Sale reports / Mississippi / Tadlock Livestock Auction / 2021-09-27

Tadlock Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Forest, Mississippi · Mon, Sep 27
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2114
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,758 head
▲ 296 vs last sale 1,462▲ 268 vs year ago 1,490 · +18.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
194 head
▼ 21 vs last sale 215▼ 16 vs year ago 210 · −7.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
189 head
▼ 2 vs last sale 191▼ 23 vs year ago 212 · −10.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale: Feeder steers and heifers sold 2-8 lower, slaughter cows sold 7-10 lower, and slaughter bulls sold steady.

Weaned 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 $140.29/cwt on 98 head.
Average price
$140.29
98 head · 565 lb average
Value per head Derived
$792
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$4
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$4.42/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.45
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2553142.9079040
Medium and Large 1573138.4879358
One grade step is worth $4.42/cwt here — about −$4 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 sale98 hd
140.29
—
MS average13 barns · 1,062 hd
139.84
+0.45
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—Low1,51285.371,29016
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,09659.1264856
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,02555.515698thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average97350.9149552

Every lot

37 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1323173.60/cwt172.00–175.005614
Steers—Medium and Large 1423163.95/cwt160.00–167.506944
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added452159.00/cwt159.00–159.007192
Steers—Medium and Large 1473160.83/cwt159.00–162.507614
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added508150.63/cwt137.00–152.5076524
Steers—Medium and Large 1523143.22/cwt138.00–148.0074910
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added569132.50/cwt132.50–132.507546
Steers—Medium and Large 1573131.12/cwt128.00–134.0075110
Steers—Medium and Large 1623131.66/cwt127.00–136.0082010
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added650125.00/cwt125.00–125.008135
Steers—Medium and Large 1673126.65/cwt122.00–131.008528
Steers—Medium and Large 1723120.64/cwt116.00–125.008728
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added783121.00/cwt121.00–121.009473
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1423129.79/cwt124.00–135.0054910
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added424127.37/cwt127.00–127.5054020
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added450140.00/cwt140.00–140.006303
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473119.76/cwt114.00–125.005666
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added511124.68/cwt123.50–127.0063721
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523123.65/cwt120.00–127.0064710
Heifers—Medium and Large 1623119.66/cwt115.00–124.007458
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added673127.80/cwt127.00–129.008605
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added791114.00/cwt114.00–114.0090214
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1373140.30/cwt135.00–145.005234
Bulls—Medium and Large 1473129.71/cwt125.00–134.006146
Bulls—Medium and Large 1523118.13/cwt115.00–121.006184
Bulls—Medium and Large 1573117.60/cwt115.00–120.006748
Bulls—Medium and Large 1623113.66/cwt109.00–118.0070810
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,24881.19/cwt77.00–84.001,0138
Bulls——1,77589.54/cwt85.50–92.501,5898
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%80043.19/cwt40.00–46.0034612
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,02558.51/cwt55.00–61.0060040
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,02555.51/cwt52.00–58.005698
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02553.22/cwt50.00–55.5054640
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27560.65/cwt58.00–63.0077316
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-2865824.28/cwt660.00–950.007,1308
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1301,038.66/cwt875.00–1,150.0011,73716
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1751,243.62/cwt1,100.00–1,350.0014,61310

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.