Sale reports / Mississippi / Tadlock Livestock Auction / 2022-03-21

Tadlock Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Forest, Mississippi · Mon, Mar 21
● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2114
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,055 head
▲ 430 vs last sale 625▲ 392 vs year ago 663 · +59.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
198 head
▲ 17 vs last sale 181▲ 134 vs year ago 64 · +209.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
251 head
▲ 63 vs last sale 188▲ 41 vs year ago 210 · +19.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale: Feeder steers and heifers sold steady, slaughter cows sold 6-9 higher, and slaughter bulls sold steady.

Weaned grouped feeder cattle are listed as M&L 1&2 Value Added. Also sold a load of Black Angus steers 64 head avj. 727lbs @ $158.00 and a load of Cross Bred steers 60 head avj. 590lbs @ $161.00

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $162.65/cwt on 447 head.
Average price
$162.65
447 head · 600 lb average
Value per head Derived
$975
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$66
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$0.67/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.14
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1572163.08932158
Medium and Large 1-2615162.42999289
One grade step is worth $0.67/cwt here — about −$66 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 sale447 hd
162.65
—
MS average12 barns · 1,303 hd
165.80
−3.14
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—High1,551109.791,70222
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,10394.461,04258
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,02587.5189716
CowsLean 85-90%Average88371.5463250

Every lot

53 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1223202.75/cwt200.00–205.004524
Steers—Medium and Large 1323177.67/cwt175.00–180.005744
Steers—Medium and Large 1373175.30/cwt170.00–180.0065416
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added386174.98/cwt170.00–180.0067524
Steers—Medium and Large 1423175.27/cwt170.00–180.0074110
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added442179.20/cwt177.00–180.0079211
Steers—Medium and Large 1473179.32/cwt175.00–183.2584816
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added474182.09/cwt180.50–183.2586321
Steers—Medium and Large 1523167.95/cwt157.00–178.0087820
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added538170.69/cwt157.00–178.0091819
Steers—Medium and Large 1573161.24/cwt155.00–167.009248
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added590161.00/cwt161.00–161.0095060
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added618162.32/cwt158.00–164.001,00330
Steers—Medium and Large 1623161.11/cwt158.00–164.001,00420
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added672157.49/cwt155.00–161.001,05821
Steers—Medium and Large 1673158.10/cwt155.00–161.001,06420
Steers—Medium and Large 1723145.16/cwt140.00–150.001,05030
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added725154.92/cwt145.00–158.001,12394
Steers—Medium and Large 1773143.06/cwt141.00–145.001,10610
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added778144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,1204
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added824145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,1955
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added285165.00/cwt165.00–165.004706
Heifers—Medium and Large 1373156.83/cwt151.00–162.0058514
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added396161.00/cwt161.00–161.006388
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added408153.89/cwt153.00–155.0062811
Heifers—Medium and Large 1423153.16/cwt150.00–156.0064810
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added456153.72/cwt153.50–154.007019
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473150.90/cwt147.50–154.0071410
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523145.74/cwt140.00–151.0076220
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added549146.75/cwt146.50–147.0080614
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added556150.00/cwt150.00–150.0083418
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573145.20/cwt140.00–150.0083220
Heifers—Medium and Large 1623133.89/cwt130.00–137.5083414
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added640134.14/cwt130.00–137.5085811
Heifers—Medium and Large 1673131.03/cwt130.00–132.0088224
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added680130.98/cwt130.00–132.0089124
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added731120.49/cwt108.00–132.0088117
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1323180.35/cwt175.00–185.005834
Bulls—Medium and Large 1373175.30/cwt170.00–180.006544
Bulls—Medium and Large 1523160.11/cwt157.50–162.508376
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,20890.07/cwt82.00–95.001,0884
Bulls——1,320106.56/cwt100.00–111.001,4076
Bulls——1,780117.97/cwt112.00–122.502,10012
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%67552.78/cwt50.00–55.0035610
Cows—Lean 85-90%80065.31/cwt60.00–70.0052216
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,02592.68/cwt88.00–96.0095044
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,02587.51/cwt84.00–90.0089716
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02583.51/cwt80.00–86.0085624
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,350100.06/cwt97.00–102.501,35114
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium 1-2Thin Fleshed8501,082.35/cwt950.00–1,200.009,20030
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-2925938.51/cwt800.00–1,050.008,68120
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1251,123.33/cwt950.00–1,250.0012,63730
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1201,312.72/cwt1,150.00–1,450.0014,7026

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.