Sale reports / Mississippi / Tadlock Livestock Auction / 2022-10-17

Tadlock Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Forest, Mississippi · Mon, Oct 17
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2114
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,129 head
▼ 102 vs last sale 1,231▼ 213 vs year ago 1,342 · −15.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
280 head
▲ 98 vs last sale 182▲ 101 vs year ago 179 · +56.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
170 head
▲ 65 vs last sale 105▼ 16 vs year ago 186 · −8.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale: Feeder steers and heifers sold $3-$5 higher, and slaughter cows and bulls sold $3-$4 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 $165.45/cwt on 156 head.
Average price
$165.45
156 head · 517 lb average
Value per head Derived
$856
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$9
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$0.46/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.95
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1515165.62853100
Medium and Large 1-2522165.1686256
One grade step is worth $0.46/cwt here — about −$9 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 sale156 hd
165.45
—
MS average13 barns · 811 hd
154.51
+10.95
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—Low1,34291.001,22124
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,06768.1972724
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,02563.056468thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low87754.5847954

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)1,021$1,02346
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,100$1,19912

Every lot

43 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 1323187.67/cwt185.00–190.0060610
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added324188.00/cwt188.00–188.006095
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added363183.00/cwt183.00–183.006649
Steers—Medium and Large 1373183.98/cwt180.00–187.5068616
Steers—Medium and Large 1423177.16/cwt174.00–180.0074912
Steers—Medium and Large 1473170.24/cwt165.00–175.0080512
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added506171.50/cwt171.50–171.508688
Steers—Medium and Large 1523166.00/cwt160.00–171.5086812
Steers—Medium and Large 1573159.16/cwt155.00–163.0091212
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added575155.00/cwt155.00–155.008917
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added602155.74/cwt146.00–160.0093827
Steers—Medium and Large 1623153.25/cwt146.00–160.0095512
Steers—Medium and Large 1723135.16/cwt130.00–140.009774
Steers—Medium and Large 1773135.15/cwt130.00–140.001,0454
Steers—Medium and Large 1823125.08/cwt122.00–128.001,0296
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added362140.00/cwt140.00–140.005074
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added406140.00/cwt140.00–140.005688
Heifers—Medium and Large 1423135.27/cwt130.00–140.005726
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473135.24/cwt130.00–140.006406
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added514134.49/cwt132.00–140.0069113
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523135.22/cwt130.00–140.0070714
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573135.20/cwt130.00–140.007756
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added590145.00/cwt145.00–145.0085612
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added603134.00/cwt134.00–134.008085
Heifers—Medium and Large 1623132.70/cwt127.00–138.008276
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added668134.75/cwt134.75–134.7590012
Heifers—Medium and Large 1673128.59/cwt122.00–134.758656
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1373172.65/cwt170.00–175.006446
Bulls—Medium and Large 1473146.19/cwt142.00–150.006916
Bulls—Medium and Large 1523131.52/cwt125.00–137.506886
Bulls—Medium and Large 1573131.50/cwt125.00–137.507536
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,03385.14/cwt81.00–87.508798
Bulls——1,47592.92/cwt89.00–96.001,37114
Bulls——1,648100.95/cwt97.50–104.001,6642
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%67539.67/cwt33.00–45.0026810
Cows—Lean 85-90%80053.72/cwt50.00–57.0043020
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,02567.51/cwt64.00–70.0069220
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,02563.05/cwt61.00–64.506468
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02561.51/cwt58.00–64.0063024
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27571.59/cwt70.00–73.009134
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1001,198.86/head1,000.00–1,350.001,19912
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-2888751.06/head650.00–825.0075110
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0581,098.58/head900.00–1,250.001,09936

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.