Sale reports / Mississippi / Tadlock Livestock Auction / 2023-01-09

Tadlock Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Forest, Mississippi · Mon, Jan 9
● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2114
Feeder Cattle receipts
749 head
▼ 130 vs last sale 879▲ 225 vs year ago 524 · +42.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
145 head
▲ 23 vs last sale 122▲ 30 vs year ago 115 · +26.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
217 head
▼ 61 vs last sale 278▼ 83 vs year ago 300 · −27.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale: Feeder steers sold $6-$10 higher, feeder heifers sold $4-$8 higher, slaughter cows sold $5-$12 higher, and slaughter bulls sold $5-$7 higher.

Grouped, weened 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 $188.24/cwt on 263 head.
Average price
$188.24
263 head · 498 lb average
Value per head Derived
$938
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$100
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$16.73/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.80
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2503196.76989129
Medium and Large 1494180.03889134
One grade step is worth $16.73/cwt here — about $100 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 sale263 hd
188.24
—
MS average7 barns · 906 hd
186.44
+1.80
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—High1,56098.291,53312
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,11780.5189938
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,02575.857778thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low87659.0151740

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)963$90030
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,175$1,3068

Every lot, as filed

51 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 Added—480163.80/cwt160.00–177.0078613
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—666153.00/cwt153.00–153.001,01917
SteersMedium and Large 1—673150.10/cwt147.00–153.001,01020
SteersMedium and Large 1—323215.70/cwt205.00–225.0069720
SteersMedium and Large 1—273125.79/cwt122.00–129.0034312
SteersMedium and Large 1—623169.40/cwt165.00–173.501,05510
SteersMedium and Large 1—723156.67/cwt151.00–162.001,13314
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—775149.00/cwt149.00–149.001,1553
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—390228.65/cwt219.00–235.0089223
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—418210.51/cwt210.00–211.008808
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—820150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,2304
SteersMedium and Large 1—473190.24/cwt185.00–195.0090016
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—572186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,0644
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—702155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,08812
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—270229.00/cwt229.00–229.006189
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—461214.39/cwt192.50–225.0098812
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—324225.00/cwt225.00–225.0072915
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—520201.74/cwt197.50–204.001,04914
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—601169.25/cwt165.00–173.501,0178
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—606158.00/cwt158.00–158.009577
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—807135.50/cwt135.50–135.501,0935
HeifersMedium and Large 1—473170.81/cwt164.00–177.0080818
HeifersMedium and Large 1—573155.72/cwt150.00–161.008926
HeifersMedium and Large 1—223197.75/cwt195.00–200.004414
HeifersMedium and Large 1—623154.14/cwt150.00–158.009608
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—354180.92/cwt172.50–183.0064015
SteersMedium and Large 1—523191.52/cwt185.00–197.501,00210
SteersMedium and Large 1—573181.92/cwt177.50–186.001,0426
SteersMedium and Large 1—373206.63/cwt200.00–212.5077112
SteersMedium and Large 1—423205.79/cwt200.00–211.0087014
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—534162.47/cwt155.00–164.0086824
HeifersMedium and Large 1—323177.88/cwt172.00–183.005758
HeifersMedium and Large 1—273197.71/cwt195.00–200.005404
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—712137.50/cwt137.50–137.509792
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—436172.03/cwt164.00–178.0075026
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—573161.00/cwt161.00–161.009233
HeifersMedium and Large 1—423171.37/cwt164.00–178.0072524
HeifersMedium and Large 1—523159.69/cwt155.00–164.0083538
HeifersMedium and Large 1—373177.83/cwt172.00–183.0066316
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1751,306.38/head1,200.00–1,400.001,3068
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—998968.42/head800.00–1,100.0096822
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 1-2—865710.43/head485.00–875.007108
Bulls——1,875108.07/cwt103.50–112.002,0264
Bulls——1,45896.99/cwt92.00–100.001,4146
Bulls——1,23382.62/cwt80.00–85.001,0192
CowsLean 85-90%—80059.78/cwt55.00–64.0047812
CowsLean 85-90%—70040.36/cwt35.00–45.0028310
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,02577.51/cwt74.00–80.0079424
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,27585.65/cwt83.00–88.001,09214
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,02575.85/cwt70.00–80.007778
CowsLean 85-90%—1,02568.85/cwt63.00–73.0070618

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.