Sale reports / Mississippi / Tadlock Livestock Auction / 2024-08-26

Tadlock Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Forest, Mississippi · Mon, Aug 26
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2114
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,433 head
▲ 277 vs last sale 1,156▼ 319 vs year ago 1,752 · −18.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
245 head
▼ 28 vs last sale 273▼ 100 vs year ago 345 · −29.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
184 head
▼ 53 vs last sale 237▼ 48 vs year ago 232 · −20.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale: Feeder steers and heifers sold steady- 10 Lower, slaughter cows sold Mixed, 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 $251.77/cwt on 62 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −165.04 against this barn's trailing median of $416.81.
Average price
$251.77
62 head · 557 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,402
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$29
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$6.72/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.85
vs MS average
−16.78 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2555255.461,41828
Medium and Large 1558248.741,38934
One grade step is worth $6.72/cwt here — about $29 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 sale62 hd
251.77
—
MS average12 barns · 374 hd
252.62
−0.85
National average155 barns · 6,455 hd
268.55
−16.78
This barn, trailing median34 sales
416.81
−165.04
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—Low1,665164.542,74024
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,066137.521,46642
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,025134.061,37428
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low899126.181,13436

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)1,146$1,95548
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,213$2,42716

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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1223383.26/cwt375.00–390.008552
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1373308.26/cwt295.00–320.001,1504
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1423299.48/cwt285.00–312.501,26716
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added433298.86/cwt285.00–312.501,2948
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added460270.66/cwt262.50–275.001,24520
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1473269.05/cwt262.50–275.001,27322
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added518243.89/cwt235.00–250.001,2635
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1523245.22/cwt240.00–250.001,28310
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added563257.97/cwt255.00–264.001,45223
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1573250.20/cwt245.00–255.001,43424
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added601240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,4424
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1623235.18/cwt230.00–240.001,46510
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1673225.17/cwt220.00–230.001,5158
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added685228.72/cwt228.00–236.001,56743
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added715219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,5666
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1723214.64/cwt210.00–219.001,55210
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1323310.35/cwt305.00–315.001,0022
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Value Added360282.77/cwt280.00–290.001,01811
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1373285.30/cwt280.00–290.001,06410
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1423275.27/cwt270.00–280.001,16410
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added434244.97/cwt237.50–250.001,06316
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1473240.24/cwt235.00–245.001,13620
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added487235.56/cwt233.00–236.501,14711
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added521232.41/cwt215.00–237.001,21142
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1523236.26/cwt230.00–242.001,23620
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added588220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,2943
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1623221.70/cwt216.00–227.001,38114
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added643216.75/cwt216.00–224.001,39434
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1673217.58/cwt215.00–220.001,4646
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1723211.44/cwt205.00–217.501,5296
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1523231.17/cwt227.00–235.001,2096
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1573226.56/cwt225.00–228.001,2986
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1623212.59/cwt210.00–215.001,3246
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,610156.14/cwt153.00–158.002,5148
Bulls——1,640164.83/cwt160.00–168.002,7038
Bulls——1,745172.66/cwt170.00–174.503,0138
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%675107.22/cwt102.50–111.007244
Cows—Lean 85-90%800123.25/cwt119.00–127.0098614
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,025136.85/cwt131.00–141.001,40336
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,025134.06/cwt128.50–138.001,37428
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,025132.68/cwt128.00–136.001,36018
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,313141.53/cwt138.00–144.501,8586
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2132,426.80/head2,200.00–2,600.002,42716
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-2Fancy8531,611.44/head1,500.00–1,700.001,6118
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy1,2052,024.07/head1,800.00–2,200.002,02440

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.