Sale reports / Mississippi / Tadlock Livestock Auction / 2021-05-31

Tadlock Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Forest, Mississippi · Mon, May 31
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2114
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,210 head
▲ 261 vs last sale 949▲ 154 vs year ago 1,056 · +14.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
298 head
▲ 101 vs last sale 197▲ 167 vs year ago 131 · +127.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
394 head
▲ 99 vs last sale 295▲ 301 vs year ago 93 · +323.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale: Feeder steers and heifers sold 3-8 higher, and slaughter cows and 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 $134.69/cwt on 246 head.
Average price
$134.69
246 head · 673 lb average
Value per head Derived
$906
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$71
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$0.41/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.40
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2695134.87937140
Medium and Large 1644134.46866106
One grade step is worth $0.41/cwt here — about $71 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 sale246 hd
134.69
—
MS average13 barns · 1,406 hd
137.09
−2.40
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—Low1,50891.931,38724
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,11471.1379374
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,02567.5169224
CowsLean 85-90%Average94761.5658346

Every lot

42 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 1523144.09/cwt142.00–146.0075410
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added526146.00/cwt146.00–146.007684
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added560136.19/cwt135.00–139.007637
Steers—Medium and Large 1570135.62/cwt132.00–139.0077324
Steers—Medium and Large 1623136.14/cwt132.00–140.0084832
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added627138.00/cwt132.00–140.0086516
Steers—Medium and Large 1673131.72/cwt125.00–138.0088610
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added689139.28/cwt133.00–139.4596074
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added722132.87/cwt130.00–138.0095911
Steers—Medium and Large 1723134.12/cwt130.00–138.0097020
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added793120.00/cwt120.00–120.0095224
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added807122.00/cwt122.00–122.009854
Steers—Medium and Large 1823120.05/cwt118.00–122.0098810
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1323145.35/cwt140.00–150.004694
Heifers—Medium and Large 1373137.80/cwt132.50–142.505146
Heifers—Medium and Large 1423133.74/cwt129.00–138.0056616
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473127.98/cwt123.00–132.5060518
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523128.65/cwt125.00–132.0067310
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573121.16/cwt117.00–125.0069410
Heifers—Medium and Large 1623122.77/cwt115.00–130.0076530
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added634129.08/cwt116.50–130.5081888
Heifers—Medium and Large 1673115.75/cwt108.00–123.0077914
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added685108.00/cwt108.00–108.007403
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added702115.00/cwt115.00–115.008077
Heifers—Medium and Large 1723111.61/cwt108.00–115.0080710
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1323155.35/cwt150.00–160.005026
Bulls—Medium and Large 1373155.30/cwt150.00–160.0057912
Bulls—Medium and Large 1423145.27/cwt140.00–150.0061410
Bulls—Medium and Large 1473134.67/cwt131.00–138.0063712
Bulls—Medium and Large 1523126.65/cwt123.00–130.0066210
Bulls—Medium and Large 1673118.96/cwt112.50–125.008018
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,24886.59/cwt80.00–91.001,08114
Bulls——1,87399.40/cwt94.00–103.001,86210
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%80058.66/cwt56.00–61.0046916
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,02570.22/cwt67.00–72.5072052
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,02567.51/cwt64.00–70.0069224
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02563.10/cwt59.00–66.0064730
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,32573.28/cwt70.00–76.0097122
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small and Medium 1-28401,114.29/cwt1,025.00–1,175.009,36016
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1501,369.57/cwt1,200.00–1,500.0015,75050
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-2925796.89/cwt625.00–925.007,37120
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1101,167.57/cwt900.00–1,395.0012,96040

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.