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
BullsLow1,66298.011,62922
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 1823111.11/cwt107.00–115.009144
HeifersMedium and Large 1473137.93/cwt134.00–141.5065224
HeifersMedium and Large 1573131.40/cwt127.50–135.0075320
SteersMedium and Large 1823124.62/cwt120.00–129.001,02610
BullsMedium and Large 1373169.92/cwt167.00–172.5063410
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 1-2918819.21/cwt650.00–950.007,52014
HeifersMedium and Large 1623126.25/cwt119.00–133.0078730
SteersMedium and Large 1623142.85/cwt140.00–145.5089024
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added543153.00/cwt153.00–153.008314
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added561147.00/cwt147.00–147.008254
HeifersMedium and Large 1723118.09/cwt115.00–121.008548
HeifersMedium and Large 1673124.65/cwt120.00–129.008394
SteersMedium and Large 1723138.61/cwt135.00–142.001,00224
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added445141.50/cwt141.50–141.506307
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added553133.75/cwt133.00–135.007408
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added632132.51/cwt132.00–133.0083712
SteersMedium and Large 1473157.62/cwt155.00–160.0074614
HeifersMedium and Large 1423143.95/cwt140.00–147.5060924
SteersMedium and Large 1523151.93/cwt147.50–156.0079524
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added662134.00/cwt134.00–134.0088710
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added476140.80/cwt140.00–141.5067020
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added710135.00/cwt135.00–135.0095911
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added608143.89/cwt140.00–145.5087561
SteersMedium and Large 1573146.64/cwt143.00–150.0084016
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1501,283.70/cwt1,100.00–1,425.0014,76324
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1751,158.51/cwt900.00–1,350.0013,61216
SteersMedium and Large 1673138.65/cwt134.00–143.0093324
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added810129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,0452
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added491157.00/cwt157.00–157.007714
HeifersMedium and Large 1523133.13/cwt130.00–136.0069624
Bulls1,00082.00/cwt82.00–82.008203
Bulls1,49592.50/cwt92.50–92.501,3833
Bulls1,818102.05/cwt95.00–107.001,85516
BullsMedium and Large 1423157.77/cwt152.50–162.506676
BullsMedium and Large 1523143.56/cwt142.00–145.007516
BullsMedium and Large 1573134.86/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.