Sale reports / Mississippi / Tadlock Livestock Auction / 2023-07-17

Tadlock Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Forest, Mississippi · Mon, Jul 17
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2114
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,110 head
170 vs last sale 1,280 113 vs year ago 997 · +11.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
180 head
103 vs last sale 283 54 vs year ago 126 · +42.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
157 head
20 vs last sale 177 3 vs year ago 154 · +1.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale: Feeder steers and Heifers sold 5-10 higher, slaughter cows sold 2-3 lower, 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 $226.78/cwt on 285 head.
Average price
$226.78
285 head · 523 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,186
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$10
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$0.87/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.79
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1520227.201,181148
Medium and Large 1-2526226.331,191137
One grade step is worth $0.87/cwt here — about −$10 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 sale285 hd
226.78
MS average13 barns · 1,509 hd
218.00
+8.79
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
BullsLow1,465114.231,67318
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,129103.201,16548
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,02595.8598210
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low93687.0581550

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)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,255$1,32930
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)793$85410
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,050$1,5368

Every lot, as filed

45 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 1523225.22/cwt220.00–230.001,1788
BullsMedium and Large 1623220.18/cwt215.00–225.001,3728
BullsMedium and Large 1573222.60/cwt220.00–225.001,2754
HeifersMedium and Large 1565220.13/cwt210.00–225.001,24460
HeifersMedium and Large 1423237.37/cwt230.00–244.001,00424
HeifersMedium and Large 1473231.55/cwt225.00–237.501,09528
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added567242.73/cwt237.00–251.001,37617
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added427267.46/cwt265.00–269.001,14221
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added612243.95/cwt232.00–257.001,49340
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added702221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,5513
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added680227.56/cwt210.00–239.001,54714
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added454248.64/cwt248.00–250.001,12916
SteersMedium and Large 1673234.65/cwt230.00–239.001,57910
SteersMedium and Large 1573240.72/cwt235.00–246.001,37920
SteersMedium and Large 1323270.35/cwt265.00–275.0087312
SteersMedium and Large 1423261.32/cwt255.00–267.001,10514
SteersMedium and Large 1473248.19/cwt244.00–252.001,17420
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added518250.95/cwt244.00–254.001,30019
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added518234.05/cwt228.00–250.001,21228
SteersMedium and Large 1723215.67/cwt210.00–221.001,5596
SteersMedium and Large 1523249.22/cwt244.00–254.001,30330
SteersMedium and Large 1623237.25/cwt230.00–244.001,47832
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,02595.85/cwt90.00–100.0098210
CowsBoner 80-85%1,275106.50/cwt102.00–110.501,35820
CowsBoner 80-85%1,025100.85/cwt95.00–105.001,03428
CowsLean 85-90%70066.11/cwt61.00–72.004634
CowsLean 85-90%80079.78/cwt75.00–84.0063814
CowsLean 85-90%1,02592.85/cwt87.00–97.0095232
Bulls1,24394.16/cwt90.00–100.001,1704
Bulls1,613123.34/cwt121.00–125.001,9898
Bulls1,415115.47/cwt113.00–117.001,6346
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 1-2793853.55/head700.00–975.0085410
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2551,329.48/head1,175.00–1,450.001,32930
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0501,535.71/head1,350.00–1,675.001,5368
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added735209.00/cwt209.00–209.001,53613
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added387225.00/cwt225.00–225.0087110
HeifersMedium and Large 1623214.43/cwt202.00–226.001,3368
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added479229.93/cwt225.00–254.001,10128
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added335242.50/cwt242.50–242.508122
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added436236.35/cwt234.00–244.001,03020
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added588216.65/cwt211.00–225.001,27432
HeifersMedium and Large 1523232.95/cwt228.00–237.501,21828
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added638226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,4424
SteersMedium and Large 1373261.36/cwt255.00–267.009756
SteersMedium and Large 1273277.71/cwt275.00–280.007584

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.