Sale reports / Mississippi / Tadlock Livestock Auction / 2024-06-10

Tadlock Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Forest, Mississippi · Mon, Jun 10
● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2114
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,125 head
▲ 133 vs last sale 992▼ 533 vs year ago 1,658 · −32.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
339 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 334▼ 18 vs year ago 357 · −5.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
143 head
▲ 31 vs last sale 112▼ 107 vs year ago 250 · −42.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale. Feeder steers sold steady-5 higher, feeder heifers sold 8-10 higher, slaughter cows sold steady, and slaughter bulls sold steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $285.78/cwt on 78 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −131.03 against this barn's trailing median of $416.81.
Average price
$285.78
78 head · 547 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,564
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$80
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$6.99/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.13
vs MS average
−13.64 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2556290.081,61330
Medium and Large 1542283.091,53448
One grade step is worth $6.99/cwt here — about $80 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 sale78 hd
285.78
—
MS average12 barns · 383 hd
277.65
+8.13
National average149 barns · 7,793 hd
299.42
−13.64
This barn, trailing median34 sales
416.81
−131.03
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—High1,808163.412,95430
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,153144.101,66266
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,025137.851,41342
CowsLean 85-90%Average915128.091,17124

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)1,123$1,97722
Bred Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)860$1,3924thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,225$2,7768

Every lot

50 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2Value Added269408.00/cwt408.00–408.001,0985
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1273399.74/cwt390.00–408.001,0916
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1323378.02/cwt370.00–385.001,22114
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1373376.63/cwt370.00–382.501,4058
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Value Added385335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,29013
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1423320.27/cwt315.00–325.001,35510
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1473310.48/cwt300.00–320.001,46922
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added480315.31/cwt302.50–322.501,51320
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1523287.82/cwt280.00–295.001,50530
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added541300.45/cwt290.00–313.501,62518
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1573275.20/cwt270.00–280.001,57718
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added579274.53/cwt270.00–276.001,59012
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added622274.50/cwt264.00–285.001,70739
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1623274.88/cwt264.00–285.001,71338
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1673267.17/cwt262.00–272.001,7984
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added690252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,7392
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1723239.67/cwt234.00–245.001,7336
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added758234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,7743
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1773239.66/cwt234.00–245.001,8536
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1373295.77/cwt291.00–300.001,10312
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Value Added382291.00/cwt291.00–291.001,11211
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1423280.27/cwt275.00–285.001,18612
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added435278.00/cwt278.00–278.001,2096
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1473280.24/cwt275.00–285.001,32612
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added516261.30/cwt250.00–272.501,34830
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1523270.22/cwt265.00–275.001,41320
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1573255.20/cwt250.00–260.001,46224
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added583269.90/cwt255.00–274.001,57418
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1623250.18/cwt245.00–255.001,5596
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1673225.17/cwt220.00–230.001,5156
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added715205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,4662
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1723212.73/cwt205.00–220.001,5386
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2Value Added872185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,6136
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1423312.90/cwt305.00–320.001,32410
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1473294.05/cwt287.50–300.001,39110
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1523271.17/cwt267.00–275.001,41816
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1573260.20/cwt255.00–265.001,4918
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1623245.18/cwt240.00–250.001,5278
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,223150.91/cwt145.00–155.001,8466
Bulls——1,908170.40/cwt165.00–175.003,25114
Bulls——2,018161.11/cwt155.00–165.003,25110
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%700110.18/cwt107.50–112.507714
Cows—Lean 85-90%800121.91/cwt115.00–128.009756
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,025141.85/cwt136.00–146.001,45440
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,025137.85/cwt132.00–142.001,41342
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,025135.85/cwt130.00–140.001,39214
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,350147.56/cwt142.00–152.001,99226
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-28601,392.30/head1,200.00–1,550.001,3924
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1231,977.28/head1,700.00–2,200.001,97722
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2252,775.51/head2,500.00–3,000.002,7768

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.