Sale reports / Mississippi / Tadlock Livestock Auction / 2020-11-02

Tadlock Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Forest, Mississippi · Mon, Nov 2
● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2114
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,180 head
▲ 246 vs last sale 934▼ 272 vs year ago 1,452 · −18.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
103 head
▲ 23 vs last sale 80▼ 110 vs year ago 213 · −51.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
266 head
▲ 75 vs last sale 191▲ 149 vs year ago 117 · +127.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week sale: Feeder steers sold 7-14 higher, feeder heifers sold 5-15 higher, slaughter cows sold 2-3 higher, and slaughter bulls sold 2-3 higher.

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

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $131.41/cwt on 179 head.
Average price
$131.41
179 head · 574 lb average
Value per head Derived
$754
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$18
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$2.15/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.69
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1564132.31746104
Medium and Large 1-2587130.1776475
One grade step is worth $2.15/cwt here — about −$18 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 sale179 hd
131.41
—
MS average12 barns · 843 hd
132.11
−0.69
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
Bulls—Low1,54279.051,21914
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,02552.765414thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,06451.2654628
CowsLean 85-90%Low95044.3842218

Every lot, as filed

47 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
SteersMedium and Large 1—473137.74/cwt132.50–142.5065216
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—614108.58/cwt107.50–111.0066710
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—637125.91/cwt125.75–126.0080220
HeifersMedium and Large 1—573110.20/cwt105.00–115.0063118
SteersMedium and Large 1—573124.52/cwt124.00–125.007136
SteersMedium and Large 1—523131.22/cwt126.00–136.0068616
SteersMedium and Large 1—723121.12/cwt117.00–125.008764
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—381152.05/cwt147.00–159.005799
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—588124.67/cwt124.00–125.007336
BullsMedium and Large 1—373147.65/cwt145.00–150.005514
BullsMedium and Large 1—323153.60/cwt152.00–155.004964
BullsMedium and Large 1—273162.71/cwt160.00–165.004444
SteersMedium and Large 1—623127.07/cwt125.00–129.0079228
SteersMedium and Large 1—373153.89/cwt147.00–160.0057412
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 1-2—828667.22/cwt550.00–750.005,52522
BullsMedium and Large 1—523122.48/cwt117.00–127.506418
SteersMedium and Large 1—780119.27/cwt114.00–121.759306
SteersMedium and Large 1—673124.58/cwt122.00–127.0083812
HeifersMedium and Large 1—623106.18/cwt101.00–111.0066216
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1751,029.79/cwt800.00–1,200.0012,10048
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1501,254.35/cwt1,000.00–1,450.0014,4256
BullsMedium and Large 1—673102.58/cwt100.00–105.006904
BullsMedium and Large 1—573117.64/cwt114.00–121.006744
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—562108.93/cwt107.50–110.006127
CowsLean 85-90%—80040.45/cwt37.00–43.503246
Bulls——1,24872.79/cwt68.00–76.009086
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,30053.23/cwt50.00–56.006924
Bulls——1,76383.74/cwt78.00–88.001,4768
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,02552.76/cwt51.00–54.005414
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—657106.27/cwt104.00–107.0069817
CowsLean 85-90%—1,02546.34/cwt44.00–48.0047512
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,02550.93/cwt48.00–53.0052224
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—669124.75/cwt124.50–125.2583515
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—478134.00/cwt134.00–134.0064110
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—536131.79/cwt130.00–134.007069
HeifersMedium and Large 1—673105.55/cwt104.00–107.0071016
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—719109.00/cwt109.00–109.0078415
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—503114.00/cwt114.00–114.0057311
HeifersMedium and Large 1—473121.29/cwt115.00–127.005748
HeifersMedium and Large 1—373130.30/cwt125.00–135.004868
BullsMedium and Large 1—611111.64/cwt109.00–119.006828
HeifersMedium and Large 1—723106.09/cwt103.00–109.0076718
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—463115.00/cwt115.00–115.005326
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—784121.75/cwt121.75–121.759556
SteersMedium and Large 1—423152.63/cwt150.00–155.006464
HeifersMedium and Large 1—423125.27/cwt120.00–130.005308
HeifersMedium and Large 1—523111.13/cwt108.00–114.0058118

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.