Sale reports / Mississippi / Tadlock Livestock Auction / 2024-10-14

Tadlock Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Forest, Mississippi · Mon, Oct 14
● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2114
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,123 head
▲ 142 vs last sale 981▼ 656 vs year ago 1,779 · −36.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
125 head
▲ 19 vs last sale 106▼ 150 vs year ago 275 · −54.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
219 head
▼ 47 vs last sale 266▼ 194 vs year ago 413 · −47.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale: Feeder steers sold Steady to 15 higher, feeder heifers sold Steady to 10 higher, Slaughter cows sold 2-5 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 $266.81/cwt on 85 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −150.00 against this barn's trailing median of $416.81.
Average price
$266.81
85 head · 557 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,487
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$7
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$0.83/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.13
vs MS average
−32.52 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1558267.191,49046
Medium and Large 1-2557266.361,48339
One grade step is worth $0.83/cwt here — about $7 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 sale85 hd
266.81
—
MS average12 barns · 305 hd
257.69
+9.13
National average188 barns · 32,793 hd
299.33
−32.52
This barn, trailing median34 sales
416.81
−150.00
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—Low1,658143.302,37522
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,163123.431,43626
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,025119.851,2286thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average864103.5989522

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/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,150$1,85260
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)893$1,3766
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,190$2,41526

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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1373310.60/cwt300.00–320.001,15910
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1423310.53/cwt300.00–320.001,31416
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added438308.39/cwt300.00–315.001,3516
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1473300.24/cwt295.00–305.001,42012
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added479284.07/cwt280.00–287.001,3617
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added513273.16/cwt270.00–280.001,40110
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1523275.22/cwt270.00–280.001,43914
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added572264.02/cwt259.00–274.001,51029
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1573263.68/cwt259.00–268.001,51132
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added615251.69/cwt243.00–258.501,54816
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1623254.40/cwt250.00–258.501,58538
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added654250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,63517
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1673244.17/cwt239.00–249.001,6436
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1723231.29/cwt230.00–232.501,67210
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added731232.50/cwt232.50–232.501,7009
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1823211.42/cwt205.00–217.501,7404
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1-2Value Added235553.00/cwt553.00–553.001,3003
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1273300.41/cwt295.00–305.008204
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1323288.02/cwt280.00–295.009304
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1373265.30/cwt260.00–270.009904
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added400263.00/cwt263.00–263.001,0522
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1423259.21/cwt255.00–263.001,09610
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added472246.82/cwt242.00–250.001,16517
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1523235.22/cwt230.00–240.001,23022
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added524235.64/cwt230.00–241.001,23520
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1573230.20/cwt225.00–235.001,31930
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added580226.12/cwt220.00–229.501,31119
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1623231.39/cwt227.50–235.001,44214
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added624224.04/cwt210.00–228.501,39819
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added670216.67/cwt214.00–218.001,4526
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1673219.68/cwt214.00–225.001,47814
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1723224.12/cwt220.00–228.001,6204
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added760192.50/cwt192.50–192.501,4632
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1523240.22/cwt235.00–245.001,2564
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1573240.20/cwt235.00–245.001,37612
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1673213.88/cwt210.00–217.501,43912
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,560133.11/cwt129.00–135.502,0776
Bulls——1,613145.47/cwt140.00–149.002,34612
Bulls——1,938152.06/cwt149.00–155.002,9474
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%70088.66/cwt82.50–94.006214
Cows—Lean 85-90%800103.08/cwt97.50–108.0082510
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,025121.85/cwt116.00–126.001,24914
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,025119.85/cwt114.00–124.001,2286
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,025111.68/cwt107.00–115.001,1458
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,325125.28/cwt122.00–128.001,66012
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-28931,376.33/head1,150.00–1,550.001,3766
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1251,773.33/head1,600.00–1,900.001,77348
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy1,2502,168.00/head2,000.00–2,300.002,16812
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1752,359.57/head2,200.00–2,500.002,36022
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy1,2752,719.12/head2,600.00–2,825.002,7194

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.