Sale reports / Mississippi / Tadlock Livestock Auction / 2022-04-11

Tadlock Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Forest, Mississippi · Mon, Apr 11
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2114
Feeder Cattle receipts
839 head
▼ 181 vs last sale 1,020▼ 206 vs year ago 1,045 · −19.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
218 head
▼ 117 vs last sale 335▲ 11 vs year ago 207 · +5.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
255 head
▼ 61 vs last sale 316▼ 51 vs year ago 306 · −16.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale: Feeder steers sold 2.00-6.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold mixed. Slaughter cows sold 2.00-5.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold steady.

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 $143.72/cwt on 207 head.
Average price
$143.72
207 head · 500 lb average
Value per head Derived
$719
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$35
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$1.74/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.74
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2510144.7073891
Medium and Large 1492142.96703116
One grade step is worth $1.74/cwt here — about $35 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 sale207 hd
143.72
—
MS average13 barns · 974 hd
141.98
+1.74
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—Low1,459107.151,56324
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,10889.3399054
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,02581.8583916
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low88867.3359842

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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1373180.57/cwt175.00–185.5067416
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added384181.24/cwt180.00–181.5069617
Steers—Medium and Large 1423178.48/cwt174.00–182.5075516
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added442176.97/cwt174.00–180.0078210
Steers—Medium and Large 1473171.43/cwt167.50–175.0081110
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added490171.00/cwt171.00–171.008387
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added507176.00/cwt176.00–176.008926
Steers—Medium and Large 1523171.93/cwt167.50–176.008998
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added630144.50/cwt144.50–144.509107
Steers—Medium and Large 1773135.77/cwt135.00–136.501,05012
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added796136.50/cwt136.50–136.501,08710
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added332152.00/cwt152.00–152.005057
Heifers—Medium and Large 1373154.39/cwt152.00–156.5057616
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added390156.50/cwt156.50–156.5061015
Heifers—Medium and Large 1423151.27/cwt146.00–156.0064024
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added443150.33/cwt150.00–151.0066618
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added464152.97/cwt146.00–154.7571021
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473148.68/cwt142.00–154.7570324
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523142.45/cwt137.50–147.0074524
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added524143.97/cwt140.00–147.0075415
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573127.94/cwt123.00–132.5073312
Heifers—Medium and Large 1623123.63/cwt120.00–127.0077012
Heifers—Medium and Large 1673119.13/cwt115.00–123.008024
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added750114.00/cwt114.00–114.008557
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added818110.00/cwt110.00–110.009003
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added995110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,0955
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1223192.75/cwt190.00–195.004306
Bulls—Medium and Large 1273175.41/cwt170.00–180.004796
Bulls—Medium and Large 1323182.67/cwt180.00–185.005906
Bulls—Medium and Large 1373170.30/cwt165.00–175.006356
Bulls—Medium and Large 1423170.27/cwt165.00–175.007204
Bulls—Medium and Large 1473170.24/cwt165.00–175.008054
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,17580.05/cwt70.00–95.009414
Bulls——1,273106.66/cwt100.00–110.001,35810
Bulls——1,758118.48/cwt113.00–123.002,08310
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%70052.68/cwt50.00–55.003698
Cows—Lean 85-90%80064.78/cwt60.00–69.0051814
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,02585.85/cwt80.00–90.0088036
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,02581.85/cwt76.00–86.0083916
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02574.98/cwt70.00–78.5076920
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27596.29/cwt91.00–101.001,22818
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy7501,206.67/cwt950.00–1,500.009,05069
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-2800693.75/cwt525.00–825.005,55014
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1681,081.16/cwt900.00–1,200.0012,62814
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed9131,071.58/cwt825.00–1,275.009,78432

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.