Sale reports / Mississippi / Tadlock Livestock Auction / 2023-07-10

Tadlock Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Forest, Mississippi · Mon, Jul 10
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2114
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,280 head
▼ 477 vs last sale 1,757▲ 314 vs year ago 966 · +32.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
283 head
▼ 39 vs last sale 322▼ 147 vs year ago 430 · −34.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
177 head
▼ 24 vs last sale 201▼ 25 vs year ago 202 · −12.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale: Feeder steers and heifers sold 5-10 higher, slaughter cows sold 5-7 higher, and slaughter 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 $226.93/cwt on 157 head.
Average price
$226.93
157 head · 516 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,172
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$131
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$9.17/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+13.08
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2538232.361,25064
Medium and Large 1502223.191,12093
One grade step is worth $9.17/cwt here — about $131 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 sale157 hd
226.93
—
MS average7 barns · 731 hd
213.84
+13.08
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—Average1,683120.462,02720
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,094106.921,17058
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,02598.441,00918
CowsLean 85-90%Average94094.9989368

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)1,000$1,14026
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)950$1,25510

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 1—473240.24/cwt235.00–245.001,1364
BullsMedium and Large 1—523222.82/cwt215.00–230.001,1654
BullsMedium and Large 1—573222.79/cwt215.00–230.001,2778
BullsMedium and Large 1—430256.90/cwt250.00–260.001,1059
HeifersMedium and Large 1—623209.07/cwt200.00–217.501,3038
HeifersMedium and Large 1—480231.69/cwt220.00–237.001,1129
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—609241.26/cwt227.50–245.001,46914
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—476249.27/cwt245.00–257.501,1876
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—424260.27/cwt257.50–262.501,1047
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—578242.12/cwt239.00–245.001,39918
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—388270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,0482
SteersMedium and Large 1—623222.44/cwt217.00–227.501,38618
SteersMedium and Large 1—573241.16/cwt237.00–245.001,38224
SteersMedium and Large 1—323270.35/cwt265.00–275.008734
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—512241.57/cwt240.00–244.001,2375
SteersMedium and Large 1—373270.30/cwt265.00–275.001,0084
SteersMedium and Large 1—673221.13/cwt217.00–225.001,4884
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—469240.83/cwt237.50–242.001,12915
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—530238.06/cwt235.00–238.501,26216
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—225557.00/head557.00–557.005578
SteersMedium and Large 1—473251.55/cwt245.00–257.501,1908
SteersMedium and Large 1—523246.65/cwt243.00–250.001,2908
SteersMedium and Large 1—423256.32/cwt250.00–262.001,08418
HeifersMedium and Large 1—323237.67/cwt235.00–240.0076810
HeifersMedium and Large 1—423235.27/cwt230.00–240.0099510
HeifersMedium and Large 1—673205.17/cwt200.00–210.001,38110
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—346237.50/cwt237.50–237.508225
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—685210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,4396
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—410239.00/cwt239.00–239.009808
HeifersMedium and Large 1—373237.65/cwt235.00–240.0088610
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—700220.71/cwt205.00–225.001,54514
HeifersMedium and Large 1—573217.79/cwt210.00–225.001,24812
HeifersMedium and Large 1—523217.82/cwt210.00–225.001,13924
Cow-Calf PairsSmall and Medium 1-2—9501,255.26/head1,200.00–1,300.001,25510
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1301,314.38/head1,175.00–1,425.001,31418
Bred CowsSmall 1-2—708746.82/head450.00–950.007478
Bulls——1,605115.90/cwt110.00–120.001,86010
Bulls——1,760125.01/cwt120.00–129.002,20010
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,02598.44/cwt92.00–103.001,00918
CowsLean 85-90%—1,025100.44/cwt94.00–105.001,03044
CowsLean 85-90%—80086.84/cwt81.00–92.0069520
CowsLean 85-90%—70075.82/cwt71.00–80.005314
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,275111.24/cwt107.00–115.001,41816
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,025105.27/cwt100.00–109.001,07942

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.