Sale reports / Mississippi / Tadlock Livestock Auction / 2022-05-09

Tadlock Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Forest, Mississippi · Mon, May 9
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2114
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,041 head
▲ 39 vs last sale 1,002▲ 507 vs year ago 534 · +94.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
83 head
▼ 92 vs last sale 175▼ 17 vs year ago 100 · −17.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
122 head
▼ 218 vs last sale 340▼ 86 vs year ago 208 · −41.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale: Feeder steers and heifers sold steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 4.00-5.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 2.00-3.00 lower.

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 $160.39/cwt on 185 head.
Average price
$160.39
185 head · 593 lb average
Value per head Derived
$951
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$107
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$16.08/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.53
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1506171.9587052
Medium and Large 1-2627155.87977133
One grade step is worth $16.08/cwt here — about −$107 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 sale185 hd
160.39
—
MS average13 barns · 826 hd
159.86
+0.53
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—Average1,547100.911,56116
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,02576.2278112
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,02569.6871412
CowsLean 85-90%Low96966.5264424

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—573141.60/cwt139.00–144.0081112
SteersMedium and Large 1—473180.67/cwt177.00–184.008556
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—491178.50/cwt178.50–178.5087611
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—612156.83/cwt150.00–160.5096022
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—416178.28/cwt169.00–185.5074212
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—438157.04/cwt155.00–157.5068824
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—564148.69/cwt139.00–151.508399
SteersMedium and Large 1—573160.20/cwt155.00–165.009184
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—554166.65/cwt145.00–172.0092326
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—831135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,1224
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—776138.82/cwt132.00–143.751,07729
SteersMedium and Large 1—623156.73/cwt150.00–163.009764
SteersMedium and Large 1—373185.30/cwt180.00–190.006914
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—734137.38/cwt130.00–146.001,00811
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—520164.00/cwt164.00–164.008537
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—687147.25/cwt147.25–147.251,01211
HeifersMedium and Large 1—423154.21/cwt150.00–158.0065210
HeifersMedium and Large 1—523150.22/cwt145.00–155.0078612
HeifersMedium and Large 1—473153.67/cwt150.00–157.0072716
BullsMedium and Large 1—473157.74/cwt152.50–162.507468
BullsMedium and Large 1—373175.30/cwt170.00–180.006544
BullsMedium and Large 1—423162.63/cwt160.00–165.006884
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—477154.00/cwt154.00–154.0073518
SteersMedium and Large 1—523176.52/cwt170.00–182.5092310
SteersMedium and Large 1—223194.49/cwt190.00–200.004342
SteersMedium and Large 1—423180.27/cwt175.00–185.0076314
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—691132.66/cwt125.50–134.7591713
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—612140.41/cwt135.50–148.0085910
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—800120.00/cwt120.00–120.0096012
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—524154.49/cwt153.50–155.0081010
SteersMedium and Large 1—673155.17/cwt150.00–160.001,0444
SteersMedium and Large 1—723137.41/cwt132.00–142.509934
HeifersMedium and Large 1—623136.14/cwt132.00–140.0084814
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed—8751,117.86/cwt1,050.00–1,175.009,78138
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,0501,164.29/cwt1,050.00–1,250.0012,2256
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed—1,000919.25/cwt900.00–935.009,19312
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,0351,057.97/cwt850.00–1,200.0010,95016
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed—800590.63/cwt450.00–700.004,72538
Bulls——1,483101.45/cwt97.00–105.001,5056
Bulls——1,858108.61/cwt105.00–112.002,0186
Bulls——1,17588.53/cwt83.00–93.001,0404
CowsLean 85-90%—80059.78/cwt55.00–64.004786
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,02576.22/cwt73.00–78.5078112
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,02569.68/cwt65.00–73.0071412
CowsLean 85-90%—1,02568.77/cwt63.50–72.5070518

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.