Sale reports / Mississippi / Tadlock Livestock Auction / 2022-02-14

Tadlock Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Forest, Mississippi · Mon, Feb 14
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2114
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,390 head
▲ 653 vs last sale 737▲ 1,390 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
208 head
▲ 136 vs last sale 72▲ 208 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
287 head
▲ 75 vs last sale 212▲ 287 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale: Feeder steers and heifers sold 3-10 higher, slaughter cows sold 2-4 higher, and slaughter bulls sold steady.

Weaned grouped feeder cattle are listed as M&L 1&2 Value Added. Full load of weaned steers 101 head @ 50,720lbs avj. 502lbs @ $208.40

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $185.60/cwt on 338 head.
Average price
$185.60
338 head · 525 lb average
Value per head Derived
$975
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$92
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$10.38/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+13.39
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2531188.611,002240
Medium and Large 1511178.2391098
One grade step is worth $10.38/cwt here — about $92 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 sale338 hd
185.60
—
MS average13 barns · 1,306 hd
172.21
+13.39
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—Low1,611108.601,74932
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,15088.861,02252
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,02579.1081116
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low90063.8657544

Every lot, as filed

45 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 1—573166.68/cwt162.00–171.0095516
HeifersMedium and Large 1—623144.66/cwt140.00–149.0090130
SteersMedium and Large 1—223215.51/cwt210.00–220.004814
SteersMedium and Large 1—623162.30/cwt161.00–163.501,01110
SteersMedium and Large 1—823133.60/cwt130.00–137.001,1004
SteersMedium and Large 1—373205.30/cwt200.00–210.007664
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—502208.40/cwt208.40–208.401,046101
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—633145.80/cwt141.00–148.5092311
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—454184.00/cwt184.00–184.0083521
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—631164.41/cwt163.50–164.751,03767
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—711150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,0674
SteersMedium and Large 1—423196.58/cwt190.00–202.5083216
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—441188.01/cwt180.00–197.5082922
SteersMedium and Large 1—323205.35/cwt200.00–210.006638
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—680156.00/cwt156.00–156.001,0612
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—550180.00/cwt180.00–180.0099018
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—659144.73/cwt138.00–149.0095418
HeifersMedium and Large 1—373162.65/cwt160.00–165.006074
BullsMedium and Large 1—423175.27/cwt170.00–180.007414
BullsMedium and Large 1—473167.62/cwt165.00–170.007934
BullsMedium and Large 1—523162.22/cwt157.00–167.008484
BullsMedium and Large 1—373190.30/cwt185.00–195.007104
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,02579.10/cwt75.00–82.0081116
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,35095.56/cwt90.00–100.001,29020
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,02584.68/cwt80.00–88.0086832
CowsLean 85-90%—67543.78/cwt41.00–46.002968
CowsLean 85-90%—80058.78/cwt54.00–63.0047012
CowsLean 85-90%—1,02573.10/cwt69.00–76.0074924
Bulls——1,248102.99/cwt97.00–107.001,28516
Bulls——1,973114.20/cwt108.00–118.002,25316
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2—7001,228.57/cwt1,000.00–1,400.008,60014
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1501,196.74/cwt1,050.00–1,300.0013,76324
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 1-2—933874.53/cwt700.00–1,000.008,1598
Cow-Calf PairsSmall and Medium 1-2—875959.29/cwt825.00–1,060.008,3946
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1501,330.43/cwt1,175.00–1,450.0015,30018
HeifersMedium and Large 1—473151.67/cwt148.00–155.0071710
HeifersMedium and Large 1—523152.61/cwt150.00–155.007988
SteersMedium and Large 1—673153.10/cwt150.00–156.001,0308
SteersMedium and Large 1—473180.24/cwt175.00–185.008538
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—497152.00/cwt152.00–152.007554
HeifersMedium and Large 1—673135.17/cwt130.00–140.009108
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—582148.50/cwt148.50–148.508644
HeifersMedium and Large 1—573152.60/cwt150.00–155.008746
SteersMedium and Large 1—523175.22/cwt170.00–180.0091620
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—243210.00/cwt210.00–210.005105

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.