Sale reports / Mississippi / Tadlock Livestock Auction / 2022-02-28

Tadlock Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Forest, Mississippi · Mon, Feb 28
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2114
Feeder Cattle receipts
479 head
▼ 245 vs last sale 724▼ 142 vs year ago 621 · −22.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
93 head
▼ 85 vs last sale 178▼ 39 vs year ago 132 · −29.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
106 head
▼ 224 vs last sale 330▼ 77 vs year ago 183 · −42.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale: Feeder steers and heifers under 500lbs sold steady, over 500lbs sold 5-10 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady.

Weaned grouped 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 $175.58/cwt on 69 head.
Average price
$175.58
69 head · 519 lb average
Value per head Derived
$911
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$70
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$16.34/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.87
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1496179.6089152
Medium and Large 1-2589163.2696117thin
One grade step is worth $16.34/cwt here — about −$70 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 sale69 hd
175.58
—
MS average13 barns · 563 hd
171.70
+3.87
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—Low1,57497.401,53316
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,16587.161,01530
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,02577.857988thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average95068.9365518

Every lot

29 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1273208.12/cwt200.00–215.005688
Steers—Medium and Large 1373188.98/cwt185.00–192.507058
Steers—Medium and Large 1423188.48/cwt184.00–192.5079710
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added429186.21/cwt184.00–188.007997
Steers—Medium and Large 1523186.74/cwt181.00–192.0097710
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added612155.00/cwt155.00–155.009494
Steers—Medium and Large 1623155.18/cwt150.00–160.009674
Steers—Medium and Large 1673155.17/cwt150.00–160.001,0444
Steers—Medium and Large 1723146.12/cwt142.00–150.001,0564
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added760142.00/cwt142.00–142.001,0796
Steers—Medium and Large 1773146.12/cwt142.00–150.001,1304
Feeder Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1323160.21/cwt157.00–163.0051710
Heifers—Medium and Large 1373155.30/cwt150.00–160.005796
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added414157.88/cwt157.50–159.0065412
Heifers—Medium and Large 1423156.21/cwt152.00–160.0066118
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523152.72/cwt147.50–157.507996
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573156.16/cwt152.00–160.008954
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1273192.71/cwt190.00–195.005262
Bulls—Medium and Large 1473166.19/cwt162.00–170.007862
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——96577.59/cwt75.00–80.007492
Bulls——1,52095.63/cwt90.00–99.001,4548
Bulls——1,850106.37/cwt101.00–110.501,9686
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%80062.25/cwt58.00–66.004986
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,02582.51/cwt79.00–85.0084616
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,02577.85/cwt72.00–82.007988
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02572.27/cwt67.00–76.0074112
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,32592.47/cwt87.00–97.001,22514
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-2805759.32/cwt675.00–825.006,11312
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1201,080.64/cwt900.00–1,225.0012,10314

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.