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

Tadlock Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Forest, Mississippi · Mon, Oct 10
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2114
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,231 head
▼ 372 vs last sale 1,603▼ 221 vs year ago 1,452 · −15.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
182 head
▲ 7 vs last sale 175▲ 50 vs year ago 132 · +37.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
105 head
▼ 83 vs last sale 188▼ 139 vs year ago 244 · −57.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale: Feeder steers and feeder heifers sold steady, and slaughter cows 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 $160.28/cwt on 63 head.
Average price
$160.28
63 head · 564 lb average
Value per head Derived
$904
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$147
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$12.34/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.64
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1510165.1884238
Medium and Large 1-2647152.8498925
One grade step is worth $12.34/cwt here — about −$147 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 sale63 hd
160.28
—
MS average13 barns · 861 hd
152.65
+7.64
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—Average1,45593.631,36224
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,04571.7775022
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,02566.8568520
CowsLean 85-90%Low90957.7952558

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)1,054$94224
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,063$1,1168

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 1323192.67/cwt190.00–195.006224
Steers—Medium and Large 1373192.65/cwt190.00–195.007194
Steers—Medium and Large 1423175.27/cwt170.00–180.007414
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added457169.00/cwt169.00–169.007725
Steers—Medium and Large 1473164.71/cwt160.00–169.007794
Steers—Medium and Large 1523161.69/cwt157.00–166.008464
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added551158.00/cwt158.00–158.008714
Steers—Medium and Large 1573156.72/cwt151.00–162.0089810
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added611155.00/cwt155.00–155.009473
Steers—Medium and Large 1623148.25/cwt141.00–155.009244
Steers—Medium and Large 1673142.17/cwt137.00–147.009574
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added710147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,0445
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added788143.00/cwt143.00–143.001,1278
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1423133.69/cwt130.00–137.005668
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added470137.00/cwt137.00–137.006447
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473132.24/cwt127.00–137.006258
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523130.22/cwt125.00–135.0068112
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added563135.00/cwt135.00–135.007606
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573128.76/cwt122.00–135.007388
Heifers—Medium and Large 1623125.18/cwt120.00–130.007808
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1373170.30/cwt165.00–175.0063510
Bulls—Medium and Large 1423163.69/cwt160.00–167.006922
Bulls—Medium and Large 1473143.93/cwt140.00–147.506816
Bulls—Medium and Large 1623127.63/cwt124.00–131.007958
Bulls—Medium and Large 1673121.65/cwt117.00–126.008194
Bulls—Medium and Large 1723121.61/cwt118.00–125.008796
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,39398.74/cwt94.00–102.001,3756
Bulls——1,41888.00/cwt82.00–92.001,24814
Bulls——1,678105.68/cwt101.00–110.001,7734
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%80050.31/cwt45.00–55.0040230
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,02571.39/cwt67.00–74.5073220
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,02566.85/cwt61.00–71.0068520
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02565.80/cwt62.00–68.5067428
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25075.56/cwt74.00–77.009452
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small and Medium 1-2950951.32/head850.00–1,025.009514
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1751,279.79/head1,200.00–1,350.001,2804
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-2875764.29/head650.00–850.007648
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1431,031.46/head900.00–1,125.001,03116

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.