Sale reports / Mississippi / Tadlock Livestock Auction / 2022-02-07

Tadlock Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Forest, Mississippi · Mon, Feb 7
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2114
Feeder Cattle receipts
737 head
▼ 413 vs last sale 1,150▲ 201 vs year ago 536 · +37.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
72 head
▼ 146 vs last sale 218▲ 5 vs year ago 67 · +7.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
212 head
▼ 145 vs last sale 357▲ 72 vs year ago 140 · +51.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale: Feeder steers and heifers sold 2-7 higher, slaughter cows sold 2-5 higher, and slaughter bulls sold 4-7 higher.

Weaned grouped 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 $144.02/cwt on 145 head.
Average price
$144.02
145 head · 573 lb average
Value per head Derived
$825
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$25
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$2.26/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.86
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2577145.0883777
Medium and Large 1569142.8281268
One grade step is worth $2.26/cwt here — about $25 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 sale145 hd
144.02
—
MS average13 barns · 1,078 hd
140.15
+3.86
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—High1,472107.321,57912
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,15086.4899422
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,02576.937896thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average92967.7162914

Every lot

41 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1223208.26/cwt200.00–215.004644
Steers—Medium and Large 1273206.77/cwt200.00–212.505644
Steers—Medium and Large 1323204.01/cwt200.00–207.506594
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added361195.00/cwt195.00–195.007045
Steers—Medium and Large 1473171.55/cwt165.00–177.5081110
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added486169.13/cwt160.00–175.008225
Steers—Medium and Large 1523171.48/cwt166.00–176.5089710
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added548166.00/cwt166.00–166.009103
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added559171.16/cwt170.00–174.0095714
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added632158.00/cwt158.00–158.009992
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added657161.88/cwt150.00–165.751,06444
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added706154.34/cwt152.00–157.501,0907
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added765145.46/cwt136.50–152.501,11321
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added385155.00/cwt155.00–155.005978
Heifers—Medium and Large 1423150.27/cwt145.00–155.0063610
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added428149.00/cwt149.00–149.006383
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473148.14/cwt145.00–151.007014
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523145.13/cwt142.00–148.0075910
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added527145.22/cwt142.00–147.0076511
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added558148.60/cwt148.00–149.0082919
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573144.68/cwt140.00–149.0082920
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added619141.88/cwt140.00–144.0087813
Heifers—Medium and Large 1623138.73/cwt132.00–145.0086410
Heifers—Medium and Large 1673138.96/cwt132.50–145.0093510
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added674139.93/cwt132.50–145.0094318
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added701140.00/cwt140.00–140.009815
Heifers—Medium and Large 1723123.61/cwt120.00–127.008944
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added361200.00/cwt200.00–200.007223
Bulls—Medium and Large 1423161.21/cwt157.00–165.006826
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added519163.75/cwt163.75–163.7585010
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added784125.00/cwt125.00–125.009807
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,248101.79/cwt97.00–105.001,2706
Bulls——1,695112.85/cwt107.00–117.501,9136
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%80063.98/cwt60.00–67.505126
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,02581.30/cwt77.50–84.0083312
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,02576.93/cwt74.00–79.007896
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02570.51/cwt67.00–73.007238
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,30092.69/cwt90.00–95.001,20510
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1001,486.36/cwt1,250.00–1,650.0016,35050
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-2858835.80/cwt700.00–900.007,17117
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0781,203.02/cwt1,000.00–1,350.0012,96922

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.