Sale reports / Mississippi / Tadlock Livestock Auction / 2023-08-14

Tadlock Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Forest, Mississippi · Mon, Aug 14
● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2114
Feeder Cattle receipts
225 head
▼ 1,041 vs last sale 1,266▼ 1,175 vs year ago 1,400 · −83.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
184 head
▲ 46 vs last sale 138▼ 84 vs year ago 268 · −31.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
1,306 head
▲ 1,140 vs last sale 166▲ 1,156 vs year ago 150 · +770.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale: Feeder steers and heifers sold steady, and slaughter cows and bulls sold steady. Weaned grouped feeder cattle are listed as M&L 1&2 Value Added. 1 Load of Black cross bred Heifers (55head) avj. 791lbs 43,480lbs total @ $229.00

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $228.62/cwt on 310 head.
Average price
$228.62
310 head · 596 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,362
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$194
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$7.61/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.04
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2616231.031,424212
Medium and Large 1551223.421,23098
One grade step is worth $7.61/cwt here — about $194 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 sale310 hd
228.62
—
MS average13 barns · 1,431 hd
223.58
+5.04
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—Average1,510121.821,83916
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,071107.231,14954
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,025104.681,07314
CowsLean 85-90%Low97194.0391350

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 Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,318$1,6132thin
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,105$1,29622
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,050$1,59014

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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1323323.02/cwt315.00–330.001,0438
Steers—Medium and Large 1373308.26/cwt295.00–320.001,15014
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added382270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,0317
Steers—Medium and Large 1423285.27/cwt280.00–290.001,20710
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added470260.85/cwt237.50–283.001,22617
Steers—Medium and Large 1473262.48/cwt252.00–272.001,24220
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added520236.79/cwt230.00–240.001,2316
Steers—Medium and Large 1523251.26/cwt245.00–257.001,31418
Steers—Medium and Large 1573235.20/cwt230.00–240.001,34824
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added581232.35/cwt225.00–252.001,35057
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added605244.28/cwt238.00–247.001,47819
Steers—Medium and Large 1623242.18/cwt237.00–247.001,50920
Steers—Medium and Large 1673223.96/cwt217.50–230.001,5078
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added705215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,5162
Steers—Medium and Large 1723217.58/cwt215.00–220.001,5736
Steers—Medium and Large 1773217.57/cwt215.00–220.001,6826
Steers—Medium and Large 1920201.17/cwt197.50–205.001,8512
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1423237.77/cwt232.50–242.501,00614
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added432240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,0376
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473234.05/cwt227.50–240.001,10724
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added477235.78/cwt225.00–239.001,12511
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added521240.32/cwt237.00–240.501,25261
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523232.45/cwt227.50–237.001,21620
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573210.20/cwt205.00–215.001,2048
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added574228.93/cwt220.50–236.501,31457
Heifers—Medium and Large 1623210.18/cwt205.00–215.001,30916
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added628209.81/cwt209.00–210.001,31810
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added654221.95/cwt210.00–225.001,4525
Heifers—Medium and Large 1673206.13/cwt202.00–210.001,3874
Heifers—Medium and Large 1723202.58/cwt200.00–205.001,4656
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added740203.99/cwt203.00–205.001,5104
Heifers—Medium and Large 1773202.57/cwt200.00–205.001,5666
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added790227.80/cwt205.00–229.001,80058
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1323290.35/cwt285.00–295.009386
Bulls—Medium and Large 1373290.30/cwt285.00–295.001,0836
Bulls—Medium and Large 1523225.22/cwt220.00–230.001,1788
Bulls—Medium and Large 1573215.20/cwt210.00–220.001,2338
Bulls—Medium and Large 1623207.77/cwt200.00–215.001,2944
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,475114.64/cwt109.00–118.001,6918
Bulls——1,545129.00/cwt124.00–133.001,9938
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%80083.78/cwt79.00–88.0067012
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,025106.56/cwt101.00–110.501,09244
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,025104.68/cwt100.00–108.001,07314
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02597.27/cwt92.00–101.0099738
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,275110.18/cwt107.00–113.001,40510
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1051,295.59/head1,100.00–1,450.001,29622
Bred Cows—Large 1-21,3181,612.71/head1,600.00–1,625.001,6132
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0501,590.00/head1,350.00–1,770.001,59014

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.