Sale reports / Mississippi / Tadlock Livestock Auction / 2021-07-26

Tadlock Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Forest, Mississippi · Mon, Jul 26
● Final55 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2114
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,261 head
274 vs last sale 987 337 vs year ago 924 · +36.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
242 head
58 vs last sale 184 61 vs year ago 181 · +33.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
84 head
105 vs last sale 189 103 vs year ago 187 · 55.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers were steady. Slaughter cows were 3-7 lower. Slaughter bulls were steady. Feeder cattle sold in groups are reported in Medium & Large 1-2.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $151.58/cwt on 182 head.
Average price
$151.58
182 head · 590 lb average
Value per head Derived
$895
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$138
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$7.96/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.11
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1508157.0579857
Medium and Large 1-2628149.09936125
One grade step is worth $7.96/cwt here — about −$138 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 sale182 hd
151.58
MS average13 barns · 1,222 hd
151.47
+0.11
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
BullsAverage1,50889.331,34720
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,10967.6075087
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,35564.9588058
CowsLean 85-90%High95851.4349369

Every lot, as filed

55 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1581128.23/cwt123.00–131.007458
SteersMedium and Large 1-2710144.50/cwt144.50–144.501,0265
HeifersMedium and Large 1374140.84/cwt135.00–145.005279
HeifersMedium and Large 1324151.78/cwt145.00–160.004927
HeifersMedium and Large 1524133.03/cwt131.00–137.006975
SteersMedium and Large 1-2818127.02/cwt124.00–128.501,0396
SteersMedium and Large 1417165.24/cwt155.00–170.006899
BullsMedium and Large 1-2520138.39/cwt132.00–147.007205
SteersMedium and Large 1683142.70/cwt139.00–148.009757
SteersMedium and Large 1880125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,1001
HeifersMedium and Large 1720116.00/cwt116.00–116.008351
SteersMedium and Large 1484155.33/cwt148.00–160.007529
HeifersMedium and Large 1419140.30/cwt133.00–146.0058815
SteersMedium and Large 1368172.89/cwt165.00–180.006369
Heifer PairsMedium and Large 19881,133.14/cwt1,125.00–1,150.0011,1953
SteersMedium and Large 1713135.48/cwt131.00–140.009662
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,014769.34/cwt635.00–950.007,80121
SteersMedium and Large 1620145.97/cwt141.00–149.009054
HeifersMedium and Large 1295162.00/cwt162.00–162.004781
SteersMedium and Large 1579145.51/cwt139.00–149.008436
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 18401,100.00/cwt1,100.00–1,100.009,2401
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,37471.41/cwt70.00–72.009814
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,35065.48/cwt59.00–69.0088448
CowsBoner 80-85%1,06965.72/cwt60.00–70.0070363
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21572.52/cwt69.00–75.0088124
CowsLean 85-90%97557.84/cwt57.00–59.0056419
Bulls1,57890.96/cwt85.00–97.001,43512
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,37856.36/cwt54.00–58.007776
Bulls1,16079.41/cwt75.00–83.009215
Bulls1,81099.34/cwt99.00–100.001,7983
CowsLean 85-90%96851.11/cwt45.00–56.0049542
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2494133.00/cwt133.00–133.0065717
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1924831.41/cwt600.00–950.007,68219
BullsMedium and Large 11,5001,711.33/cwt1,500.00–1,900.0025,6702
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy8851,160.10/cwt1,000.00–1,400.0010,2674
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,2231,202.18/cwt1,100.00–1,250.0014,7033
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1975900.00/cwt900.00–900.008,7752
SteersMedium and Large 1-2485157.50/cwt157.50–157.507644
CowsLean 85-90%86337.90/cwt35.00–42.003278
BullsMedium and Large 1-2681119.38/cwt114.00–130.008136
BullsMedium and Large 1-2830107.00/cwt107.00–107.008882
BullsMedium and Large 1-2485139.50/cwt137.00–142.006772
SteersMedium and Large 1-2655146.00/cwt146.00–146.009566
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2571134.34/cwt130.00–136.5076755
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,305975.00/cwt975.00–975.0012,7241
SteersMedium and Large 1-2641148.83/cwt146.00–151.5095475
HeifersMedium and Large 1472136.84/cwt130.00–143.006468
HeifersMedium and Large 1603123.74/cwt120.00–128.007464
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2513133.00/cwt133.00–133.006828
BullsMedium and Large 1-2577132.57/cwt125.00–138.007655
SteersMedium and Large 1-2554154.58/cwt151.00–155.0085629
BullsMedium and Large 1-2626130.26/cwt120.00–135.008154
SteersMedium and Large 1522151.67/cwt147.00–157.007926
SteersMedium and Large 1340187.18/cwt185.00–192.006364
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2431142.00/cwt142.00–142.006125

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.