Sale reports / Mississippi / Tadlock Livestock Auction / 2022-02-21

Tadlock Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Forest, Mississippi · Mon, Feb 21
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2114
Feeder Cattle receipts
724 head
▼ 666 vs last sale 1,390▲ 358 vs year ago 366 · +97.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
178 head
▼ 30 vs last sale 208▲ 95 vs year ago 83 · +114.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
330 head
▲ 43 vs last sale 287▲ 210 vs year ago 120 · +175.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks market: Feeder steers and heifers sold steady to $5 higher. Slaughter cows sold steady, and slaughter bulls sold $3-$5 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 $147.57/cwt on 112 head.
Average price
$147.57
112 head · 512 lb average
Value per head Derived
$756
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$22
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$5.28/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.49
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2492150.8874242
Medium and Large 1524145.5976470
One grade step is worth $5.28/cwt here — about −$22 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 sale112 hd
147.57
—
MS average13 barns · 1,097 hd
145.08
+2.49
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—Low1,441109.751,58224
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,18488.411,04744
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,02576.8578810
CowsLean 85-90%Low94565.6962128

Every lot

43 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1323209.36/cwt200.00–217.5067614
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added338200.00/cwt200.00–200.006769
Steers—Medium and Large 1373195.30/cwt190.00–200.007286
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added392190.00/cwt190.00–190.007452
Steers—Medium and Large 1423185.27/cwt180.00–190.007848
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added463178.93/cwt175.00–185.008285
Steers—Medium and Large 1473180.24/cwt175.00–185.0085310
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added510175.00/cwt175.00–175.008935
Steers—Medium and Large 1523175.13/cwt172.00–178.009168
Steers—Medium and Large 1573175.12/cwt172.00–178.001,0038
Steers—Medium and Large 1623163.63/cwt160.00–167.001,0198
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added663167.00/cwt167.00–167.001,1073
Steers—Medium and Large 1673162.17/cwt157.00–167.001,0918
Steers—Medium and Large 1773146.06/cwt144.00–148.001,1296
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added795144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,1456
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added955158.00/cwt158.00–158.001,5092
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1373164.13/cwt157.50–170.0061210
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added378166.34/cwt157.50–170.006297
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added400157.50/cwt157.50–157.506308
Heifers—Medium and Large 1423156.21/cwt152.00–160.0066112
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added460152.72/cwt150.00–153.507039
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473153.67/cwt150.00–157.0072710
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added518142.98/cwt136.00–154.007415
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523140.22/cwt135.00–145.007338
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573138.50/cwt132.00–144.5079410
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added575144.50/cwt144.50–144.508314
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added607145.29/cwt145.00–146.008827
Heifers—Medium and Large 1623139.25/cwt132.00–146.0086810
Heifers—Medium and Large 1673125.17/cwt120.00–130.008424
Heifers—Medium and Large 1723123.19/cwt117.00–129.008916
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added762114.00/cwt114.00–114.008692
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1523151.17/cwt147.00–155.0079110
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,248104.79/cwt97.00–110.001,30816
Bulls——1,828119.66/cwt112.00–125.002,1878
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%80056.72/cwt53.00–60.0045410
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,02582.39/cwt78.00–85.5084424
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,02576.85/cwt71.00–81.0078810
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02570.68/cwt66.00–74.0072418
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,37595.64/cwt90.00–100.001,31520
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-2825881.82/cwt700.00–1,000.007,27514
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2501,240.00/cwt1,000.00–1,400.0015,50070
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small and Medium 1-21,0251,238.41/cwt1,000.00–1,425.0012,6944
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2031,588.67/cwt1,350.00–1,750.0019,11214

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.