Sale reports / Mississippi / Tadlock Livestock Auction / 2021-08-02

Tadlock Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Forest, Mississippi · Mon, Aug 2
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2114
Feeder Cattle receipts
819 head
▼ 442 vs last sale 1,261▼ 534 vs year ago 1,353 · −39.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
203 head
▼ 39 vs last sale 242▲ 43 vs year ago 160 · +26.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
142 head
▲ 58 vs last sale 84▼ 65 vs year ago 207 · −31.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale: Feeder steers and heifers sold 2.00-6.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 2.00-5.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 1.00-3.00 higher. Weaned grouped feeder cattle are listed as M&L 1&2 Value Added.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $135.55/cwt on 200 head.
Average price
$135.55
200 head · 523 lb average
Value per head Derived
$709
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$18
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$2.97/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.40
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2524136.74716120
Medium and Large 1522133.7769880
One grade step is worth $2.97/cwt here — about $18 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 sale200 hd
135.55
—
MS average12 barns · 1,447 hd
135.15
+0.40
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—Low1,50495.481,43618
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,11972.3180932
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,02566.6368318
CowsLean 85-90%Average94159.9556448

Every lot

39 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 1223207.75/cwt205.00–210.004632
Steers—Medium and Large 1273191.33/cwt187.00–195.005224
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added400172.00/cwt172.00–172.006882
Steers—Medium and Large 1423167.27/cwt162.00–172.007088
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added470158.53/cwt157.00–160.0074510
Steers—Medium and Large 1473160.24/cwt155.00–165.0075816
Steers—Medium and Large 1523154.17/cwt150.00–158.0080612
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added530158.00/cwt158.00–158.008376
Steers—Medium and Large 1573149.96/cwt144.50–155.0085912
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added584153.90/cwt145.50–161.5089935
Steers—Medium and Large 1623145.70/cwt140.00–151.0090812
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added625152.72/cwt151.00–154.0095518
Steers—Medium and Large 1673141.65/cwt137.00–146.009536
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added684143.66/cwt139.00–146.5098318
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added801133.33/cwt132.00–134.001,0689
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added365146.00/cwt146.00–146.005338
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added416139.64/cwt135.00–142.005819
Heifers—Medium and Large 1423137.50/cwt132.50–142.0058214
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added457138.35/cwt137.00–139.5063213
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473135.24/cwt130.00–140.0064020
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523134.69/cwt130.00–139.0070424
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added524136.32/cwt131.00–139.0071443
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573133.90/cwt130.00–137.5076710
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added589134.56/cwt133.50–137.5079347
Heifers—Medium and Large 1623128.70/cwt123.00–134.008028
Heifers—Medium and Large 1773117.66/cwt112.00–123.009104
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1523143.26/cwt137.00–149.007498
Bulls—Medium and Large 1573142.72/cwt137.00–148.008184
Bulls—Medium and Large 1673124.17/cwt119.00–129.008362
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,24890.39/cwt85.00–94.001,1288
Bulls——1,70899.55/cwt94.50–103.501,70010
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%80055.19/cwt52.00–58.0044218
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,02571.51/cwt68.00–74.0073320
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,02566.63/cwt64.00–68.5068318
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02562.80/cwt59.00–65.5064430
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27573.65/cwt71.00–76.0093912
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-2933760.46/cwt650.00–850.007,09512
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,175927.13/cwt775.00–1,050.0010,89410
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0251,454.88/cwt1,250.00–1,600.0014,91318

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.