Sale reports / Mississippi / Tadlock Livestock Auction / 2022-06-27

Tadlock Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Forest, Mississippi · Mon, Jun 27
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2114
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,081 head
▲ 232 vs last sale 849▼ 439 vs year ago 1,520 · −28.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
605 head
▲ 400 vs last sale 205▲ 414 vs year ago 191 · +216.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
75 head
▼ 84 vs last sale 159▼ 23 vs year ago 98 · −23.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale: Feeder steers and heifers sold steady, slaughter cows sold 2-5 higher, and slaughter bulls sold 3-5 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 $163.06/cwt on 112 head.
Average price
$163.06
112 head · 536 lb average
Value per head Derived
$874
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$97
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$3.08/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.74
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1512164.1084174
Medium and Large 1-2583161.0293838
One grade step is worth $3.08/cwt here — about −$97 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 sale112 hd
163.06
—
MS average13 barns · 1,211 hd
158.32
+4.74
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—Low1,443108.051,55916
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,08094.011,015100
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,02592.8095110
CowsLean 85-90%Low93574.3969650

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
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,300$1,3734thin
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,150$1,64110
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)900$1,0674thin

Every lot

41 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1323183.74/cwt180.00–187.005934
Steers—Medium and Large 1373177.80/cwt172.50–182.5066310
Steers—Medium and Large 1423175.27/cwt170.00–180.0074110
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added424180.00/cwt180.00–180.007639
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added467168.75/cwt162.50–175.007884
Steers—Medium and Large 1473171.55/cwt165.00–177.5081110
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added520172.00/cwt172.00–172.008946
Steers—Medium and Large 1523167.22/cwt162.00–172.0087510
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added567153.56/cwt145.00–158.008716
Steers—Medium and Large 1573151.76/cwt145.00–158.0087010
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added622148.00/cwt148.00–148.009215
Steers—Medium and Large 1623148.63/cwt145.00–152.0092610
Steers—Medium and Large 1673148.62/cwt145.00–152.001,00010
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added823143.50/cwt143.50–143.501,1813
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added870140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,2185
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1334172.75/cwt165.00–175.005774
Heifers—Medium and Large 1373151.36/cwt145.00–157.005656
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added387152.97/cwt145.00–157.005926
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added416138.00/cwt138.00–138.005744
Heifers—Medium and Large 1423146.32/cwt140.00–152.006198
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473142.86/cwt135.00–150.0067614
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added485150.50/cwt149.00–155.0073012
Heifers—Medium and Large 1513142.63/cwt137.00–148.007328
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added543151.60/cwt148.00–158.0082314
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573135.20/cwt130.00–140.007754
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added595140.00/cwt140.00–140.008333
Heifers—Medium and Large 1623124.85/cwt122.00–127.507784
Heifers—Medium and Large 1673124.84/cwt122.00–127.508406
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1373180.30/cwt175.00–185.006736
Bulls—Medium and Large 1623140.18/cwt135.00–145.008732
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,11091.58/cwt80.00–100.001,0174
Bulls——1,475110.91/cwt105.00–116.001,6368
Bulls——1,710118.81/cwt115.00–122.002,0324
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%80065.31/cwt60.00–70.0052220
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,02592.80/cwt89.00–95.5095110
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,02591.85/cwt86.00–96.0094180
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02580.44/cwt74.00–85.0082530
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,300102.65/cwt97.00–107.501,33420
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3001,373.08/head1,200.00–1,500.001,3734
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small and Medium 1-29001,066.67/head900.00–1,200.001,0674
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1501,641.30/head1,500.00–1,750.001,64110

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.