Sale reports / Mississippi / Tadlock Livestock Auction / 2023-04-17

Tadlock Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Forest, Mississippi · Mon, Apr 17
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2114
Feeder Cattle receipts
937 head
1,008 vs last sale 1,945 449 vs year ago 488 · +92.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
244 head
125 vs last sale 119 114 vs year ago 130 · +87.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
397 head
118 vs last sale 279 191 vs year ago 206 · +92.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale: Feeder steers sold $5-$15 higher, feeder heifers sold $5-$13 higher, and slaughter cows and 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 $203.05/cwt on 108 head.
Average price
$203.05
108 head · 507 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,029
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$46
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$4.43/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.06
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1511204.521,04472
Medium and Large 1-2499200.0999936
One grade step is worth $4.43/cwt here — about $46 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 sale108 hd
203.05
MS average13 barns · 1,189 hd
197.98
+5.06
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
BullsHigh1,767120.882,13536
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,075101.721,09350
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,02596.4498910
CowsLean 85-90%Average95587.1683264

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)1,178$1,45832
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)729$68018
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,191$2,12034
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,275$1,81218
Stock CowsOpen(<2 yrs)738$1,20926

Every lot, as filed

45 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 1573228.76/cwt222.00–235.001,3116
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added817155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,2662
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added461206.86/cwt200.00–214.009549
HeifersMedium and Large 1473210.24/cwt205.00–215.0099414
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added524240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,2584
SteersMedium and Large 1623212.25/cwt205.00–219.001,3228
SteersMedium and Large 1273265.41/cwt260.00–270.007254
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added536195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,0454
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added389210.00/cwt210.00–210.008174
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added611217.50/cwt217.50–217.501,3294
SteersMedium and Large 1323269.36/cwt260.00–277.508706
SteersMedium and Large 1523237.82/cwt230.00–245.001,2448
SteersMedium and Large 1423256.58/cwt250.00–262.501,0854
SteersMedium and Large 1373265.30/cwt260.00–270.009906
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added780177.00/cwt177.00–177.001,3812
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added813172.00/cwt172.00–172.001,3982
HeifersMedium and Large 1523206.52/cwt200.00–212.501,08010
HeifersMedium and Large 1673175.17/cwt170.00–180.001,1796
HeifersMedium and Large 1373225.30/cwt220.00–230.008406
BullsMedium and Large 1473223.93/cwt220.00–227.501,0594
BullsMedium and Large 1423231.58/cwt225.00–237.509806
BullsMedium and Large 1373252.95/cwt245.00–260.009444
SteersMedium and Large 1473245.24/cwt240.00–250.001,1604
SteersMedium and Large 1823177.14/cwt172.00–182.001,4584
HeifersMedium and Large 1623186.63/cwt183.00–190.001,1638
HeifersMedium and Large 1573201.24/cwt195.00–207.001,15312
HeifersMedium and Large 1423212.90/cwt205.00–220.0090116
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added693170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,1782
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added700175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,2253
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added430210.65/cwt205.00–216.0090610
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added348220.00/cwt220.00–220.007662
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy1,2002,352.08/head2,000.00–2,650.002,35226
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1631,363.87/head1,200.00–1,500.001,3648
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy1,1781,457.96/head1,200.00–1,650.001,45832
Bred CowsSmall 1-2Thin Fleshed653513.79/head375.00–600.0051410
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 1-2825887.12/head775.00–975.008878
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy7381,208.90/head1,125.00–1,275.001,20926
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy1,2751,811.76/head1,600.00–2,000.001,81218
Bulls1,775128.26/cwt121.50–133.502,27716
Bulls1,760114.97/cwt108.00–118.002,02320
CowsBoner 80-85%1,025100.85/cwt95.00–105.001,03440
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,02596.44/cwt90.00–101.0098910
CowsLean 85-90%1,02590.27/cwt85.00–94.0092544
CowsLean 85-90%80080.31/cwt75.00–85.0064220
CowsBoner 80-85%1,275105.18/cwt102.00–108.001,34110

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.