Sale reports / Mississippi / Tadlock Livestock Auction / 2021-02-08

Tadlock Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Forest, Mississippi · Mon, Feb 8
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2114
Feeder Cattle receipts
536 head
▼ 85 vs last sale 621▼ 93 vs year ago 629 · −14.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
67 head
▼ 65 vs last sale 132▼ 16 vs year ago 83 · −19.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
140 head
▼ 43 vs last sale 183▲ 78 vs year ago 62 · +125.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold steady to 5.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 5.00-8.00 higher. Grouped weaned feeder cattle are listed as M&L 1&2 Value Added.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $116.50/cwt on 156 head.
Average price
$116.50
156 head · 605 lb average
Value per head Derived
$705
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$38
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$0.46/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.47
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1591116.6869094
Medium and Large 1-2626116.2272862
One grade step is worth $0.46/cwt here — about −$38 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 sale156 hd
116.50
—
MS average13 barns · 1,137 hd
123.96
−7.47
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—Low1,53693.931,44212
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,10469.3776614
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,02561.516306thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average96157.4255214

Every lot

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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1373170.30/cwt165.00–175.006354
Steers—Medium and Large 1423156.21/cwt152.00–160.006616
Steers—Medium and Large 1473154.05/cwt153.00–155.0072916
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added493153.57/cwt153.00–154.0075714
Steers—Medium and Large 1523155.22/cwt150.00–160.008124
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added571144.84/cwt135.00–160.0082714
Steers—Medium and Large 1573142.79/cwt135.00–150.0081814
Steers—Medium and Large 1623135.44/cwt130.00–140.5084420
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added630140.68/cwt140.50–140.7588616
Steers—Medium and Large 1673123.10/cwt120.00–126.008286
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added773128.00/cwt128.00–128.009894
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1423125.74/cwt121.00–130.0053214
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added443130.00/cwt130.00–130.005765
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added455127.00/cwt127.00–127.005786
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473127.62/cwt125.00–130.0060410
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523121.17/cwt117.00–125.0063410
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added540123.00/cwt123.00–123.006643
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added561126.00/cwt126.00–126.007075
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573120.72/cwt115.00–126.0069210
Heifers—Medium and Large 1623118.66/cwt114.00–123.0073918
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added628119.35/cwt117.00–122.0075014
Heifers—Medium and Large 1673108.88/cwt105.00–112.5073316
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added682109.84/cwt105.00–112.5074915
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added702105.00/cwt105.00–105.007375
Heifers—Medium and Large 1723102.16/cwt97.00–107.007398
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added771105.65/cwt104.00–107.008159
Heifers—Medium and Large 1773102.15/cwt97.00–107.007908
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1473136.19/cwt132.00–140.006444
Bulls—Medium and Large 1523120.22/cwt115.00–125.006294
Bulls—Medium and Large 1573120.20/cwt115.00–125.006894
Bulls—Medium and Large 1623126.59/cwt124.00–129.007896
Bulls—Medium and Large 1673115.17/cwt110.00–120.007756
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,24885.99/cwt80.00–90.001,0736
Bulls——1,823101.88/cwt96.00–106.001,8576
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%80050.72/cwt47.00–54.004064
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,02568.80/cwt65.00–71.5070510
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,02561.51/cwt58.00–64.006306
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02560.10/cwt56.00–63.0061610
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,30070.81/cwt70.00–71.509214
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-2883760.71/cwt690.00–810.006,71710
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1501,282.61/cwt1,000.00–1,500.0014,75028
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,050790.48/cwt725.00–850.008,30012
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2501,358.05/cwt1,150.00–1,515.0016,97614

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.