Sale reports / Mississippi / Tadlock Livestock Auction / 2021-05-10

Tadlock Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Forest, Mississippi · Mon, May 10
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2114
Feeder Cattle receipts
534 head
▼ 251 vs last sale 785▼ 298 vs year ago 832 · −35.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
100 head
▼ 47 vs last sale 147▼ 61 vs year ago 161 · −37.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
208 head
▼ 7 vs last sale 215▲ 17 vs year ago 191 · +8.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale: Feeder steers sold 5-8 higher, feeder heifers sold 6-10 higher, slaughter cows sold 2-3 higher, and slaughter bulls sold steady.

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 $130.39/cwt on 93 head.
Average price
$130.39
93 head · 614 lb average
Value per head Derived
$801
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$0
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$2.24/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.09
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2608131.5980143
Medium and Large 1619129.3580150
One grade step is worth $2.24/cwt here — about −$0 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 sale93 hd
130.39
—
MS average13 barns · 730 hd
136.48
−6.09
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—High1,48686.661,28716
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,01370.7971726
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,02563.5165112
CowsLean 85-90%Low96158.8356514

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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added380150.00/cwt150.00–150.005708
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added445144.00/cwt144.00–144.006414
Steers—Medium and Large 1473139.71/cwt135.00–144.006618
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added518143.34/cwt143.00–144.007439
Steers—Medium and Large 1523141.61/cwt139.00–144.0074110
Steers—Medium and Large 1573133.20/cwt128.00–138.007634
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added600133.50/cwt133.50–133.508014
Steers—Medium and Large 1623131.11/cwt128.00–134.008178
Steers—Medium and Large 1673123.65/cwt119.00–128.008328
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added690119.00/cwt119.00–119.008214
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added700115.00/cwt115.00–115.008053
Steers—Medium and Large 1723114.64/cwt110.00–119.008296
Steers—Medium and Large 1823112.54/cwt111.00–114.009266
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added856112.50/cwt112.50–112.5096311
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1423127.63/cwt125.00–130.005406
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added459125.50/cwt125.50–125.505766
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473121.45/cwt117.00–125.5057410
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added518124.13/cwt122.00–127.0064316
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523126.17/cwt122.00–130.0066012
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573122.68/cwt118.00–127.007034
Heifers—Medium and Large 1623122.07/cwt120.00–124.007608
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added628121.00/cwt121.00–121.007603
Heifers—Medium and Large 1673120.84/cwt118.00–123.508138
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added693123.50/cwt123.50–123.508565
Heifers—Medium and Large 1723117.16/cwt112.00–122.008476
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1373137.57/cwt132.00–142.505138
Bulls—Medium and Large 1423135.27/cwt130.00–140.005724
Bulls—Medium and Large 1473135.24/cwt130.00–140.006404
Bulls—Medium and Large 1523132.61/cwt130.00–135.006944
Bulls—Medium and Large 1573123.90/cwt120.00–127.507104
Bulls—Medium and Large 1623122.07/cwt120.00–124.007604
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,24881.79/cwt77.00–85.001,0218
Bulls——1,72391.52/cwt87.00–95.001,5778
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%80053.59/cwt52.00–55.004294
Cows—Boner 80-85%85069.00/cwt66.00–72.0058716
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,02563.51/cwt60.00–66.0065112
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02560.93/cwt58.00–63.0062510
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27573.65/cwt71.00–76.0093910
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-2830788.25/cwt650.00–875.006,5426
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1251,090.00/cwt850.00–1,250.0012,26318
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small and Medium 1-29001,033.33/cwt950.00–1,100.009,3008
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1251,227.78/cwt1,075.00–1,350.0013,81316
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy1,2001,825.00/cwt1,500.00–2,100.0021,90016

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.