Sale reports / Mississippi / Tadlock Livestock Auction / 2024-11-18

Tadlock Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Forest, Mississippi · Mon, Nov 18
● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2114
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,365 head
▲ 624 vs last sale 741▲ 409 vs year ago 956 · +42.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
128 head
▼ 24 vs last sale 152▼ 80 vs year ago 208 · −38.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
201 head
▼ 1 vs last sale 202▼ 81 vs year ago 282 · −28.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale, feeder steers and heifers sold 5-15 higher. Slaughter cows sold steady, and slaughter bulls sold 5-10 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $281.09/cwt on 75 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −135.72 against this barn's trailing median of $416.81.
Average price
$281.09
75 head · 547 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,536
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$55
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$6.16/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.55
vs MS average
−28.17 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2551284.371,56635
Medium and Large 1543278.211,51140
One grade step is worth $6.16/cwt here — about $55 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 sale75 hd
281.09
—
MS average13 barns · 361 hd
273.54
+7.55
National average182 barns · 24,645 hd
309.26
−28.17
This barn, trailing median34 sales
416.81
−135.72
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—Average1,640133.852,19520
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,090116.641,27134
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,025109.681,12414
CowsLean 85-90%Average980100.4898520

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)1,100$1,93238
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)725$1,2386
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,113$2,3386

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
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1273370.41/cwt365.00–375.001,0116
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1323353.02/cwt345.00–360.001,1406
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1373338.26/cwt325.00–350.001,26216
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1423322.90/cwt315.00–330.001,36616
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added435329.00/cwt329.00–329.001,4314
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added462310.78/cwt307.50–320.001,4368
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1473310.48/cwt300.00–320.001,46912
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1523280.22/cwt275.00–285.001,46624
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added531295.02/cwt280.00–306.001,56722
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1573275.20/cwt270.00–280.001,57716
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added584266.36/cwt255.00–284.001,55613
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added611260.66/cwt252.50–263.001,5939
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1623257.70/cwt252.00–263.001,60516
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1673245.17/cwt240.00–250.001,65014
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added680245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,66610
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1723227.58/cwt225.00–230.001,6458
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added782226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,7673
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2Value Added910216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,9662
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Value Added347310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,0763
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1373305.30/cwt300.00–310.001,13910
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Value Added398275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,0954
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1423282.90/cwt275.00–290.001,19712
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1473275.24/cwt270.00–280.001,3026
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added494230.50/cwt230.50–230.501,1395
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1523255.22/cwt250.00–260.001,33518
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added543245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,3303
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1573245.20/cwt240.00–250.001,40510
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added585231.70/cwt230.00–232.501,3556
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1623226.48/cwt220.00–232.501,4118
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added630230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,4493
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added660219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,4454
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1423307.90/cwt300.00–315.001,3024
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1473280.24/cwt275.00–285.001,3266
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1523267.61/cwt265.00–270.001,4006
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1573240.20/cwt235.00–245.001,3766
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,360120.90/cwt115.00–125.001,6444
Bulls——1,630135.04/cwt129.00–139.002,20112
Bulls——1,948143.22/cwt141.00–145.002,7904
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%80092.66/cwt90.00–95.007414
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,025116.27/cwt111.00–120.001,19226
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,025109.68/cwt105.00–113.001,12414
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,025102.44/cwt96.00–107.001,05016
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,300117.85/cwt113.00–122.001,5328
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1132,337.64/head2,200.00–2,450.002,3386
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-27251,237.93/head1,100.00–1,350.001,2386
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0701,743.46/head1,400.00–2,000.001,74328
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy1,1832,459.73/head2,200.00–2,650.002,46010

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.