Sale reports / Mississippi / Tadlock Livestock Auction / 2021-10-11

Tadlock Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Forest, Mississippi · Mon, Oct 11
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2114
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,452 head
▲ 302 vs last sale 1,150▲ 317 vs year ago 1,135 · +27.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
132 head
▼ 7 vs last sale 139▼ 49 vs year ago 181 · −27.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
244 head
▼ 7 vs last sale 251▲ 83 vs year ago 161 · +51.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale: Feeder steers and heifers sold 3.00-5.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 2.00-4.00 higher. 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 $144.05/cwt on 199 head.
Average price
$144.05
199 head · 561 lb average
Value per head Derived
$808
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$25
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$2.17/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.34
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2551144.92798119
Medium and Large 1577142.7582380
One grade step is worth $2.17/cwt here — about −$25 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 sale199 hd
144.05
—
MS average13 barns · 1,036 hd
144.39
−0.34
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—High1,57281.031,27324
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,12160.1067426
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,02557.305876thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low94546.8044228

Every lot, as filed

39 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—375155.27/cwt150.00–160.005828
BullsMedium and Large 1—473138.93/cwt135.00–142.506578
BullsMedium and Large 1—423153.95/cwt150.00–157.506518
HeifersMedium and Large 1—623132.89/cwt129.00–136.5082810
HeifersMedium and Large 1—673128.13/cwt124.00–132.008624
HeifersMedium and Large 1—423135.92/cwt132.50–139.005754
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—532150.01/cwt149.00–152.0079812
SteersMedium and Large 1—823113.08/cwt110.00–116.009316
SteersMedium and Large 1—623139.18/cwt134.00–144.0086710
SteersMedium and Large 1—373171.71/cwt168.00–175.006406
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—438152.00/cwt152.00–152.006663
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—605136.50/cwt136.50–136.5082620
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—462133.17/cwt130.00–138.0061540
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—617146.75/cwt146.75–146.7590518
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—566140.59/cwt139.00–143.5079632
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—469150.30/cwt144.00–159.0070537
SteersMedium and Large 1—573137.50/cwt131.00–143.5078816
HeifersMedium and Large 1—373137.65/cwt135.00–140.005134
HeifersMedium and Large 1—523129.22/cwt124.00–134.0067610
SteersMedium and Large 1—473151.86/cwt144.00–159.0071810
SteersMedium and Large 1—523147.22/cwt142.00–152.0077010
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—663134.58/cwt134.00–136.5089217
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—527130.55/cwt127.50–134.0068817
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—585131.00/cwt131.00–131.007662
HeifersMedium and Large 1—573128.20/cwt123.00–133.0073510
SteersMedium and Large 1—423170.27/cwt165.00–175.007206
SteersMedium and Large 1—723128.16/cwt123.00–133.009276
SteersMedium and Large 1—673133.84/cwt131.00–136.5090110
HeifersMedium and Large 1—473134.19/cwt130.00–138.0063510
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,075959.88/cwt800.00–1,075.0010,31922
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 1-2—938757.67/cwt600.00–875.007,10710
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Registered—1,0432,401.20/cwt2,000.00–2,700.0025,04518
Bulls——1,89588.04/cwt82.00–92.001,66812
Bulls——1,24874.01/cwt70.00–80.0092412
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,02558.51/cwt55.00–61.0060016
CowsLean 85-90%—80042.66/cwt40.00–45.0034110
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,27562.65/cwt60.00–65.0079910
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,02557.30/cwt53.50–60.005876
CowsLean 85-90%—1,02549.10/cwt45.00–52.0050318

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.