Sale reports / Mississippi / Tadlock Livestock Auction / 2021-03-29

Tadlock Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Forest, Mississippi · Mon, Mar 29
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2114
Feeder Cattle receipts
477 head
▼ 186 vs last sale 663▼ 76 vs year ago 553 · −13.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
131 head
▲ 67 vs last sale 64▼ 188 vs year ago 319 · −58.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
296 head
▲ 86 vs last sale 210▲ 72 vs year ago 224 · +32.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale: Feeder steers sold 5-10 higher, feeder heifers sold 3-10 higher, slaughter cows sold 4-6 higher, and slaughter bulls sold 6-10 higher.

Grouped weened 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 $151.37/cwt on 166 head.
Average price
$151.37
166 head · 592 lb average
Value per head Derived
$896
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$66
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$7.48/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.73
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1558154.8486489
Medium and Large 1-2631147.3693077
One grade step is worth $7.48/cwt here — about −$66 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 sale166 hd
151.37
—
MS average12 barns · 829 hd
152.10
−0.73
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—High1,47794.081,38920
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,11170.4578332
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,02562.936458thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low90258.8153122

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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1323182.67/cwt180.00–185.005904
Steers—Medium and Large 1373178.71/cwt175.00–182.006678
Steers—Medium and Large 1423175.27/cwt170.00–180.007414
Steers—Medium and Large 1523160.69/cwt156.00–165.0084016
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added531160.37/cwt156.00–161.5085215
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added566154.00/cwt149.00–158.5087212
Steers—Medium and Large 1573153.46/cwt148.00–158.5087918
Steers—Medium and Large 1614147.41/cwt143.50–155.5090529
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added627148.12/cwt143.50–155.5092935
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added700135.00/cwt135.00–135.009456
Steers—Medium and Large 1723131.12/cwt127.00–135.0094810
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added816125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,0207
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added1,000112.00/cwt112.00–112.001,1202
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1323151.60/cwt150.00–153.004906
Heifers—Medium and Large 1423144.74/cwt140.00–149.0061212
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473140.24/cwt135.00–145.006634
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added500139.00/cwt139.00–139.006954
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added561125.82/cwt121.00–129.0070610
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573126.72/cwt121.00–132.0072612
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added619120.33/cwt118.00–124.007455
Heifers—Medium and Large 1623121.11/cwt118.00–124.007558
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added672124.00/cwt124.00–124.008332
Heifers—Medium and Large 1673121.10/cwt118.00–124.008158
Heifers—Medium and Large 1723120.64/cwt116.00–125.008726
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added745116.00/cwt116.00–116.008643
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added820100.00/cwt100.00–100.008202
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added92995.00/cwt95.00–95.008837
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added1,05790.00/cwt90.00–90.009514
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1323174.94/cwt172.00–177.505654
Bulls—Medium and Large 1373170.53/cwt170.00–171.0063612
Bulls—Medium and Large 1573129.86/cwt127.00–132.507444
Bulls—Medium and Large 1623124.66/cwt120.00–129.007774
Bulls—Medium and Large 1673122.17/cwt117.00–127.008224
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,24886.99/cwt82.50–90.001,08610
Bulls——1,705101.16/cwt95.00–106.001,72510
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%80055.72/cwt52.00–59.0044612
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,02569.22/cwt66.00–71.5071022
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,02562.93/cwt60.00–65.006458
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02562.51/cwt59.00–65.0064110
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,30073.15/cwt71.00–75.0095110
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1251,526.00/cwt1,175.00–1,760.0017,16840
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-2850787.62/cwt625.00–910.006,69512
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2001,104.17/cwt900.00–1,250.0013,25064

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.