Sale reports / Mississippi / Tadlock Livestock Auction / 2023-11-06

Tadlock Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Forest, Mississippi · Mon, Nov 6
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2114
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,309 head
▲ 66 vs last sale 1,243▲ 188 vs year ago 1,121 · +16.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
354 head
▼ 90 vs last sale 444▲ 187 vs year ago 167 · +112.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
303 head
▼ 58 vs last sale 361▲ 86 vs year ago 217 · +39.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale: Feeder steers sold 5-12 higher, feeder heifers sold 5-10 higher, slaughter cows sold 4-10 higher, 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

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $217.62/cwt on 84 head.
Average price
$217.62
84 head · 540 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,174
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$31
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$10.34/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.61
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1536220.571,18360
Medium and Large 1-2548210.241,15224
One grade step is worth $10.34/cwt here — about $31 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 sale84 hd
217.62
—
MS average13 barns · 1,007 hd
208.01
+9.61
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—Low1,425106.281,51416
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,058100.821,06730
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,02592.8595214
CowsLean 85-90%Average83679.8766874

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)1,170$1,42356
Bred Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)743$71418
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)975$1,55810
Stock CowsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)888$86318

Every lot

40 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1373285.30/cwt280.00–290.001,0646
Steers—Medium and Large 1423275.27/cwt270.00–280.001,16412
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added429255.35/cwt230.00–275.001,09511
Steers—Medium and Large 1473265.24/cwt260.00–270.001,2558
Steers—Medium and Large 1523255.22/cwt250.00–260.001,3354
Steers—Medium and Large 1623235.18/cwt230.00–240.001,46510
Steers—Medium and Large 1673225.17/cwt220.00–230.001,5156
Steers—Medium and Large 1723205.16/cwt200.00–210.001,4834
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added1,050125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,3138
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added345260.00/cwt260.00–260.008973
Heifers—Medium and Large 1373260.30/cwt255.00–265.009718
Heifers—Medium and Large 1423240.27/cwt235.00–245.001,0166
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473236.55/cwt230.00–242.501,11910
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523215.22/cwt210.00–220.001,12610
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added526208.96/cwt206.00–220.001,0999
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573210.20/cwt205.00–215.001,2048
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added590195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,1514
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added614207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,2715
Heifers—Medium and Large 1623202.42/cwt197.50–207.001,2618
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added650190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,2353
Heifers—Medium and Large 1673195.17/cwt190.00–200.001,3136
Heifers—Medium and Large 1773180.15/cwt175.00–185.001,3934
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1323272.67/cwt270.00–275.008818
Bulls—Medium and Large 1373257.65/cwt255.00–260.0096110
Bulls—Medium and Large 1428256.50/cwt250.00–260.001,0988
Bulls—Medium and Large 1472246.30/cwt240.00–250.001,16313
Bulls—Medium and Large 1523231.26/cwt225.00–237.001,2098
Bulls—Medium and Large 1623211.14/cwt207.00–215.001,3156
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,24598.35/cwt92.00–102.501,2248
Bulls——1,605114.21/cwt111.00–117.001,8338
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%67568.44/cwt64.00–72.0046218
Cows—Lean 85-90%80079.31/cwt74.00–84.0063434
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,02599.85/cwt94.00–104.001,02326
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,02592.85/cwt87.00–97.0095214
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02590.10/cwt86.00–93.0092422
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,275107.12/cwt105.00–109.001,3664
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed9751,557.69/head1,450.00–1,650.001,55810
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-2743713.64/head550.00–850.0071418
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1701,422.76/head1,200.00–1,575.001,42356
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed888862.68/head750.00–950.0086318

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.