Sale reports / Mississippi / Tadlock Livestock Auction / 2024-12-09

Tadlock Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Forest, Mississippi · Mon, Dec 9
● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2114
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,126 head
▼ 125 vs last sale 1,251▼ 130 vs year ago 1,256 · −10.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
95 head
▼ 147 vs last sale 242▼ 322 vs year ago 417 · −77.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
323 head
▲ 33 vs last sale 290▲ 11 vs year ago 312 · +3.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale feeder steers and heifers over 450lbs sold steady. under 450lbs sold mixed. slaughter cows 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 $304.01/cwt on 58 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −112.80 against this barn's trailing median of $416.81.
Average price
$304.01
58 head · 537 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,632
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$37
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$1.54/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.18
vs MS average
−20.34 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1541304.651,64734
Medium and Large 1-2531303.111,61024
One grade step is worth $1.54/cwt here — about $37 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale58 hd
304.01
—
MS average13 barns · 249 hd
293.83
+10.18
National average185 barns · 29,268 hd
324.35
−20.34
This barn, trailing median34 sales
416.81
−112.80
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—Average1,414142.392,01316
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,110118.691,31726
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,025116.101,19012
CowsLean 85-90%Average913104.3795212

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)913$2,86422
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,228$2,42128
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,165$1,91528
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,125$3,20012
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,075$2,81214

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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1255445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,1351
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Value Added310405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,2563
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1323405.35/cwt400.00–410.001,3098
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Value Added364370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,3478
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1373383.56/cwt365.00–400.001,43114
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added418347.86/cwt330.00–365.001,45418
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1423341.06/cwt330.00–351.001,44324
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1473325.24/cwt320.00–330.001,53828
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added474326.00/cwt326.00–326.001,54520
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1523307.82/cwt300.00–315.001,61022
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added527302.55/cwt290.00–310.001,59421
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added560307.00/cwt307.00–307.001,7193
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1573298.83/cwt290.00–307.001,71212
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1623257.77/cwt250.00–265.001,60620
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added630262.77/cwt250.00–266.001,65517
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1673235.17/cwt230.00–240.001,5834
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Value Added317332.50/cwt332.50–332.501,05410
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1323324.36/cwt315.00–332.501,04812
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Value Added371304.03/cwt290.00–317.501,1286
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1373309.28/cwt300.00–317.501,1548
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added414306.48/cwt305.00–308.001,2698
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1423299.48/cwt290.00–308.001,26710
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added456286.00/cwt286.00–286.001,3045
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1473278.38/cwt270.00–286.001,31710
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1523255.22/cwt250.00–260.001,3354
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added542250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,3552
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added559249.38/cwt246.00–252.001,39422
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1573246.24/cwt240.00–252.001,41122
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1623236.22/cwt230.00–242.001,4726
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1673222.75/cwt215.00–230.001,4994
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1373330.60/cwt320.00–340.001,2334
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1423317.90/cwt310.00–325.001,3456
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1473305.24/cwt300.00–310.001,4444
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1523292.82/cwt285.00–300.001,5316
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1573276.76/cwt270.00–283.001,5866
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,273139.72/cwt135.00–143.001,77910
Bulls——1,648146.83/cwt143.00–150.002,4206
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%80099.89/cwt97.50–102.007996
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,025117.56/cwt112.00–121.501,20518
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,025116.10/cwt112.00–119.001,19012
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,025108.85/cwt103.00–113.001,1166
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,300121.23/cwt118.00–124.001,5768
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy9132,864.38/head2,700.00–3,000.002,86422
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1651,914.59/head1,700.00–2,100.001,91528
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy1,2282,420.77/head2,200.00–2,600.002,42128
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0752,811.63/head2,550.00–3,000.002,81214
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy1,1253,200.00/head2,950.00–3,400.003,20012

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.