Sale reports / Mississippi / Tadlock Livestock Auction / 2022-08-01

Tadlock Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Forest, Mississippi · Mon, Aug 1
● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2114
Feeder Cattle receipts
946 head
▲ 171 vs last sale 775▲ 127 vs year ago 819 · +15.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
102 head
▼ 10 vs last sale 112▼ 101 vs year ago 203 · −49.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
106 head
▲ 10 vs last sale 96▼ 36 vs year ago 142 · −25.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale: Feeder steers under 500lbs sold 3-10 higher, over 500lbs sold steady. Feeder heifers sold mixed. Slaughter cows sold 2-5 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 $168.08/cwt on 170 head.
Average price
$168.08
170 head · 565 lb average
Value per head Derived
$950
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$110
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$16.70/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.05
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1513175.1689898
Medium and Large 1-2636158.451,00872
One grade step is worth $16.70/cwt here — about −$110 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 sale170 hd
168.08
—
MS average13 barns · 1,000 hd
166.03
+2.05
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—High1,21092.681,12112
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,06176.0280628
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,02566.766844thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low87559.9252424

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/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,108$1,01612
Bred CowsAll Stages (1-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)805$71510
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,032$1,0408
Stock CowsOpen(<2 yrs)760$1,1506

Every lot, as filed

53 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 1-2Value Added—663156.03/cwt147.00–164.001,0349
SteersMedium and Large 1—423187.16/cwt184.00–190.0079210
SteersMedium and Large 1—773146.83/cwt144.00–149.501,1356
HeifersMedium and Large 1—623129.70/cwt124.00–135.0080812
SteersMedium and Large 1—673156.72/cwt150.00–163.001,05512
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—750149.50/cwt149.50–149.501,1218
SteersMedium and Large 1—723147.06/cwt145.00–149.001,0634
SteersMedium and Large 1—273209.06/cwt205.00–212.505714
SteersMedium and Large 1—623160.63/cwt157.00–164.001,00110
HeifersMedium and Large 1—423150.74/cwt146.00–155.0063812
SteersMedium and Large 1—473182.76/cwt177.00–188.0086410
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—530164.83/cwt164.00–166.0087410
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—581155.00/cwt155.00–155.009016
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—300201.00/cwt201.00–201.006034
SteersMedium and Large 1—373191.63/cwt185.00–197.507156
SteersMedium and Large 1—323204.01/cwt200.00–207.5065916
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—906132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,19615
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—607159.50/cwt159.50–159.509686
SteersMedium and Large 1—523170.78/cwt164.00–177.0089310
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—473177.79/cwt165.00–188.0084114
HeifersMedium and Large 1—523139.30/cwt132.00–146.0072914
BullsMedium and Large 1—573149.24/cwt143.00–155.008554
BullsMedium and Large 1—473155.24/cwt150.00–160.0073412
BullsMedium and Large 1—423175.27/cwt170.00–180.007418
BullsMedium and Large 1—323190.35/cwt185.00–195.006156
BullsMedium and Large 1—523151.69/cwt147.00–156.007938
CowsLean 85-90%—80058.72/cwt55.00–62.004708
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,02575.63/cwt73.00–77.5077524
CowsLean 85-90%—72548.86/cwt45.00–53.003546
CowsLean 85-90%—1,02567.51/cwt64.00–70.0069210
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,02566.76/cwt65.00–68.006844
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,27578.35/cwt76.50–80.009994
Bulls——1,400110.29/cwt108.00–112.001,5442
Bulls——1,31398.72/cwt92.00–103.501,2964
Bulls——1,07882.78/cwt80.00–88.008926
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy—7601,150.00/head1,150.00–1,150.001,1506
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1081,015.63/head870.00–1,125.001,01612
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—805714.91/head600.00–800.0071510
Cow-Calf PairsSmall and Medium 1-2—875941.43/head875.00–1,000.009414
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1881,139.47/head1,000.00–1,250.001,1394
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—567134.54/cwt130.00–140.007637
HeifersMedium and Large 1—473147.76/cwt142.00–153.0069916
HeifersMedium and Large 1—573135.20/cwt130.00–140.0077516
BullsMedium and Large 1—273197.71/cwt195.00–200.005404
HeifersMedium and Large 1—323167.67/cwt165.00–170.005424
HeifersMedium and Large 1—673125.17/cwt120.00–130.008424
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—604125.00/cwt125.00–125.007556
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—415146.00/cwt146.00–146.006062
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—459149.80/cwt145.00–156.006887
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—518138.97/cwt132.00–146.007204
HeifersMedium and Large 1—373167.65/cwt165.00–170.006254
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—776115.00/cwt115.00–115.008924
SteersMedium and Large 1—573155.20/cwt150.00–160.0088910

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.