Sale reports / Mississippi / Tadlock Livestock Auction / 2024-03-11

Tadlock Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Forest, Mississippi · Mon, Mar 11
● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2114
Feeder Cattle receipts
925 head
▲ 179 vs last sale 746▲ 151 vs year ago 774 · +19.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
106 head
▼ 95 vs last sale 201▼ 35 vs year ago 141 · −24.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
201 head
▼ 194 vs last sale 395▲ 72 vs year ago 129 · +55.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale feeder steers and heifers sold 5-20 higher, slaughter cows sold 4-5 higher, and slaughter bulls sold 3-5 higher. Special board sale consisting of 3 loads of heifers 236 head avj 725lbs with 2% shrink @ $234.75 Delivery on 3/27/2024. Heifers will be 50% Black Angus, 25% Charolais, and 25% Hereford cross.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $293.85/cwt on 54 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −122.96 against this barn's trailing median of $416.81.
Average price
$293.85
54 head · 548 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,612
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$53
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$8.23/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.49
vs MS average
−22.22 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1550297.511,63530
Medium and Large 1-2547289.291,58224
One grade step is worth $8.23/cwt here — about $53 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale54 hd
293.85
—
MS average12 barns · 207 hd
293.37
+0.49
National average167 barns · 13,796 hd
316.07
−22.22
This barn, trailing median34 sales
416.81
−122.96
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

34 sales
508446384323median 416.8103/0205/0407/1309/0711/02
Steers 500–600 lb: high $494.35, low $336.56, median $416.81 across 34 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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—Average1,677144.242,41918
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,116129.461,44522
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,025125.681,28814
CowsLean 85-90%Low913120.241,0974thin

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)1,030$1,93114
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)888$1,46624
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)953$2,09930

Every lot

47 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1220410.00/cwt410.00–410.009021
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Value Added350390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,3655
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1373397.95/cwt390.00–405.001,4846
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added408380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,5506
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1423375.27/cwt370.00–380.001,58712
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1473356.79/cwt345.00–367.501,68832
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added479333.67/cwt325.00–367.501,59828
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added516311.79/cwt299.00–337.501,60910
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1523307.34/cwt299.00–315.001,60714
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added569273.21/cwt257.50–325.001,55514
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1573288.91/cwt278.00–299.001,65516
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added611292.55/cwt283.00–308.001,7877
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1623271.92/cwt260.00–283.001,69410
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1673260.33/cwt250.00–270.001,7524
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added746228.50/cwt228.50–228.501,70518
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1323334.01/cwt330.00–337.501,0794
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Value Added363285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,0352
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1373305.91/cwt290.00–320.001,14112
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added420290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,2182
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1423311.07/cwt290.00–330.001,3168
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added463267.50/cwt267.50–267.501,2396
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1473278.10/cwt265.00–290.001,31512
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added510270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,3775
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1523265.22/cwt260.00–270.001,38710
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1573251.68/cwt247.00–256.001,44210
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added593256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,5183
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1623235.18/cwt230.00–240.001,46516
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added635232.73/cwt230.00–238.501,47812
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1673227.10/cwt224.00–230.001,52822
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added676225.21/cwt224.50–229.001,52221
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1723215.67/cwt210.00–221.001,55912
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added723213.87/cwt208.00–215.501,5469
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1773201.69/cwt195.00–208.001,5594
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1373387.95/cwt380.00–395.001,4476
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,363128.95/cwt124.00–133.001,7584
Bulls——1,708142.76/cwt138.00–147.002,4388
Bulls——1,845156.42/cwt152.00–160.002,8866
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%800112.72/cwt109.00–116.009022
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,025127.85/cwt122.00–132.001,31014
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,025127.76/cwt126.00–129.001,3102
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,025125.68/cwt121.00–129.001,28814
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,275132.29/cwt127.00–137.001,6878
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small and Medium 1-28501,947.06/head1,800.00–2,050.001,94712
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed9251,870.27/head1,700.00–2,000.001,8708
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1002,463.64/head2,300.00–2,600.002,46410
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-28881,465.85/head1,325.00–1,575.001,46624
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0301,930.58/head1,600.00–2,200.001,93114

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.