Sale reports / Mississippi / Tadlock Livestock Auction / 2024-09-23

Tadlock Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Forest, Mississippi · Mon, Sep 23
● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2114
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,040 head
▼ 176 vs last sale 1,216▼ 601 vs year ago 1,641 · −36.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
158 head
▲ 10 vs last sale 148▼ 331 vs year ago 489 · −67.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
219 head
▲ 44 vs last sale 175▼ 19 vs year ago 238 · −8.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale: Feeder steers and heifers sold Steady-5 higher, slaughter cows sold 5-10 Lower, and slaughter bulls sold 4 Lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $230.79/cwt on 120 head. That ranks 1 of 35 comparable sales and sits −151.61 against this barn's trailing median of $382.40.
Average price
$230.79
120 head · 554 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,279
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$27
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$2.09/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.69
vs MS average
−9.30 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2558232.011,29550
Medium and Large 1552229.921,26870
One grade step is worth $2.09/cwt here — about $27 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale120 hd
230.79
—
MS average13 barns · 399 hd
227.10
+3.69
National average173 barns · 10,203 hd
240.09
−9.30
This barn, trailing median35 sales
382.40
−151.61
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—Average1,775152.552,70720
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,078118.801,28040
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,025114.021,16914
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low944108.111,02134

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)1,290$2,23416
Bred Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,150$1,82060
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,150$2,7001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,125$2,36720

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 1223388.76/cwt375.00–400.008674
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1273388.53/cwt375.00–400.001,0614
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1373330.60/cwt320.00–340.001,2336
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1423303.17/cwt290.00–315.001,28212
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added450310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,3955
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1473285.24/cwt280.00–290.001,3498
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1523252.72/cwt247.50–257.501,32212
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added543245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,3306
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added558248.98/cwt245.00–250.001,38915
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1573245.20/cwt240.00–250.001,40516
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1623236.48/cwt230.00–242.501,47330
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added624231.91/cwt230.00–233.501,44722
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added650230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,4952
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1673218.10/cwt215.00–221.001,4684
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1723221.37/cwt217.50–225.001,6014
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1773221.36/cwt217.50–225.001,7114
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2Value Added811224.50/cwt224.50–224.501,8219
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2Value Added941180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,6946
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1373277.95/cwt270.00–285.001,0376
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1423240.27/cwt235.00–245.001,01610
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added445240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,0685
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added458240.04/cwt235.00–245.001,09910
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1473240.24/cwt235.00–245.001,13610
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1523239.43/cwt235.00–243.501,25230
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added532237.60/cwt235.00–243.501,26419
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1573222.79/cwt215.00–230.001,27740
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added574228.58/cwt225.00–237.001,31231
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added640218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,3953
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1673215.86/cwt212.50–219.001,45314
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added681219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,4918
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added784190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,4904
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 1-2Value Added1,005147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,4773
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1373300.60/cwt290.00–310.001,1214
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1423280.27/cwt275.00–285.001,1864
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1473255.24/cwt250.00–260.001,2074
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1573225.20/cwt220.00–230.001,29012
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1623213.89/cwt210.00–217.501,3334
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1673210.17/cwt205.00–215.001,4146
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,738149.74/cwt144.00–154.002,60214
Bulls——1,860159.11/cwt158.00–160.002,9596
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%675100.00/cwt97.50–102.006754
Cows—Lean 85-90%800104.19/cwt101.00–107.008346
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,025117.85/cwt112.00–122.001,20832
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,025114.02/cwt107.00–119.001,16914
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,025110.44/cwt104.00–115.001,13224
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,288122.60/cwt121.00–124.001,5798
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1501,819.57/head1,650.00–1,950.001,82060
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy1,2902,234.21/head2,100.00–2,350.002,23416
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1252,366.67/head2,200.00–2,500.002,36720
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1502,700.00/head2,700.00–2,700.002,7001

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.