Sale reports / Mississippi / Tadlock Livestock Auction / 2022-04-11

Tadlock Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Forest, Mississippi · Mon, Apr 11
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2114
Feeder Cattle receipts
839 head
▼ 181 vs last sale 1,020▼ 206 vs year ago 1,045 · −19.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
218 head
▼ 117 vs last sale 335▲ 11 vs year ago 207 · +5.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
255 head
▼ 61 vs last sale 316▼ 51 vs year ago 306 · −16.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale: Feeder steers sold 2.00-6.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold mixed. Slaughter cows sold 2.00-5.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold steady.

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 $143.72/cwt on 207 head.
Average price
$143.72
207 head · 500 lb average
Value per head Derived
$719
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$35
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$1.74/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.74
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2510144.7073891
Medium and Large 1492142.96703116
One grade step is worth $1.74/cwt here — about $35 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 sale207 hd
143.72
—
MS average13 barns · 974 hd
141.98
+1.74
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—Low1,459107.151,56324
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,10889.3399054
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,02581.8583916
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low88867.3359842

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
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—818110.00/cwt110.00–110.009003
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—390156.50/cwt156.50–156.5061015
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—464152.97/cwt146.00–154.7571021
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—524143.97/cwt140.00–147.0075415
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—332152.00/cwt152.00–152.005057
SteersMedium and Large 1—473171.43/cwt167.50–175.0081110
SteersMedium and Large 1—523171.93/cwt167.50–176.008998
SteersMedium and Large 1—773135.77/cwt135.00–136.501,05012
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—507176.00/cwt176.00–176.008926
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—490171.00/cwt171.00–171.008387
SteersMedium and Large 1—373180.57/cwt175.00–185.5067416
SteersMedium and Large 1—423178.48/cwt174.00–182.5075516
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—384181.24/cwt180.00–181.5069617
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—796136.50/cwt136.50–136.501,08710
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—630144.50/cwt144.50–144.509107
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—442176.97/cwt174.00–180.0078210
HeifersMedium and Large 1—673119.13/cwt115.00–123.008024
BullsMedium and Large 1—373170.30/cwt165.00–175.006356
BullsMedium and Large 1—323182.67/cwt180.00–185.005906
BullsMedium and Large 1—223192.75/cwt190.00–195.004306
BullsMedium and Large 1—473170.24/cwt165.00–175.008054
BullsMedium and Large 1—273175.41/cwt170.00–180.004796
CowsLean 85-90%—70052.68/cwt50.00–55.003698
CowsLean 85-90%—80064.78/cwt60.00–69.0051814
CowsLean 85-90%—1,02574.98/cwt70.00–78.5076920
Bulls——1,17580.05/cwt70.00–95.009414
Bulls——1,758118.48/cwt113.00–123.002,08310
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,02581.85/cwt76.00–86.0083916
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,02585.85/cwt80.00–90.0088036
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,27596.29/cwt91.00–101.001,22818
Bulls——1,273106.66/cwt100.00–110.001,35810
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy—7501,206.67/cwt950.00–1,500.009,05069
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 1-2—800693.75/cwt525.00–825.005,55014
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1681,081.16/cwt900.00–1,200.0012,62814
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed—9131,071.58/cwt825.00–1,275.009,78432
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—750114.00/cwt114.00–114.008557
HeifersMedium and Large 1—473148.68/cwt142.00–154.7570324
HeifersMedium and Large 1—373154.39/cwt152.00–156.5057616
BullsMedium and Large 1—423170.27/cwt165.00–175.007204
HeifersMedium and Large 1—423151.27/cwt146.00–156.0064024
HeifersMedium and Large 1—523142.45/cwt137.50–147.0074524
HeifersMedium and Large 1—623123.63/cwt120.00–127.0077012
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—443150.33/cwt150.00–151.0066618
HeifersMedium and Large 1—573127.94/cwt123.00–132.5073312
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—995110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,0955

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.