Sale reports / Mississippi / Tadlock Livestock Auction / 2021-04-12

Tadlock Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Forest, Mississippi · Mon, Apr 12
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2114
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,045 head
▲ 154 vs last sale 891▲ 628 vs year ago 417 · +150.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
207 head
▼ 54 vs last sale 261▲ 147 vs year ago 60 · +245.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
306 head
▲ 145 vs last sale 161▲ 269 vs year ago 37 · +727.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale: Feeder steers and heifers sold steady to 2 higher, and slaughter cows and bulls sold steady.

Weaned grouped 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 $151.60/cwt on 254 head.
Average price
$151.60
254 head · 597 lb average
Value per head Derived
$905
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$107
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$17.03/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.91
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1533159.52850136
Medium and Large 1-2671142.48956118
One grade step is worth $17.03/cwt here — about −$107 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 sale254 hd
151.60
—
MS average13 barns · 1,303 hd
155.52
−3.91
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—Low1,46490.551,32622
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,21571.3186672
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,02565.8067412
CowsLean 85-90%Average97257.2455634

Every lot

45 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1223200.51/cwt195.00–205.004474
Steers—Medium and Large 1323180.35/cwt175.00–185.005834
Steers—Medium and Large 1373180.30/cwt175.00–185.006734
Steers—Medium and Large 1423175.27/cwt170.00–180.0074116
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added432175.81/cwt174.00–177.0075910
Steers—Medium and Large 1473169.71/cwt165.00–174.008036
Steers—Medium and Large 1523163.00/cwt151.00–174.0085232
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added531157.04/cwt151.00–164.0083421
Steers—Medium and Large 1573153.16/cwt149.00–157.0087840
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added579151.98/cwt150.00–157.0088029
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added615145.49/cwt142.50–150.0089514
Steers—Medium and Large 1623146.14/cwt142.00–150.0091014
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added662143.45/cwt132.00–144.5095024
Steers—Medium and Large 1673139.91/cwt135.00–144.5094216
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added1,12293.50/cwt93.50–93.501,04920
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1373138.29/cwt135.00–142.0051612
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added470140.92/cwt139.00–143.5066226
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473139.05/cwt135.00–143.5065830
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523133.66/cwt126.00–142.006996
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added556134.50/cwt134.50–134.5074815
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573132.80/cwt128.00–138.0076120
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added613132.93/cwt131.75–136.5081543
Heifers—Medium and Large 1623133.65/cwt131.00–136.5083320
Heifers—Medium and Large 1673124.32/cwt119.00–130.0083714
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added692122.12/cwt119.00–122.5084527
Heifers—Medium and Large 1723118.84/cwt114.00–124.008592
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added870120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,0443
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1373167.20/cwt162.50–172.506244
Bulls—Medium and Large 1423159.26/cwt155.00–164.006742
Bulls—Medium and Large 1473138.33/cwt135.00–142.006542
Bulls—Medium and Large 1523135.87/cwt133.00–139.007116
Bulls—Medium and Large 1573130.84/cwt127.00–135.007502
Bulls—Medium and Large 1673123.38/cwt120.00–127.008302
Bulls—Medium and Large 1730115.96/cwt115.00–118.008473
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,24886.99/cwt81.00–91.001,08612
Bulls——1,72394.82/cwt92.00–97.001,63410
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%80051.19/cwt48.00–54.004108
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,02568.10/cwt64.00–71.0069830
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,02565.80/cwt62.00–68.5067412
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02559.10/cwt55.00–62.0060626
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,35073.61/cwt70.00–76.5099442
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-2915780.33/cwt600.00–900.007,14010
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1501,154.35/cwt900.00–1,350.0013,27524
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-29541,124.16/cwt1,075.00–1,200.0010,72414
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,4381,203.91/cwt1,000.00–1,350.0017,31238

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.