Sale reports / Mississippi / Tadlock Livestock Auction / 2021-09-27

Tadlock Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Forest, Mississippi · Mon, Sep 27
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2114
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,758 head
▲ 296 vs last sale 1,462▲ 268 vs year ago 1,490 · +18.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
194 head
▼ 21 vs last sale 215▼ 16 vs year ago 210 · −7.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
189 head
▼ 2 vs last sale 191▼ 23 vs year ago 212 · −10.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale: Feeder steers and heifers sold 2-8 lower, slaughter cows sold 7-10 lower, and slaughter bulls sold steady.

Weaned grouped 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 $140.29/cwt on 98 head.
Average price
$140.29
98 head · 565 lb average
Value per head Derived
$792
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$4
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$4.42/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.45
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2553142.9079040
Medium and Large 1573138.4879358
One grade step is worth $4.42/cwt here — about −$4 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 sale98 hd
140.29
—
MS average13 barns · 1,062 hd
139.84
+0.45
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—Low1,51285.371,29016
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,09659.1264856
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,02555.515698thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average97350.9149552

Every lot, as filed

37 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
BullsMedium and Large 1—623113.66/cwt109.00–118.0070810
BullsMedium and Large 1—373140.30/cwt135.00–145.005234
BullsMedium and Large 1—523118.13/cwt115.00–121.006184
BullsMedium and Large 1—473129.71/cwt125.00–134.006146
BullsMedium and Large 1—573117.60/cwt115.00–120.006748
HeifersMedium and Large 1—473119.76/cwt114.00–125.005666
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—452159.00/cwt159.00–159.007192
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—650125.00/cwt125.00–125.008135
SteersMedium and Large 1—673126.65/cwt122.00–131.008528
SteersMedium and Large 1—623131.66/cwt127.00–136.0082010
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—783121.00/cwt121.00–121.009473
SteersMedium and Large 1—323173.60/cwt172.00–175.005614
SteersMedium and Large 1—473160.83/cwt159.00–162.507614
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—569132.50/cwt132.50–132.507546
SteersMedium and Large 1—423163.95/cwt160.00–167.506944
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—508150.63/cwt137.00–152.5076524
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—424127.37/cwt127.00–127.5054020
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—450140.00/cwt140.00–140.006303
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—791114.00/cwt114.00–114.0090214
SteersMedium and Large 1—723120.64/cwt116.00–125.008728
SteersMedium and Large 1—523143.22/cwt138.00–148.0074910
SteersMedium and Large 1—573131.12/cwt128.00–134.0075110
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—673127.80/cwt127.00–129.008605
HeifersMedium and Large 1—623119.66/cwt115.00–124.007458
HeifersMedium and Large 1—423129.79/cwt124.00–135.0054910
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—511124.68/cwt123.50–127.0063721
HeifersMedium and Large 1—523123.65/cwt120.00–127.0064710
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 1-2—865824.28/cwt660.00–950.007,1308
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1301,038.66/cwt875.00–1,150.0011,73716
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1751,243.62/cwt1,100.00–1,350.0014,61310
Bulls——1,24881.19/cwt77.00–84.001,0138
CowsLean 85-90%—1,02553.22/cwt50.00–55.5054640
Bulls——1,77589.54/cwt85.50–92.501,5898
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,02558.51/cwt55.00–61.0060040
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,27560.65/cwt58.00–63.0077316
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,02555.51/cwt52.00–58.005698
CowsLean 85-90%—80043.19/cwt40.00–46.0034612

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.