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
BullsLow1,506103.911,56516
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 1423156.32/cwt150.00–162.0066112
SteersMedium and Large 1623158.29/cwt150.00–166.0098624
SteersMedium and Large 1723140.06/cwt138.00–142.001,0138
SteersMedium and Large 1523167.61/cwt165.00–170.0087720
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added580165.03/cwt163.00–166.009576
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added469150.00/cwt150.00–150.007045
SteersMedium and Large 1473180.24/cwt175.00–185.0085320
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added481177.48/cwt175.00–182.5085415
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added443175.00/cwt175.00–175.007754
SteersMedium and Large 1573161.68/cwt157.00–166.0092610
SteersMedium and Large 1323210.35/cwt205.00–215.006798
HeifersMedium and Large 1473151.71/cwt147.00–156.0071812
SteersMedium and Large 1773140.06/cwt138.00–142.001,0838
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added632161.23/cwt153.00–166.001,01919
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added506165.00/cwt165.00–165.008357
SteersMedium and Large 1673142.58/cwt140.00–145.009606
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added795138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,0976
BullsMedium and Large 1573146.24/cwt140.00–152.008388
BullsMedium and Large 1723122.58/cwt120.00–125.008864
BullsMedium and Large 1373185.30/cwt180.00–190.006918
BullsMedium and Large 1673133.88/cwt130.00–137.509016
BullsMedium and Large 1473167.62/cwt165.00–170.007938
BullsMedium and Large 1623133.89/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
Bulls1,44594.42/cwt88.50–98.001,3646
Bulls1,390104.46/cwt100.00–108.001,4526
Bulls1,770117.34/cwt115.00–119.502,0774
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1001,198.86/head1,000.00–1,350.001,19946
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 1-2838871.34/head725.00–990.0087122
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy1,1001,827.27/head1,800.00–1,850.001,82730
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1181,203.69/head1,150.00–1,250.001,20420
HeifersMedium and Large 1573140.20/cwt135.00–145.0080312
HeifersMedium and Large 1523150.22/cwt145.00–155.0078612
HeifersMedium and Large 1373172.95/cwt165.00–180.0064512
BullsMedium and Large 1423176.32/cwt170.00–182.007468
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added650140.00/cwt140.00–140.009104
BullsMedium and Large 1523158.91/cwt155.00–162.508318
SteersMedium and Large 1373201.63/cwt195.00–207.507528
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added430160.00/cwt160.00–160.006883
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added516150.73/cwt147.00–153.0077812
HeifersMedium and Large 1723122.09/cwt119.00–125.008836
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added572137.52/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.