Sale reports / Mississippi / Tadlock Livestock Auction / 2023-06-19

Tadlock Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Forest, Mississippi · Mon, Jun 19
● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2114
Feeder Cattle receipts
882 head
776 vs last sale 1,658 33 vs year ago 849 · +3.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
174 head
183 vs last sale 357 31 vs year ago 205 · 15.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
166 head
84 vs last sale 250 7 vs year ago 159 · +4.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale: Feeder steers and heifers sold steady, slaughter bulls sold steady, and slaughter cows sold 3-5 lower.

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 $211.94/cwt on 209 head.
Average price
$211.94
209 head · 519 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,099
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$33
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$1.28/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.80
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2509212.611,08299
Medium and Large 1528211.331,115110
One grade step is worth $1.28/cwt here — about −$33 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 sale209 hd
211.94
MS average13 barns · 1,167 hd
206.13
+5.80
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
BullsHigh1,600118.701,89912
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,113102.751,14434
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,02594.5196910
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low84385.9872440

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)1,004$1,18134
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,010$1,58420

Every lot, as filed

48 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
CowsLean 85-90%67575.33/cwt72.00–78.005088
CowsLean 85-90%80084.31/cwt79.00–89.0067420
CowsLean 85-90%1,02595.85/cwt90.00–100.0098212
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,02594.51/cwt91.00–97.0096910
CowsBoner 80-85%1,275106.24/cwt102.00–110.001,35512
CowsBoner 80-85%1,025100.85/cwt95.00–105.001,03422
Bulls1,830124.37/cwt120.00–128.002,2764
Bulls1,485115.86/cwt110.00–120.001,7218
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 1-2848865.63/head750.00–950.008666
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0381,248.19/head1,050.00–1,400.001,24828
HeifersMedium and Large 1723176.44/cwt170.00–182.501,2764
HeifersMedium and Large 1673192.75/cwt185.00–200.001,2976
HeifersMedium and Large 1373230.30/cwt225.00–235.008598
HeifersMedium and Large 1423232.63/cwt230.00–235.0098410
HeifersMedium and Large 1573204.68/cwt200.00–209.001,17328
HeifersMedium and Large 1473219.19/cwt215.00–223.001,03732
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added609236.10/cwt235.00–237.501,4389
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added539247.50/cwt247.00–248.001,33414
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added773175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,3532
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added892170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,5163
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added458261.22/cwt245.00–269.001,19616
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added418254.89/cwt250.00–260.001,06517
SteersMedium and Large 1473258.10/cwt245.00–270.001,2218
SteersMedium and Large 1373290.60/cwt280.00–300.001,08410
SteersMedium and Large 1673217.58/cwt215.00–220.001,4642
SteersMedium and Large 1873168.78/cwt167.50–170.001,4732
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added237300.00/cwt300.00–300.007116
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added378265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,0026
SteersMedium and Large 1573239.60/cwt237.00–242.001,37318
SteersMedium and Large 1423265.06/cwt254.00–275.001,12120
SteersMedium and Large 1623222.68/cwt217.50–227.501,38712
SteersMedium and Large 1523245.22/cwt240.00–250.001,28318
SteersMedium and Large 1223300.51/cwt295.00–305.006708
SteersMedium and Large 1273300.41/cwt295.00–305.008208
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added758191.00/cwt191.00–191.001,4485
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added523218.62/cwt208.00–222.001,1438
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added576195.99/cwt190.50–209.001,12914
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added293238.00/cwt238.00–238.0069716
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added688172.50/cwt172.50–172.501,1872
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added840175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,4702
HeifersMedium and Large 1523212.82/cwt205.00–220.001,11310
HeifersMedium and Large 1623195.18/cwt190.00–200.001,21612
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added366229.00/cwt229.00–229.008383
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added411230.82/cwt230.00–232.009495
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added606192.88/cwt182.50–215.001,16918
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added482222.49/cwt215.00–234.001,07226
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1251,794.44/head1,600.00–1,950.001,79412
Cow-Calf PairsSmall and Medium 1-28381,267.16/head1,200.00–1,325.001,2678

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.