Sale reports / Mississippi / Tadlock Livestock Auction / 2023-06-05

Tadlock Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Forest, Mississippi · Mon, Jun 5
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2114
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,415 head
1,415 vs last sale 0 1,415 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
334 head
334 vs last sale 0 334 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
203 head
203 vs last sale 0 203 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale: feeder steers sold 3-10 higher, feeder heifers sold 2-5 higher, slaughter cows sold 2-4 higher, and slaughter bulls sold 3-5 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 $214.33/cwt on 197 head.
Average price
$214.33
197 head · 569 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,220
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$100
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$5.23/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.02
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1546216.371,180120
Medium and Large 1-2606211.141,28077
One grade step is worth $5.23/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 sale197 hd
214.33
MS average12 barns · 1,240 hd
206.31
+8.02
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
BullsLow1,629117.621,91640
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,091108.541,18468
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,025103.441,06016
CowsLean 85-90%Low86189.0676792

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)1,130$1,37514
Bred Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)785$1,0374thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,200$1,8144thin

Every lot, as filed

44 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 1373270.30/cwt265.00–275.001,0086
BullsMedium and Large 1523245.22/cwt240.00–250.001,2838
HeifersMedium and Large 1573212.46/cwt207.00–217.501,21714
HeifersMedium and Large 1423228.69/cwt225.00–232.009678
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added522220.23/cwt217.00–222.501,15017
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added554217.50/cwt217.50–217.501,2056
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added608237.50/cwt237.50–237.501,4442
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added460260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,1966
SteersMedium and Large 1323295.35/cwt290.00–300.009544
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added409263.79/cwt263.00–265.001,0795
SteersMedium and Large 1376284.01/cwt275.00–290.001,0687
SteersMedium and Large 1523250.22/cwt245.00–255.001,30918
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added714231.15/cwt230.00–232.001,6507
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added693234.50/cwt234.50–234.501,6253
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added583249.68/cwt248.00–251.001,45619
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added489225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,1008
SteersMedium and Large 1473255.24/cwt250.00–260.001,2078
SteersMedium and Large 1573246.68/cwt242.00–251.001,41322
SteersMedium and Large 1673220.17/cwt215.00–225.001,4826
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added526252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,32613
SteersMedium and Large 1723204.92/cwt202.50–207.501,4822
HeifersMedium and Large 1523217.72/cwt212.50–222.501,13930
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added761184.51/cwt180.50–189.001,4048
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added684207.66/cwt207.50–208.001,4206
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added733189.00/cwt189.00–189.001,3853
SteersMedium and Large 1423265.27/cwt260.00–270.001,12212
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added627211.04/cwt206.00–218.001,32329
HeifersMedium and Large 1723193.70/cwt187.00–200.001,4006
HeifersMedium and Large 1623211.73/cwt205.00–218.001,31938
HeifersMedium and Large 1373230.30/cwt225.00–235.0085910
HeifersMedium and Large 1473222.74/cwt217.50–227.501,05414
SteersMedium and Large 1623231.22/cwt225.00–237.001,4416
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,2001,814.06/head1,575.00–2,000.001,8144
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1301,374.56/head1,200.00–1,500.001,37514
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 1-27851,037.02/head875.00–1,150.001,0374
Bulls1,213101.30/cwt94.00–106.001,2294
Bulls1,635113.66/cwt107.00–120.001,85822
Bulls1,738128.51/cwt123.00–133.002,23414
CowsBoner 80-85%1,025106.85/cwt101.00–111.001,09550
CowsLean 85-90%80086.38/cwt80.00–92.0069136
CowsBoner 80-85%1,275113.24/cwt109.00–117.001,44418
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,025103.44/cwt97.00–108.001,06016
CowsLean 85-90%67576.56/cwt71.00–81.0051720
CowsLean 85-90%1,02598.68/cwt94.00–102.001,01136

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.