Sale reports / Mississippi / Tadlock Livestock Auction / 2022-11-07

Tadlock Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Forest, Mississippi · Mon, Nov 7
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2114
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,121 head
137 vs last sale 1,258 349 vs year ago 1,470 · 23.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
167 head
41 vs last sale 208 18 vs year ago 185 · 9.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
217 head
6 vs last sale 211 36 vs year ago 181 · +19.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale: Feeder steers sold 3-8 higher, feeder heifers sold 5-10 higher, slaughter cows sold 2-4 higher, and slaughter bulls sold steady - 2 higher.

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 $168.10/cwt on 142 head.
Average price
$168.10
142 head · 575 lb average
Value per head Derived
$967
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$99
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$5.71/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.35
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1539170.7592076
Medium and Large 1-2618165.041,01966
One grade step is worth $5.71/cwt here — about −$99 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 sale142 hd
168.10
MS average13 barns · 978 hd
166.74
+1.35
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
BullsAverage1,56685.751,34324
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,09371.6278348
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,02568.9370714
CowsLean 85-90%Low91357.4152431

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)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,288$1,17538
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)910$7054thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)825$1,89560

Every lot, as filed

41 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 1423180.27/cwt175.00–185.007634
BullsMedium and Large 1323180.35/cwt175.00–185.005838
BullsMedium and Large 1373180.30/cwt175.00–185.006738
HeifersMedium and Large 1873109.03/cwt108.00–110.009524
HeifersMedium and Large 1473147.14/cwt144.00–150.006964
HeifersMedium and Large 1523135.22/cwt130.00–140.0070710
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added783154.50/cwt154.50–154.501,2105
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added483182.50/cwt182.50–182.5088119
SteersMedium and Large 1723156.06/cwt154.00–158.001,1284
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added653158.00/cwt158.00–158.001,0323
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added726153.82/cwt144.00–158.001,11719
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added500161.00/cwt161.00–161.008052
SteersMedium and Large 1573160.20/cwt155.00–165.0091812
SteersMedium and Large 1373189.77/cwt185.00–194.007086
HeifersMedium and Large 1673129.62/cwt126.00–133.008724
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added627163.01/cwt160.00–165.501,02213
SteersMedium and Large 1473178.93/cwt175.00–182.5084622
SteersMedium and Large 1523162.82/cwt155.00–170.008528
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added514140.00/cwt140.00–140.007207
SteersMedium and Large 1623160.44/cwt155.00–165.501,00014
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added740115.00/cwt115.00–115.008512
SteersMedium and Large 1423187.77/cwt182.50–192.507946
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added553163.00/cwt163.00–163.009015
SteersMedium and Large 1773169.95/cwt154.00–185.001,3144
HeifersMedium and Large 1373157.80/cwt152.50–162.505896
HeifersMedium and Large 1623129.63/cwt126.00–133.008084
HeifersMedium and Large 1573136.24/cwt130.00–142.0078120
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added430144.00/cwt144.00–144.0061910
HeifersMedium and Large 1723120.16/cwt115.00–125.008694
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added578141.35/cwt141.00–142.0081711
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 1-2910705.22/head650.00–750.007054
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2881,175.24/head900.00–1,350.001,17538
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy8251,895.45/head1,650.00–2,100.001,89560
Bulls1,57885.74/cwt80.00–89.501,35316
Bulls1,66397.71/cwt94.00–101.001,6254
Bulls1,42373.83/cwt68.00–78.001,0514
CowsBoner 80-85%1,35074.72/cwt72.50–76.501,00910
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,02568.93/cwt66.00–71.0070714
CowsLean 85-90%80051.31/cwt46.00–56.0041010
CowsLean 85-90%96760.31/cwt57.00–65.0058321
CowsBoner 80-85%1,02570.80/cwt67.00–73.5072638

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.