Sale reports / Mississippi / Tadlock Livestock Auction / 2024-05-27

Tadlock Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Forest, Mississippi · Mon, May 27
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2114
Feeder Cattle receipts
931 head
▼ 308 vs last sale 1,239▲ 163 vs year ago 768 · +21.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
258 head
▲ 58 vs last sale 200▲ 30 vs year ago 228 · +13.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
359 head
▲ 52 vs last sale 307▲ 55 vs year ago 304 · +18.1%
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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 2-8 higher, and slaughter bulls sold 4-10 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 $247.40/cwt on 75 head. That ranks 1 of 35 comparable sales and sits −135.00 against this barn's trailing median of $382.40.
Average price
$247.40
75 head · 554 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,370
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$22
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$3.02/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.63
vs MS average
−20.22 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1555248.651,38044
Medium and Large 1-2553245.631,35731
One grade step is worth $3.02/cwt here — about $22 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale75 hd
247.40
—
MS average13 barns · 416 hd
248.04
−0.63
National average129 barns · 6,320 hd
267.62
−20.22
This barn, trailing median35 sales
382.40
−135.00
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—High1,693166.902,82514
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,245144.681,80158
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,025136.151,39618
CowsLean 85-90%Low950123.851,17718

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)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,330$2,34136
Bred Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)875$1,14034
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,350$3,8678
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,208$2,82738

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
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1423322.90/cwt315.00–330.001,3666
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1473305.71/cwt290.00–320.001,4466
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added511294.50/cwt294.50–294.501,5057
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1523290.22/cwt285.00–295.001,51810
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added554285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,57916
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1573290.20/cwt285.00–295.001,66320
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1623274.70/cwt269.00–280.001,71120
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added626267.84/cwt266.00–269.501,67717
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1673261.65/cwt257.00–266.001,7618
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added710262.00/cwt262.00–262.001,8604
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1773233.69/cwt227.00–240.001,8066
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1823212.57/cwt210.00–215.001,7494
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1375312.90/cwt305.00–320.001,1734
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1423285.27/cwt280.00–290.001,2076
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1473270.24/cwt265.00–275.001,27836
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added490265.06/cwt262.00–268.501,29915
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1523254.69/cwt250.00–259.001,33216
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added528253.60/cwt250.00–259.001,33912
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added568240.60/cwt239.00–242.001,36719
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1573245.20/cwt240.00–250.001,40528
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added608252.36/cwt247.50–254.001,5348
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1623245.18/cwt240.00–250.001,52716
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added670224.89/cwt215.50–236.001,50732
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1673222.23/cwt215.00–229.001,49628
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1523268.91/cwt265.00–272.501,4064
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1573260.10/cwt257.50–262.501,4904
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,563160.16/cwt158.00–162.002,5036
Bulls——1,790171.95/cwt168.50–175.003,0788
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%800115.84/cwt110.00–121.009276
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,025139.27/cwt134.00–143.001,42824
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,025136.15/cwt130.00–140.501,39618
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,025127.85/cwt122.00–132.001,31012
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,400148.50/cwt142.50–153.002,07934
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-28751,140.00/head950.00–1,300.001,14034
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3302,340.79/head1,950.00–2,650.002,34136
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1252,563.33/head2,350.00–2,750.002,56324
Cow-Calf Pairs—Large 1-2Fancy1,3503,866.67/head3,700.00–4,000.003,8678
Cow-Calf Pairs—Large 1-2Fancy1,3503,277.78/head3,000.00–3,500.003,27814

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.