Sale reports / Mississippi / Tadlock Livestock Auction / 2022-11-14

Tadlock Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Forest, Mississippi · Mon, Nov 14
● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2114
Feeder Cattle receipts
265 head
856 vs last sale 1,121 1,269 vs year ago 1,534 · 82.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
235 head
68 vs last sale 167 30 vs year ago 205 · +14.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
1,378 head
1,161 vs last sale 217 970 vs year ago 408 · +237.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale: Feeder steers sold Steady-8 Higher, feeder heifers sold steady -10 higher, slaughter cows sold 3-6 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 $145.83/cwt on 145 head.
Average price
$145.83
145 head · 499 lb average
Value per head Derived
$728
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$60
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$0.27/cwt at this weight
vs the market
2.76
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2513145.9274995
Medium and Large 1473145.6568950
One grade step is worth $0.27/cwt here — about $60 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 sale145 hd
145.83
MS average13 barns · 1,623 hd
148.59
−2.76
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
BullsAverage1,66188.271,46624
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,07775.9181826
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,02570.2772018
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low85558.7150244

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 (2-4 yrs)1,000$1,260110
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)958$9138
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,090$1,0728

Every lot, as filed

48 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
SteersMedium and Large 1423185.27/cwt180.00–190.0078410
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added787115.00/cwt115.00–115.009054
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added551130.00/cwt130.00–130.007163
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added525153.00/cwt153.00–153.008033
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added466150.96/cwt148.00–159.5070327
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added712130.00/cwt130.00–130.0092617
SteersMedium and Large 1323196.42/cwt190.00–202.006344
SteersMedium and Large 1373196.36/cwt190.00–202.007324
SteersMedium and Large 1273200.41/cwt195.00–205.005474
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added660161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,0632
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added500169.00/cwt169.00–169.008458
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added490174.00/cwt174.00–174.008535
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added402187.00/cwt187.00–187.007527
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added360200.00/cwt200.00–200.007204
SteersMedium and Large 1573157.79/cwt150.00–165.0090410
SteersMedium and Large 1523167.72/cwt162.50–172.5087710
SteersMedium and Large 1473179.76/cwt174.00–185.0085010
SteersMedium and Large 1223200.51/cwt195.00–205.004474
BullsMedium and Large 1723105.16/cwt100.00–110.007608
BullsMedium and Large 1323185.35/cwt180.00–190.0059910
BullsMedium and Large 1673115.17/cwt110.00–120.007758
BullsMedium and Large 1573137.79/cwt130.00–145.007908
BullsMedium and Large 1523145.22/cwt140.00–150.007608
BullsMedium and Large 1473151.19/cwt147.00–155.007158
CowsLean 85-90%70047.75/cwt44.00–51.0033412
CowsLean 85-90%80059.25/cwt55.00–63.0047416
CowsLean 85-90%1,02566.39/cwt62.00–69.5068016
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,02570.27/cwt65.00–74.0072018
CowsBoner 80-85%1,25077.82/cwt76.00–79.509736
CowsBoner 80-85%1,02575.34/cwt73.00–77.0077220
Bulls1,61887.46/cwt80.00–92.001,41512
Bulls1,03574.04/cwt72.00–79.507664
Bulls2,03896.59/cwt93.00–99.001,9698
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0001,260.00/head1,050.00–1,400.001,260110
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 1-2958912.92/head750.00–1,050.009138
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0901,072.02/head900.00–1,200.001,0728
HeifersMedium and Large 1423153.58/cwt147.00–159.5065010
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added689130.00/cwt130.00–130.008966
HeifersMedium and Large 1573127.60/cwt125.00–130.0073110
BullsMedium and Large 1423167.77/cwt162.50–172.507108
BullsMedium and Large 1373180.30/cwt175.00–185.0067310
BullsMedium and Large 1273190.41/cwt185.00–195.0052010
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added418156.26/cwt154.00–168.0065312
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added326154.50/cwt154.50–154.505043
HeifersMedium and Large 1523137.30/cwt130.00–144.0071810
HeifersMedium and Large 1473145.24/cwt140.00–150.0068710
HeifersMedium and Large 1373164.54/cwt155.00–173.0061410
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added379157.43/cwt155.00–158.5059720

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.