854350

Every lot, as filed

30 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
BullsMedium and Large 1—423153.95/cwt150.00–157.506512
BullsMedium and Large 1—323170.35/cwt165.00–175.005504
BullsMedium and Large 1—373168.83/cwt167.50–170.006304
BullsMedium and Large 1—473146.19/cwt142.00–150.006914
Bulls——1,75389.00/cwt85.00–92.001,56010
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,35067.33/cwt64.00–70.009094
SteersMedium and Large 1—373171.24/cwt167.00–175.0063912
SteersMedium and Large 1—523148.24/cwt142.50–153.5077512
SteersMedium and Large 1—573144.68/cwt140.00–149.0082912
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1731,035.39/cwt900.00–1,150.0012,1454
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1181,055.15/cwt850.00–1,200.0011,79712
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 1-2—900671.25/cwt550.00–775.006,0418
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—871100.00/cwt100.00–100.008717
SteersMedium and Large 1—473153.93/cwt150.00–157.5072814
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—783125.00/cwt125.00–125.009794
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—524149.50/cwt149.50–149.507835
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—600139.00/cwt139.00–139.008346
SteersMedium and Large 1—323184.94/cwt182.00–187.505976
HeifersMedium and Large 1—523124.69/cwt120.00–129.0065220
HeifersMedium and Large 1—573122.20/cwt117.00–127.0070020
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—405139.50/cwt139.50–139.505653
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—507127.50/cwt127.50–127.506466
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—580127.00/cwt127.00–127.007376
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—652120.00/cwt120.00–120.007826
CowsBoner 80-85%—70044.29/cwt40.00–48.0031010
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,02552.93/cwt50.00–55.0054318
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,02560.51/cwt57.00–63.0062018
HeifersMedium and Large 1—373144.06/cwt143.00–145.005376
HeifersMedium and Large 1—473134.98/cwt130.00–139.506386
HeifersMedium and Large 1—406131.49/cwt130.00–139.505347

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.