Sale reports / Mississippi / Tadlock Livestock Auction / 2022-10-10

Tadlock Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Forest, Mississippi · Mon, Oct 10
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2114
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,231 head
▼ 372 vs last sale 1,603▼ 221 vs year ago 1,452 · −15.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
182 head
▲ 7 vs last sale 175▲ 50 vs year ago 132 · +37.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
105 head
▼ 83 vs last sale 188▼ 139 vs year ago 244 · −57.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale: Feeder steers and feeder 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 $160.28/cwt on 63 head.
Average price
$160.28
63 head · 564 lb average
Value per head Derived
$904
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$147
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$12.34/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.64
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1510165.1884238
Medium and Large 1-2647152.8498925
One grade step is worth $12.34/cwt here — about −$147 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 sale63 hd
160.28
—
MS average13 barns · 861 hd
152.65
+7.64
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—Average1,45593.631,36224
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,04571.7775022
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,02566.8568520
CowsLean 85-90%Low90957.7952558

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)1,054$94224
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,063$1,1168

Every lot, as filed

38 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—623127.63/cwt124.00–131.007958
BullsMedium and Large 1—423163.69/cwt160.00–167.006922
BullsMedium and Large 1—723121.61/cwt118.00–125.008796
BullsMedium and Large 1—673121.65/cwt117.00–126.008194
BullsMedium and Large 1—373170.30/cwt165.00–175.0063510
HeifersMedium and Large 1—623125.18/cwt120.00–130.007808
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—457169.00/cwt169.00–169.007725
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—710147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,0445
SteersMedium and Large 1—673142.17/cwt137.00–147.009574
SteersMedium and Large 1—573156.72/cwt151.00–162.0089810
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—551158.00/cwt158.00–158.008714
SteersMedium and Large 1—323192.67/cwt190.00–195.006224
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—788143.00/cwt143.00–143.001,1278
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—611155.00/cwt155.00–155.009473
SteersMedium and Large 1—373192.65/cwt190.00–195.007194
SteersMedium and Large 1—423175.27/cwt170.00–180.007414
HeifersMedium and Large 1—473132.24/cwt127.00–137.006258
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—470137.00/cwt137.00–137.006447
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—563135.00/cwt135.00–135.007606
SteersMedium and Large 1—473164.71/cwt160.00–169.007794
HeifersMedium and Large 1—573128.76/cwt122.00–135.007388
BullsMedium and Large 1—473143.93/cwt140.00–147.506816
SteersMedium and Large 1—523161.69/cwt157.00–166.008464
SteersMedium and Large 1—623148.25/cwt141.00–155.009244
HeifersMedium and Large 1—523130.22/cwt125.00–135.0068112
HeifersMedium and Large 1—423133.69/cwt130.00–137.005668
Cow-Calf PairsSmall and Medium 1-2—950951.32/head850.00–1,025.009514
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1751,279.79/head1,200.00–1,350.001,2804
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 1-2—875764.29/head650.00–850.007648
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1431,031.46/head900.00–1,125.001,03116
Bulls——1,39398.74/cwt94.00–102.001,3756
CowsLean 85-90%—80050.31/cwt45.00–55.0040230
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,02571.39/cwt67.00–74.5073220
Bulls——1,678105.68/cwt101.00–110.001,7734
Bulls——1,41888.00/cwt82.00–92.001,24814
CowsLean 85-90%—1,02565.80/cwt62.00–68.5067428
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,25075.56/cwt74.00–77.009452
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,02566.85/cwt61.00–71.0068520

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.