Sale reports / Mississippi / Tadlock Livestock Auction / 2023-12-11

Tadlock Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Forest, Mississippi · Mon, Dec 11
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2114
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,256 head
▲ 194 vs last sale 1,062▲ 64 vs year ago 1,192 · +5.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
417 head
▲ 133 vs last sale 284▲ 247 vs year ago 170 · +145.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
312 head
▲ 90 vs last sale 222▲ 51 vs year ago 261 · +19.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale Feeder steers and heifers sold 5-10 higher. Slaughter cows sold 2-3 lower, 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

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $249.84/cwt on 255 head.
Average price
$249.84
255 head · 530 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,324
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$235
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$13.79/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.70
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1472256.281,210136
Medium and Large 1-2596242.491,446119
One grade step is worth $13.79/cwt here — about −$235 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 sale255 hd
249.84
—
MS average13 barns · 1,194 hd
241.14
+8.70
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—Average1,539109.141,67926
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,07795.161,02548
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,02591.8094114
CowsLean 85-90%Average90684.3876444

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)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,107$1,30378
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,200$1,79230

Every lot

42 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1223300.51/cwt295.00–305.006704
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added260431.00/cwt431.00–431.001,1217
Steers—Medium and Large 1273300.41/cwt295.00–305.008208
Steers—Medium and Large 1323288.02/cwt280.00–295.009308
Steers—Medium and Large 1373277.95/cwt270.00–285.001,03722
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added382285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,0895
Steers—Medium and Large 1423262.63/cwt260.00–265.001,11112
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added440260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,1442
Steers—Medium and Large 1473254.05/cwt247.50–260.001,20214
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added476247.50/cwt247.50–247.501,1784
Steers—Medium and Large 1523245.22/cwt240.00–250.001,28320
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added524253.11/cwt250.00–255.001,3268
Steers—Medium and Large 1573234.00/cwt227.50–240.001,34134
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added594239.26/cwt239.00–240.001,42123
Steers—Medium and Large 1623232.92/cwt228.00–237.501,45114
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added629232.76/cwt228.00–233.501,46453
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added695186.50/cwt186.50–186.501,2967
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added791185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,4637
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added947146.50/cwt146.50–146.501,3873
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1273282.71/cwt280.00–285.007724
Heifers—Medium and Large 1323276.74/cwt273.00–280.0089410
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added348273.00/cwt273.00–273.009503
Heifers—Medium and Large 1373276.71/cwt273.00–280.001,0324
Heifers—Medium and Large 1423250.53/cwt240.00–260.001,06010
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added450222.50/cwt222.50–222.501,0011
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473228.81/cwt222.00–235.001,08212
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added513207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,0623
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523206.52/cwt200.00–212.501,08018
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573205.20/cwt200.00–210.001,1766
Heifers—Medium and Large 1623204.37/cwt201.00–207.501,2734
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,30097.77/cwt92.00–102.001,2714
Bulls——1,525109.87/cwt105.00–114.001,67618
Bulls——1,838117.21/cwt116.00–118.002,1544
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%67569.67/cwt63.00–75.004706
Cows—Lean 85-90%80081.31/cwt76.00–86.0065014
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,02594.51/cwt91.00–97.0096938
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,02591.80/cwt88.00–94.5094114
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02589.85/cwt84.00–94.0092124
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27597.65/cwt95.00–100.001,24510
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2001,791.67/head1,500.00–2,000.001,79230
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-2928913.75/head800.00–1,000.0091410
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1331,360.26/head1,100.00–1,550.001,36068

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.