Sale reports / Mississippi / Tadlock Livestock Auction / 2021-06-14

Tadlock Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Forest, Mississippi · Mon, Jun 14
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2114
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,004 head
▲ 231 vs last sale 773▼ 16 vs year ago 1,020 · −1.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
231 head
▲ 41 vs last sale 190▲ 51 vs year ago 180 · +28.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
189 head
▲ 10 vs last sale 179▼ 39 vs year ago 228 · −17.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale: Feeder steers and heifers sold 4-8 higher, slaughter cows sold 2-5 higher, and slaughter bulls sold steady.

Grouped weaned feeder cattle are listed as M&L 1&2 Value Added.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $143.17/cwt on 232 head.
Average price
$143.17
232 head · 623 lb average
Value per head Derived
$892
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$14
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$1.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.11
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1625143.59898136
Medium and Large 1-2620142.5988496
One grade step is worth $1.00/cwt here — about $14 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 sale232 hd
143.17
—
MS average13 barns · 970 hd
140.06
+3.11
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—Low1,66298.011,62922
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,05275.1779147
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,20073.508827thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low91366.0560356

Every lot, as filed

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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,02575.51/cwt72.00–78.0077430
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,27579.88/cwt77.50–82.001,01810
CowsBoner 80-85%—85067.00/cwt67.00–67.005707
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,20073.50/cwt73.50–73.508827
CowsLean 85-90%—75060.00/cwt60.00–60.0045014
CowsLean 85-90%—96768.07/cwt66.00–71.0065842
HeifersMedium and Large 1—823111.11/cwt107.00–115.009144
HeifersMedium and Large 1—473137.93/cwt134.00–141.5065224
HeifersMedium and Large 1—573131.40/cwt127.50–135.0075320
SteersMedium and Large 1—823124.62/cwt120.00–129.001,02610
BullsMedium and Large 1—373169.92/cwt167.00–172.5063410
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 1-2—918819.21/cwt650.00–950.007,52014
HeifersMedium and Large 1—623126.25/cwt119.00–133.0078730
SteersMedium and Large 1—623142.85/cwt140.00–145.5089024
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—543153.00/cwt153.00–153.008314
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—561147.00/cwt147.00–147.008254
HeifersMedium and Large 1—723118.09/cwt115.00–121.008548
HeifersMedium and Large 1—673124.65/cwt120.00–129.008394
SteersMedium and Large 1—723138.61/cwt135.00–142.001,00224
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—445141.50/cwt141.50–141.506307
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—553133.75/cwt133.00–135.007408
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—632132.51/cwt132.00–133.0083712
SteersMedium and Large 1—473157.62/cwt155.00–160.0074614
HeifersMedium and Large 1—423143.95/cwt140.00–147.5060924
SteersMedium and Large 1—523151.93/cwt147.50–156.0079524
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—662134.00/cwt134.00–134.0088710
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—476140.80/cwt140.00–141.5067020
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—710135.00/cwt135.00–135.0095911
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—608143.89/cwt140.00–145.5087561
SteersMedium and Large 1—573146.64/cwt143.00–150.0084016
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1501,283.70/cwt1,100.00–1,425.0014,76324
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1751,158.51/cwt900.00–1,350.0013,61216
SteersMedium and Large 1—673138.65/cwt134.00–143.0093324
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—810129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,0452
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—491157.00/cwt157.00–157.007714
HeifersMedium and Large 1—523133.13/cwt130.00–136.0069624
Bulls——1,00082.00/cwt82.00–82.008203
Bulls——1,49592.50/cwt92.50–92.501,3833
Bulls——1,818102.05/cwt95.00–107.001,85516
BullsMedium and Large 1—423157.77/cwt152.50–162.506676
BullsMedium and Large 1—523143.56/cwt142.00–145.007516
BullsMedium and Large 1—573134.86/cwt132.00–137.507736

How this sale compares

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.