Sale reports / Mississippi / Tadlock Livestock Auction / 2024-12-02

Tadlock Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Forest, Mississippi · Mon, Dec 2
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2114
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,251 head
▼ 114 vs last sale 1,365▲ 189 vs year ago 1,062 · +17.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
242 head
▲ 114 vs last sale 128▼ 42 vs year ago 284 · −14.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
290 head
▲ 89 vs last sale 201▲ 68 vs year ago 222 · +30.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last sale on 11/18/2024: Feeder cattle sold 5.00-25.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 2.00-10.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 10.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $302.29/cwt on 53 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −114.52 against this barn's trailing median of $416.81.
Average price
$302.29
53 head · 532 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,607
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+12.99
vs MS average
−23.08 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1532302.291,60753
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale53 hd
302.29
—
MS average6 barns · 228 hd
289.30
+12.99
National average187 barns · 33,494 hd
325.37
−23.08
This barn, trailing median34 sales
416.81
−114.52
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—Average1,718143.952,47430
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,200117.001,40415
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,063114.191,21356
CowsLean 85-90%Average828103.668589thin

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)1,150$2,6528
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,193$2,22622
Bred Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)963$1,66430
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,140$2,28018
Stock CowsOpen(<2 yrs)738$1,67930

Every lot

22 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1223438.76/cwt425.00–450.009784
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1273410.41/cwt405.00–415.001,1204
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1323418.02/cwt410.00–425.001,3504
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1373410.60/cwt400.00–420.001,53210
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1423385.80/cwt370.00–400.001,6328
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1473325.48/cwt315.00–335.001,54018
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1523315.65/cwt300.00–330.001,65136
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1550274.00/cwt274.00–274.001,50717
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,555132.43/cwt127.00–136.002,0598
Bulls——1,745145.30/cwt139.00–149.002,53514
Bulls——1,835153.10/cwt150.00–155.502,8098
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%75095.00/cwt95.00–95.007132
Cows—Lean 85-90%850106.14/cwt104.00–107.009027
Cows—Boner 80-85%850105.00/cwt105.00–105.0089315
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,087116.23/cwt111.00–121.001,26334
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,200117.00/cwt117.00–117.001,40415
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,400124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,7367
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1402,279.61/head2,000.00–2,500.002,28018
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29631,663.64/head1,500.00–1,800.001,66430
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy1,1502,651.74/head2,524.00–2,750.002,6528
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1932,226.42/head2,000.00–2,400.002,22622
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-27381,678.81/head1,450.00–1,825.001,67930

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.