Sale reports / Mississippi / Tadlock Livestock Auction / 2022-05-09

Tadlock Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Forest, Mississippi · Mon, May 9
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2114
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,041 head
▲ 39 vs last sale 1,002▲ 507 vs year ago 534 · +94.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
83 head
▼ 92 vs last sale 175▼ 17 vs year ago 100 · −17.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
122 head
▼ 218 vs last sale 340▼ 86 vs year ago 208 · −41.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale: Feeder steers and heifers sold steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 4.00-5.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 2.00-3.00 lower.

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 $160.39/cwt on 185 head.
Average price
$160.39
185 head · 593 lb average
Value per head Derived
$951
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$107
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$16.08/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.53
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1506171.9587052
Medium and Large 1-2627155.87977133
One grade step is worth $16.08/cwt here — about −$107 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 sale185 hd
160.39
—
MS average13 barns · 826 hd
159.86
+0.53
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—Average1,547100.911,56116
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,02576.2278112
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,02569.6871412
CowsLean 85-90%Low96966.5264424

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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1223194.49/cwt190.00–200.004342
Steers—Medium and Large 1373185.30/cwt180.00–190.006914
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added416178.28/cwt169.00–185.5074212
Steers—Medium and Large 1423180.27/cwt175.00–185.0076314
Steers—Medium and Large 1473180.67/cwt177.00–184.008556
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added491178.50/cwt178.50–178.5087611
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added520164.00/cwt164.00–164.008537
Steers—Medium and Large 1523176.52/cwt170.00–182.5092310
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added554166.65/cwt145.00–172.0092326
Steers—Medium and Large 1573160.20/cwt155.00–165.009184
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added612156.83/cwt150.00–160.5096022
Steers—Medium and Large 1623156.73/cwt150.00–163.009764
Steers—Medium and Large 1673155.17/cwt150.00–160.001,0444
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added687147.25/cwt147.25–147.251,01211
Steers—Medium and Large 1723137.41/cwt132.00–142.509934
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added734137.38/cwt130.00–146.001,00811
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added776138.82/cwt132.00–143.751,07729
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added831135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,1224
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1423154.21/cwt150.00–158.0065210
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added438157.04/cwt155.00–157.5068824
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473153.67/cwt150.00–157.0072716
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added477154.00/cwt154.00–154.0073518
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523150.22/cwt145.00–155.0078612
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added524154.49/cwt153.50–155.0081010
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added564148.69/cwt139.00–151.508399
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573141.60/cwt139.00–144.0081112
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added612140.41/cwt135.50–148.0085910
Heifers—Medium and Large 1623136.14/cwt132.00–140.0084814
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added691132.66/cwt125.50–134.7591713
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added800120.00/cwt120.00–120.0096012
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1373175.30/cwt170.00–180.006544
Bulls—Medium and Large 1423162.63/cwt160.00–165.006884
Bulls—Medium and Large 1473157.74/cwt152.50–162.507468
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,17588.53/cwt83.00–93.001,0404
Bulls——1,483101.45/cwt97.00–105.001,5056
Bulls——1,858108.61/cwt105.00–112.002,0186
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%80059.78/cwt55.00–64.004786
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,02576.22/cwt73.00–78.5078112
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,02569.68/cwt65.00–73.0071412
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02568.77/cwt63.50–72.5070518
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed8751,117.86/cwt1,050.00–1,175.009,78138
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0501,164.29/cwt1,050.00–1,250.0012,2256
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed1,000919.25/cwt900.00–935.009,19312
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0351,057.97/cwt850.00–1,200.0010,95016
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed800590.63/cwt450.00–700.004,72538

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.