Sale reports / Mississippi / Tadlock Livestock Auction / 2022-06-06

Tadlock Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Forest, Mississippi · Mon, Jun 6
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2114
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,142 head
80 vs last sale 1,062 369 vs year ago 773 · +47.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
233 head
45 vs last sale 188 43 vs year ago 190 · +22.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
161 head
18 vs last sale 143 18 vs year ago 179 · 10.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale: Feeder steers sold 5-13 higher, feeder heifers sold 3-13 higher, slaughter cows sold 2-9 higher, and slaughter bulls sold 2-3 higher.

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 $164.18/cwt on 246 head.
Average price
$164.18
246 head · 541 lb average
Value per head Derived
$888
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$103
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$2.02/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.72
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1492165.6081672
Medium and Large 1-2561163.59918174
One grade step is worth $2.02/cwt here — about −$103 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 sale246 hd
164.18
MS average13 barns · 1,275 hd
155.46
+8.72
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
BullsHigh1,385101.631,40830
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,09484.0692072
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,02581.7283814
CowsLean 85-90%Average91566.7661144

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
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,071$1,22810

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 1323182.62/cwt177.00–187.505906
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added790115.00/cwt115.00–115.009095
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added385146.59/cwt145.00–148.0056419
SteersMedium and Large 1473166.52/cwt155.00–177.0078812
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added890120.50/cwt120.50–120.501,0725
SteersMedium and Large 1623147.59/cwt145.00–150.0091910
SteersMedium and Large 1373182.57/cwt177.00–187.506816
SteersMedium and Large 1573158.83/cwt150.00–167.009106
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added835127.51/cwt127.00–128.001,0658
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added531172.15/cwt157.50–173.75914102
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added426179.14/cwt177.00–180.0076314
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added643145.67/cwt145.00–150.5093723
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added381181.00/cwt181.00–181.006904
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added714145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,0355
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added593145.00/cwt145.00–145.008604
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added460155.00/cwt155.00–155.007139
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added533148.48/cwt140.00–150.5079175
HeifersMedium and Large 1573134.16/cwt130.00–138.0076912
HeifersMedium and Large 1423148.03/cwt142.50–153.006268
BullsMedium and Large 1473161.57/cwt160.00–163.0076418
BullsMedium and Large 1523149.43/cwt145.00–153.5078212
BullsMedium and Large 1423173.95/cwt170.00–177.507364
SteersMedium and Large 1423176.69/cwt173.00–180.0074714
SteersMedium and Large 1523163.78/cwt157.00–170.0085714
SteersMedium and Large 1673134.65/cwt130.00–139.009064
HeifersMedium and Large 1623134.14/cwt130.00–138.008366
HeifersMedium and Large 1473147.07/cwt140.00–153.5069612
HeifersMedium and Large 1373144.24/cwt140.00–148.0053814
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added682139.43/cwt131.00–141.0095113
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added586134.04/cwt132.00–138.007859
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added457153.18/cwt148.00–153.5070037
HeifersMedium and Large 1863103.55/cwt100.00–107.008942
HeifersMedium and Large 1673136.17/cwt131.00–141.0091612
HeifersMedium and Large 1523145.48/cwt140.00–150.5076120
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1781,407.64/head1,250.00–1,525.001,4086
Cow-Calf PairsSmall and Medium 1-2910959.62/head825.00–1,075.009604
Bulls1,688111.97/cwt107.00–116.501,89010
Bulls1,413103.72/cwt98.00–107.501,46610
Bulls1,05589.20/cwt83.50–94.0094110
CowsLean 85-90%1,02572.27/cwt67.00–76.0074126
CowsLean 85-90%80063.72/cwt60.00–67.0051010
CowsLean 85-90%70052.63/cwt47.00–57.503688
CowsBoner 80-85%1,27590.24/cwt86.00–94.001,15120
CowsBoner 80-85%1,02581.68/cwt77.00–85.0083752
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,02581.72/cwt78.50–84.0083814

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.