Sale reports / Mississippi / Tadlock Livestock Auction / 2022-10-31

Tadlock Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Forest, Mississippi · Mon, Oct 31
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2114
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,258 head
▼ 263 vs last sale 1,521▼ 185 vs year ago 1,443 · −12.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
208 head
▼ 92 vs last sale 300▲ 46 vs year ago 162 · +28.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
211 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 210▲ 46 vs year ago 165 · +27.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale: Feeder steers sold 2-3 higher, feeder heifers sold 5 higher, slaughter cows sold 1-3 Higher, and slaughter bulls sold steady.

Weaned grouped feeder cattle are listed as M&L 1&2 Value Added.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $146.94/cwt on 130 head.
Average price
$146.94
130 head · 490 lb average
Value per head Derived
$719
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$3
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$9.29/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.09
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2470152.3771754
Medium and Large 1503143.0872076
One grade step is worth $9.29/cwt here — about −$3 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 sale130 hd
146.94
—
MS average13 barns · 1,233 hd
139.85
+7.09
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—Average1,46187.471,27830
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,08168.6874236
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,02564.1065718
CowsLean 85-90%Average83249.2541044

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 Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,178$99532
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)805$66814
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,200$1,23510
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)900$8966

Every lot, as filed

43 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—523144.02/cwt137.50–150.0075312
HeifersMedium and Large 1—323159.28/cwt155.00–163.005146
HeifersMedium and Large 1—723112.58/cwt110.00–115.008144
SteersMedium and Large 1—673149.84/cwt147.00–152.501,0088
SteersMedium and Large 1—373196.63/cwt190.00–202.507338
HeifersMedium and Large 1—473149.10/cwt147.00–151.0070510
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—505150.00/cwt150.00–150.0075811
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—575155.00/cwt155.00–155.008918
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—300163.00/cwt163.00–163.004894
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—426183.50/cwt183.50–183.5078215
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—536165.00/cwt165.00–165.0088411
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—580162.00/cwt162.00–162.009404
SteersMedium and Large 1—573155.05/cwt147.00–162.5088810
SteersMedium and Large 1—523163.78/cwt157.00–170.0085714
SteersMedium and Large 1—723135.64/cwt131.00–140.009818
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—360155.00/cwt155.00–155.005587
HeifersMedium and Large 1—373156.24/cwt152.00–160.0058314
BullsMedium and Large 1—473145.24/cwt140.00–150.006876
BullsMedium and Large 1—523148.13/cwt145.00–151.007756
BullsMedium and Large 1—573141.30/cwt140.00–142.508106
BullsMedium and Large 1—373166.63/cwt160.00–172.506226
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—423159.00/cwt159.00–159.006734
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—340209.00/cwt209.00–209.007116
HeifersMedium and Large 1—423155.69/cwt152.00–159.006596
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—464149.53/cwt148.00–150.0069417
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—650141.00/cwt141.00–141.009173
HeifersMedium and Large 1—623135.70/cwt130.00–141.008456
HeifersMedium and Large 1—673125.17/cwt120.00–130.008426
SteersMedium and Large 1—623149.85/cwt147.00–152.5093416
HeifersMedium and Large 1—573130.20/cwt125.00–135.0074612
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,178995.44/head800.00–1,150.0099532
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 1-2—805668.01/head550.00–750.0066814
Cow-Calf PairsSmall and Medium 1-2—900895.83/head750.00–1,000.008966
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,2001,235.42/head1,100.00–1,350.001,23510
Bulls——1,47887.10/cwt84.00–89.501,28712
Bulls——1,62094.66/cwt91.00–97.001,53310
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,02567.93/cwt65.00–70.0069628
Bulls——1,23879.04/cwt75.00–82.009798
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,02564.10/cwt60.00–67.0065718
CowsLean 85-90%—1,02560.68/cwt56.00–64.0062214
CowsLean 85-90%—80053.19/cwt50.00–56.0042616
CowsLean 85-90%—67533.33/cwt25.00–40.0022514
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,27571.32/cwt70.00–72.509098

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.