Sale reports / Mississippi / Tadlock Livestock Auction / 2022-07-11

Tadlock Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Forest, Mississippi · Mon, Jul 11
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2114
Feeder Cattle receipts
966 head
▼ 115 vs last sale 1,081▼ 343 vs year ago 1,309 · −26.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
430 head
▼ 175 vs last sale 605▲ 212 vs year ago 218 · +97.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
202 head
▲ 127 vs last sale 75▲ 40 vs year ago 162 · +24.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Feeder steers sold steady to 8 higher, feeder heifers sold steady, slaughter cows sold 4-7 lower, and slaughter bulls sold 5 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 $167.88/cwt on 174 head.
Average price
$167.88
174 head · 507 lb average
Value per head Derived
$851
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$31
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$4.61/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.69
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2509170.2386785
Medium and Large 1505165.6383689
One grade step is worth $4.61/cwt here — about $31 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 sale174 hd
167.88
—
MS average7 barns · 553 hd
160.18
+7.69
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—High1,465103.141,51127
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,07582.5788870
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,02578.1580124
CowsLean 85-90%Low84764.8054991

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)1,071$1,02119
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)780$7504thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,087$1,25315

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 1—573151.76/cwt145.00–158.0087012
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—500138.00/cwt138.00–138.006908
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—880120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,0565
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—560142.00/cwt142.00–142.007954
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—497178.00/cwt178.00–178.0088531
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—402176.00/cwt176.00–176.0070810
SteersMedium and Large 1—673149.68/cwt144.00–155.001,0076
SteersMedium and Large 1—523162.82/cwt155.00–170.0085224
SteersMedium and Large 1—420172.89/cwt170.00–176.0072611
SteersMedium and Large 1—323188.02/cwt180.00–195.006076
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—665155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,0313
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—515165.81/cwt155.00–174.5085433
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—640155.00/cwt155.00–155.009923
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—586158.00/cwt158.00–158.009265
SteersMedium and Large 1—473171.81/cwt165.00–178.008138
SteersMedium and Large 1—623158.89/cwt155.00–162.509906
HeifersMedium and Large 1—618127.92/cwt125.00–132.0079110
HeifersMedium and Large 1—473141.71/cwt137.00–146.006704
BullsMedium and Large 1—473150.24/cwt145.00–155.007118
BullsMedium and Large 1—373172.80/cwt167.50–177.506458
BullsMedium and Large 1—673133.44/cwt127.50–139.008984
BullsMedium and Large 1—523137.61/cwt135.00–140.007204
SteersMedium and Large 1—373182.95/cwt175.00–190.0068212
SteersMedium and Large 1—723140.16/cwt135.00–145.001,0134
HeifersMedium and Large 1—573136.24/cwt130.00–142.0078116
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—938117.50/cwt117.50–117.501,1029
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—262142.00/cwt142.00–142.0037210
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—438142.20/cwt138.00–142.5062329
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—480146.00/cwt146.00–146.007012
HeifersMedium and Large 1—373147.95/cwt140.00–155.0055216
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—619128.40/cwt125.00–132.007954
HeifersMedium and Large 1—423138.95/cwt135.00–142.5058812
HeifersMedium and Large 1—523134.69/cwt130.00–139.0070416
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,0871,253.37/head1,100.00–1,350.001,25315
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,0711,021.13/head800.00–1,200.001,02119
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 1-2—780750.48/head625.00–850.007504
Bulls——1,800113.49/cwt109.00–117.002,0438
Bulls——1,355102.31/cwt97.00–106.001,38612
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,02581.68/cwt77.00–85.0083756
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,27586.12/cwt84.00–88.001,09814
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,02578.15/cwt72.00–82.5080124
Bulls——1,27292.75/cwt88.00–95.001,1807
CowsLean 85-90%—80164.80/cwt61.00–68.0051941
CowsLean 85-90%—67550.00/cwt45.00–54.0033820
CowsLean 85-90%—1,02574.68/cwt70.00–78.0076530

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.