Sale reports / Mississippi / Tadlock Livestock Auction / 2023-08-21

Tadlock Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Forest, Mississippi · Mon, Aug 21
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2114
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,834 head
▲ 1,609 vs last sale 225▲ 806 vs year ago 1,028 · +78.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
483 head
▲ 299 vs last sale 184▲ 310 vs year ago 173 · +179.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
248 head
▼ 1,058 vs last sale 1,306▲ 96 vs year ago 152 · +63.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale: Feeder steers and heifers sold Steady to 6 lower, slaughter cows sold steady, and slaughter bulls sold 5-6 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 $214.17/cwt on 122 head.
Average price
$214.17
122 head · 548 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,174
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$52
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$6.04/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.13
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2518218.821,13328
Medium and Large 1557212.781,18594
One grade step is worth $6.04/cwt here — about −$52 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 sale122 hd
214.17
—
MS average13 barns · 1,329 hd
217.30
−3.13
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—High1,643125.562,06326
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,074104.091,11882
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,02598.981,01536
CowsLean 85-90%Average93592.7886778

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)1,155$1,38928
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,010$1,3636
Stock CowsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)900$96840

Every lot, as filed

43 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—423245.27/cwt240.00–250.001,0376
BullsMedium and Large 1—623202.59/cwt200.00–205.001,2624
BullsMedium and Large 1—473225.24/cwt220.00–230.001,0656
BullsMedium and Large 1—573202.60/cwt200.00–205.001,1618
BullsMedium and Large 1—673197.58/cwt195.00–200.001,3304
HeifersMedium and Large 1—523220.22/cwt215.00–225.001,15220
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—586235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,3778
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—658221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,4545
SteersMedium and Large 1—723215.16/cwt210.00–220.001,5564
SteersMedium and Large 1—573237.46/cwt232.00–242.501,36114
SteersMedium and Large 1—473247.24/cwt242.00–252.001,1698
SteersMedium and Large 1—673225.65/cwt221.00–230.001,5196
SteersMedium and Large 1—523237.72/cwt232.50–242.501,24310
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—408230.00/cwt230.00–230.009385
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—672202.50/cwt202.50–202.501,3617
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—580207.50/cwt207.50–207.501,2043
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—520224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,1658
SteersMedium and Large 1—423265.27/cwt260.00–270.001,1226
SteersMedium and Large 1—623231.48/cwt225.00–237.501,4426
HeifersMedium and Large 1—673202.58/cwt200.00–205.001,36310
HeifersMedium and Large 1—473220.24/cwt215.00–225.001,04214
HeifersMedium and Large 1—823183.85/cwt180.00–187.501,5132
HeifersMedium and Large 1—323231.51/cwt227.50–235.007484
SteersMedium and Large 1—373265.30/cwt260.00–270.009906
HeifersMedium and Large 1—423227.63/cwt225.00–230.009636
HeifersMedium and Large 1—373231.48/cwt227.50–235.008634
HeifersMedium and Large 1—773182.60/cwt179.00–186.001,4114
HeifersMedium and Large 1—723192.58/cwt190.00–195.001,3926
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—372229.00/cwt229.00–229.008525
HeifersMedium and Large 1—573207.79/cwt200.00–215.001,19116
HeifersMedium and Large 1—623211.48/cwt205.00–217.501,3188
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1551,389.39/head1,200.00–1,550.001,38928
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed—900967.50/head870.00–1,050.0096840
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,0101,363.37/head1,200.00–1,500.001,3636
Bulls——1,845134.64/cwt129.00–139.002,48412
CowsLean 85-90%—1,02597.27/cwt92.00–101.0099750
Bulls——1,05899.83/cwt96.00–105.001,0562
Bulls——1,538120.77/cwt115.00–125.001,85712
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,275109.18/cwt106.00–112.001,39216
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,025102.85/cwt97.00–107.001,05466
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,02598.98/cwt94.00–102.501,01536
CowsLean 85-90%—80087.31/cwt82.00–92.0069822
CowsLean 85-90%—67575.44/cwt71.00–79.005096

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.