Sale reports / Mississippi / Tadlock Livestock Auction / 2022-01-24

Tadlock Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Forest, Mississippi · Mon, Jan 24
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2114
Feeder Cattle receipts
985 head
▲ 511 vs last sale 474▲ 605 vs year ago 380 · +159.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
164 head
▲ 92 vs last sale 72▲ 67 vs year ago 97 · +69.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
268 head
▲ 93 vs last sale 175▲ 133 vs year ago 135 · +98.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale: Feeder steers and heifers sold 3-5 higher, Slaughter cows 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

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $146.46/cwt on 215 head.
Average price
$146.46
215 head · 505 lb average
Value per head Derived
$739
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$67
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$0.83/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.43
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2527146.88774105
Medium and Large 1484146.05707110
One grade step is worth $0.83/cwt here — about $67 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 sale215 hd
146.46
—
MS average13 barns · 1,252 hd
142.03
+4.43
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—High1,47995.021,40516
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,09375.9683044
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,02570.5172312
CowsLean 85-90%Average99362.5362128

Every lot

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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1223218.76/cwt205.00–230.004886
Steers—Medium and Large 1273206.35/cwt205.00–207.505634
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added366197.50/cwt197.50–197.507238
Steers—Medium and Large 1373191.63/cwt185.00–197.5071514
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added420190.67/cwt187.00–192.5080119
Steers—Medium and Large 1423188.00/cwt183.00–192.5079520
Steers—Medium and Large 1473178.26/cwt172.50–183.5084310
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added489183.50/cwt183.50–183.508977
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added523176.34/cwt169.00–180.5092211
Steers—Medium and Large 1523175.00/cwt169.00–180.5091514
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added569165.62/cwt165.00–166.0094218
Steers—Medium and Large 1573164.08/cwt162.00–166.0094020
Steers—Medium and Large 1623156.13/cwt152.50–159.5097312
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added646156.96/cwt152.50–159.501,01411
Steers—Medium and Large 1675154.25/cwt152.00–156.001,04111
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added691152.50/cwt152.50–152.501,0548
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added751145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,0893
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1373159.24/cwt155.00–163.0059412
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added385158.00/cwt158.00–158.006088
Heifers—Medium and Large 1423152.77/cwt147.50–157.5064630
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added424156.61/cwt155.00–157.5066424
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473146.67/cwt143.00–150.0069422
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added475148.94/cwt148.00–150.0070721
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added517152.49/cwt149.00–155.0078815
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523143.74/cwt138.00–149.0075220
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added563136.64/cwt130.00–144.5076918
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573135.20/cwt130.00–140.0077520
Heifers—Medium and Large 1623127.70/cwt122.00–133.007966
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added720135.00/cwt135.00–135.0097211
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added784130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,0198
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1323185.35/cwt180.00–190.005994
Bulls—Medium and Large 1373181.24/cwt177.00–185.006764
Bulls—Medium and Large 1423175.79/cwt170.00–181.007444
Bulls—Medium and Large 1473165.24/cwt160.00–170.007826
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,24888.99/cwt83.00–93.001,1118
Bulls——1,710101.05/cwt96.00–105.001,7288
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%80056.66/cwt54.00–59.004534
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,02574.10/cwt70.00–77.0076032
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,02570.51/cwt67.00–73.0072312
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02563.51/cwt60.00–66.0065124
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27580.91/cwt78.00–83.501,03212
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small and Medium 1-29251,159.46/cwt975.00–1,300.0010,7256
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1501,540.22/cwt1,300.00–1,725.0017,71314
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-2898818.31/cwt600.00–975.007,34818
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2751,285.29/cwt1,050.00–1,450.0016,38724

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.