Sale reports / Mississippi / Tadlock Livestock Auction / 2021-06-14

Tadlock Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Forest, Mississippi · Mon, Jun 14
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2114
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,004 head
▲ 231 vs last sale 773▼ 16 vs year ago 1,020 · −1.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
231 head
▲ 41 vs last sale 190▲ 51 vs year ago 180 · +28.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
189 head
▲ 10 vs last sale 179▼ 39 vs year ago 228 · −17.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale: Feeder steers and heifers sold 4-8 higher, slaughter cows sold 2-5 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 $143.17/cwt on 232 head.
Average price
$143.17
232 head · 623 lb average
Value per head Derived
$892
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$14
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$1.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.11
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1625143.59898136
Medium and Large 1-2620142.5988496
One grade step is worth $1.00/cwt here — about $14 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 sale232 hd
143.17
—
MS average13 barns · 970 hd
140.06
+3.11
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—Low1,66298.011,62922
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,05275.1779147
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,20073.508827thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low91366.0560356

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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1473157.62/cwt155.00–160.0074614
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added491157.00/cwt157.00–157.007714
Steers—Medium and Large 1523151.93/cwt147.50–156.0079524
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added543153.00/cwt153.00–153.008314
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added561147.00/cwt147.00–147.008254
Steers—Medium and Large 1573146.64/cwt143.00–150.0084016
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added608143.89/cwt140.00–145.5087561
Steers—Medium and Large 1623142.85/cwt140.00–145.5089024
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added662134.00/cwt134.00–134.0088710
Steers—Medium and Large 1673138.65/cwt134.00–143.0093324
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added710135.00/cwt135.00–135.0095911
Steers—Medium and Large 1723138.61/cwt135.00–142.001,00224
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added810129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,0452
Steers—Medium and Large 1823124.62/cwt120.00–129.001,02610
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1423143.95/cwt140.00–147.5060924
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added445141.50/cwt141.50–141.506307
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473137.93/cwt134.00–141.5065224
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added476140.80/cwt140.00–141.5067020
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523133.13/cwt130.00–136.0069624
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added553133.75/cwt133.00–135.007408
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573131.40/cwt127.50–135.0075320
Heifers—Medium and Large 1623126.25/cwt119.00–133.0078730
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added632132.51/cwt132.00–133.0083712
Heifers—Medium and Large 1673124.65/cwt120.00–129.008394
Heifers—Medium and Large 1723118.09/cwt115.00–121.008548
Heifers—Medium and Large 1823111.11/cwt107.00–115.009144
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1373169.92/cwt167.00–172.5063410
Bulls—Medium and Large 1423157.77/cwt152.50–162.506676
Bulls—Medium and Large 1523143.56/cwt142.00–145.007516
Bulls—Medium and Large 1573134.86/cwt132.00–137.507736
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,00082.00/cwt82.00–82.008203
Bulls——1,49592.50/cwt92.50–92.501,3833
Bulls——1,818102.05/cwt95.00–107.001,85516
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%75060.00/cwt60.00–60.0045014
Cows—Boner 80-85%85067.00/cwt67.00–67.005707
Cows—Lean 85-90%96768.07/cwt66.00–71.0065842
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,02575.51/cwt72.00–78.0077430
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,20073.50/cwt73.50–73.508827
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27579.88/cwt77.50–82.001,01810
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-2918819.21/cwt650.00–950.007,52014
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1751,158.51/cwt900.00–1,350.0013,61216
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1501,283.70/cwt1,100.00–1,425.0014,76324

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.