Sale reports / Mississippi / Tadlock Livestock Auction / 2021-11-01

Tadlock Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Forest, Mississippi · Mon, Nov 1
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2114
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,443 head
▼ 57 vs last sale 1,500▲ 263 vs year ago 1,180 · +22.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
162 head
▼ 51 vs last sale 213▲ 59 vs year ago 103 · +57.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
165 head
▼ 129 vs last sale 294▼ 101 vs year ago 266 · −38.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold 3.00-5.00 lower. 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

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $124.87/cwt on 163 head.
Average price
$124.87
163 head · 587 lb average
Value per head Derived
$733
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$103
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$5.91/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.46
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1523128.3267168
Medium and Large 1-2633122.4177495
One grade step is worth $5.91/cwt here — about −$103 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 sale163 hd
124.87
—
MS average13 barns · 1,146 hd
123.41
+1.46
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—High1,47681.051,19618
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,10264.5371126
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,02559.1060616
CowsLean 85-90%Low82141.9934552

Every lot

40 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1373168.89/cwt162.00–175.006308
Steers—Medium and Large 1423165.27/cwt160.00–170.006996
Steers—Medium and Large 1473160.48/cwt150.00–170.0075910
Steers—Medium and Large 1523151.17/cwt147.00–155.0079110
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added537150.17/cwt147.00–154.0080612
Steers—Medium and Large 1573140.20/cwt135.00–145.0080310
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added612139.50/cwt139.50–139.508544
Steers—Medium and Large 1623135.18/cwt130.00–140.008428
Steers—Medium and Large 1723129.12/cwt125.00–133.009346
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added799134.50/cwt134.50–134.501,07538
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added860127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,09215
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1373141.24/cwt137.00–145.005274
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added405144.00/cwt144.00–144.005832
Heifers—Medium and Large 1423139.27/cwt134.00–144.0058914
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added473132.38/cwt128.50–134.0062625
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473129.24/cwt124.00–134.0061112
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added515126.54/cwt122.00–130.0065214
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523125.22/cwt120.00–130.0065510
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573120.20/cwt115.00–125.0068912
Heifers—Medium and Large 1623122.92/cwt118.00–127.507668
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added641127.50/cwt127.50–127.5081720
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added668121.30/cwt115.00–130.0081012
Heifers—Medium and Large 1673122.75/cwt115.00–130.008268
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added790100.00/cwt100.00–100.007901
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added811110.00/cwt110.00–110.008923
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added884104.00/cwt104.00–104.0091916
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added1,02280.00/cwt80.00–80.008182
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1373155.30/cwt150.00–160.0057910
Bulls—Medium and Large 1423141.21/cwt137.00–145.005974
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,24877.19/cwt73.00–80.0096310
Bulls——1,76085.87/cwt83.00–88.001,5118
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%67531.89/cwt28.00–35.0021520
Cows—Lean 85-90%80043.66/cwt41.00–46.0034916
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,02562.93/cwt60.00–65.0064518
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,02559.10/cwt55.00–62.0060616
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02552.93/cwt50.00–55.0054316
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27568.12/cwt66.00–70.008698
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-2858770.55/cwt600.00–900.006,61110
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,120966.74/cwt800.00–1,100.0010,82720
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-29001,086.11/cwt975.00–1,175.009,77536

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.