Sale reports / Mississippi / Tadlock Livestock Auction / 2022-10-03

Tadlock Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Forest, Mississippi · Mon, Oct 3
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2114
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,603 head
▲ 560 vs last sale 1,043▲ 453 vs year ago 1,150 · +39.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
175 head
▼ 45 vs last sale 220▲ 36 vs year ago 139 · +25.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
188 head
▲ 78 vs last sale 110▼ 63 vs year ago 251 · −25.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale: feeder steers and heifers sold 2-6 lower, slaughter cows sold 2-5 lower, and slaughter bulls sold steady.

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 $167.23/cwt on 197 head.
Average price
$167.23
197 head · 504 lb average
Value per head Derived
$842
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$7
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$1.87/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.33
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2503168.2984685
Medium and Large 1504166.43839112
One grade step is worth $1.87/cwt here — about $7 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 sale197 hd
167.23
—
MS average13 barns · 1,282 hd
157.90
+9.33
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—Average1,62598.981,60820
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,08370.6876526
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,02567.2769010
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low90260.7854826

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)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,215$1,07024
Bred Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)935$7478
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,103$1,19016
Stock CowsOpen(<2 yrs)650$7778

Every lot

38 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 1-2Value Added323195.00/cwt195.00–195.006304
Steers—Medium and Large 1323192.67/cwt190.00–195.006226
Steers—Medium and Large 1373185.30/cwt180.00–190.006916
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added400178.00/cwt178.00–178.0071210
Steers—Medium and Large 1423175.63/cwt173.00–178.0074320
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added459174.64/cwt173.00–177.0080227
Steers—Medium and Large 1473175.62/cwt173.00–178.0083120
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added511164.62/cwt162.00–167.0084118
Steers—Medium and Large 1523162.22/cwt157.00–167.0084820
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added567161.96/cwt159.50–164.0091811
Steers—Medium and Large 1573154.94/cwt150.00–159.5088820
Steers—Medium and Large 1623150.18/cwt145.00–155.0093620
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added641152.32/cwt149.00–154.0097615
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added379141.00/cwt141.00–141.005349
Heifers—Medium and Large 1423137.77/cwt132.50–142.5058326
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added438136.55/cwt134.00–137.0059819
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473135.24/cwt130.00–140.0064026
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added478135.77/cwt134.00–137.0064913
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added514135.00/cwt135.00–135.006945
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523133.13/cwt130.00–136.0069612
Heifers—Medium and Large 1623126.14/cwt122.00–130.007868
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1373174.24/cwt170.00–178.006504
Bulls—Medium and Large 1423162.63/cwt160.00–165.006884
Bulls—Medium and Large 1473150.24/cwt145.00–155.007114
Bulls—Medium and Large 1623134.14/cwt130.00–138.008364
Bulls—Medium and Large 1673125.17/cwt120.00–130.008424
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,62598.98/cwt94.00–103.001,60820
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%67543.22/cwt41.00–45.002924
Cows—Lean 85-90%80059.25/cwt55.00–63.004748
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,02569.93/cwt67.00–72.0071720
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,02567.27/cwt62.00–71.0069010
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02566.68/cwt62.00–70.0068314
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27573.18/cwt70.00–76.009336
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small and Medium 1-2900961.11/head850.00–1,050.009616
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2251,327.55/head1,150.00–1,450.001,32810
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-2935747.06/head600.00–850.007478
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2151,070.37/head900.00–1,200.001,07024
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy650776.92/head750.00–800.007778

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.