Sale reports / Mississippi / Tadlock Livestock Auction / 2021-09-06

Tadlock Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Forest, Mississippi · Mon, Sep 6
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2114
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,988 head
▲ 718 vs last sale 1,270▲ 986 vs year ago 1,002 · +98.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
205 head
▲ 91 vs last sale 114▲ 100 vs year ago 105 · +95.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
198 head
▼ 68 vs last sale 266▼ 2 vs year ago 200 · −1.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to 2 weeks ago: Feeder steers and heifers sold steady, 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 $147.31/cwt on 250 head.
Average price
$147.31
250 head · 604 lb average
Value per head Derived
$889
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$18
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$1.44/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.33
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2607148.08899116
Medium and Large 1601146.64881134
One grade step is worth $1.44/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 sale250 hd
147.31
—
MS average10 barns · 866 hd
149.65
−2.33
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—High1,53890.171,38712
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,08368.5974326
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,02563.936558thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average94157.3954032

Every lot

46 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 1473163.67/cwt160.00–167.0077414
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added480167.00/cwt167.00–167.008027
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added504159.35/cwt158.00–160.0080322
Steers—Medium and Large 1523154.26/cwt148.00–160.0080730
Steers—Medium and Large 1573149.24/cwt143.00–155.0085520
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added574153.17/cwt147.00–155.0087913
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added619146.93/cwt139.00–149.5090952
Steers—Medium and Large 1623142.99/cwt136.00–149.5089120
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added650134.00/cwt134.00–134.008716
Steers—Medium and Large 1673137.10/cwt134.00–140.0092320
Steers—Medium and Large 1723132.58/cwt130.00–135.0095910
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added760135.50/cwt135.00–136.001,03010
Steers—Medium and Large 1773133.09/cwt130.00–136.001,02910
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added805118.71/cwt115.00–126.009566
Steers—Medium and Large 1823120.65/cwt115.00–126.009936
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1423138.00/cwt133.00–142.505844
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added447135.00/cwt135.00–135.006032
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added459140.03/cwt134.00–144.5064335
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473139.50/cwt134.00–144.5066020
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523135.69/cwt131.00–140.0071020
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added535139.83/cwt138.00–140.0074824
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added561133.00/cwt133.00–133.007465
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573131.12/cwt128.00–134.0075110
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added600124.00/cwt124.00–124.007442
Heifers—Medium and Large 1623125.18/cwt120.00–130.0078010
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added670133.00/cwt133.00–133.0089121
Heifers—Medium and Large 1673129.13/cwt125.00–133.0086910
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added743123.50/cwt123.50–123.509184
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1323169.01/cwt165.00–172.505466
Bulls—Medium and Large 1423155.16/cwt152.00–158.0065610
Bulls—Medium and Large 1473148.67/cwt145.00–152.007034
Bulls—Medium and Large 1523138.91/cwt135.00–142.507264
Bulls—Medium and Large 1573135.12/cwt132.00–138.007744
Bulls—Medium and Large 1600127.50/cwt127.50–127.5076511
Bulls—Medium and Large 1723118.48/cwt115.00–121.7585718
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,00079.00/cwt79.00–79.007903
Bulls——1,71793.89/cwt89.00–100.001,6129
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%80052.19/cwt49.00–55.0041812
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,02567.51/cwt64.00–70.0069220
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,02563.93/cwt61.00–66.006558
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02560.51/cwt57.00–63.0062020
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27572.18/cwt69.00–75.009206
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-2900857.22/cwt710.00–975.007,71510
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0501,057.14/cwt825.00–1,200.0011,10030
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small and Medium 1-21,1251,180.56/cwt1,000.00–1,325.0013,2818

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.