Sale reports / Mississippi / Tadlock Livestock Auction / 2022-02-07

Tadlock Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Forest, Mississippi · Mon, Feb 7
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2114
Feeder Cattle receipts
737 head
▼ 413 vs last sale 1,150▲ 201 vs year ago 536 · +37.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
72 head
▼ 146 vs last sale 218▲ 5 vs year ago 67 · +7.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
212 head
▼ 145 vs last sale 357▲ 72 vs year ago 140 · +51.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale: Feeder steers and heifers sold 2-7 higher, slaughter cows sold 2-5 higher, and slaughter bulls sold 4-7 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 $144.02/cwt on 145 head.
Average price
$144.02
145 head · 573 lb average
Value per head Derived
$825
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$25
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$2.26/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.86
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2577145.0883777
Medium and Large 1569142.8281268
One grade step is worth $2.26/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 sale145 hd
144.02
—
MS average13 barns · 1,078 hd
140.15
+3.86
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—High1,472107.321,57912
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,15086.4899422
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,02576.937896thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average92967.7162914

Every lot, as filed

41 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 1-2Value Added—428149.00/cwt149.00–149.006383
HeifersMedium and Large 1—673138.96/cwt132.50–145.0093510
SteersMedium and Large 1—473171.55/cwt165.00–177.5081110
SteersMedium and Large 1—523171.48/cwt166.00–176.5089710
HeifersMedium and Large 1—723123.61/cwt120.00–127.008944
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—619141.88/cwt140.00–144.0087813
BullsMedium and Large 1—423161.21/cwt157.00–165.006826
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—361200.00/cwt200.00–200.007223
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—519163.75/cwt163.75–163.7585010
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—784125.00/cwt125.00–125.009807
HeifersMedium and Large 1—573144.68/cwt140.00–149.0082920
HeifersMedium and Large 1—473148.14/cwt145.00–151.007014
SteersMedium and Large 1—223208.26/cwt200.00–215.004644
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—657161.88/cwt150.00–165.751,06444
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—361195.00/cwt195.00–195.007045
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—706154.34/cwt152.00–157.501,0907
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—701140.00/cwt140.00–140.009815
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—559171.16/cwt170.00–174.0095714
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—548166.00/cwt166.00–166.009103
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—765145.46/cwt136.50–152.501,11321
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—632158.00/cwt158.00–158.009992
SteersMedium and Large 1—323204.01/cwt200.00–207.506594
HeifersMedium and Large 1—623138.73/cwt132.00–145.0086410
SteersMedium and Large 1—273206.77/cwt200.00–212.505644
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—486169.13/cwt160.00–175.008225
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—527145.22/cwt142.00–147.0076511
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—558148.60/cwt148.00–149.0082919
HeifersMedium and Large 1—523145.13/cwt142.00–148.0075910
HeifersMedium and Large 1—423150.27/cwt145.00–155.0063610
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—674139.93/cwt132.50–145.0094318
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—385155.00/cwt155.00–155.005978
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1001,486.36/cwt1,250.00–1,650.0016,35050
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,0781,203.02/cwt1,000.00–1,350.0012,96922
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 1-2—858835.80/cwt700.00–900.007,17117
Bulls——1,695112.85/cwt107.00–117.501,9136
Bulls——1,248101.79/cwt97.00–105.001,2706
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,02581.30/cwt77.50–84.0083312
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,02576.93/cwt74.00–79.007896
CowsLean 85-90%—1,02570.51/cwt67.00–73.007238
CowsLean 85-90%—80063.98/cwt60.00–67.505126
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,30092.69/cwt90.00–95.001,20510

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.