Sale reports / Mississippi / Tadlock Livestock Auction / 2020-09-14

Tadlock Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Forest, Mississippi · Mon, Sep 14
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2114
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,272 head
▲ 270 vs last sale 1,002▲ 1,272 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
232 head
▲ 127 vs last sale 105▲ 232 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
171 head
▼ 29 vs last sale 200▲ 171 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale: Feeder steers sold 3-7 higher, feeder heifers sold steady -7 higher, slaughter cows sold steady, and slaughter bulls sold 4-5 higher.

Grouped wean feeder cattle are listed as M&L 1&2 Value Added.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $121.69/cwt on 196 head.
Average price
$121.69
196 head · 545 lb average
Value per head Derived
$663
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$48
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$0.62/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.13
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2566122.0569184
Medium and Large 1529121.42643112
One grade step is worth $0.62/cwt here — about $48 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 sale196 hd
121.69
—
MS average13 barns · 1,037 hd
118.56
+3.13
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—Low1,51886.961,32016
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,08360.6265776
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,32557.7476510
CowsLean 85-90%Low95250.3948046

Every lot, as filed

43 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 1-2Value Added—686112.00/cwt112.00–112.007683
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—518127.66/cwt117.00–133.0066149
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—769120.91/cwt117.00–125.009308
SteersMedium and Large 1—373161.24/cwt157.00–165.006018
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—500137.34/cwt134.00–141.006879
SteersMedium and Large 1—473141.67/cwt138.00–145.006708
Cow-Calf PairsSmall and Medium 1-2—9001,033.33/cwt950.00–1,100.009,3004
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1501,308.70/cwt1,200.00–1,400.0015,0504
BullsMedium and Large 1—523120.17/cwt116.00–124.0062820
Bulls——1,24882.40/cwt80.00–84.001,0288
BullsMedium and Large 1—423131.21/cwt127.00–135.005554
Bulls——1,78891.51/cwt86.00–95.501,6368
BullsMedium and Large 1—473127.14/cwt124.00–130.0060114
BullsMedium and Large 1—573119.68/cwt115.00–124.0068620
BullsMedium and Large 1—623110.70/cwt105.00–116.0069020
BullsMedium and Large 1—673109.65/cwt105.00–114.0073820
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 1-2—920735.87/cwt600.00–850.006,77018
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,0881,002.59/cwt900.00–1,075.0010,90830
CowsLean 85-90%—80045.66/cwt43.00–48.003654
CowsLean 85-90%—96750.84/cwt48.00–54.5049242
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,30063.23/cwt60.00–66.0082216
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,02559.93/cwt57.00–62.0061460
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,32557.74/cwt55.00–60.0076510
SteersMedium and Large 1—323173.02/cwt165.00–180.005596
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—662127.00/cwt127.00–127.008412
SteersMedium and Large 1—673127.10/cwt124.00–130.008554
SteersMedium and Large 1—623127.11/cwt124.00–130.0079222
SteersMedium and Large 1—223180.51/cwt175.00–185.004034
SteersMedium and Large 1—523135.74/cwt130.00–141.0071012
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—618128.17/cwt126.00–130.0079222
SteersMedium and Large 1—573129.16/cwt125.00–133.007408
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—710124.61/cwt119.00–126.258859
HeifersMedium and Large 1—523125.34/cwt117.00–133.0065640
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—610116.04/cwt114.00–117.0070816
HeifersMedium and Large 1—573114.20/cwt109.00–119.0065420
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—496117.00/cwt117.00–117.005805
HeifersMedium and Large 1—473119.71/cwt115.00–124.0056620
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—805107.00/cwt107.00–107.008614
HeifersMedium and Large 1—373136.16/cwt129.00–142.5050812
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—598117.50/cwt117.50–117.507034
HeifersMedium and Large 1—673113.68/cwt108.00–119.0076510
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—756107.00/cwt107.00–107.008093
HeifersMedium and Large 1—623113.70/cwt108.00–119.0070810

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.