Sale reports / Mississippi / Tadlock Livestock Auction / 2021-09-13

Tadlock Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Forest, Mississippi · Mon, Sep 13
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2114
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,280 head
▼ 708 vs last sale 1,988▲ 8 vs year ago 1,272 · +0.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
186 head
▼ 19 vs last sale 205▼ 46 vs year ago 232 · −19.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
201 head
▲ 3 vs last sale 198▲ 30 vs year ago 171 · +17.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold 2.00-3.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady. Weaning grouped 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 $143.04/cwt on 89 head.
Average price
$143.04
89 head · 621 lb average
Value per head Derived
$889
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$54
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$13.01/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.27
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1590147.2886860
Medium and Large 1-2687134.2892329
One grade step is worth $13.01/cwt here — about −$54 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 sale89 hd
143.04
—
MS average13 barns · 1,159 hd
146.31
−3.27
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—High1,46294.321,37928
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,07070.1575144
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,02563.5165118
CowsLean 85-90%Average89457.3251224

Every lot

27 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1423182.77/cwt177.50–187.5077310
Steers—Medium and Large 1523151.78/cwt145.00–158.0079410
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added568141.00/cwt141.00–141.008013
Steers—Medium and Large 1573145.20/cwt140.00–150.0083210
Steers—Medium and Large 1623140.18/cwt135.00–145.0087310
Steers—Medium and Large 1673134.13/cwt130.00–138.0090310
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added701133.50/cwt133.50–133.5093626
Steers—Medium and Large 1723129.64/cwt125.00–134.0093710
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1423136.69/cwt133.00–140.0057810
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473135.24/cwt130.00–140.0064010
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523133.22/cwt128.00–138.0069710
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added541135.00/cwt135.00–135.007308
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573131.12/cwt128.00–134.0075110
Heifers—Medium and Large 1623132.59/cwt130.00–135.0082610
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added661134.00/cwt134.00–134.0088616
Heifers—Medium and Large 1673132.58/cwt130.00–135.0089210
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1615126.92/cwt125.00–130.5078115
Bulls—Medium and Large 1650130.50/cwt130.50–130.508485
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,33090.99/cwt85.00–93.001,21018
Bulls——1,700100.31/cwt95.00–104.501,70510
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%80053.19/cwt50.00–56.0042614
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,02568.93/cwt66.00–71.0070736
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,02563.51/cwt60.00–66.0065118
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02563.10/cwt59.00–66.0064710
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27575.65/cwt73.00–78.009658
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1631,146.24/cwt1,075.00–1,200.0013,3316
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1351,052.75/cwt800.00–1,225.0011,94926

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.