Sale reports / Mississippi / Tadlock Livestock Auction / 2022-07-18

Tadlock Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Forest, Mississippi · Mon, Jul 18
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2114
Feeder Cattle receipts
997 head
▲ 31 vs last sale 966▲ 10 vs year ago 987 · +1.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
126 head
▼ 304 vs last sale 430▼ 58 vs year ago 184 · −31.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
154 head
▼ 48 vs last sale 202▼ 35 vs year ago 189 · −18.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale: Feeder steers and heifers sold 2.00-10.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 5.00-6.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 3.00-10.00 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 $161.34/cwt on 110 head.
Average price
$161.34
110 head · 540 lb average
Value per head Derived
$872
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$75
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$5.96/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.07
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1524162.7585384
Medium and Large 1-2592156.7992826
One grade step is worth $5.96/cwt here — about −$75 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 sale110 hd
161.34
—
MS average13 barns · 1,202 hd
159.28
+2.07
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—Average1,68799.151,67212
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,07575.7481430
CowsLean 85-90%Low90261.2655344

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 Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,028$1,47522
Bred Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,093$97814
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)953$1,03812
Stock CowsOpen(<2 yrs)850$96524

Every lot

40 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1223190.51/cwt185.00–195.004256
Steers—Medium and Large 1273185.88/cwt178.00–195.0050710
Steers—Medium and Large 1373178.89/cwt172.00–185.006676
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added511166.11/cwt161.00–169.0084911
Steers—Medium and Large 1523166.52/cwt160.00–172.5087118
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added570159.03/cwt156.00–162.0090610
Steers—Medium and Large 1573155.53/cwt148.00–162.5089124
Steers—Medium and Large 1623152.11/cwt149.00–155.009484
Steers—Medium and Large 1673148.68/cwt143.00–154.001,0016
Steers—Medium and Large 1773138.66/cwt133.00–144.001,0724
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added793133.00/cwt133.00–133.001,0553
Steers—Medium and Large 1823135.14/cwt130.00–140.001,1126
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added845130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,0992
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1373157.10/cwt151.00–162.5058610
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added422141.00/cwt141.00–141.005952
Heifers—Medium and Large 1423143.95/cwt140.00–147.506096
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473143.93/cwt140.00–147.5068118
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added484144.79/cwt144.50–146.0070110
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added513150.78/cwt150.00–151.007749
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523146.22/cwt141.00–151.0076512
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573141.12/cwt138.00–144.008098
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added582138.00/cwt138.00–138.008034
Heifers—Medium and Large 1623136.22/cwt130.00–142.0084910
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added651142.00/cwt142.00–142.009245
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added753117.00/cwt117.00–117.008813
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added879125.50/cwt125.50–125.501,1035
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1323177.35/cwt172.00–182.005734
Bulls—Medium and Large 1473158.71/cwt154.00–163.0075116
Bulls—Medium and Large 1573140.20/cwt135.00–145.008034
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,36090.00/cwt90.00–90.001,2244
Bulls——1,850103.73/cwt99.00–107.501,9198
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%80055.31/cwt50.00–60.0044224
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,02574.51/cwt71.00–77.0076424
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02568.39/cwt64.00–71.5070120
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27580.65/cwt78.00–83.001,0286
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small and Medium 1-2755850.53/head630.00–1,000.008516
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1501,226.09/head1,000.00–1,400.001,2266
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy1,0281,474.82/head1,200.00–1,650.001,47522
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,093978.49/head800.00–1,125.0097814
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy850964.71/head900.00–1,000.0096524

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.