Sale reports / Mississippi / Tadlock Livestock Auction / 2021-07-19

Tadlock Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Forest, Mississippi · Mon, Jul 19
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2114
Feeder Cattle receipts
987 head
▼ 322 vs last sale 1,309▲ 234 vs year ago 753 · +31.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
184 head
▼ 34 vs last sale 218▲ 77 vs year ago 107 · +72.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
189 head
▲ 27 vs last sale 162▼ 31 vs year ago 220 · −14.1%
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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 slaughter bulls sold steady.

Weaned grouped feeder cattle are listed as M&L1&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 $154.16/cwt on 124 head.
Average price
$154.16
124 head · 543 lb average
Value per head Derived
$837
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$36
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$1.17/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.79
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1535154.4882790
Medium and Large 1-2563153.3186234
One grade step is worth $1.17/cwt here — about −$36 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 sale124 hd
154.16
—
MS average13 barns · 1,180 hd
148.37
+5.79
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—High1,47193.611,37612
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,11573.1681636
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,02568.4370118
CowsLean 85-90%Low95561.8959132

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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1223191.01/cwt180.00–200.004264
Steers—Medium and Large 1323180.35/cwt175.00–185.005834
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added363179.50/cwt179.50–179.506523
Steers—Medium and Large 1373175.04/cwt170.00–179.506534
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added400179.00/cwt179.00–179.007163
Steers—Medium and Large 1473161.19/cwt157.00–165.007624
Steers—Medium and Large 1523154.17/cwt150.00–158.0080632
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added534157.08/cwt154.00–158.0083914
Steers—Medium and Large 1573151.72/cwt146.00–157.0086924
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added582150.00/cwt150.00–150.008734
Steers—Medium and Large 1623141.22/cwt135.00–147.008806
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added637135.00/cwt135.00–135.008604
Steers—Medium and Large 1673140.10/cwt137.00–143.009436
Steers—Medium and Large 1723135.06/cwt133.00–137.009766
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added731133.00/cwt133.00–133.009724
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added780133.00/cwt133.00–133.001,0372
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1273162.71/cwt160.00–165.004442
Heifers—Medium and Large 1373142.65/cwt140.00–145.005324
Heifers—Medium and Large 1423142.63/cwt140.00–145.006034
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added435145.00/cwt145.00–145.006319
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473139.71/cwt135.00–144.0066116
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added496141.38/cwt137.00–144.007018
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523135.22/cwt130.00–140.0070712
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added532140.00/cwt140.00–140.007456
Heifers—Medium and Large 1623129.66/cwt125.00–134.008084
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added653130.79/cwt128.00–135.008545
Heifers—Medium and Large 1673131.62/cwt128.00–135.008866
Heifers—Medium and Large 1723127.03/cwt126.00–128.009184
Heifers—Medium and Large 1773122.60/cwt119.00–126.009488
Heifers—Medium and Large 1823108.08/cwt105.00–111.008892
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1473143.93/cwt140.00–147.506816
Bulls—Medium and Large 1523144.61/cwt142.00–147.007566
Bulls—Medium and Large 1573133.90/cwt130.00–137.507676
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,24889.89/cwt84.50–93.501,1226
Bulls——1,69397.32/cwt94.00–100.001,6486
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%80055.19/cwt52.00–58.0044210
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,02570.51/cwt67.00–73.0072326
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,02568.43/cwt65.50–70.5070118
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02564.93/cwt62.00–67.0066622
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,35080.06/cwt77.00–82.501,08110
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-2900755.07/cwt600.00–875.006,7966
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1551,134.31/cwt950.00–1,275.0013,10118
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1001,404.55/cwt1,200.00–1,575.0015,45012

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.