Sale reports / Mississippi / Tadlock Livestock Auction / 2022-05-30

Tadlock Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Forest, Mississippi · Mon, May 30
● Final61 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2114
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,062 head
52 vs last sale 1,114 148 vs year ago 1,210 · 12.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
188 head
20 vs last sale 208 110 vs year ago 298 · 36.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
143 head
25 vs last sale 118 251 vs year ago 394 · 63.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers were 1-2 lower, value added steers were 4-6 higher. Feeder heifers were steady. Slaughter cows and bulls were steady. Feeder steers and heifers are reported in Medium & Large 1-2.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $162.25/cwt on 86 head.
Average price
$162.25
86 head · 504 lb average
Value per head Derived
$817
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$89
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$0.52/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.32
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2533162.5486738
Medium and Large 1480162.0277848
One grade step is worth $0.52/cwt here — about $89 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 sale86 hd
162.25
MS average12 barns · 1,104 hd
153.93
+8.32
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
BullsLow1,55799.421,54819
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,08274.5480775
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,36474.361,01431
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low93054.9851156

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,008$1,0682thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)965$1,0005
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)940$9443thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,077$9415
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,149$9365
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)987$83310
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)975$5501thin
Bred Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)(<2 yrs)790$1,2001thin
Bred Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)905$1,1001thin
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)(<2 yrs)855$8751thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,087$1,4256
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,046$1,07810
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,050$7252thin
Heifer PairsOpen(<2 yrs)670$1,1006
Stock CowsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)812$7366

Every lot, as filed

61 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 1418144.85/cwt142.00–150.0060510
HeifersMedium and Large 1469143.73/cwt135.00–147.006749
HeifersMedium and Large 1583136.92/cwt130.00–142.007985
HeifersMedium and Large 1363143.14/cwt140.00–147.005207
SteersMedium and Large 1486161.46/cwt155.00–170.007858
HeifersMedium and Large 1618130.96/cwt125.00–135.008098
SteersMedium and Large 1338176.49/cwt170.00–182.005974
SteersMedium and Large 1628152.31/cwt146.00–156.009573
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added722134.48/cwt133.00–136.009714
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added528139.57/cwt135.00–142.0073718
SteersMedium and Large 1810130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,0531
HeifersMedium and Large 1538137.38/cwt135.00–142.007395
SteersMedium and Large 1780138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,0761
SteersMedium and Large 1725138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,0011
SteersMedium and Large 1660142.00/cwt142.00–142.009371
SteersMedium and Large 1422164.54/cwt160.00–174.0069410
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added577158.40/cwt154.50–169.0091415
SteersMedium and Large 1522155.78/cwt150.00–165.008137
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added413169.00/cwt169.00–169.006984
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added655145.00/cwt145.00–145.009503
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added514165.45/cwt162.50–170.0085010
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added475172.50/cwt172.50–172.508196
SteersMedium and Large 1374174.97/cwt165.00–180.006549
SteersMedium and Large 1568154.63/cwt149.00–160.008783
HeifersMedium and Large 1668124.94/cwt122.00–128.008352
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added558137.00/cwt137.00–137.007643
BullsMedium and Large 1-2600130.00/cwt130.00–130.007801
BullsMedium and Large 1-2550130.00/cwt130.00–130.007151
BullsMedium and Large 1-2480151.33/cwt150.00–152.007263
BullsMedium and Large 1-2675122.00/cwt122.00–122.008241
CowsLean 85-90%79131.78/cwt25.00–37.002519
CowsLean 85-90%80944.91/cwt40.00–50.0036310
CowsLean 85-90%1,04166.27/cwt65.00–68.0069022
CowsLean 85-90%93159.06/cwt53.00–64.0055015
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,36074.10/cwt68.00–79.001,00822
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,36562.32/cwt61.00–65.008513
CowsBoner 80-85%1,11180.59/cwt79.00–82.008957
CowsBoner 80-85%1,07973.92/cwt68.00–78.0079868
Bulls1,36088.50/cwt80.00–96.001,2046
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,37781.31/cwt80.00–83.001,1206
Bulls1,664103.10/cwt97.00–108.001,71611
Bulls1,563111.91/cwt110.00–114.001,7492
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,084876.78/head750.00–935.008774
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,011869.60/head675.00–975.008709
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-29651,000.03/head900.00–1,075.001,0005
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0081,068.36/head975.00–1,150.001,0682
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-2855875.00/head875.00–875.008751
Heifer PairsSmall and Medium 1-26701,100.00/head1,100.00–1,100.001,1006
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-29051,100.00/head1,100.00–1,100.001,1001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2975550.00/head550.00–550.005501
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1841,019.48/head950.00–1,075.001,0194
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 1-21,010600.00/head600.00–600.006001
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2812735.80/head720.00–750.007366
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 1-2775500.00/head500.00–500.005001
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-27901,200.00/head1,200.00–1,200.001,2001
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0871,425.00/head1,425.00–1,425.001,4256
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0601,100.00/head1,100.00–1,100.001,1002
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0431,072.21/head1,000.00–1,125.001,0728
Cow-Calf PairsSmall and Medium 1-21,050725.00/head725.00–725.007252
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2940944.19/head850.00–1,050.009443
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy1,0501,200.00/head1,200.00–1,200.001,2001

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.