Sale reports / Mississippi / Tadlock Livestock Auction / 2024-04-22

Tadlock Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Forest, Mississippi · Mon, Apr 22
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2114
Feeder Cattle receipts
695 head
▼ 178 vs last sale 873▼ 1,057 vs year ago 1,752 · −60.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
198 head
▼ 55 vs last sale 253▼ 82 vs year ago 280 · −29.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
324 head
▼ 97 vs last sale 421▲ 41 vs year ago 283 · +14.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale, feeder steers and heifers sold steady-10 higher, and slaughter cows and 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 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $286.80/cwt on 48 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −130.01 against this barn's trailing median of $416.81.
Average price
$286.80
48 head · 526 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,507
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$97
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$29.89/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.97
vs MS average
−22.75 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2512306.731,57016thin
Medium and Large 1532276.841,47432
One grade step is worth $29.89/cwt here — about $97 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale48 hd
286.80
—
MS average13 barns · 348 hd
285.83
+0.97
National average173 barns · 10,802 hd
309.55
−22.75
This barn, trailing median34 sales
416.81
−130.01
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—Low1,508153.332,31224
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,142133.561,52554
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,025128.271,3158thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,004120.191,20642

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)1,118$1,91814
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,127$2,48130
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)975$2,09720
Heifer PairsOpen(<2 yrs)925$3,66232

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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1323360.35/cwt355.00–365.001,1646
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Value Added335355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,1895
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1373360.30/cwt355.00–365.001,3446
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Value Added395285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,1263
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1423335.27/cwt330.00–340.001,4186
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1473312.86/cwt305.00–320.001,4808
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added512306.73/cwt304.00–315.001,57016
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1523277.82/cwt270.00–285.001,45326
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1573272.60/cwt270.00–275.001,5626
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added620285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,7672
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added685261.50/cwt261.50–261.501,79122
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added705249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,7559
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1723247.58/cwt245.00–250.001,79012
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1773235.15/cwt230.00–240.001,8188
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added783233.25/cwt233.25–233.251,82635
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2Value Added800240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,9204
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1-2Value Added230567.82/cwt362.50–770.001,30613
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Value Added324341.00/cwt341.00–341.001,1059
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1373290.30/cwt285.00–295.001,0836
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1423279.08/cwt272.50–285.001,1816
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added464260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,2068
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1473262.62/cwt260.00–265.001,24212
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1523257.48/cwt252.00–262.501,3476
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added533262.50/cwt262.50–262.501,3993
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added565245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,3842
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1573250.20/cwt245.00–255.001,43410
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1623222.59/cwt220.00–225.001,3874
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added658237.50/cwt237.50–237.501,56333
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added748220.50/cwt220.50–220.501,64921
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added788217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,7104
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1-2Value Added938177.50/cwt177.50–177.501,6653
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,175136.23/cwt128.00–143.001,6014
Bulls——1,333161.77/cwt159.00–165.002,15610
Bulls——1,815151.74/cwt144.00–156.002,75410
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%800108.31/cwt103.00–113.008664
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,025132.56/cwt127.00–136.501,35930
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,025128.27/cwt123.00–132.001,3158
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,025121.44/cwt115.00–126.001,24538
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,288134.81/cwt130.00–139.001,73624
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed9752,097.44/head1,900.00–2,250.002,09720
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed1,1002,370.45/head2,200.00–2,500.002,37026
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy1,3003,196.15/head2,900.00–3,450.003,1964
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1181,917.79/head1,650.00–2,100.001,91814
Replacement Cattle · Heifer Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Heifer Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy9253,662.16/head3,500.00–3,800.003,66232

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.