Sale reports / Mississippi / Tadlock Livestock Auction / 2022-01-10

Tadlock Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Forest, Mississippi · Mon, Jan 10
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2114
Feeder Cattle receipts
851 head
▲ 327 vs last sale 524▲ 547 vs year ago 304 · +179.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
66 head
▼ 49 vs last sale 115▲ 35 vs year ago 31 · +112.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
172 head
▼ 128 vs last sale 300▲ 112 vs year ago 60 · +186.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale: Feeder steers and heifers sold 5- 15 higher, slaughter cows sold 3-7 higher, and slaughter bulls sold steady.

Grouped weaned feeder cattle are listed as M&L 1&2 Value Added.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $170.66/cwt on 103 head.
Average price
$170.66
103 head · 543 lb average
Value per head Derived
$927
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$78
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$14.41/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.47
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1511175.5689868
Medium and Large 1-2605161.1597635
One grade step is worth $14.41/cwt here — about −$78 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 sale103 hd
170.66
—
MS average12 barns · 940 hd
172.13
−1.47
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—Low1,39987.051,2188thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,12573.2882426
CowsLean 85-90%Low94154.0550816

Every lot

35 lots · USDA AMS · Tadlock Stockyards - Forest, MS
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1273204.06/cwt200.00–207.505572
Steers—Medium and Large 1373190.30/cwt185.00–195.0071010
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added417188.00/cwt188.00–188.007844
Steers—Medium and Large 1423187.27/cwt182.00–192.0079214
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added464192.00/cwt192.00–192.008917
Steers—Medium and Large 1473187.24/cwt182.00–192.008868
Steers—Medium and Large 1523181.26/cwt175.00–187.009488
Steers—Medium and Large 1573163.90/cwt160.00–167.509398
Steers—Medium and Large 1623162.68/cwt157.50–167.501,01310
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added629148.90/cwt143.50–167.5093712
Steers—Medium and Large 1723139.90/cwt135.00–144.501,0118
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added727146.46/cwt144.50–148.501,06512
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1373172.18/cwt169.00–175.0064212
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added391169.93/cwt169.50–171.006647
Heifers—Medium and Large 1423167.16/cwt164.00–170.0070714
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added441164.00/cwt164.00–164.007234
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473154.29/cwt148.00–160.0073018
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added490148.56/cwt148.00–149.007289
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523149.69/cwt145.00–154.0078310
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added597140.50/cwt140.50–140.508395
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added602145.00/cwt145.00–145.008732
Heifers—Medium and Large 1623140.18/cwt135.00–145.0087310
Heifers—Medium and Large 1723127.61/cwt124.00–131.009234
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added752128.50/cwt128.50–128.509665
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added284191.00/cwt191.00–191.005425
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added402182.50/cwt182.50–182.507346
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,24883.00/cwt80.00–85.001,0364
Bulls——1,55091.10/cwt88.00–94.001,4124
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%80044.66/cwt42.00–47.003576
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,02571.10/cwt67.00–74.0072918
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02559.68/cwt55.00–63.0061210
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,35078.17/cwt74.00–81.501,0558
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1031,444.44/cwt1,250.00–1,600.0015,93214
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-2965895.85/cwt700.00–1,050.008,64514
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0901,063.30/cwt850.00–1,225.0011,59020

This sale against other markets

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.