Sale reports / Mississippi / Tadlock Livestock Auction / 2023-06-26

Tadlock Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Forest, Mississippi · Mon, Jun 26
● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2114
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,757 head
▲ 1,757 vs last sale 0▲ 1,757 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
322 head
▲ 322 vs last sale 0▲ 322 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
201 head
▲ 201 vs last sale 0▲ 201 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 and heifers sold steady, slaughter cows sold steady, and slaughter bulls sold steady.

Weaned grouped feeder cattle are listed as M&L 1&2 Value Added.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $246.59/cwt on 294 head.
Average price
$246.59
294 head · 476 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,174
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$18
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$3.92/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.19
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2476248.271,182168
Medium and Large 1476244.351,164126
One grade step is worth $3.92/cwt here — about $18 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 sale294 hd
246.59
—
MS average13 barns · 1,146 hd
236.40
+10.19
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
Bulls—High1,649119.591,97220
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,106101.411,12168
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,02592.1094412
CowsLean 85-90%Average91484.9377674

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 Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,358$1,5586
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,103$1,24718
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)920$9016
Bred Heifers1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)(<2 yrs)900$1,22620
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,123$1,5666
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)933$1,3664thin

Every lot, as filed

53 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 1—473246.81/cwt240.00–253.001,16720
SteersMedium and Large 1—423248.43/cwt240.00–256.001,05120
SteersMedium and Large 1—323255.35/cwt250.00–260.008256
SteersMedium and Large 1—573232.83/cwt224.00–241.001,33424
HeifersMedium and Large 1—623204.85/cwt202.00–207.501,2766
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—567217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,23011
SteersMedium and Large 1—273272.71/cwt270.00–275.007444
SteersMedium and Large 1—673215.17/cwt210.00–220.001,4484
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—426254.09/cwt235.00–260.001,08241
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—576241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,38819
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—512214.52/cwt205.00–220.001,09816
SteersMedium and Large 1—623230.70/cwt225.00–236.001,4378
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—360252.05/cwt250.00–260.0090716
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—614233.28/cwt227.00–236.001,4327
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—300252.50/cwt252.50–252.5075811
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—524246.93/cwt231.50–251.501,29454
SteersMedium and Large 1—525244.52/cwt235.00–251.501,28418
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—471250.83/cwt249.00–253.001,18119
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—970170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,6491
SteersMedium and Large 1—373252.95/cwt245.00–260.0094422
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—410219.32/cwt210.00–232.5089923
BullsMedium and Large 1—573217.60/cwt215.00–220.001,2474
BullsMedium and Large 1—323240.35/cwt235.00–245.007768
BullsMedium and Large 1—523220.22/cwt215.00–225.001,1526
BullsMedium and Large 1—473231.55/cwt225.00–237.501,0956
BullsMedium and Large 1—373240.30/cwt235.00–245.008966
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—918170.50/cwt170.50–170.501,5656
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—785186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,4603
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—243234.00/cwt234.00–234.0056919
HeifersMedium and Large 1—323236.07/cwt235.00–237.007634
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—383217.50/cwt217.50–217.508335
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—475224.91/cwt209.50–232.001,06818
HeifersMedium and Large 1—523215.22/cwt210.00–220.001,12624
HeifersMedium and Large 1—473219.17/cwt210.00–227.501,03720
HeifersMedium and Large 1—423226.32/cwt220.00–232.0095726
HeifersMedium and Large 1—573211.24/cwt205.00–217.001,21016
HeifersMedium and Large 1—223241.01/cwt230.00–250.0053720
HeifersMedium and Large 1—373222.57/cwt217.00–227.5083010
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1231,565.76/head1,450.00–1,675.001,5666
Cow-Calf PairsSmall and Medium 1-2—9331,365.82/head1,325.00–1,400.001,3664
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy—1,3581,557.92/head1,450.00–1,650.001,5586
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 1-2—920901.02/head810.00–975.009016
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1031,247.45/head1,125.00–1,350.001,24718
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—9001,226.39/head1,200.00–1,250.001,22620
Bulls——1,855125.29/cwt120.00–129.002,32410
Bulls——1,668108.22/cwt106.00–110.001,8054
CowsLean 85-90%—1,02589.98/cwt85.00–93.5092242
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,02599.10/cwt95.00–102.001,01646
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,275106.24/cwt102.00–110.001,35522
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,02592.10/cwt88.00–95.0094412
CowsLean 85-90%—67569.44/cwt65.00–73.004698
Bulls——1,293117.68/cwt114.00–120.001,5226
CowsLean 85-90%—80081.25/cwt77.00–85.0065024

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.