Sale reports / Mississippi / Tadlock Livestock Auction / 2022-08-22

Tadlock Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Forest, Mississippi · Mon, Aug 22
● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2114
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,028 head
▼ 372 vs last sale 1,400▼ 242 vs year ago 1,270 · −19.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
173 head
▼ 95 vs last sale 268▲ 59 vs year ago 114 · +51.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
152 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 150▼ 114 vs year ago 266 · −42.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale feeder steers and heifers sold steady to 5 higher, and slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold steady. 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 $168.81/cwt on 177 head.
Average price
$168.81
177 head · 595 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,005
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$179
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$15.81/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.14
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1506177.6589878
Medium and Large 1-2666161.841,07899
One grade step is worth $15.81/cwt here — about −$179 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 sale177 hd
168.81
—
MS average12 barns · 1,075 hd
172.95
−4.14
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—High1,691109.461,85016
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,08582.9590054
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,02580.1082116
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low88364.7357242

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)1,014$1,14924
Bred Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)863$81110
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,100$1,9642thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,125$1,55012
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)925$1,0844thin

Every lot

50 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 1273206.33/cwt202.00–210.005634
Steers—Medium and Large 1323203.95/cwt197.00–210.006596
Steers—Medium and Large 1373210.30/cwt205.00–215.007846
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added381210.00/cwt210.00–210.008003
Steers—Medium and Large 1423205.53/cwt195.00–215.008694
Steers—Medium and Large 1465192.90/cwt180.00–200.008976
Steers—Medium and Large 1523175.22/cwt170.00–180.0091620
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added523172.72/cwt163.00–177.5090316
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added566160.49/cwt152.00–164.009087
Steers—Medium and Large 1573158.76/cwt152.00–165.0091020
Steers—Medium and Large 1623157.25/cwt150.00–164.009806
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added636156.90/cwt150.00–164.0099820
Steers—Medium and Large 1673157.23/cwt150.00–164.001,0586
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added677164.28/cwt164.00–164.501,1129
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added728158.99/cwt157.00–161.001,1574
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added757158.41/cwt140.00–163.501,19935
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added846141.70/cwt139.50–145.001,1995
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added315175.00/cwt175.00–175.0055111
Heifers—Medium and Large 1323180.35/cwt175.00–185.005838
Heifers—Medium and Large 1380174.28/cwt167.00–177.506626
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added463159.15/cwt154.00–163.0073719
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473156.81/cwt150.00–163.0074216
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added518143.58/cwt140.50–153.007448
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523148.34/cwt140.00–156.0077616
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573148.31/cwt140.00–156.0085016
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added583152.89/cwt140.00–156.0089127
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added614150.50/cwt150.50–150.5092411
Heifers—Medium and Large 1623148.07/cwt146.00–150.009224
Heifers—Medium and Large 1723134.12/cwt130.00–138.009706
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added736138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,0167
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added766132.36/cwt130.50–135.001,0145
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1376191.01/cwt185.00–195.007187
Bulls—Medium and Large 1423175.27/cwt170.00–180.007414
Bulls—Medium and Large 1473168.93/cwt165.00–172.507994
Bulls—Medium and Large 1523152.78/cwt146.00–159.0079916
Bulls—Medium and Large 1673128.62/cwt125.00–132.008666
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,320104.40/cwt100.00–107.501,3786
Bulls——1,913112.49/cwt109.00–115.002,15210
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%67544.44/cwt40.00–50.003008
Cows—Lean 85-90%80065.31/cwt60.00–70.0052214
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,02581.68/cwt77.00–85.0083744
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,02580.10/cwt76.00–83.0082116
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02572.44/cwt66.00–77.0074320
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,35088.56/cwt85.50–91.001,19610
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small and Medium 1-29251,084.46/head900.00–1,225.001,0844
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1001,963.64/head1,800.00–2,100.001,9642
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1251,550.00/head1,425.00–1,650.001,55012
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-2863811.30/head700.00–900.0081110
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0131,131.48/head950.00–1,250.001,13122
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy1,0251,341.46/head1,250.00–1,400.001,3412

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.