Sale reports / Mississippi / Tadlock Livestock Auction / 2024-05-13

Tadlock Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Forest, Mississippi · Mon, May 13
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2114
Feeder Cattle receipts
680 head
▼ 258 vs last sale 938▼ 150 vs year ago 830 · −18.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
119 head
▼ 42 vs last sale 161▼ 44 vs year ago 163 · −27.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
201 head
▼ 143 vs last sale 344▲ 20 vs year ago 181 · +11.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale. Feeder steers sold 5-15 higher, feeder heifers sold 3-5 higher over 500lbs steady, slaughter cows sold 3-8 higher, and slaughter bulls sold steady - 2 higher. 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 $311.98/cwt on 93 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −104.83 against this barn's trailing median of $416.81.
Average price
$311.98
93 head · 550 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,715
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$10
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$5.65/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+22.43
vs MS average
+1.21 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2546315.251,72139
Medium and Large 1553309.611,71154
One grade step is worth $5.65/cwt here — about $10 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 sale93 hd
311.98
—
MS average13 barns · 352 hd
289.55
+22.43
National average163 barns · 10,302 hd
310.77
+1.21
This barn, trailing median34 sales
416.81
−104.83
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—Low1,585151.132,39620
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,104131.261,44928
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,025127.151,30318
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,005120.541,21122

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 CowsAll Stages (1-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,173$1,95428
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,175$2,81824
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,000$2,31516

Every lot

45 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Value Added308365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,1247
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1323390.35/cwt385.00–395.001,26112
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1373377.95/cwt370.00–385.001,4104
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added401352.00/cwt352.00–352.001,4124
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1423337.90/cwt330.00–345.001,42914
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1473330.24/cwt325.00–335.001,56212
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added496325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,6125
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added516322.79/cwt315.00–328.001,66617
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1523321.78/cwt315.00–328.001,68322
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added569309.43/cwt306.00–323.001,76122
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1573301.24/cwt295.00–307.001,72632
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added614284.80/cwt280.00–288.001,74924
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1623282.70/cwt277.00–288.001,76138
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1673263.88/cwt260.00–267.501,7764
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added710246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,74724
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1723247.58/cwt245.00–250.001,79026
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added766237.50/cwt237.50–237.501,8194
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1773236.53/cwt235.50–237.501,8286
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1823227.08/cwt224.00–230.001,8698
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2Value Added848224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,9006
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2Value Added872216.50/cwt216.50–216.501,8885
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Value Added300337.50/cwt337.50–337.501,01312
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1323329.36/cwt320.00–337.501,06414
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1373315.30/cwt310.00–320.001,1766
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Value Added388285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,1063
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added427265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,1325
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added469263.69/cwt255.00–269.001,23712
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1473260.24/cwt255.00–265.001,23118
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added500250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,2505
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1523245.32/cwt237.50–252.501,28312
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added571240.86/cwt236.00–244.501,37514
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1573236.50/cwt230.00–242.501,35522
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added621233.57/cwt225.00–242.001,45014
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2Value Added870175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,5232
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,338137.89/cwt134.50–140.001,8456
Bulls——1,538152.55/cwt148.00–156.002,3468
Bulls——1,895162.48/cwt159.00–165.003,0796
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%800109.13/cwt107.00–111.008732
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,025129.85/cwt124.00–134.001,33120
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,025127.15/cwt121.00–131.501,30318
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,025121.68/cwt117.00–125.001,24720
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,300134.77/cwt131.00–138.001,7528
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0002,315.00/head2,150.00–2,450.002,31516
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy1,1752,818.09/head2,500.00–3,075.002,81824
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1731,954.32/head1,600.00–2,175.001,95428

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.