Sale reports / Mississippi / Tadlock Livestock Auction / 2024-04-08

Tadlock Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Forest, Mississippi · Mon, Apr 8
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2114
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,061 head
▲ 484 vs last sale 577▼ 884 vs year ago 1,945 · −45.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
226 head
▼ 12 vs last sale 238▲ 107 vs year ago 119 · +89.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
360 head
▲ 45 vs last sale 315▲ 81 vs year ago 279 · +29.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale feeder steers and heifers sold steady, slaughter cows sold 1-4 lower, and slaughter bulls sold 2-3 higher. Weaned grouped feeder cattle are listed as M&L 1&2 Value Added. Loads included 59 steers 55,880lbs avj 948@$207.25, 70 steers 53,055lbs avj 758@$241.00, 68 heifers 49,905lbs avj 734@$221.00, 71heifers 49,525lbs avj 698@$224.80, 60 heifers 46,165lbs avj 769@$212.75

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $247.07/cwt on 63 head. That ranks 1 of 35 comparable sales and sits −135.33 against this barn's trailing median of $382.40.
Average price
$247.07
63 head · 564 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,393
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$20
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$4.36/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.93
vs MS average
−16.89 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2563249.561,40527
Medium and Large 1565245.201,38536
One grade step is worth $4.36/cwt here — about $20 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale63 hd
247.07
—
MS average13 barns · 253 hd
244.14
+2.93
National average181 barns · 13,137 hd
263.96
−16.89
This barn, trailing median35 sales
382.40
−135.33
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—Average1,654149.992,48222
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,184132.541,56944
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,025124.101,27216
CowsLean 85-90%Average896115.661,03624

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)1,106$1,65220
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,200$2,77132
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)900$2,22830
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)925$1,69930

Every lot

38 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1223380.51/cwt375.00–385.008494
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1-2Value Added232742.00/cwt742.00–742.001,7218
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1273380.41/cwt375.00–385.001,0394
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1323370.35/cwt365.00–375.001,1966
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1373347.65/cwt345.00–350.001,2974
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1473307.86/cwt300.00–315.001,4566
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added523294.90/cwt290.00–300.001,5428
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1523292.82/cwt285.00–300.001,53116
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added631268.75/cwt267.50–281.001,69633
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added732287.00/cwt287.00–287.002,1013
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added757240.19/cwt235.00–241.001,81881
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2Value Added949207.25/cwt207.25–207.251,96759
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1273340.41/cwt335.00–345.009294
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1323320.35/cwt315.00–325.001,0354
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1373291.78/cwt282.50–300.001,0886
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1523245.22/cwt240.00–250.001,2836
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added563249.56/cwt244.00–250.001,40527
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1573245.20/cwt240.00–250.001,40530
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added648248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,6079
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added698224.80/cwt224.80–224.801,56971
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added732218.82/cwt205.00–221.001,60279
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added769212.75/cwt212.75–212.751,63660
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1573255.20/cwt250.00–260.001,4624
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1623245.18/cwt240.00–250.001,5274
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,393137.94/cwt135.00–140.001,9226
Bulls——1,715159.81/cwt157.00–162.002,7418
Bulls——1,790149.21/cwt145.00–153.002,6718
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%700103.21/cwt100.00–106.007224
Cows—Lean 85-90%800112.84/cwt107.00–118.009038
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,025129.68/cwt125.00–133.001,32916
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,025124.10/cwt120.00–127.001,27216
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,025121.68/cwt117.00–125.001,24712
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,275134.18/cwt131.00–137.001,71128
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-28281,155.14/head950.00–1,300.001,1556
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2251,865.41/head1,550.00–2,100.001,86514
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed9002,227.78/head1,950.00–2,450.002,22830
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed9251,698.65/head1,500.00–1,850.001,69930
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2002,770.83/head2,500.00–3,000.002,77132

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.