Sale reports / Mississippi / Tadlock Livestock Auction / 2022-08-15

Tadlock Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Forest, Mississippi · Mon, Aug 15
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2114
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,400 head
▲ 310 vs last sale 1,090▼ 138 vs year ago 1,538 · −9.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
268 head
▲ 143 vs last sale 125▼ 28 vs year ago 296 · −9.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
150 head
▲ 40 vs last sale 110▼ 51 vs year ago 201 · −25.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold 3.00-5.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold mixed. Slaughter cow sold 1.00-3.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 4.00-5.00 higher. Grouped weaned 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 $170.52/cwt on 225 head.
Average price
$170.52
225 head · 554 lb average
Value per head Derived
$946
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$49
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$15.09/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.12
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1500181.4590862
Medium and Large 1-2575166.36957163
One grade step is worth $15.09/cwt here — about −$49 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 sale225 hd
170.52
—
MS average13 barns · 1,212 hd
171.64
−1.12
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—Average1,542106.641,64416
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,08482.9689966
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,02580.688278thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low86063.9055088

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)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)977$93426
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,105$1,2246
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,065$9728
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)950$9308

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
BullsMedium and Large 1—523150.22/cwt145.00–155.007864
BullsMedium and Large 1—373192.80/cwt187.50–197.507196
BullsMedium and Large 1—573146.56/cwt145.00–148.008404
HeifersMedium and Large 1—723123.19/cwt117.00–129.008918
HeifersMedium and Large 1—673128.55/cwt127.00–130.008658
HeifersMedium and Large 1—473142.48/cwt137.50–147.0067410
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—442194.00/cwt194.00–194.008572
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—636151.51/cwt145.00–166.0096461
SteersMedium and Large 1—523174.95/cwt170.00–179.509158
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—513188.95/cwt179.00–190.5096915
SteersMedium and Large 1—423200.27/cwt195.00–205.008478
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—460182.72/cwt170.00–190.0084117
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—556168.31/cwt155.00–181.5093648
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—674162.50/cwt162.50–162.501,09515
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—430148.00/cwt148.00–148.006368
SteersMedium and Large 1—323206.69/cwt200.00–212.506684
SteersMedium and Large 1—573165.39/cwt155.00–175.0094812
SteersMedium and Large 1—623159.22/cwt153.00–165.009926
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—340179.00/cwt179.00–179.006098
SteersMedium and Large 1—473185.50/cwt180.00–190.508778
HeifersMedium and Large 1—373166.63/cwt160.00–172.506224
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—348206.00/cwt206.00–206.007175
SteersMedium and Large 1—373205.30/cwt200.00–210.0076610
SteersMedium and Large 1—673157.43/cwt152.00–162.501,0606
HeifersMedium and Large 1—623131.14/cwt127.00–135.008178
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—487147.00/cwt147.00–147.0071616
HeifersMedium and Large 1—423147.79/cwt142.00–153.006256
HeifersMedium and Large 1—323177.67/cwt175.00–180.005744
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—515148.13/cwt143.50–151.0076337
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—550135.00/cwt135.00–135.007433
HeifersMedium and Large 1—573135.72/cwt130.00–141.007788
HeifersMedium and Large 1—523145.74/cwt140.00–151.0076210
Cow-Calf PairsSmall and Medium 1-2—950930.26/head725.00–1,050.009308
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,065971.95/head875.00–1,050.009728
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1051,223.53/head1,000.00–1,400.001,2246
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,0751,049.42/head850.00–1,200.001,04918
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 1-2—758673.27/head500.00–800.006738
Bulls——1,578102.04/cwt96.50–107.001,6108
Bulls——1,505111.24/cwt107.00–114.501,6748
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,02581.85/cwt76.00–86.0083954
CowsLean 85-90%—80060.31/cwt55.00–65.0048252
CowsLean 85-90%—67545.44/cwt41.00–51.003078
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,35087.94/cwt86.00–89.501,18712
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,02580.68/cwt76.00–84.008278
CowsLean 85-90%—1,02575.85/cwt70.00–80.0077728

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.