Sale reports / Mississippi / Tadlock Livestock Auction / 2021-11-08

Tadlock Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Forest, Mississippi · Mon, Nov 8
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2114
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,470 head
▲ 27 vs last sale 1,443▲ 273 vs year ago 1,197 · +22.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
185 head
▲ 23 vs last sale 162▼ 1 vs year ago 186 · −0.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
181 head
▲ 16 vs last sale 165▼ 21 vs year ago 202 · −10.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale: Feeder steers and heifers sold steady. 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

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $145.09/cwt on 109 head.
Average price
$145.09
109 head · 542 lb average
Value per head Derived
$786
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$58
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$0.42/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 1-2521145.3175754
Medium and Large 1562144.8881555
One grade step is worth $0.42/cwt here — about −$58 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 sale109 hd
145.09
—
MS average13 barns · 945 hd
146.55
−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—Low1,58884.581,34324
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,13263.4771928
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,02558.8060314
CowsLean 85-90%Low89546.8642044

Every lot

41 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 1-2Value Added426157.20/cwt153.00–160.0067013
Steers—Medium and Large 1432167.36/cwt160.00–170.007237
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added461148.00/cwt148.00–148.006829
Steers—Medium and Large 1473152.19/cwt148.00–156.0072010
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added519154.65/cwt152.00–157.008038
Steers—Medium and Large 1523151.26/cwt145.00–157.0079110
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added565135.49/cwt134.00–138.0076616
Steers—Medium and Large 1573139.72/cwt134.00–145.0080110
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added613136.66/cwt135.00–140.008386
Steers—Medium and Large 1623135.66/cwt131.00–140.0084510
Steers—Medium and Large 1723126.09/cwt123.00–129.009124
Steers—Medium and Large 1773126.09/cwt123.00–129.009754
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added787123.00/cwt123.00–123.009682
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1423139.21/cwt135.00–143.0058910
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added438135.84/cwt129.00–143.005958
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473132.24/cwt127.00–137.0062510
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added480135.00/cwt135.00–135.006487
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523125.22/cwt120.00–130.0065510
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added530125.00/cwt125.00–125.006636
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573122.20/cwt117.00–127.0070010
Heifers—Medium and Large 1623112.70/cwt107.00–118.0070210
Heifers—Medium and Large 1673109.17/cwt104.00–114.0073510
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added768110.00/cwt110.00–110.008453
Heifers—Medium and Large 1773105.15/cwt100.00–110.008138
Heifers—Medium and Large 1873102.56/cwt100.00–105.008958
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added886103.00/cwt103.00–103.009134
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1373162.80/cwt157.50–167.506074
Bulls—Medium and Large 1423143.95/cwt140.00–147.506094
Bulls—Medium and Large 1623111.70/cwt106.00–117.0069610
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,34877.99/cwt73.00–82.001,05112
Bulls——1,82891.17/cwt86.00–95.001,66712
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%67530.44/cwt26.00–34.002056
Cows—Lean 85-90%80044.66/cwt42.00–47.0035716
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,02560.34/cwt58.00–62.0061816
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,02558.80/cwt55.00–61.5060314
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02552.93/cwt50.00–55.0054322
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27567.65/cwt65.00–70.0086312
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-29631,118.18/cwt1,025.00–1,200.0010,76814
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-2873781.52/cwt650.00–875.006,82314
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0831,052.77/cwt825.00–1,200.0011,40130
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1251,127.78/cwt975.00–1,250.0012,6888

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.