Sale reports / Mississippi / Tadlock Livestock Auction / 2021-02-01

Tadlock Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Forest, Mississippi · Mon, Feb 1
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2114
Feeder Cattle receipts
621 head
▲ 241 vs last sale 380▼ 188 vs year ago 809 · −23.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
132 head
▲ 35 vs last sale 97▼ 46 vs year ago 178 · −25.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
183 head
▲ 48 vs last sale 135▲ 63 vs year ago 120 · +52.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold 2-5 higher, slaughter cows sold 1-2 higher, and slaughter bulls sold 2-5 higher.

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

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $148.19/cwt on 205 head.
Average price
$148.19
205 head · 548 lb average
Value per head Derived
$812
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$40
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$6.03/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.85
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1530150.40797130
Medium and Large 1-2580144.3783775
One grade step is worth $6.03/cwt here — about −$40 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 sale205 hd
148.19
—
MS average13 barns · 1,134 hd
143.34
+4.85
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—High1,78092.171,64114
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,12762.4570444
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,02558.135966thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average92949.2945814

Every lot

41 lots · USDA AMS · Tadlock Stockyards - Forest, MS
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1223207.75/cwt205.00–210.004634
Steers—Medium and Large 1323185.35/cwt180.00–190.005996
Steers—Medium and Large 1373174.13/cwt167.50–180.0065014
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added418162.00/cwt162.00–162.006773
Steers—Medium and Large 1423158.85/cwt152.00–165.0067210
Steers—Medium and Large 1473152.76/cwt147.00–158.0072318
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added489151.75/cwt145.00–158.0074214
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added510145.00/cwt145.00–145.007406
Steers—Medium and Large 1523150.74/cwt145.00–156.0078810
Steers—Medium and Large 1573139.79/cwt132.00–147.0080124
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added577147.00/cwt147.00–147.0084817
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added608142.61/cwt138.50–144.0086716
Steers—Medium and Large 1623139.66/cwt135.00–144.0087018
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added666136.17/cwt133.00–138.0090715
Steers—Medium and Large 1673135.10/cwt132.00–138.0090918
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added701131.00/cwt131.00–131.009184
Steers—Medium and Large 1723128.09/cwt125.00–131.009268
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1423131.69/cwt128.00–135.005576
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added461127.00/cwt127.00–127.0058511
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473125.71/cwt121.00–130.0059522
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added516129.88/cwt126.00–131.006709
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523125.26/cwt119.00–131.0065518
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added566121.65/cwt120.00–124.006895
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573118.72/cwt113.00–124.0068010
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added621116.49/cwt115.00–117.0072313
Heifers—Medium and Large 1623114.59/cwt112.00–117.0071410
Heifers—Medium and Large 182392.57/cwt90.00–95.007624
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1323177.67/cwt175.00–180.005744
Bulls—Medium and Large 1373168.98/cwt165.00–172.506304
Bulls—Medium and Large 1523135.22/cwt130.00–140.007074
Bulls—Medium and Large 1573132.60/cwt130.00–135.007604
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,24885.30/cwt82.00–87.501,0654
Bulls——1,99394.92/cwt89.00–98.501,89210
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%80043.66/cwt41.00–46.003496
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,02560.93/cwt58.00–63.0062526
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,02558.13/cwt55.50–60.005966
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02553.51/cwt50.00–56.005488
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27564.65/cwt62.00–67.0082418
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-2925760.14/cwt675.00–825.007,0318
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,200901.04/cwt750.00–1,000.0010,81220
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1251,350.00/cwt1,200.00–1,450.0015,18828

This sale against other markets

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.