Sale reports / Mississippi / Tadlock Livestock Auction / 2022-08-15

Tadlock Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Forest, Mississippi · Mon, Aug 15
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2114
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,400 head
▲ 310 vs last sale 1,090▼ 138 vs year ago 1,538 · −9.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
268 head
▲ 143 vs last sale 125▼ 28 vs year ago 296 · −9.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
150 head
▲ 40 vs last sale 110▼ 51 vs year ago 201 · −25.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold 3.00-5.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold mixed. Slaughter cow sold 1.00-3.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 4.00-5.00 higher. Grouped weaned 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 $170.52/cwt on 225 head.
Average price
$170.52
225 head · 554 lb average
Value per head Derived
$946
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$49
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$15.09/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.12
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1500181.4590862
Medium and Large 1-2575166.36957163
One grade step is worth $15.09/cwt here — about −$49 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 sale225 hd
170.52
—
MS average13 barns · 1,212 hd
171.64
−1.12
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—Average1,542106.641,64416
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,08482.9689966
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,02580.688278thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low86063.9055088

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 Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)977$93426
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,105$1,2246
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,065$9728
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)950$9308

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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1323206.69/cwt200.00–212.506684
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added348206.00/cwt206.00–206.007175
Steers—Medium and Large 1373205.30/cwt200.00–210.0076610
Steers—Medium and Large 1423200.27/cwt195.00–205.008478
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added442194.00/cwt194.00–194.008572
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added460182.72/cwt170.00–190.0084117
Steers—Medium and Large 1473185.50/cwt180.00–190.508778
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added513188.95/cwt179.00–190.5096915
Steers—Medium and Large 1523174.95/cwt170.00–179.509158
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added556168.31/cwt155.00–181.5093648
Steers—Medium and Large 1573165.39/cwt155.00–175.0094812
Steers—Medium and Large 1623159.22/cwt153.00–165.009926
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added636151.51/cwt145.00–166.0096461
Steers—Medium and Large 1673157.43/cwt152.00–162.501,0606
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added674162.50/cwt162.50–162.501,09515
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1323177.67/cwt175.00–180.005744
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added340179.00/cwt179.00–179.006098
Heifers—Medium and Large 1373166.63/cwt160.00–172.506224
Heifers—Medium and Large 1423147.79/cwt142.00–153.006256
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added430148.00/cwt148.00–148.006368
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473142.48/cwt137.50–147.0067410
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added487147.00/cwt147.00–147.0071616
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added515148.13/cwt143.50–151.0076337
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523145.74/cwt140.00–151.0076210
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added550135.00/cwt135.00–135.007433
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573135.72/cwt130.00–141.007788
Heifers—Medium and Large 1623131.14/cwt127.00–135.008178
Heifers—Medium and Large 1673128.55/cwt127.00–130.008658
Heifers—Medium and Large 1723123.19/cwt117.00–129.008918
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1373192.80/cwt187.50–197.507196
Bulls—Medium and Large 1523150.22/cwt145.00–155.007864
Bulls—Medium and Large 1573146.56/cwt145.00–148.008404
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,505111.24/cwt107.00–114.501,6748
Bulls——1,578102.04/cwt96.50–107.001,6108
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%67545.44/cwt41.00–51.003078
Cows—Lean 85-90%80060.31/cwt55.00–65.0048252
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,02581.85/cwt76.00–86.0083954
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,02580.68/cwt76.00–84.008278
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02575.85/cwt70.00–80.0077728
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,35087.94/cwt86.00–89.501,18712
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small and Medium 1-2950930.26/head725.00–1,050.009308
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,065971.95/head875.00–1,050.009728
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1051,223.53/head1,000.00–1,400.001,2246
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-2758673.27/head500.00–800.006738
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0751,049.42/head850.00–1,200.001,04918

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.