Sale reports / Mississippi / Tadlock Livestock Auction / 2024-10-28

Tadlock Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Forest, Mississippi · Mon, Oct 28
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2114
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,475 head
▼ 35 vs last sale 1,510▲ 232 vs year ago 1,243 · +18.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
214 head
▼ 48 vs last sale 262▼ 230 vs year ago 444 · −51.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
328 head
▼ 106 vs last sale 434▼ 33 vs year ago 361 · −9.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week sale, feeder steers sold steady - 5 higher, feeder heifers sold steady, slaughter cows sold steady, and slaughter bulls sold 2-3 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $230.98/cwt on 56 head. That ranks 1 of 35 comparable sales and sits −151.42 against this barn's trailing median of $382.40.
Average price
$230.98
56 head · 533 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,230
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$33
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$4.63/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.41
vs MS average
−29.48 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2535233.961,25220
Medium and Large 1531229.331,21836
One grade step is worth $4.63/cwt here — about $33 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 sale56 hd
230.98
—
MS average13 barns · 352 hd
228.57
+2.41
National average194 barns · 26,693 hd
260.46
−29.48
This barn, trailing median35 sales
382.40
−151.42
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—Average1,669144.082,40532
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,144120.651,38060
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,025115.271,18218
CowsLean 85-90%Average921104.6096426

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)1,373$2,54050
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,050$2,05748
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,113$2,92544

Every lot

38 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1373305.60/cwt295.00–315.001,14010
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1423295.27/cwt290.00–300.001,24920
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added441289.85/cwt283.00–294.001,27817
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added469276.52/cwt274.00–285.001,29717
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1473282.74/cwt277.50–287.501,33730
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1523270.22/cwt265.00–275.001,41316
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added529267.00/cwt267.00–267.001,4129
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1573260.82/cwt259.00–262.501,49412
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added578259.97/cwt259.00–261.001,50310
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added606258.00/cwt258.00–258.001,5638
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1623253.18/cwt248.00–258.001,57716
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added652248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,6175
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1673242.68/cwt237.00–248.001,6338
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1323275.35/cwt270.00–280.008896
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Value Added334275.00/cwt275.00–275.009197
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1373275.30/cwt270.00–280.001,0276
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added411264.85/cwt258.00–269.001,08933
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1423262.37/cwt255.00–269.001,11040
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added468244.05/cwt243.00–245.001,14213
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1473245.24/cwt240.00–250.001,16020
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1523230.22/cwt225.00–235.001,20430
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added535233.96/cwt230.00–242.501,25220
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1573224.86/cwt222.00–227.501,2886
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1623222.42/cwt217.50–227.001,38610
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1473270.24/cwt265.00–275.001,2786
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1523250.22/cwt245.00–255.001,3096
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1573235.20/cwt230.00–240.001,34820
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,420130.42/cwt125.00–135.001,8526
Bulls——1,673145.55/cwt140.00–150.002,43520
Bulls——1,905152.85/cwt150.00–155.002,9126
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%80097.31/cwt92.00–102.0077812
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,025117.85/cwt112.00–122.001,20834
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,025115.27/cwt110.00–119.001,18218
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,025110.85/cwt105.00–115.001,13614
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,300124.31/cwt120.00–128.001,61626
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0502,057.14/head1,800.00–2,250.002,05748
Bred Cows—Large 1-2Fancy1,3732,539.71/head2,300.00–2,700.002,54050
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Large 1-21,1132,924.72/head2,700.00–3,100.002,92544

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.