Sale reports / Mississippi / Tadlock Livestock Auction / 2020-03-16

Tadlock Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Forest, Mississippi · Mon, Mar 16
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2114
Feeder Cattle receipts
233 head
317 vs last sale 550 233 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
151 head
57 vs last sale 94 151 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
58 head
64 vs last sale 122 58 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

compared to last week feeder steers were 10 - 17 lower, feeder heifers were 6 - 8 lower, slaughter cows were 2 - 4.5 higher, and slaughter bulls were 2 - 3 higher.

Grouped cattle are listed as Medium and Large 1&2.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $125.61/cwt on 31 head.
Average price
$125.61
31 head · 506 lb average
Value per head Derived
$636
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$106
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$8.84/cwt at this weight
vs the market
10.69
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1463128.7559620
Medium and Large 1-2585119.9170211thin
One grade step is worth $8.84/cwt here — about −$106 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 sale31 hd
125.61
MS average12 barns · 379 hd
136.30
−10.69
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
BullsHigh1,41283.561,18014
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,08263.3668648
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,02562.606426thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average96551.9850233

Every lot, as filed

21 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 1423124.21/cwt120.00–128.0052510
Bulls1,63088.05/cwt84.00–91.501,4356
BullsMedium and Large 1573107.28/cwt100.00–114.006156
BullsMedium and Large 1373130.30/cwt125.00–135.004864
Bulls1,24880.19/cwt74.50–84.001,0018
HeifersMedium and Large 1423113.95/cwt110.00–117.504826
HeifersMedium and Large 1523106.17/cwt102.00–110.005554
HeifersMedium and Large 1361123.55/cwt123.00–125.004464
HeifersMedium and Large 1473108.67/cwt105.00–112.005148
CowsBoner 80-85%1,02562.22/cwt59.00–64.5063838
CowsLean 85-90%1,02554.51/cwt51.00–57.0055924
CowsBoner 80-85%1,30067.69/cwt65.00–70.0088010
CowsLean 85-90%80645.22/cwt42.00–47.503649
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,02562.60/cwt58.50–65.506426
SteersMedium and Large 1373137.18/cwt134.00–140.005126
SteersMedium and Large 1-2580121.00/cwt121.00–121.007028
SteersMedium and Large 1573118.12/cwt115.00–121.0067710
SteersMedium and Large 1323142.67/cwt140.00–145.004614
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600117.00/cwt117.00–117.007023
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 1-2865644.65/cwt540.00–710.005,5764
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,225823.31/cwt630.00–950.0010,0868

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.