Sale reports / Mississippi / Tadlock Livestock Auction / 2024-11-04

Tadlock Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Forest, Mississippi · Mon, Nov 4
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2114
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,391 head
▼ 84 vs last sale 1,475▲ 82 vs year ago 1,309 · +6.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
201 head
▼ 13 vs last sale 214▼ 153 vs year ago 354 · −43.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
222 head
▼ 106 vs last sale 328▼ 81 vs year ago 303 · −26.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale. Feeder steers and heifers sold steady-10 higher, and slaughter cows and bulls sold 1-3 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $259.03/cwt on 103 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −157.78 against this barn's trailing median of $416.81.
Average price
$259.03
103 head · 548 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,420
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$25
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$3.75/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.90
vs MS average
−42.82 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2549261.251,43442
Medium and Large 1547257.501,40961
One grade step is worth $3.75/cwt here — about $25 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 sale103 hd
259.03
—
MS average12 barns · 357 hd
257.13
+1.90
National average187 barns · 26,509 hd
301.85
−42.82
This barn, trailing median34 sales
416.81
−157.78
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—Low1,664138.492,30511
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,096118.321,29756
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,025114.851,17720
CowsLean 85-90%Low904102.3192536

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)850$2,46812
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,025$1,82440
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,050$2,67112
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)775$2,1554thin

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
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1386345.47/cwt325.00–350.001,3345
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1423305.53/cwt295.00–315.001,29222
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added432309.79/cwt295.00–314.001,33813
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1473294.43/cwt285.00–303.001,39326
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added479303.00/cwt303.00–303.001,45112
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1523270.22/cwt265.00–275.001,41334
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added530259.68/cwt245.00–267.001,37622
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added570262.98/cwt259.00–272.501,49920
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1578241.48/cwt235.00–245.001,39627
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1623235.18/cwt230.00–240.001,4656
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added627229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,4363
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added656239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,5688
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1673235.17/cwt230.00–240.001,58310
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added713229.14/cwt228.50–230.001,63414
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1723228.79/cwt227.50–230.001,65416
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2Value Added945204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,9284
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1373287.95/cwt280.00–295.001,0744
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added406295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,1986
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added468240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,1235
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1473241.19/cwt237.00–245.001,1416
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1523241.74/cwt236.00–247.001,26426
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added533232.07/cwt225.00–237.501,23722
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1573223.68/cwt219.00–228.001,28222
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added578226.91/cwt219.00–233.501,31213
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added608227.75/cwt227.50–228.001,38510
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1623224.14/cwt220.00–228.001,39616
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1723218.61/cwt215.00–222.001,58112
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added724221.67/cwt221.00–222.001,6059
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1773214.83/cwt212.00–217.501,6618
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added774213.00/cwt213.00–213.001,6496
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1423300.27/cwt295.00–305.001,2708
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1623225.18/cwt220.00–230.001,40316
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,503127.26/cwt123.50–130.001,9134
Bulls——1,700143.72/cwt138.00–148.002,4436
Bulls——2,095152.00/cwt152.00–152.003,1841
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%67588.56/cwt83.00–93.005986
Cows—Lean 85-90%80098.31/cwt93.00–103.0078610
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,025117.15/cwt111.00–121.501,20140
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,025114.85/cwt109.00–119.001,17720
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,025108.44/cwt102.00–113.001,11220
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,275121.24/cwt117.00–125.001,54616
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy8502,467.65/head2,300.00–2,600.002,46812
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0251,824.39/head1,600.00–2,000.001,82440
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small and Medium 1-27752,154.84/head2,100.00–2,200.002,1554
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0502,671.43/head2,500.00–2,800.002,67112

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.