Sale reports / Mississippi / Tadlock Livestock Auction / 2021-07-12

Tadlock Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Forest, Mississippi · Mon, Jul 12
● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2114
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,309 head
211 vs last sale 1,520 506 vs year ago 803 · +63.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
218 head
27 vs last sale 191 87 vs year ago 131 · +66.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
162 head
64 vs last sale 98 8 vs year ago 154 · +5.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Feeder steers and heifers sold 2-7 higher, and slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold 2-5 higher. Weaned grouped feeder cattle are listed as M&L 1&2 Value Added.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $134.37/cwt on 197 head.
Average price
$134.37
197 head · 566 lb average
Value per head Derived
$760
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$72
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$3.39/cwt at this weight
vs the market
0.38
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1536135.83729112
Medium and Large 1-2605132.4480185
One grade step is worth $3.39/cwt here — about −$72 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 sale197 hd
134.37
MS average7 barns · 725 hd
134.75
−0.38
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
BullsLow1,54295.711,47630
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,06473.5278338
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,02570.1071920
CowsLean 85-90%Average94663.4960034

Every lot, as filed

51 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
SteersMedium and Large 1473158.57/cwt157.00–160.007506
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added578151.00/cwt151.00–151.008735
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added795124.00/cwt124.00–124.009863
HeifersMedium and Large 1323144.67/cwt142.00–147.004676
HeifersMedium and Large 1523138.69/cwt134.00–143.0072520
SteersMedium and Large 1373172.57/cwt167.00–177.506448
HeifersMedium and Large 1573134.86/cwt132.00–137.5077320
SteersMedium and Large 1423165.27/cwt160.00–170.0069912
HeifersMedium and Large 1423136.79/cwt131.00–142.0057910
HeifersMedium and Large 1623136.63/cwt133.00–140.0085112
Cow-Calf PairsSmall and Medium 1-29751,097.44/cwt950.00–1,200.0010,7006
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 1-2908831.75/cwt650.00–975.007,55210
SteersMedium and Large 1673137.13/cwt133.00–141.0092320
SteersMedium and Large 1523156.78/cwt150.00–163.0082020
HeifersMedium and Large 1373144.65/cwt142.00–147.005406
SteersMedium and Large 1723128.12/cwt124.00–132.009266
SteersMedium and Large 1573146.68/cwt142.00–151.008406
BullsMedium and Large 1573130.20/cwt125.00–135.007466
HeifersMedium and Large 1673127.03/cwt126.00–128.008554
CowsLean 85-90%1,02566.93/cwt64.00–69.0068622
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,02570.10/cwt66.00–73.0071920
CowsBoner 80-85%1,27576.65/cwt74.00–79.009776
CowsBoner 80-85%1,02572.93/cwt70.00–75.0074832
Bulls1,24889.19/cwt82.00–94.001,11314
Bulls1,800101.42/cwt95.00–106.001,82616
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added682140.67/cwt140.00–144.0095938
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added519136.75/cwt135.00–137.0071024
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added629135.25/cwt133.00–140.008519
BullsMedium and Large 1323170.35/cwt165.00–175.005506
BullsMedium and Large 1523137.09/cwt135.00–139.007174
BullsMedium and Large 1473137.62/cwt135.00–140.006514
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added635143.61/cwt140.00–147.0091211
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added665128.00/cwt128.00–128.008512
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added524155.65/cwt152.00–163.0081611
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1601,034.91/cwt850.00–1,175.0012,00520
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,2001,365.63/cwt1,225.00–1,475.0016,38812
CowsLean 85-90%80057.19/cwt54.00–60.0045812
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added402170.00/cwt170.00–170.006837
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added438143.00/cwt143.00–143.006263
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added585135.83/cwt135.50–137.5079517
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added737120.00/cwt120.00–120.0088411
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added1,07694.50/cwt94.50–94.501,0173
BullsMedium and Large 1373165.30/cwt160.00–170.006176
HeifersMedium and Large 1473138.71/cwt134.00–143.0065620
HeifersMedium and Large 1723122.58/cwt120.00–125.0088614
SteersMedium and Large 1623143.63/cwt140.00–147.0089512
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added913114.00/cwt114.00–114.001,0413
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added750125.00/cwt125.00–125.009382
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added465142.59/cwt142.50–143.0066311
SteersMedium and Large 1323178.60/cwt177.00–180.005774
SteersMedium and Large 1273182.71/cwt180.00–185.004994

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.