Sale reports / Mississippi / Tadlock Livestock Auction / 2020-11-09

Tadlock Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Forest, Mississippi · Mon, Nov 9
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2114
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,197 head
17 vs last sale 1,180 290 vs year ago 1,487 · 19.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
186 head
83 vs last sale 103 1 vs year ago 185 · +0.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
202 head
64 vs last sale 266 53 vs year ago 149 · +35.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week sale: Feeder steers sold 3-15 higher, feeder heifers sold 3-13 higher, slaughter cows sold 2-7 higher, and slaughter bulls sold 4-7 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 $146.58/cwt on 223 head.
Average price
$146.58
223 head · 503 lb average
Value per head Derived
$737
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$23
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$7.80/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.06
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1486149.59727137
Medium and Large 1-2529141.7975086
One grade step is worth $7.80/cwt here — about −$23 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 sale223 hd
146.58
MS average13 barns · 887 hd
143.53
+3.06
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
BullsHigh1,48284.131,24620
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,15059.4268352
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,02554.845628thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low93145.3642231

Every lot, as filed

44 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 Added575112.00/cwt112.00–112.006442
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added765116.50/cwt116.50–116.508913
SteersMedium and Large 1223201.01/cwt190.00–210.004484
SteersMedium and Large 1473146.24/cwt141.00–151.0069230
SteersMedium and Large 1323175.35/cwt170.00–180.0056610
SteersMedium and Large 1423160.27/cwt155.00–165.0067810
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added522146.14/cwt143.00–150.0076337
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added474147.30/cwt145.00–151.0069816
HeifersMedium and Large 1723111.90/cwt107.00–116.5080910
SteersMedium and Large 1373170.30/cwt165.00–175.0063510
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1751,444.15/cwt1,200.00–1,625.0016,9696
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 1-2883720.96/cwt500.00–900.006,36612
HeifersMedium and Large 1623110.66/cwt106.00–115.0068910
HeifersMedium and Large 1523115.69/cwt111.00–120.006058
SteersMedium and Large 1573133.16/cwt129.00–137.0076318
HeifersMedium and Large 1573110.16/cwt106.00–114.0063114
HeifersMedium and Large 1373138.98/cwt135.00–142.505186
BullsMedium and Large 1473140.24/cwt135.00–145.006634
BullsMedium and Large 1423146.69/cwt143.00–150.006204
BullsMedium and Large 1623110.18/cwt105.00–115.006864
BullsMedium and Large 1673103.62/cwt100.00–107.006974
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2781,125.29/cwt900.00–1,275.0014,38148
HeifersMedium and Large 1423134.05/cwt133.00–135.0056712
SteersMedium and Large 1673127.10/cwt124.00–130.0085516
HeifersMedium and Large 1469120.52/cwt116.00–126.0056514
SteersMedium and Large 1273175.41/cwt170.00–180.004794
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added570132.99/cwt132.00–137.5075811
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added484119.00/cwt119.00–119.005765
SteersMedium and Large 1519146.05/cwt142.00–151.0075835
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added416133.39/cwt133.00–134.0055510
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added867100.00/cwt100.00–100.0086715
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added725108.59/cwt107.00–111.007875
CowsBoner 80-85%1,27560.91/cwt58.00–63.5077726
Bulls1,73888.83/cwt84.00–92.501,54410
HeifersMedium and Large 1773111.89/cwt107.00–116.5086510
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added666124.09/cwt107.00–130.0082612
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added603115.00/cwt115.00–115.006934
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added434147.80/cwt141.00–155.0064110
CowsLean 85-90%75938.56/cwt38.00–43.5029311
Bulls1,22579.44/cwt75.00–82.5097310
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added662111.00/cwt111.00–111.007356
CowsBoner 80-85%1,02557.93/cwt55.00–60.0059426
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,02554.84/cwt52.50–56.505628
CowsLean 85-90%1,02549.10/cwt45.00–52.0050320

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.