Sale reports / Mississippi / Tadlock Livestock Auction / 2021-10-04

Tadlock Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Forest, Mississippi · Mon, Oct 4
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2114
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,150 head
▼ 608 vs last sale 1,758▼ 185 vs year ago 1,335 · −13.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
139 head
▼ 55 vs last sale 194▼ 71 vs year ago 210 · −33.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
251 head
▲ 62 vs last sale 189▲ 90 vs year ago 161 · +55.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale: Feeder steers and heifers sold 2-10 higher, slaughter cows and 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 $148.62/cwt on 210 head.
Average price
$148.62
210 head · 508 lb average
Value per head Derived
$755
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$23
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$2.80/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.16
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1511149.98766108
Medium and Large 1-2505147.18744102
One grade step is worth $2.80/cwt here — about $23 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 sale210 hd
148.62
—
MS average13 barns · 1,098 hd
143.46
+5.16
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—High1,54785.561,32312
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,09958.9964834
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,02554.2255610
CowsLean 85-90%Average92544.9541618

Every lot

38 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1373176.24/cwt172.00–180.006576
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added421153.96/cwt151.00–158.0064822
Steers—Medium and Large 1423160.27/cwt155.00–165.0067820
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added462155.60/cwt150.00–161.5071918
Steers—Medium and Large 1473156.29/cwt150.00–162.0073920
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added502146.87/cwt137.50–154.0073733
Steers—Medium and Large 1523150.65/cwt147.00–154.0078830
Steers—Medium and Large 1573138.60/cwt136.00–141.0079412
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added574138.78/cwt137.00–141.0079718
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added621136.95/cwt136.00–137.508508
Steers—Medium and Large 1623131.30/cwt120.00–137.5081820
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added700128.00/cwt128.00–128.008963
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added373140.00/cwt140.00–140.005224
Heifers—Medium and Large 1373136.48/cwt132.50–140.0050912
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added411132.50/cwt132.50–132.5054514
Heifers—Medium and Large 1423127.74/cwt123.00–132.0054012
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473127.52/cwt127.00–128.006036
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added478127.00/cwt127.00–127.0060711
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added517129.83/cwt129.00–130.0067136
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523127.13/cwt124.00–130.0066512
Heifers—Medium and Large 1623129.07/cwt127.00–131.0080410
Heifers—Medium and Large 1723120.16/cwt115.00–125.008694
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1373151.24/cwt147.00–155.005646
Bulls—Medium and Large 1423148.95/cwt145.00–152.506304
Bulls—Medium and Large 1473140.24/cwt135.00–145.006636
Bulls—Medium and Large 1523135.22/cwt130.00–140.007076
Bulls—Medium and Large 1573126.16/cwt122.00–130.007234
Bulls—Medium and Large 1623117.59/cwt115.00–120.007336
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,24880.39/cwt75.00–84.001,0036
Bulls——1,84590.73/cwt84.50–95.001,6746
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%80038.72/cwt35.00–42.003108
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,02557.80/cwt54.00–60.5059224
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,02554.22/cwt51.00–56.5055610
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02549.93/cwt47.00–52.0051210
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27561.85/cwt60.00–63.5078910
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-29751,184.62/cwt1,100.00–1,250.0011,55022
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-2925735.14/cwt650.00–800.006,80012
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1281,010.31/cwt800.00–1,150.0011,39640

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.