Sale reports / Mississippi / Tadlock Livestock Auction / 2025-01-13

Tadlock Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Forest, Mississippi · Mon, Jan 13
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2114
Feeder Cattle receipts
653 head
▼ 243 vs last sale 896▼ 557 vs year ago 1,210 · −46.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
73 head
▼ 12 vs last sale 85▼ 223 vs year ago 296 · −75.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
153 head
▼ 78 vs last sale 231▼ 9 vs year ago 162 · −5.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale feeder steers and heifers sold 10-30 higher, slaughter cows sold 8-20 Higher, and slaughter bulls sold 8-10 Higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $257.45/cwt on 41 head. That ranks 1 of 35 comparable sales and sits −124.95 against this barn's trailing median of $382.40.
Average price
$257.45
41 head · 544 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,400
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$14
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$7.53/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.78
vs MS average
−46.58 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2537261.861,40717thin
Medium and Large 1548254.321,39424
One grade step is worth $7.53/cwt here — about $14 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 sale41 hd
257.45
—
MS average13 barns · 278 hd
260.23
−2.78
National average192 barns · 30,803 hd
304.03
−46.58
This barn, trailing median35 sales
382.40
−124.95
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—High1,613154.072,4856thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,212145.411,76230
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,025135.851,3924thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,025121.761,2486thin

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)1,483$2,63110
Bred Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,043$1,94524
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,125$2,82016

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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1273452.71/cwt450.00–455.001,2364
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1323436.05/cwt420.00–450.001,40810
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1373410.60/cwt400.00–420.001,5324
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added421390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,6428
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1423405.80/cwt390.00–420.001,71712
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1473345.48/cwt335.00–355.001,6346
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added497315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,5663
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added500320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,6004
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1523315.22/cwt310.00–320.001,64914
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1573302.47/cwt290.00–314.001,73314
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added575314.00/cwt314.00–314.001,80610
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added603287.50/cwt287.50–287.501,7342
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1623283.89/cwt280.00–287.501,7696
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1673265.17/cwt260.00–270.001,7856
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added691261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,8044
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added748258.00/cwt258.00–258.001,93018
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1323408.02/cwt400.00–415.001,3186
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1373325.91/cwt310.00–340.001,21610
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Value Added393310.00/cwt305.00–315.001,2184
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added413319.22/cwt313.00–322.501,31812
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1423321.95/cwt313.00–330.001,36220
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added458300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,3743
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1473306.55/cwt300.00–312.501,4508
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1523263.78/cwt257.00–270.001,38012
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added532262.90/cwt253.00–270.001,39914
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added563257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,4473
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1573244.87/cwt235.00–254.001,40312
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added650246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,59917
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1673239.48/cwt232.50–246.001,61220
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,508144.50/cwt141.00–147.002,1794
Bulls——1,823173.22/cwt170.00–176.003,1582
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,025139.44/cwt133.00–144.001,42914
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,025135.85/cwt130.00–140.001,3924
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,025121.76/cwt120.00–123.001,2486
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,375150.64/cwt145.00–155.002,07116
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1252,820.00/head2,500.00–3,100.002,82016
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0431,945.32/head1,600.00–2,200.001,94524
Bred Cows—Large 1-21,4832,631.37/head2,400.00–2,800.002,63110

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.