Sale reports / Mississippi / Tadlock Livestock Auction / 2024-07-29

Tadlock Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Forest, Mississippi · Mon, Jul 29
● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2114
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,010 head
▼ 121 vs last sale 1,131▼ 5 vs year ago 1,015 · −0.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
175 head
▼ 46 vs last sale 221▼ 154 vs year ago 329 · −46.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
129 head
▲ 35 vs last sale 94▼ 38 vs year ago 167 · −22.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold Steady-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 $292.77/cwt on 68 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −124.04 against this barn's trailing median of $416.81.
Average price
$292.77
68 head · 540 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,580
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$60
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$9.17/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+11.95
vs MS average
+4.98 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1541296.811,60738
Medium and Large 1-2538287.641,54730
One grade step is worth $9.17/cwt here — about $60 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 sale68 hd
292.77
—
MS average13 barns · 350 hd
280.82
+11.95
National average138 barns · 5,135 hd
287.79
+4.98
This barn, trailing median34 sales
416.81
−124.04
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—High1,590161.742,57226
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,113136.871,52340
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,025134.681,38022
CowsLean 85-90%Average908122.011,10832

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 Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,225$2,2766
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,030$1,80520
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,050$2,28610

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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1223413.76/cwt400.00–425.009234
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1273413.53/cwt400.00–425.001,1298
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1323403.02/cwt395.00–410.001,3024
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1373375.60/cwt365.00–385.001,4016
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1423327.90/cwt320.00–335.001,3876
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added473312.88/cwt300.00–320.001,48012
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1473307.86/cwt300.00–315.001,45618
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added520289.27/cwt279.50–312.001,50420
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1523303.87/cwt295.00–312.001,58924
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1573284.72/cwt279.00–290.001,63114
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added573284.39/cwt279.00–296.001,63010
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added621266.05/cwt262.50–274.001,65213
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1623274.07/cwt265.00–282.501,70722
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added650256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,6644
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1673260.17/cwt255.00–265.001,75110
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1723243.61/cwt240.00–247.001,76120
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added725244.26/cwt241.50–247.001,77118
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1773235.15/cwt230.00–240.001,8184
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2Value Added264510.00/cwt510.00–510.001,3467
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Value Added370315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,1662
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1373317.95/cwt310.00–325.001,18612
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1423297.90/cwt290.00–305.001,26014
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1473266.90/cwt258.00–275.001,26222
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added479257.34/cwt250.00–260.001,23315
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1523262.95/cwt258.00–267.501,37510
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added548230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,2602
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added562242.77/cwt230.00–255.001,36416
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1573240.20/cwt235.00–245.001,37630
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added607241.43/cwt238.50–244.001,4658
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1623240.18/cwt235.00–245.001,49610
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1673240.17/cwt235.00–245.001,6164
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added713246.41/cwt240.00–249.001,75721
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1423305.27/cwt300.00–310.001,2916
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1473275.24/cwt270.00–280.001,3026
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1523270.22/cwt265.00–275.001,41316
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1573260.20/cwt255.00–265.001,4914
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1673221.38/cwt217.50–225.001,4904
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1723212.58/cwt210.00–215.001,5374
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,305155.40/cwt150.00–160.002,02810
Bulls——1,650162.24/cwt159.00–165.002,67710
Bulls——1,965171.46/cwt167.00–175.003,3696
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%725105.52/cwt105.00–106.007652
Cows—Lean 85-90%800116.89/cwt114.50–119.0093514
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,025135.56/cwt130.00–139.501,38926
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,025134.68/cwt130.00–138.001,38022
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,025128.56/cwt123.00–132.501,31816
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,275139.29/cwt134.00–144.001,77614
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0502,285.71/head2,000.00–2,500.002,28610
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0301,805.16/head1,525.00–2,000.001,80520
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy1,2252,275.51/head2,000.00–2,500.002,2766

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.