Sale reports / Mississippi / Tadlock Livestock Auction / 2024-08-19

Tadlock Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Forest, Mississippi · Mon, Aug 19
● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2114
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,156 head
▲ 211 vs last sale 945▼ 678 vs year ago 1,834 · −37.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
273 head
▼ 22 vs last sale 295▼ 210 vs year ago 483 · −43.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
237 head
▲ 41 vs last sale 196▼ 11 vs year ago 248 · −4.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale: Feeder steers and heifers sold steady, slaughter cows sold steady -3 higher, 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 $260.35/cwt on 155 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −156.46 against this barn's trailing median of $416.81.
Average price
$260.35
155 head · 536 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,395
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$17
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$0.01/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.06
vs MS average
−10.15 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1539260.351,40474
Medium and Large 1-2533260.341,38781
One grade step is worth $0.01/cwt here — about $17 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 sale155 hd
260.35
—
MS average13 barns · 405 hd
260.40
−0.06
National average163 barns · 7,520 hd
270.50
−10.15
This barn, trailing median34 sales
416.81
−156.46
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—Average1,580166.942,63822
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,137146.431,66558
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,025142.851,46436
CowsLean 85-90%Average915126.751,15934

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)1,269$2,14342
Bred Heifers1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)(<2 yrs)949$2,79054
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,425$2,8374thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,245$2,2186
Stock CowsOpen(<2 yrs)950$2,03714

Every lot

49 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1373338.26/cwt325.00–350.001,26234
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Value Added380322.60/cwt300.00–340.001,22630
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added415343.44/cwt330.00–350.001,42513
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1423318.17/cwt305.00–330.001,34614
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added457259.00/cwt259.00–259.001,1843
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added520263.40/cwt253.50–270.001,37061
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1523265.22/cwt260.00–270.001,38750
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added571251.02/cwt250.00–253.001,43320
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1573250.20/cwt245.00–255.001,43424
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added612244.97/cwt240.00–247.501,49916
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1623242.44/cwt237.00–247.501,51018
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1673238.67/cwt233.50–243.501,60620
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added680235.86/cwt233.50–243.001,60416
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1723216.16/cwt211.00–221.001,5636
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1773216.15/cwt211.00–221.001,6716
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1323323.37/cwt310.00–335.001,0444
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1373300.60/cwt290.00–310.001,12120
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Value Added386291.87/cwt290.00–292.501,12712
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added419273.16/cwt270.00–274.001,14510
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1423272.63/cwt270.00–275.001,15316
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1473257.86/cwt250.00–265.001,22032
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added475249.56/cwt235.00–255.001,18531
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added513243.63/cwt233.00–250.001,25016
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1523245.22/cwt240.00–250.001,28320
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added572235.47/cwt231.50–243.501,34731
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1573235.20/cwt230.00–240.001,34842
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1623226.96/cwt221.00–232.501,41410
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added668211.32/cwt205.00–218.001,41212
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1673212.75/cwt205.00–220.001,43214
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1723207.58/cwt205.00–210.001,5014
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1523245.22/cwt240.00–250.001,2836
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1573237.60/cwt235.00–240.001,36112
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1723205.16/cwt200.00–210.001,4834
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,268157.22/cwt154.00–160.001,9946
Bulls——1,603166.31/cwt161.00–170.002,66610
Bulls——1,855177.72/cwt172.00–183.003,2976
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%700107.68/cwt105.00–110.007546
Cows—Lean 85-90%800118.31/cwt113.00–123.009468
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,025144.10/cwt140.00–147.001,47738
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,025142.85/cwt137.00–147.001,46436
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,025135.85/cwt130.00–140.001,39220
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,350150.86/cwt146.00–154.752,03720
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy1,2082,539.75/head2,400.00–2,650.002,54010
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2882,018.93/head1,850.00–2,150.002,01932
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2452,218.47/head2,000.00–2,400.002,2186
Cow-Calf Pairs—Large 1-21,4252,836.84/head2,600.00–3,050.002,8374
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy9382,986.00/head2,900.00–3,050.002,98638
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-29752,323.08/head2,000.00–2,600.002,32316
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-29502,036.84/head1,800.00–2,250.002,03714

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.