Sale reports / Mississippi / Tadlock Livestock Auction / 2023-04-03

Tadlock Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Forest, Mississippi · Mon, Apr 3
● Final55 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2114
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,169 head
▲ 44 vs last sale 1,125▲ 149 vs year ago 1,020 · +14.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
220 head
▼ 12 vs last sale 232▼ 115 vs year ago 335 · −34.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
261 head
▼ 167 vs last sale 428▼ 55 vs year ago 316 · −17.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale: Feeder steers and heifers sold 5-8 higher, slaughter cows sold 2-5 higher, and slaughter bulls sold 2-3 higher

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 $228.42/cwt on 185 head.
Average price
$228.42
185 head · 516 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,179
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$64
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$16.96/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.26
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2489235.201,151111
Medium and Large 1557218.241,21574
One grade step is worth $16.96/cwt here — about −$64 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 sale185 hd
228.42
—
MS average12 barns · 900 hd
220.16
+8.26
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—High1,579113.971,79932
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,120102.241,14558
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,02593.6596018
CowsLean 85-90%Low98085.1483450

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)1,018$1,11232
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,145$1,55120

Every lot

55 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added304279.00/cwt279.00–279.008489
Steers—Medium and Large 1323270.16/cwt260.00–279.008736
Steers—Medium and Large 1373262.95/cwt255.00–270.009814
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added376267.50/cwt267.50–267.501,00618
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added417249.75/cwt245.00–251.001,04128
Steers—Medium and Large 1423245.79/cwt240.00–251.001,04010
Steers—Medium and Large 1473237.86/cwt230.00–245.001,1258
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added482250.00/cwt246.00–254.001,20513
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added511212.67/cwt205.00–219.001,08713
Steers—Medium and Large 1523216.52/cwt210.00–222.501,13210
Steers—Medium and Large 1573209.16/cwt205.00–213.001,1986
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added583213.00/cwt213.00–213.001,2426
Steers—Medium and Large 1623211.48/cwt205.00–217.501,31810
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added641206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,3204
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added667207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,3813
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added715179.45/cwt178.00–181.501,28317
Steers—Medium and Large 1723179.80/cwt178.00–181.501,30016
Steers—Medium and Large 1823176.05/cwt174.00–178.001,4494
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added274231.50/cwt231.50–231.5063411
Heifers—Medium and Large 1323225.70/cwt215.00–235.007294
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added340235.00/cwt235.00–235.0079913
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added356228.00/cwt228.00–228.008126
Heifers—Medium and Large 1373225.60/cwt215.00–235.008416
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added403205.00/cwt205.00–205.008263
Heifers—Medium and Large 1423215.16/cwt207.00–222.509108
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added452216.00/cwt216.00–216.009766
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473208.38/cwt200.00–216.0098614
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added516209.00/cwt209.00–209.001,0785
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523205.22/cwt200.00–210.001,0738
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added565187.65/cwt187.25–190.001,06021
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573195.05/cwt187.00–202.501,11810
Heifers—Medium and Large 1623170.18/cwt165.00–175.001,06010
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added628185.13/cwt171.00–200.001,16322
Heifers—Medium and Large 1673168.55/cwt167.00–170.001,13410
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added675167.41/cwt167.00–168.001,1305
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added715173.00/cwt173.00–173.001,2372
Heifers—Medium and Large 1723166.70/cwt160.00–173.001,2054
Heifers—Medium and Large 1773166.69/cwt160.00–173.001,2894
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added895142.50/cwt142.50–142.501,2751
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added1,025100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,0251
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added1,370167.00/cwt167.00–167.002,2882
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1423215.27/cwt210.00–220.009118
Bulls—Medium and Large 1473205.24/cwt200.00–210.009714
Bulls—Medium and Large 1523201.52/cwt195.00–207.501,0544
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,148100.64/cwt96.00–104.001,1554
Bulls——1,485110.84/cwt105.00–115.001,64618
Bulls——1,920124.92/cwt117.00–130.002,39810
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%80070.31/cwt65.00–75.0056210
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,02598.85/cwt93.00–103.001,01336
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,02593.65/cwt87.50–98.0096018
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02588.85/cwt83.00–93.0091140
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,275107.79/cwt102.50–112.501,37422
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1451,550.55/head1,300.00–1,750.001,55120
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-2868919.88/head700.00–1,050.0092018
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2101,358.47/head1,100.00–1,550.001,35814

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.