Sale reports / Mississippi / Tadlock Livestock Auction / 2024-03-18

Tadlock Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Forest, Mississippi · Mon, Mar 18
● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2114
Feeder Cattle receipts
522 head
▼ 403 vs last sale 925▼ 596 vs year ago 1,118 · −53.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
144 head
▲ 38 vs last sale 106▼ 32 vs year ago 176 · −18.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
221 head
▲ 20 vs last sale 201▲ 56 vs year ago 165 · +33.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale feeder steers sold steady, feeder heifers sold 5-10 higher, slaughter cows sold 7-11 higher, and slaughter bulls sold 5-8 higher. Weaned grouped feeder cattle are listed as M&L 1&2 Value Added.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $266.24/cwt on 27 head. That ranks 1 of 35 comparable sales and sits −116.16 against this barn's trailing median of $382.40.
Average price
$266.24
27 head · 526 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,400
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$52
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$3.93/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.33
vs MS average
−10.98 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2506269.151,3627thin
Medium and Large 1533265.221,41420
One grade step is worth $3.93/cwt here — about −$52 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 sale27 hd
266.24
—
MS average13 barns · 210 hd
255.91
+10.33
National average179 barns · 15,589 hd
277.22
−10.98
This barn, trailing median35 sales
382.40
−116.16
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

35 sales
458404350296median 382.4003/0204/2707/0609/0711/02
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $444.17, low $309.83, median $382.40 across 35 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—Low1,505151.242,27631
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,268141.441,79446
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,025134.441,37816
CowsLean 85-90%Low950124.481,18312

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)1,096$2,10030
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)918$1,6044thin
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,128$3,00010
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,000$2,29314

Every lot

49 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
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1223406.06/cwt400.00–411.009064
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1273405.95/cwt400.00–411.001,10814
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1323395.35/cwt390.00–400.001,2774
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Value Added364391.24/cwt390.00–392.501,4244
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1373395.30/cwt390.00–400.001,47416
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added405365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,4784
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1423370.27/cwt365.00–375.001,5668
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1473324.52/cwt313.00–335.001,53520
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added488313.00/cwt313.00–313.001,5276
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added518310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,6063
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1523300.43/cwt290.00–310.001,57112
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added557300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,6714
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1573290.39/cwt280.00–300.001,6648
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added603284.00/cwt284.00–284.001,7133
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1623282.07/cwt280.00–284.001,7576
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added687255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,7523
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1723227.58/cwt225.00–230.001,6454
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1-2Value Added226340.00/cwt340.00–340.007685
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1323313.56/cwt305.00–321.001,01310
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Value Added334321.00/cwt321.00–321.001,0725
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Value Added367311.21/cwt305.00–318.001,1428
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1373313.48/cwt305.00–321.001,1694
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added420291.00/cwt291.00–291.001,2223
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1423307.90/cwt300.00–315.001,30220
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1473287.86/cwt280.00–295.001,36214
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added506269.15/cwt260.00–281.001,3627
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1523265.22/cwt260.00–270.001,38716
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1573265.20/cwt260.00–270.001,5204
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1623248.89/cwt245.00–252.501,55116
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added634252.23/cwt250.50–259.001,59914
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1673231.38/cwt227.50–235.001,5578
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added740227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,68430
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2Value Added294411.00/cwt411.00–411.001,20814
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2352400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,4086
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1473308.10/cwt295.00–320.001,4574
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1723223.87/cwt220.00–227.501,6194
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,288134.62/cwt130.00–138.501,7346
Bulls——1,473150.50/cwt145.00–155.002,21710
Bulls——1,613158.38/cwt145.00–167.502,55515
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%800114.89/cwt112.50–117.009194
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,025135.27/cwt130.00–139.001,38714
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,025134.44/cwt128.00–139.001,37816
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,025129.27/cwt124.00–133.001,3258
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,375144.14/cwt138.50–148.501,98232
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0002,292.50/head2,100.00–2,450.002,29314
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy1,1283,000.44/head2,750.00–3,200.003,00010
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed9181,603.54/head1,500.00–1,700.001,6044
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0532,014.85/head1,700.00–2,250.002,01526
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy1,3752,652.82/head2,400.00–2,850.002,6534

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.