Sale reports / Mississippi / Tadlock Livestock Auction / 2022-09-05

Tadlock Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Forest, Mississippi · Mon, Sep 5
● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2114
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,458 head
▲ 53 vs last sale 1,405▼ 530 vs year ago 1,988 · −26.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
190 head
▲ 59 vs last sale 131▼ 15 vs year ago 205 · −7.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
298 head
▲ 198 vs last sale 100▲ 100 vs year ago 198 · +50.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale, feeder steers and heifers sold steady to 6 higher, and slaughter cows and bulls sold steady.

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 $166.65/cwt on 169 head.
Average price
$166.65
169 head · 562 lb average
Value per head Derived
$936
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$18
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$2.65/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.31
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1555167.55930112
Medium and Large 1-2575164.8994857
One grade step is worth $2.65/cwt here — about −$18 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 sale169 hd
166.65
—
MS average13 barns · 1,104 hd
170.95
−4.31
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—Low1,506103.911,56516
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,04881.5385444
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,02577.8579810
CowsLean 85-90%Low90468.2461736

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 Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,100$1,82730
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,100$1,19946
Bred Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)838$87122
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,118$1,20420

Every lot, as filed

47 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1—423156.32/cwt150.00–162.0066112
SteersMedium and Large 1—623158.29/cwt150.00–166.0098624
SteersMedium and Large 1—723140.06/cwt138.00–142.001,0138
SteersMedium and Large 1—523167.61/cwt165.00–170.0087720
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—580165.03/cwt163.00–166.009576
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—469150.00/cwt150.00–150.007045
SteersMedium and Large 1—473180.24/cwt175.00–185.0085320
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—481177.48/cwt175.00–182.5085415
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—443175.00/cwt175.00–175.007754
SteersMedium and Large 1—573161.68/cwt157.00–166.0092610
SteersMedium and Large 1—323210.35/cwt205.00–215.006798
HeifersMedium and Large 1—473151.71/cwt147.00–156.0071812
SteersMedium and Large 1—773140.06/cwt138.00–142.001,0838
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—632161.23/cwt153.00–166.001,01919
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—506165.00/cwt165.00–165.008357
SteersMedium and Large 1—673142.58/cwt140.00–145.009606
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—795138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,0976
BullsMedium and Large 1—573146.24/cwt140.00–152.008388
BullsMedium and Large 1—723122.58/cwt120.00–125.008864
BullsMedium and Large 1—373185.30/cwt180.00–190.006918
BullsMedium and Large 1—673133.88/cwt130.00–137.509016
BullsMedium and Large 1—473167.62/cwt165.00–170.007938
BullsMedium and Large 1—623133.89/cwt130.00–137.508346
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,27585.85/cwt84.00–87.501,0954
CowsLean 85-90%—80067.13/cwt65.00–69.0053710
CowsLean 85-90%—1,02574.10/cwt70.00–77.0076020
CowsLean 85-90%—67550.56/cwt45.00–55.003416
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,02577.85/cwt72.00–82.0079810
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,02581.10/cwt77.00–84.0083140
Bulls——1,44594.42/cwt88.50–98.001,3646
Bulls——1,390104.46/cwt100.00–108.001,4526
Bulls——1,770117.34/cwt115.00–119.502,0774
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1001,198.86/head1,000.00–1,350.001,19946
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 1-2—838871.34/head725.00–990.0087122
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy—1,1001,827.27/head1,800.00–1,850.001,82730
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1181,203.69/head1,150.00–1,250.001,20420
HeifersMedium and Large 1—573140.20/cwt135.00–145.0080312
HeifersMedium and Large 1—523150.22/cwt145.00–155.0078612
HeifersMedium and Large 1—373172.95/cwt165.00–180.0064512
BullsMedium and Large 1—423176.32/cwt170.00–182.007468
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—650140.00/cwt140.00–140.009104
BullsMedium and Large 1—523158.91/cwt155.00–162.508318
SteersMedium and Large 1—373201.63/cwt195.00–207.507528
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—430160.00/cwt160.00–160.006883
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—516150.73/cwt147.00–153.0077812
HeifersMedium and Large 1—723122.09/cwt119.00–125.008836
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—572137.52/cwt136.00–145.007876

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.