Sale reports / Mississippi / Tadlock Livestock Auction / 2022-09-19

Tadlock Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Forest, Mississippi · Mon, Sep 19
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2114
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,466 head
191 vs last sale 1,275 4 vs year ago 1,462 · +0.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
194 head
54 vs last sale 140 21 vs year ago 215 · 9.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
100 head
80 vs last sale 180 91 vs year ago 191 · 47.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale feeder steers and heifers sold steady, and slaughter cows and slaughter 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 $167.58/cwt on 247 head.
Average price
$167.58
247 head · 537 lb average
Value per head Derived
$900
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$20
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$3.43/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.78
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1524169.54888106
Medium and Large 1-2547166.11909141
One grade step is worth $3.43/cwt here — about −$20 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 sale247 hd
167.58
MS average12 barns · 1,046 hd
166.80
+0.78
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
BullsHigh1,593101.511,61716
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,08881.2988432
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,02575.857774thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average91165.4959754

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)1,080$1,02512
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)850$7108
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,000$1,10210

Every lot, as filed

46 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 1-2Value Added568135.00/cwt135.00–135.007672
HeifersMedium and Large 1473150.76/cwt145.00–156.0071314
SteersMedium and Large 1373191.24/cwt187.00–195.0071316
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added633155.77/cwt149.00–157.0098640
SteersMedium and Large 1323197.67/cwt195.00–200.006384
SteersMedium and Large 1423188.95/cwt185.00–192.507994
HeifersMedium and Large 1373165.30/cwt160.00–170.006174
SteersMedium and Large 1773134.57/cwt132.00–137.001,0406
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added400192.50/cwt192.50–192.507704
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added518166.28/cwt164.50–170.0086125
SteersMedium and Large 1623159.59/cwt157.00–162.0099410
SteersMedium and Large 1523165.22/cwt160.00–170.0086420
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added353150.00/cwt150.00–150.005303
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added487170.36/cwt163.00–181.2583022
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added366191.97/cwt187.50–195.0070310
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added572164.90/cwt151.00–174.2594340
SteersMedium and Large 1473182.76/cwt177.00–188.0086420
BullsMedium and Large 1373181.63/cwt175.00–187.506778
BullsMedium and Large 1423172.63/cwt170.00–175.007306
BullsMedium and Large 1473161.43/cwt157.50–165.0076410
BullsMedium and Large 1273190.41/cwt185.00–195.005204
BullsMedium and Large 1223190.51/cwt185.00–195.004254
BullsMedium and Large 1523146.69/cwt142.00–151.007674
CowsLean 85-90%1,02571.10/cwt67.00–74.0072930
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,02575.85/cwt70.00–80.007774
Bulls1,725110.25/cwt109.00–111.501,9022
CowsLean 85-90%67542.78/cwt40.00–45.002896
CowsLean 85-90%80063.72/cwt60.00–67.0051018
CowsBoner 80-85%1,27583.12/cwt81.00–85.001,0608
CowsBoner 80-85%1,02580.68/cwt76.00–84.0082724
Bulls1,21596.71/cwt95.00–98.001,1756
Bulls1,843102.93/cwt100.00–107.001,8978
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 1-2850710.00/head600.00–800.007108
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0801,025.00/head850.00–1,150.001,02512
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0001,101.75/head1,000.00–1,185.001,10210
HeifersMedium and Large 1423151.79/cwt146.00–157.0064216
HeifersMedium and Large 1673136.13/cwt132.00–140.009164
HeifersMedium and Large 1523145.61/cwt143.00–148.0076214
BullsMedium and Large 1573142.68/cwt138.00–147.008184
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added325160.00/cwt160.00–160.005202
HeifersMedium and Large 1623140.22/cwt134.00–146.008744
HeifersMedium and Large 1573141.50/cwt135.00–147.508118
SteersMedium and Large 1723134.58/cwt132.00–137.009736
SteersMedium and Large 1573159.72/cwt154.00–165.0091520
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added521144.37/cwt143.75–148.0075214
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added415153.95/cwt149.00–156.0063911

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.