Sale reports / Mississippi / Tadlock Livestock Auction / 2021-11-29

Tadlock Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Forest, Mississippi · Mon, Nov 29
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2114
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,198 head
▼ 336 vs last sale 1,534▲ 266 vs year ago 932 · +28.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
172 head
▼ 33 vs last sale 205▲ 3 vs year ago 169 · +1.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
271 head
▼ 137 vs last sale 408▼ 18 vs year ago 289 · −6.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Feeder steers and heifers sold 2-10 higher, and 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 $163.79/cwt on 141 head.
Average price
$163.79
141 head · 453 lb average
Value per head Derived
$741
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$19
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$4.05/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.24
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2439166.2673055
Medium and Large 1461162.2174886
One grade step is worth $4.05/cwt here — about −$19 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 sale141 hd
163.79
—
MS average7 barns · 712 hd
155.55
+8.24
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—High1,44980.501,16614
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,10855.7761818
CowsLean 85-90%Average86839.7634544

Every lot

42 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added319177.50/cwt177.50–177.505666
Steers—Medium and Large 1323175.35/cwt170.00–180.0056612
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added366177.52/cwt174.00–181.0065016
Steers—Medium and Large 1373177.71/cwt174.00–181.0066316
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added422173.63/cwt170.00–177.0073312
Steers—Medium and Large 1423173.69/cwt170.00–177.0073514
Steers—Medium and Large 1473158.14/cwt155.00–161.0074814
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added474157.14/cwt155.00–159.0074511
Steers—Medium and Large 1523150.22/cwt145.00–155.0078610
Steers—Medium and Large 1573142.46/cwt137.00–147.5081612
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added584144.47/cwt137.00–147.508447
Steers—Medium and Large 1623143.18/cwt138.00–148.008924
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added668138.50/cwt138.50–138.509253
Steers—Medium and Large 1673143.17/cwt138.00–148.009644
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added325155.00/cwt155.00–155.005042
Heifers—Medium and Large 1373155.30/cwt150.00–160.005796
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added409153.08/cwt149.00–157.0062610
Heifers—Medium and Large 1423151.32/cwt145.00–157.0064012
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added466138.50/cwt138.50–138.506455
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473137.62/cwt135.00–140.0065112
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added518137.86/cwt137.00–140.007147
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523137.61/cwt135.00–140.0072014
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573129.64/cwt126.00–133.007434
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added616131.00/cwt131.00–131.008073
Heifers—Medium and Large 1623132.14/cwt128.00–136.008234
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added650128.00/cwt128.00–128.008324
Heifers—Medium and Large 1673132.13/cwt128.00–136.008894
Heifers—Medium and Large 1723127.55/cwt126.00–129.009224
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1373170.30/cwt165.00–175.006356
Bulls—Medium and Large 1423156.58/cwt150.00–162.506628
Bulls—Medium and Large 1523140.22/cwt135.00–145.007336
Bulls—Medium and Large 1573132.60/cwt130.00–135.007604
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,24876.79/cwt72.00–80.0095810
Bulls——1,95089.77/cwt83.00–94.001,7514
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%67523.78/cwt21.00–26.0016112
Cows—Lean 85-90%80042.13/cwt40.00–44.0033712
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,02554.10/cwt50.00–57.0055512
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02547.93/cwt45.00–50.0049120
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27559.12/cwt57.00–61.007546
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1751,515.96/cwt1,200.00–1,750.0017,81312
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-2875914.29/cwt800.00–1,000.008,00012
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1261,184.64/cwt1,000.00–1,350.0013,33950

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.