Sale reports / Mississippi / Tadlock Livestock Auction / 2023-02-20

Tadlock Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Forest, Mississippi · Mon, Feb 20
● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2114
Feeder Cattle receipts
749 head
40 vs last sale 789 25 vs year ago 724 · +3.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
97 head
90 vs last sale 187 81 vs year ago 178 · 45.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
110 head
72 vs last sale 182 220 vs year ago 330 · 66.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale: Feeder steers and heifers sold 5-15 higher, slaughter cows sold steady, and slaughter bulls sold 5-8 higher.

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 $177.17/cwt on 170 head.
Average price
$177.17
170 head · 473 lb average
Value per head Derived
$838
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$10
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$0.69/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.22
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1470177.4783496
Medium and Large 1-2477176.7884374
One grade step is worth $0.69/cwt here — about −$10 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 sale170 hd
177.17
MS average13 barns · 1,114 hd
168.95
+8.22
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
BullsHigh1,690107.121,81017
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,17291.161,06830
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,02588.2790510
CowsLean 85-90%Low93173.7568724

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)1,123$1,16220
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)828$83014
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,071$1,22614

Every lot, as filed

49 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 Added380183.65/cwt181.00–187.006989
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added428177.10/cwt168.00–184.5075823
SteersMedium and Large 1423220.27/cwt215.00–225.009328
SteersMedium and Large 1523208.34/cwt200.00–216.001,09020
SteersMedium and Large 1623190.18/cwt185.00–195.001,1858
SteersMedium and Large 1373235.30/cwt230.00–240.0087818
SteersMedium and Large 1473210.76/cwt205.00–216.0099716
SteersMedium and Large 1573197.20/cwt192.00–202.001,1304
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added485216.62/cwt216.00–219.001,0519
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added514206.84/cwt192.00–223.001,06312
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added368230.00/cwt230.00–230.008466
SteersMedium and Large 1273258.12/cwt250.00–265.007054
SteersMedium and Large 1673176.13/cwt172.00–180.001,1858
SteersMedium and Large 1723167.58/cwt165.00–170.001,2124
SteersMedium and Large 1323258.02/cwt250.00–265.008334
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added627181.15/cwt176.00–188.001,1369
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added815163.00/cwt163.00–163.001,3283
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added331232.20/cwt232.00–232.5076910
BullsMedium and Large 1523188.91/cwt185.00–192.509884
BullsMedium and Large 1473197.24/cwt192.00–202.009334
BullsMedium and Large 1323245.35/cwt240.00–250.007924
BullsMedium and Large 1373219.13/cwt212.50–225.008174
BullsMedium and Large 1423202.63/cwt200.00–205.008574
BullsMedium and Large 1573183.90/cwt180.00–187.501,0544
CowsLean 85-90%80066.84/cwt61.00–72.0053510
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,02588.27/cwt83.00–92.0090510
CowsBoner 80-85%1,30095.81/cwt91.50–99.501,24616
CowsBoner 80-85%1,02585.85/cwt80.00–90.0088014
Bulls1,910116.97/cwt114.00–122.502,2343
Bulls1,643105.01/cwt100.00–108.501,72514
CowsLean 85-90%1,02578.68/cwt74.00–82.0080614
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0711,225.80/head1,200.00–1,350.001,22614
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1231,162.47/head975.00–1,300.001,16220
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 1-2828829.53/head675.00–950.0083014
HeifersMedium and Large 1523176.65/cwt173.00–180.0092414
HeifersMedium and Large 1273202.71/cwt200.00–205.005536
HeifersMedium and Large 1423180.00/cwt175.00–184.5076120
HeifersMedium and Large 1373181.36/cwt175.00–187.0067616
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added471184.45/cwt184.00–185.008699
HeifersMedium and Large 1573166.56/cwt165.00–168.009546
HeifersMedium and Large 1323183.74/cwt180.00–187.005934
HeifersMedium and Large 1673154.39/cwt150.00–158.501,0398
HeifersMedium and Large 1623164.04/cwt163.00–165.001,0228
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added280205.00/cwt205.00–205.005745
HeifersMedium and Large 1473183.14/cwt180.00–186.0086614
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added619164.27/cwt163.00–165.001,0178
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added556168.00/cwt168.00–168.009343
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added672156.14/cwt150.00–158.501,0497
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added508175.91/cwt173.00–180.0089410

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.