Sale reports / Mississippi / Tadlock Livestock Auction / 2024-02-19

Tadlock Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Forest, Mississippi · Mon, Feb 19
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2114
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,156 head
▲ 544 vs last sale 612▲ 407 vs year ago 749 · +54.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
130 head
▲ 16 vs last sale 114▲ 33 vs year ago 97 · +34.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
326 head
▲ 196 vs last sale 130▲ 216 vs year ago 110 · +196.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale feeder steers and heifers sold steady to 5 higher, and slaughter cows and bulls sold 2-5 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 $344.43/cwt on 133 head.
Average price
$344.43
133 head · 446 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,535
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$4
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$10.78/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+33.80
vs MS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1441347.591,53394
Medium and Large 1-2456336.811,53739
One grade step is worth $10.78/cwt here — about −$4 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 sale133 hd
344.43
—
MS average13 barns · 1,401 hd
310.63
+33.80
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—Low1,592128.402,04416
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,107113.831,26134
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,025112.601,15410
CowsLean 85-90%Low91093.7085320

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 (2-4 yrs)1,260$2,30220
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,170$1,72920
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)795$1,17012
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,128$2,17820

Every lot

44 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 1223405.51/cwt400.00–410.009044
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added253395.00/cwt395.00–395.009996
Steers—Medium and Large 1273403.12/cwt395.00–410.001,1018
Steers—Medium and Large 1323401.95/cwt395.00–408.001,29814
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added326408.00/cwt408.00–408.001,3307
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added373400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,4922
Steers—Medium and Large 1373395.30/cwt390.00–400.001,47416
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added416362.42/cwt300.00–395.001,5086
Steers—Medium and Large 1423363.17/cwt350.00–375.001,53616
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added450311.00/cwt311.00–311.001,4003
Steers—Medium and Large 1473307.86/cwt300.00–315.001,4566
Steers—Medium and Large 1523297.82/cwt290.00–305.001,55810
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added528285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,5052
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added563287.00/cwt287.00–287.001,6164
Steers—Medium and Large 1573287.60/cwt285.00–290.001,6486
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added610269.00/cwt269.00–269.001,6415
Steers—Medium and Large 1623264.66/cwt260.00–269.001,6498
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added763234.75/cwt234.50–235.001,7914
Steers—Medium and Large 1773232.57/cwt230.00–235.001,7986
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added323331.00/cwt331.00–331.001,0693
Heifers—Medium and Large 1323325.88/cwt320.00–331.001,0534
Heifers—Medium and Large 1373308.56/cwt290.00–325.001,15118
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added408278.80/cwt270.00–284.001,1388
Heifers—Medium and Large 1423275.27/cwt270.00–280.001,1648
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473271.81/cwt265.00–278.001,28610
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added480272.48/cwt269.00–278.001,3088
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added513259.99/cwt257.50–262.501,3344
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523257.82/cwt250.00–265.001,3488
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573238.64/cwt235.00–242.001,3676
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added600235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,4102
Heifers—Medium and Large 1623217.77/cwt210.00–225.001,3574
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,363118.00/cwt118.00–118.001,6084
Bulls——1,448126.04/cwt120.00–131.001,8256
Bulls——1,888137.68/cwt132.00–142.002,5996
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%67570.00/cwt67.50–72.004734
Cows—Lean 85-90%80095.19/cwt92.00–98.007624
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,025112.60/cwt108.50–115.501,15410
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,025111.27/cwt106.00–115.001,14126
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,025101.10/cwt97.00–104.001,03612
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,375122.16/cwt118.50–125.001,6808
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1282,178.27/head1,900.00–2,400.002,17820
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-27951,169.81/head1,000.00–1,300.001,17012
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1701,729.06/head1,500.00–1,900.001,72920
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2602,301.59/head2,000.00–2,500.002,30220

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.