Sale reports / Mississippi / Tadlock Livestock Auction / 2025-01-27

Tadlock Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Forest, Mississippi · Mon, Jan 27
● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2114
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,411 head
▲ 1,300 vs last sale 111▲ 614 vs year ago 797 · +77.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
174 head
▲ 56 vs last sale 118▲ 3 vs year ago 171 · +1.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
248 head
▼ 252 vs last sale 500▲ 188 vs year ago 60 · +313.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale feeder steers and heifers sold 10-20 Higher. Slaughter cows and 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 $322.20/cwt on 119 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −94.61 against this barn's trailing median of $416.81.
Average price
$322.20
119 head · 561 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,807
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$50
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$3.17/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.61
vs MS average
−26.46 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1567324.091,83748
Medium and Large 1-2557320.931,78771
One grade step is worth $3.17/cwt here — about $50 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 sale119 hd
322.20
—
MS average8 barns · 242 hd
313.59
+8.61
National average177 barns · 23,098 hd
348.66
−26.46
This barn, trailing median34 sales
416.81
−94.61
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—High1,655163.942,71316
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,158145.131,68058
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,025141.731,45320
CowsLean 85-90%Low881121.901,07416

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/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,125$2,21336
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)800$1,7256
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,175$2,95412
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,000$2,45624

Every lot

53 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1223508.76/cwt495.00–520.001,1354
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1273508.53/cwt495.00–520.001,3884
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1323465.70/cwt455.00–475.001,50410
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1373428.56/cwt410.00–445.001,59912
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Value Added388399.92/cwt399.00–410.001,55224
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1423403.17/cwt390.00–415.001,7058
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added433371.50/cwt360.00–400.001,60913
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1473365.71/cwt350.00–380.001,73030
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added474343.25/cwt325.00–370.001,62730
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added518320.18/cwt319.00–330.001,65918
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1523340.43/cwt330.00–350.001,7806
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added570321.18/cwt305.00–329.001,83153
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1573321.76/cwt315.00–328.001,84442
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added613315.29/cwt294.00–319.001,93325
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1623306.95/cwt294.00–319.001,91228
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1673280.33/cwt270.00–290.001,88712
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added693262.45/cwt250.00–270.001,81916
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1723251.02/cwt242.00–259.501,81534
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added726255.47/cwt235.00–259.501,85536
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added773247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,9093
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1773241.17/cwt235.00–247.001,8644
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2Value Added863230.22/cwt224.00–236.501,98716
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1223393.26/cwt385.00–400.008774
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1273393.12/cwt385.00–400.001,0734
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1373330.60/cwt320.00–340.001,23336
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Value Added393331.78/cwt327.50–360.001,30432
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1423317.90/cwt310.00–325.001,34520
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added423311.06/cwt300.00–322.501,31612
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added467307.78/cwt304.50–311.001,43727
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1473307.86/cwt300.00–315.001,45634
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added509286.63/cwt281.50–304.001,45926
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1523285.22/cwt280.00–290.001,49230
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1573266.24/cwt260.00–272.001,52618
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added585270.15/cwt268.00–278.001,58014
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1623263.63/cwt260.00–267.001,6424
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added664258.12/cwt238.00–267.001,71417
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1673255.17/cwt250.00–260.001,71720
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added713263.00/cwt263.00–263.001,8753
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1723251.44/cwt245.00–257.501,8184
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added764225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,7195
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1773240.15/cwt235.00–245.001,85610
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,490160.39/cwt155.00–165.002,39010
Bulls——1,930169.86/cwt165.00–174.003,2786
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%675107.22/cwt105.00–110.007244
Cows—Lean 85-90%800118.19/cwt115.00–121.009464
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,025141.73/cwt135.00–146.501,45320
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,025141.73/cwt135.00–146.501,45330
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,025131.10/cwt127.00–134.001,3448
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,300148.77/cwt145.00–152.001,93428
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-28001,725.00/head1,500.00–1,900.001,7256
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1252,213.33/head2,000.00–2,400.002,21336
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0002,456.25/head2,250.00–2,625.002,45624
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1752,954.26/head2,650.00–3,200.002,95412

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.