Sale reports / Mississippi / Tadlock Livestock Auction / 2023-05-22

Tadlock Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Forest, Mississippi · Mon, May 22
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2114
Feeder Cattle receipts
930 head
100 vs last sale 830 184 vs year ago 1,114 · 16.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
331 head
168 vs last sale 163 123 vs year ago 208 · +59.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
156 head
25 vs last sale 181 38 vs year ago 118 · +32.2%
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Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $240.38/cwt on 129 head.
Average price
$240.38
129 head · 486 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,168
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$88
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$8.17/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+19.52
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1466243.491,13380
Medium and Large 1-2519235.321,22149
One grade step is worth $8.17/cwt here — about −$88 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 sale129 hd
240.38
MS average13 barns · 1,005 hd
220.86
+19.52
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
BullsHigh1,606118.581,90518
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,181103.831,22674
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,02595.2797716
CowsLean 85-90%Average98288.7387142

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)1,140$1,28316
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,025$1,48416

Every lot, as filed

42 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 1423227.53/cwt222.00–232.509624
BullsMedium and Large 1373247.95/cwt240.00–255.009258
BullsMedium and Large 1473211.55/cwt205.00–217.501,0018
HeifersMedium and Large 1573192.79/cwt185.00–200.001,1054
HeifersMedium and Large 1223222.73/cwt217.50–227.004976
HeifersMedium and Large 1373220.30/cwt215.00–225.0082218
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added418257.76/cwt252.50–259.001,07715
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added602217.25/cwt212.50–218.001,30815
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added500240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,2002
SteersMedium and Large 1523231.52/cwt225.00–237.501,21110
SteersMedium and Large 1473236.19/cwt232.00–240.001,11712
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added682199.98/cwt190.00–219.001,3646
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added558218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,2162
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added328275.00/cwt275.00–275.009023
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added489244.07/cwt235.00–253.001,1946
SteersMedium and Large 1723193.06/cwt191.00–195.001,3964
SteersMedium and Large 1373261.63/cwt255.00–267.509766
SteersMedium and Large 1573232.70/cwt227.50–237.501,33310
SteersMedium and Large 1623221.33/cwt212.00–230.001,3796
SteersMedium and Large 1223275.51/cwt270.00–280.006144
SteersMedium and Large 1273275.41/cwt270.00–280.007524
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added376220.05/cwt217.00–224.0082710
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added514214.27/cwt212.50–216.001,10110
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added230227.00/cwt227.00–227.005222
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added600186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,1162
SteersMedium and Large 1423252.37/cwt245.00–259.001,06820
SteersMedium and Large 1323270.35/cwt265.00–275.008734
HeifersMedium and Large 1473215.10/cwt207.50–222.001,01718
HeifersMedium and Large 1623180.70/cwt175.00–186.001,1266
HeifersMedium and Large 1273222.64/cwt217.50–227.006086
HeifersMedium and Large 1423220.27/cwt215.00–225.0093212
HeifersMedium and Large 1523211.78/cwt205.00–218.001,10814
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added484222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,0745
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0251,484.15/head1,400.00–1,550.001,48416
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1401,282.73/head1,150.00–1,375.001,28316
Bulls1,718122.06/cwt118.00–124.502,09712
Bulls1,383111.62/cwt106.00–116.001,5446
CowsBoner 80-85%1,02598.51/cwt95.00–101.001,01032
CowsBoner 80-85%1,300107.88/cwt102.50–112.501,40242
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,02595.27/cwt90.00–99.0097716
CowsLean 85-90%1,02591.02/cwt84.00–96.0093334
CowsLean 85-90%80078.98/cwt75.00–82.506328

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.