Sale reports / Mississippi / Tadlock Livestock Auction / 2022-07-18

Tadlock Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Forest, Mississippi · Mon, Jul 18
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2114
Feeder Cattle receipts
997 head
31 vs last sale 966 10 vs year ago 987 · +1.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
126 head
304 vs last sale 430 58 vs year ago 184 · 31.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
154 head
48 vs last sale 202 35 vs year ago 189 · 18.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale: Feeder steers and heifers sold 2.00-10.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 5.00-6.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 3.00-10.00 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 $161.34/cwt on 110 head.
Average price
$161.34
110 head · 540 lb average
Value per head Derived
$872
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$75
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$5.96/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.07
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1524162.7585384
Medium and Large 1-2592156.7992826
One grade step is worth $5.96/cwt here — about −$75 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 sale110 hd
161.34
MS average13 barns · 1,202 hd
159.28
+2.07
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
BullsAverage1,68799.151,67212
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,07575.7481430
CowsLean 85-90%Low90261.2655344

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 Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,028$1,47522
Bred Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,093$97814
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)953$1,03812
Stock CowsOpen(<2 yrs)850$96524

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 1473158.71/cwt154.00–163.0075116
BullsMedium and Large 1323177.35/cwt172.00–182.005734
BullsMedium and Large 1573140.20/cwt135.00–145.008034
HeifersMedium and Large 1623136.22/cwt130.00–142.0084910
HeifersMedium and Large 1523146.22/cwt141.00–151.0076512
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added879125.50/cwt125.50–125.501,1035
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added570159.03/cwt156.00–162.0090610
SteersMedium and Large 1673148.68/cwt143.00–154.001,0016
SteersMedium and Large 1823135.14/cwt130.00–140.001,1126
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added845130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,0992
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added511166.11/cwt161.00–169.0084911
SteersMedium and Large 1623152.11/cwt149.00–155.009484
SteersMedium and Large 1573155.53/cwt148.00–162.5089124
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added651142.00/cwt142.00–142.009245
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added753117.00/cwt117.00–117.008813
SteersMedium and Large 1523166.52/cwt160.00–172.5087118
SteersMedium and Large 1773138.66/cwt133.00–144.001,0724
SteersMedium and Large 1223190.51/cwt185.00–195.004256
SteersMedium and Large 1373178.89/cwt172.00–185.006676
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added422141.00/cwt141.00–141.005952
HeifersMedium and Large 1373157.10/cwt151.00–162.5058610
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added793133.00/cwt133.00–133.001,0553
SteersMedium and Large 1273185.88/cwt178.00–195.0050710
HeifersMedium and Large 1573141.12/cwt138.00–144.008098
HeifersMedium and Large 1423143.95/cwt140.00–147.506096
HeifersMedium and Large 1473143.93/cwt140.00–147.5068118
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added582138.00/cwt138.00–138.008034
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added513150.78/cwt150.00–151.007749
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added484144.79/cwt144.50–146.0070110
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1501,226.09/head1,000.00–1,400.001,2266
Cow-Calf PairsSmall and Medium 1-2755850.53/head630.00–1,000.008516
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy1,0281,474.82/head1,200.00–1,650.001,47522
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,093978.49/head800.00–1,125.0097814
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy850964.71/head900.00–1,000.0096524
Bulls1,36090.00/cwt90.00–90.001,2244
Bulls1,850103.73/cwt99.00–107.501,9198
CowsBoner 80-85%1,02574.51/cwt71.00–77.0076424
CowsLean 85-90%80055.31/cwt50.00–60.0044224
CowsBoner 80-85%1,27580.65/cwt78.00–83.001,0286
CowsLean 85-90%1,02568.39/cwt64.00–71.5070120

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.