Sale reports / Mississippi / Tadlock Livestock Auction / 2021-10-11

Tadlock Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Forest, Mississippi · Mon, Oct 11
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2114
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,452 head
▲ 302 vs last sale 1,150▲ 317 vs year ago 1,135 · +27.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
132 head
▼ 7 vs last sale 139▼ 49 vs year ago 181 · −27.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
244 head
▼ 7 vs last sale 251▲ 83 vs year ago 161 · +51.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale: Feeder steers and heifers sold 3.00-5.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 2.00-4.00 higher. 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 $144.05/cwt on 199 head.
Average price
$144.05
199 head · 561 lb average
Value per head Derived
$808
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$25
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$2.17/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.34
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2551144.92798119
Medium and Large 1577142.7582380
One grade step is worth $2.17/cwt here — about −$25 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 sale199 hd
144.05
—
MS average13 barns · 1,036 hd
144.39
−0.34
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—High1,57281.031,27324
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,12160.1067426
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,02557.305876thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low94546.8044228

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 1373171.71/cwt168.00–175.006406
Steers—Medium and Large 1423170.27/cwt165.00–175.007206
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added438152.00/cwt152.00–152.006663
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added469150.30/cwt144.00–159.0070537
Steers—Medium and Large 1473151.86/cwt144.00–159.0071810
Steers—Medium and Large 1523147.22/cwt142.00–152.0077010
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added532150.01/cwt149.00–152.0079812
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added566140.59/cwt139.00–143.5079632
Steers—Medium and Large 1573137.50/cwt131.00–143.5078816
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added617146.75/cwt146.75–146.7590518
Steers—Medium and Large 1623139.18/cwt134.00–144.0086710
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added663134.58/cwt134.00–136.5089217
Steers—Medium and Large 1673133.84/cwt131.00–136.5090110
Steers—Medium and Large 1723128.16/cwt123.00–133.009276
Steers—Medium and Large 1823113.08/cwt110.00–116.009316
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1373137.65/cwt135.00–140.005134
Heifers—Medium and Large 1423135.92/cwt132.50–139.005754
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added462133.17/cwt130.00–138.0061540
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473134.19/cwt130.00–138.0063510
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523129.22/cwt124.00–134.0067610
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added527130.55/cwt127.50–134.0068817
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573128.20/cwt123.00–133.0073510
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added585131.00/cwt131.00–131.007662
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added605136.50/cwt136.50–136.5082620
Heifers—Medium and Large 1623132.89/cwt129.00–136.5082810
Heifers—Medium and Large 1673128.13/cwt124.00–132.008624
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1375155.27/cwt150.00–160.005828
Bulls—Medium and Large 1423153.95/cwt150.00–157.506518
Bulls—Medium and Large 1473138.93/cwt135.00–142.506578
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,24874.01/cwt70.00–80.0092412
Bulls——1,89588.04/cwt82.00–92.001,66812
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%80042.66/cwt40.00–45.0034110
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,02558.51/cwt55.00–61.0060016
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,02557.30/cwt53.50–60.005876
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02549.10/cwt45.00–52.0050318
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27562.65/cwt60.00–65.0079910
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-2938757.67/cwt600.00–875.007,10710
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,075959.88/cwt800.00–1,075.0010,31922
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Registered1,0432,401.20/cwt2,000.00–2,700.0025,04518

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.