Sale reports / Mississippi / Tadlock Livestock Auction / 2022-06-06

Tadlock Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Forest, Mississippi · Mon, Jun 6
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2114
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,142 head
▲ 80 vs last sale 1,062▲ 369 vs year ago 773 · +47.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
233 head
▲ 45 vs last sale 188▲ 43 vs year ago 190 · +22.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
161 head
▲ 18 vs last sale 143▼ 18 vs year ago 179 · −10.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale: Feeder steers sold 5-13 higher, feeder heifers sold 3-13 higher, slaughter cows sold 2-9 higher, and slaughter bulls sold 2-3 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 $164.18/cwt on 246 head.
Average price
$164.18
246 head · 541 lb average
Value per head Derived
$888
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$103
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$2.02/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.72
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1492165.6081672
Medium and Large 1-2561163.59918174
One grade step is worth $2.02/cwt here — about −$103 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 sale246 hd
164.18
—
MS average13 barns · 1,275 hd
155.46
+8.72
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—High1,385101.631,40830
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,09484.0692072
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,02581.7283814
CowsLean 85-90%Average91566.7661144

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,071$1,22810

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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1323182.62/cwt177.00–187.505906
Steers—Medium and Large 1373182.57/cwt177.00–187.506816
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added381181.00/cwt181.00–181.006904
Steers—Medium and Large 1423176.69/cwt173.00–180.0074714
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added426179.14/cwt177.00–180.0076314
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added460155.00/cwt155.00–155.007139
Steers—Medium and Large 1473166.52/cwt155.00–177.0078812
Steers—Medium and Large 1523163.78/cwt157.00–170.0085714
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added531172.15/cwt157.50–173.75914102
Steers—Medium and Large 1573158.83/cwt150.00–167.009106
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added593145.00/cwt145.00–145.008604
Steers—Medium and Large 1623147.59/cwt145.00–150.0091910
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added643145.67/cwt145.00–150.5093723
Steers—Medium and Large 1673134.65/cwt130.00–139.009064
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added714145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,0355
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added835127.51/cwt127.00–128.001,0658
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added890120.50/cwt120.50–120.501,0725
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1373144.24/cwt140.00–148.0053814
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added385146.59/cwt145.00–148.0056419
Heifers—Medium and Large 1423148.03/cwt142.50–153.006268
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added457153.18/cwt148.00–153.5070037
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473147.07/cwt140.00–153.5069612
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523145.48/cwt140.00–150.5076120
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added533148.48/cwt140.00–150.5079175
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573134.16/cwt130.00–138.0076912
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added586134.04/cwt132.00–138.007859
Heifers—Medium and Large 1623134.14/cwt130.00–138.008366
Heifers—Medium and Large 1673136.17/cwt131.00–141.0091612
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added682139.43/cwt131.00–141.0095113
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added790115.00/cwt115.00–115.009095
Heifers—Medium and Large 1863103.55/cwt100.00–107.008942
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1423173.95/cwt170.00–177.507364
Bulls—Medium and Large 1473161.57/cwt160.00–163.0076418
Bulls—Medium and Large 1523149.43/cwt145.00–153.5078212
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,05589.20/cwt83.50–94.0094110
Bulls——1,413103.72/cwt98.00–107.501,46610
Bulls——1,688111.97/cwt107.00–116.501,89010
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%70052.63/cwt47.00–57.503688
Cows—Lean 85-90%80063.72/cwt60.00–67.0051010
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,02581.72/cwt78.50–84.0083814
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,02581.68/cwt77.00–85.0083752
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02572.27/cwt67.00–76.0074126
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27590.24/cwt86.00–94.001,15120
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small and Medium 1-2910959.62/head825.00–1,075.009604
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1781,407.64/head1,250.00–1,525.001,4086

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.