Sale reports / Mississippi / Tadlock Livestock Auction / 2022-05-02

Tadlock Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Forest, Mississippi · Mon, May 2
● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2114
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,002 head
▲ 60 vs last sale 942▲ 217 vs year ago 785 · +27.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
175 head
▼ 56 vs last sale 231▲ 28 vs year ago 147 · +19.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
340 head
▼ 106 vs last sale 446▲ 125 vs year ago 215 · +58.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale: feeder steers sold 4-9 higher, feeder heifers sold 3-5 higher, slaughter cows sold 1-2 higher, and slaughter bulls sold 1-3 higher.

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 $171.10/cwt on 135 head.
Average price
$171.10
135 head · 498 lb average
Value per head Derived
$852
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$78
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$5.81/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+11.03
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1462174.5080656
Medium and Large 1-2524168.6988479
One grade step is worth $5.81/cwt here — about −$78 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 sale135 hd
171.10
—
MS average13 barns · 1,045 hd
160.07
+11.03
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—Low1,628102.981,67626
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,09480.8288536
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,02575.2277124
CowsLean 85-90%Average90066.8060130

Every lot

49 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1223205.51/cwt200.00–210.004586
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added332188.71/cwt187.50–190.006278
Steers—Medium and Large 1353188.01/cwt186.00–190.006646
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added378186.50/cwt186.50–186.507057
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added412183.50/cwt183.50–183.5075613
Steers—Medium and Large 1423179.95/cwt176.00–183.5076110
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added469179.35/cwt179.00–179.508417
Steers—Medium and Large 1473170.76/cwt165.00–176.0080810
Steers—Medium and Large 1523165.22/cwt160.00–170.0086410
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added527174.31/cwt165.00–178.0091913
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added570166.13/cwt159.00–177.0094710
Steers—Medium and Large 1573160.20/cwt155.00–165.0091810
Steers—Medium and Large 1623162.44/cwt157.00–167.501,0124
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added637147.00/cwt147.00–147.009366
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added667141.00/cwt141.00–141.009402
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added713140.00/cwt140.00–140.009986
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added781134.14/cwt133.00–135.001,0487
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1223175.51/cwt170.00–180.003916
Heifers—Medium and Large 1273166.77/cwt160.00–172.504556
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473151.29/cwt145.00–157.0071610
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added517150.66/cwt145.00–153.0077918
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523149.17/cwt145.00–153.0078010
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added565148.14/cwt135.00–153.5083729
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573152.12/cwt149.00–155.0087210
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added611138.86/cwt138.00–140.008487
Heifers—Medium and Large 1623138.22/cwt132.00–144.0086116
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added670134.71/cwt133.00–136.5090316
Heifers—Medium and Large 1723133.16/cwt128.00–138.009634
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1323180.35/cwt175.00–185.005836
Bulls—Medium and Large 1373172.80/cwt167.50–177.506456
Bulls—Medium and Large 1473168.81/cwt162.00–175.007986
Bulls—Medium and Large 1523150.22/cwt145.00–155.007866
Bulls—Medium and Large 1623137.25/cwt130.00–144.008556
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,16384.95/cwt75.00–93.509886
Bulls——1,650104.53/cwt97.00–108.001,72510
Bulls——1,885112.24/cwt108.50–115.002,11610
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%62551.80/cwt47.00–55.003246
Cows—Lean 85-90%80064.52/cwt60.00–68.505166
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,02580.22/cwt77.00–82.5082226
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,02575.22/cwt72.00–77.5077124
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02572.56/cwt67.00–76.5074418
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27582.38/cwt80.00–84.501,05010
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-2898724.72/cwt600.00–825.006,5086
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,030989.22/cwt885.00–1,075.0010,1896
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs4 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small and Medium 1-2Thin Fleshed695811.33/cwt725.00–875.005,6398
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed9501,279.61/cwt1,100.00–1,425.0012,15688
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small and Medium 1-29501,003.95/cwt925.00–1,075.009,5386
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1001,270.45/cwt1,175.00–1,350.0013,97530
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed725701.72/cwt650.00–750.005,0876

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.