Sale reports / Mississippi / Tadlock Livestock Auction / 2022-02-14

Tadlock Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Forest, Mississippi · Mon, Feb 14
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2114
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,390 head
▲ 653 vs last sale 737▲ 1,390 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
208 head
▲ 136 vs last sale 72▲ 208 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
287 head
▲ 75 vs last sale 212▲ 287 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale: Feeder steers and heifers sold 3-10 higher, slaughter cows sold 2-4 higher, and slaughter bulls sold steady.

Weaned grouped feeder cattle are listed as M&L 1&2 Value Added. Full load of weaned steers 101 head @ 50,720lbs avj. 502lbs @ $208.40

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $185.60/cwt on 338 head.
Average price
$185.60
338 head · 525 lb average
Value per head Derived
$975
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$92
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$10.38/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+13.39
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2531188.611,002240
Medium and Large 1511178.2391098
One grade step is worth $10.38/cwt here — about $92 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 sale338 hd
185.60
—
MS average13 barns · 1,306 hd
172.21
+13.39
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—Low1,611108.601,74932
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,15088.861,02252
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,02579.1081116
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low90063.8657544

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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1223215.51/cwt210.00–220.004814
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added243210.00/cwt210.00–210.005105
Steers—Medium and Large 1323205.35/cwt200.00–210.006638
Steers—Medium and Large 1373205.30/cwt200.00–210.007664
Steers—Medium and Large 1423196.58/cwt190.00–202.5083216
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added441188.01/cwt180.00–197.5082922
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added454184.00/cwt184.00–184.0083521
Steers—Medium and Large 1473180.24/cwt175.00–185.008538
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added502208.40/cwt208.40–208.401,046101
Steers—Medium and Large 1523175.22/cwt170.00–180.0091620
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added550180.00/cwt180.00–180.0099018
Steers—Medium and Large 1573166.68/cwt162.00–171.0095516
Steers—Medium and Large 1623162.30/cwt161.00–163.501,01110
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added631164.41/cwt163.50–164.751,03767
Steers—Medium and Large 1673153.10/cwt150.00–156.001,0308
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added680156.00/cwt156.00–156.001,0612
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added711150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,0674
Steers—Medium and Large 1823133.60/cwt130.00–137.001,1004
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1373162.65/cwt160.00–165.006074
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473151.67/cwt148.00–155.0071710
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added497152.00/cwt152.00–152.007554
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523152.61/cwt150.00–155.007988
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573152.60/cwt150.00–155.008746
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added582148.50/cwt148.50–148.508644
Heifers—Medium and Large 1623144.66/cwt140.00–149.0090130
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added633145.80/cwt141.00–148.5092311
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added659144.73/cwt138.00–149.0095418
Heifers—Medium and Large 1673135.17/cwt130.00–140.009108
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1373190.30/cwt185.00–195.007104
Bulls—Medium and Large 1423175.27/cwt170.00–180.007414
Bulls—Medium and Large 1473167.62/cwt165.00–170.007934
Bulls—Medium and Large 1523162.22/cwt157.00–167.008484
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,248102.99/cwt97.00–107.001,28516
Bulls——1,973114.20/cwt108.00–118.002,25316
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%67543.78/cwt41.00–46.002968
Cows—Lean 85-90%80058.78/cwt54.00–63.0047012
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,02584.68/cwt80.00–88.0086832
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,02579.10/cwt75.00–82.0081116
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02573.10/cwt69.00–76.0074924
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,35095.56/cwt90.00–100.001,29020
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-27001,228.57/cwt1,000.00–1,400.008,60014
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-2933874.53/cwt700.00–1,000.008,1598
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1501,196.74/cwt1,050.00–1,300.0013,76324
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small and Medium 1-2875959.29/cwt825.00–1,060.008,3946
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1501,330.43/cwt1,175.00–1,450.0015,30018

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.