Sale reports / Mississippi / Tadlock Livestock Auction / 2022-06-13

Tadlock Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Forest, Mississippi · Mon, Jun 13
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2114
Feeder Cattle receipts
879 head
263 vs last sale 1,142 125 vs year ago 1,004 · 12.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
265 head
32 vs last sale 233 34 vs year ago 231 · +14.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
163 head
2 vs last sale 161 26 vs year ago 189 · 13.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale: Feeder steers sold steady. Feeder heifers sold steady to 7.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold steady. 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 $141.04/cwt on 79 head.
Average price
$141.04
79 head · 567 lb average
Value per head Derived
$800
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$7
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$9.11/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.66
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2544147.9680519thin
Medium and Large 1575138.8579860
One grade step is worth $9.11/cwt here — about $7 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 sale79 hd
141.04
MS average13 barns · 998 hd
140.38
+0.66
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
BullsLow1,39998.171,37324
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,13985.4697374
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,02579.6881710
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low88163.1455648

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 CowsAll Stages (1-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,021$96928
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,036$1,17514

Every lot, as filed

40 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
BullsMedium and Large 1673126.65/cwt122.00–131.008524
BullsMedium and Large 1523143.65/cwt140.00–147.007514
BullsMedium and Large 1423155.27/cwt150.00–160.006578
BullsMedium and Large 1473150.24/cwt145.00–155.0071110
BullsMedium and Large 1573137.70/cwt132.50–142.507894
BullsMedium and Large 1623129.14/cwt125.00–133.008054
HeifersMedium and Large 1473147.98/cwt143.00–152.507006
SteersMedium and Large 1473160.24/cwt155.00–165.007584
SteersMedium and Large 1523152.72/cwt147.50–157.507996
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added442152.50/cwt152.50–152.506742
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added700131.00/cwt131.00–131.009174
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added488150.95/cwt148.50–155.007378
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added545150.00/cwt150.00–150.008183
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added590152.00/cwt152.00–152.008973
HeifersMedium and Large 1823103.05/cwt101.00–105.008484
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added537150.62/cwt141.00–154.0080914
SteersMedium and Large 1373176.63/cwt170.00–182.506594
SteersMedium and Large 1423170.14/cwt162.50–177.007204
SteersMedium and Large 1623140.66/cwt136.00–145.008766
SteersMedium and Large 1573155.64/cwt152.00–159.0089210
HeifersMedium and Large 1573140.20/cwt135.00–145.008038
HeifersMedium and Large 1773121.12/cwt117.00–125.009364
HeifersMedium and Large 1523147.30/cwt140.00–154.0077010
HeifersMedium and Large 1423150.27/cwt145.00–155.0063612
HeifersMedium and Large 1623141.14/cwt137.00–145.008798
HeifersMedium and Large 1673127.43/cwt122.00–132.508588
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added646132.50/cwt132.50–132.508563
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1851,352.58/head1,200.00–1,475.001,3536
Cow-Calf PairsSmall and Medium 1-29251,041.22/head825.00–1,225.001,0418
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0881,025.17/head850.00–1,150.001,02520
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 1-2853829.33/head700.00–925.008298
Bulls1,15580.86/cwt71.00–88.009348
CowsBoner 80-85%1,02582.85/cwt77.00–87.0084946
CowsBoner 80-85%1,32589.74/cwt87.00–92.001,18928
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,02579.68/cwt75.00–83.0081710
CowsLean 85-90%67546.56/cwt41.00–51.0031412
Bulls1,313102.64/cwt96.00–107.001,3488
Bulls1,728111.00/cwt107.00–114.001,9188
CowsLean 85-90%1,02572.85/cwt67.00–77.0074724
CowsLean 85-90%80060.31/cwt55.00–65.0048212

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.