Sale reports / Mississippi / Tadlock Livestock Auction / 2023-06-12

Tadlock Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Forest, Mississippi · Mon, Jun 12
● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2114
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,658 head
▲ 243 vs last sale 1,415▲ 779 vs year ago 879 · +88.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
357 head
▲ 23 vs last sale 334▲ 92 vs year ago 265 · +34.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
250 head
▲ 47 vs last sale 203▲ 87 vs year ago 163 · +53.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: feeder steers sold steady to $5 higher, feeder heifers sold steady, and slaughter cows and 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 $253.63/cwt on 224 head.
Average price
$253.63
224 head · 493 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,250
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$6
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$1.02/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.72
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1491253.961,248152
Medium and Large 1-2496252.941,25472
One grade step is worth $1.02/cwt here — about −$6 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 sale224 hd
253.63
—
MS average13 barns · 1,258 hd
242.91
+10.72
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—Low1,539114.911,76914
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,174107.731,26560
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,025101.851,04428
CowsLean 85-90%Average91394.1986090

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)1,168$1,40524
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)718$8846
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,375$2,1584thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,125$1,82226
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)800$1,19512

Every lot

48 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 1223298.26/cwt290.00–305.006658
Steers—Medium and Large 1273298.12/cwt290.00–305.008148
Steers—Medium and Large 1323280.35/cwt275.00–285.009064
Steers—Medium and Large 1373270.30/cwt265.00–275.001,00822
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added380265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,00720
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added405265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,0739
Steers—Medium and Large 1423270.27/cwt265.00–275.001,14316
Steers—Medium and Large 1473255.24/cwt250.00–260.001,20710
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added507255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,29317
Steers—Medium and Large 1523247.82/cwt240.00–255.001,29638
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added570246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,40210
Steers—Medium and Large 1573240.20/cwt235.00–245.001,37610
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added607244.18/cwt240.00–246.001,48210
Steers—Medium and Large 1623238.29/cwt230.00–246.001,48516
Steers—Medium and Large 1673222.75/cwt215.00–230.001,49914
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added679215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,4606
Steers—Medium and Large 1723200.16/cwt195.00–205.001,4472
Steers—Medium and Large 1823183.85/cwt180.00–187.501,5134
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1323235.35/cwt230.00–240.007606
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added359231.74/cwt230.00–232.508327
Heifers—Medium and Large 1373222.95/cwt215.00–230.0083210
Heifers—Medium and Large 1423225.27/cwt220.00–230.009538
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added450222.50/cwt222.50–222.501,0013
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473221.19/cwt217.00–225.001,04612
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added519221.59/cwt218.00–224.001,15019
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523219.69/cwt215.00–224.001,14936
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added571227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,2993
Heifers—Medium and Large 1623197.44/cwt192.00–202.501,23010
Heifers—Medium and Large 1673196.13/cwt192.00–200.001,3206
Heifers—Medium and Large 1723186.37/cwt182.50–190.001,3474
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added731203.00/cwt203.00–203.001,4847
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1373260.30/cwt255.00–265.009714
Bulls—Medium and Large 1523235.22/cwt230.00–240.001,2304
Bulls—Medium and Large 1573222.60/cwt220.00–225.001,2754
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,45396.95/cwt91.00–104.001,4092
Bulls——1,530116.06/cwt110.00–120.001,77610
Bulls——1,673127.11/cwt124.00–130.002,1272
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%67577.67/cwt71.00–83.0052412
Cows—Lean 85-90%80089.31/cwt84.00–94.0071426
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,025105.27/cwt100.00–109.001,07932
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,025101.85/cwt96.00–106.001,04428
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,025100.44/cwt94.00–105.001,03052
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,345110.54/cwt105.00–115.001,48728
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-2718883.62/head800.00–950.008846
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1681,405.35/head1,200.00–1,550.001,40524
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed8001,194.53/head1,075.00–1,300.001,19512
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1251,822.22/head1,600.00–2,000.001,82226
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy1,3752,158.18/head2,000.00–2,300.002,1584

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.