Sale reports / Mississippi / Tadlock Livestock Auction / 2023-10-02

Tadlock Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Forest, Mississippi · Mon, Oct 2
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2114
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,987 head
346 vs last sale 1,641 384 vs year ago 1,603 · +24.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
252 head
237 vs last sale 489 77 vs year ago 175 · +44.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
446 head
208 vs last sale 238 258 vs year ago 188 · +137.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale: Feeder steers sold mostly steady, feeder heifers sold 3-6 lower, slaughter cows sold 2-5 lower, and slaughter bulls sold 4-5 lower. 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 $266.12/cwt on 172 head.
Average price
$266.12
172 head · 488 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,298
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$36
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$10.98/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+19.61
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2472271.101,28194
Medium and Large 1506260.131,31778
One grade step is worth $10.98/cwt here — about −$36 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 sale172 hd
266.12
MS average12 barns · 902 hd
246.51
+19.61
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
BullsAverage1,515108.311,64128
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,07292.3399032
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,02589.8592116
CowsLean 85-90%Low91384.0076664

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)1,098$1,44550
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)897$9039
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,195$1,81724

Every lot, as filed

38 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 1573227.46/cwt222.00–232.501,3034
BullsMedium and Large 1473238.93/cwt235.00–242.501,1308
BullsMedium and Large 1523236.17/cwt232.00–240.001,2358
BullsMedium and Large 1623215.11/cwt212.00–218.001,3404
HeifersMedium and Large 1573217.20/cwt212.00–222.001,24516
HeifersMedium and Large 1423237.53/cwt232.00–242.501,00512
SteersMedium and Large 1323295.35/cwt290.00–300.009546
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added511263.14/cwt235.00–275.001,34542
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added418285.86/cwt274.00–299.001,19538
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added452266.00/cwt266.00–266.001,2029
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added615218.50/cwt218.50–218.501,3445
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added600235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,4105
SteersMedium and Large 1423275.27/cwt270.00–280.001,16420
SteersMedium and Large 1573242.70/cwt237.50–247.501,3916
SteersMedium and Large 1623232.59/cwt230.00–235.001,44910
SteersMedium and Large 1673232.58/cwt230.00–235.001,56510
HeifersMedium and Large 1473229.24/cwt224.00–234.001,08412
SteersMedium and Large 1373295.30/cwt290.00–300.001,1016
SteersMedium and Large 1523256.63/cwt247.50–265.001,34220
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added410257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,0546
HeifersMedium and Large 1373248.12/cwt246.00–250.0092510
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added672206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,3846
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added390246.00/cwt246.00–246.009599
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added466232.06/cwt224.00–234.001,08145
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added519221.44/cwt220.00–222.001,1497
HeifersMedium and Large 1523217.72/cwt212.50–222.501,13912
HeifersMedium and Large 1673201.65/cwt197.00–206.001,3576
HeifersMedium and Large 1623211.99/cwt205.00–218.501,3216
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1951,816.84/head1,575.00–2,000.001,81724
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0981,444.93/head1,200.00–1,625.001,44550
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 1-2897903.25/head800.00–1,075.009039
Bulls1,595111.75/cwt106.00–116.001,78222
Bulls1,22395.69/cwt90.00–100.001,1706
CowsLean 85-90%80080.31/cwt75.00–85.0064232
CowsBoner 80-85%1,02591.56/cwt86.00–95.5093826
CowsBoner 80-85%1,27595.65/cwt93.00–98.001,2206
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,02589.85/cwt84.00–94.0092116
CowsLean 85-90%1,02587.68/cwt83.00–91.0089932

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.