Sale reports / Mississippi / Tadlock Livestock Auction / 2022-08-22

Tadlock Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Forest, Mississippi · Mon, Aug 22
● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2114
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,028 head
▼ 372 vs last sale 1,400▼ 242 vs year ago 1,270 · −19.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
173 head
▼ 95 vs last sale 268▲ 59 vs year ago 114 · +51.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
152 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 150▼ 114 vs year ago 266 · −42.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale feeder steers and heifers sold steady to 5 higher, and slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold steady. 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 $168.81/cwt on 177 head.
Average price
$168.81
177 head · 595 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,005
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$179
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$15.81/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.14
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1506177.6589878
Medium and Large 1-2666161.841,07899
One grade step is worth $15.81/cwt here — about −$179 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 sale177 hd
168.81
—
MS average12 barns · 1,075 hd
172.95
−4.14
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—High1,691109.461,85016
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,08582.9590054
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,02580.1082116
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low88364.7357242

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)1,014$1,14924
Bred Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)863$81110
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,100$1,9642thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,125$1,55012
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)925$1,0844thin

Every lot, as filed

50 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—465192.90/cwt180.00–200.008976
SteersMedium and Large 1—373210.30/cwt205.00–215.007846
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—463159.15/cwt154.00–163.0073719
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—614150.50/cwt150.50–150.5092411
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—315175.00/cwt175.00–175.0055111
SteersMedium and Large 1—673157.23/cwt150.00–164.001,0586
SteersMedium and Large 1—623157.25/cwt150.00–164.009806
SteersMedium and Large 1—523175.22/cwt170.00–180.0091620
SteersMedium and Large 1—273206.33/cwt202.00–210.005634
SteersMedium and Large 1—323203.95/cwt197.00–210.006596
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—846141.70/cwt139.50–145.001,1995
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—677164.28/cwt164.00–164.501,1129
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—566160.49/cwt152.00–164.009087
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—728158.99/cwt157.00–161.001,1574
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—636156.90/cwt150.00–164.0099820
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—381210.00/cwt210.00–210.008003
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—757158.41/cwt140.00–163.501,19935
SteersMedium and Large 1—423205.53/cwt195.00–215.008694
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—523172.72/cwt163.00–177.5090316
HeifersMedium and Large 1—623148.07/cwt146.00–150.009224
BullsMedium and Large 1—473168.93/cwt165.00–172.507994
BullsMedium and Large 1—376191.01/cwt185.00–195.007187
BullsMedium and Large 1—673128.62/cwt125.00–132.008666
BullsMedium and Large 1—523152.78/cwt146.00–159.0079916
BullsMedium and Large 1—423175.27/cwt170.00–180.007414
CowsLean 85-90%—67544.44/cwt40.00–50.003008
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,02580.10/cwt76.00–83.0082116
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,35088.56/cwt85.50–91.001,19610
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,02581.68/cwt77.00–85.0083744
Bulls——1,913112.49/cwt109.00–115.002,15210
CowsLean 85-90%—80065.31/cwt60.00–70.0052214
CowsLean 85-90%—1,02572.44/cwt66.00–77.0074320
Bulls——1,320104.40/cwt100.00–107.501,3786
Cow-Calf PairsSmall and Medium 1-2—9251,084.46/head900.00–1,225.001,0844
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1251,550.00/head1,425.00–1,650.001,55012
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 1-2—863811.30/head700.00–900.0081110
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,0131,131.48/head950.00–1,250.001,13122
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy—1,0251,341.46/head1,250.00–1,400.001,3412
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1001,963.64/head1,800.00–2,100.001,9642
HeifersMedium and Large 1—573148.31/cwt140.00–156.0085016
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—583152.89/cwt140.00–156.0089127
HeifersMedium and Large 1—473156.81/cwt150.00–163.0074216
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—766132.36/cwt130.50–135.001,0145
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—518143.58/cwt140.50–153.007448
HeifersMedium and Large 1—723134.12/cwt130.00–138.009706
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—736138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,0167
HeifersMedium and Large 1—323180.35/cwt175.00–185.005838
HeifersMedium and Large 1—380174.28/cwt167.00–177.506626
HeifersMedium and Large 1—523148.34/cwt140.00–156.0077616
SteersMedium and Large 1—573158.76/cwt152.00–165.0091020

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.