Sale reports / Mississippi / Tadlock Livestock Auction / 2024-09-16

Tadlock Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Forest, Mississippi · Mon, Sep 16
● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2114
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,216 head
▼ 135 vs last sale 1,351▼ 939 vs year ago 2,155 · −43.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
148 head
▼ 46 vs last sale 194▼ 444 vs year ago 592 · −75.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
175 head
▲ 11 vs last sale 164▼ 129 vs year ago 304 · −42.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: feeder steers sold 5-10 higher, feeder heifers sold steady-5 higher, slaughter cows sold 2-6 lower, and slaughter bulls sold 2-5 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $232.74/cwt on 41 head. That ranks 1 of 35 comparable sales and sits −149.66 against this barn's trailing median of $382.40.
Average price
$232.74
41 head · 529 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,231
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$34
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$4.96/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.17
vs MS average
−4.27 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2513235.881,20915thin
Medium and Large 1538230.921,24326
One grade step is worth $4.96/cwt here — about −$34 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 sale41 hd
232.74
—
MS average12 barns · 308 hd
223.56
+9.17
National average181 barns · 11,482 hd
237.01
−4.27
This barn, trailing median35 sales
382.40
−149.66
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—Average1,628148.252,41318
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,134125.351,42222
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,025122.851,25918
CowsLean 85-90%Low838106.1889026

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 (2-4 yrs)1,175$2,15610
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,068$1,82840
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,100$2,5994thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,075$2,1238

Every lot

47 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
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1323320.35/cwt315.00–325.001,0354
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1373327.95/cwt320.00–335.001,22310
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Value Added385330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,2713
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added415295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,2244
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1423308.17/cwt295.00–320.001,30416
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1473280.24/cwt275.00–285.001,32612
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1523245.22/cwt240.00–250.001,28312
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added561246.91/cwt240.00–250.001,38510
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1573245.20/cwt240.00–250.001,40512
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added608235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,4293
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1623236.22/cwt230.00–242.001,4728
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1673224.33/cwt222.00–226.501,51036
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added688225.90/cwt222.00–226.501,55434
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added723224.43/cwt222.00–227.501,62323
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1731224.05/cwt217.00–227.001,63826
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added767222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,7033
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1773216.17/cwt210.00–222.001,6716
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2Value Added920206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,8955
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1323310.70/cwt300.00–320.001,0044
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1373278.26/cwt265.00–290.001,0386
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1423251.21/cwt247.00–255.001,0638
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1473240.24/cwt235.00–245.001,13616
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added477238.80/cwt235.00–242.001,1399
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added504238.17/cwt231.00–239.501,20013
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1523235.69/cwt231.00–240.001,23318
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added568221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,2552
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1573220.20/cwt215.00–225.001,2628
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added620225.26/cwt215.00–228.501,39733
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1623222.77/cwt215.00–230.001,38842
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added665221.38/cwt212.00–225.001,47210
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1673220.17/cwt215.00–225.001,48252
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1723212.58/cwt210.00–215.001,53720
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added737215.14/cwt215.00–215.501,58615
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added750210.50/cwt210.50–210.501,5798
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2Value Added832217.50/cwt217.50–217.501,8105
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,590141.92/cwt136.00–145.002,2578
Bulls——1,658153.32/cwt148.00–158.002,54210
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%70095.36/cwt90.00–100.006688
Cows—Lean 85-90%800106.31/cwt101.00–111.0085010
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,025123.44/cwt117.00–128.001,26514
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,025122.85/cwt117.00–127.001,25918
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,025116.85/cwt111.00–121.001,1988
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,325128.70/cwt123.50–133.001,7058
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0681,827.63/head1,600.00–2,000.001,82840
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1752,156.38/head2,050.00–2,250.002,15610
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0752,123.26/head1,900.00–2,300.002,1238
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1002,598.86/head2,400.00–2,750.002,5994

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.