Sale reports / Mississippi / Tadlock Livestock Auction / 2025-02-10

Tadlock Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Forest, Mississippi · Mon, Feb 10
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2114
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,031 head
▼ 148 vs last sale 1,179▲ 419 vs year ago 612 · +68.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
132 head
▼ 29 vs last sale 161▲ 18 vs year ago 114 · +15.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
316 head
▲ 66 vs last sale 250▲ 186 vs year ago 130 · +143.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale feeder steers and heifers sold Mixed. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls both 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 $302.90/cwt on 62 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −113.91 against this barn's trailing median of $416.81.
Average price
$302.90
62 head · 563 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,704
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$125
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$21.81/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.28
vs MS average
−35.77 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2563314.161,76930
Medium and Large 1562292.351,64332
One grade step is worth $21.81/cwt here — about $125 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 sale62 hd
302.90
—
MS average13 barns · 281 hd
300.62
+2.28
National average155 barns · 9,244 hd
338.67
−35.77
This barn, trailing median34 sales
416.81
−113.91
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—Average1,758161.672,84220
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,235140.821,74034
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,025133.851,3728thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average870118.771,03310

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)1,218$2,12262
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,238$2,69414
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,125$2,3336

Every lot

41 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1323450.70/cwt440.00–460.001,4566
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1373413.26/cwt400.00–425.001,54112
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Value Added380407.50/cwt407.50–407.501,5497
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1423402.63/cwt400.00–405.001,7034
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1515319.17/cwt316.00–325.001,6446
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added523318.02/cwt316.00–320.001,6636
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added573313.19/cwt290.00–316.501,79524
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1573286.16/cwt282.00–290.001,64026
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added613274.62/cwt272.00–280.001,6836
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1623268.63/cwt265.00–272.001,6748
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added683259.43/cwt256.00–263.001,7728
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1723258.06/cwt256.00–260.001,8666
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1773231.36/cwt227.50–235.001,7882
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Value Added358300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,0746
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1373340.30/cwt335.00–345.001,26912
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1423308.17/cwt295.00–320.001,30418
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added437295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,2893
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added459292.45/cwt277.50–310.001,34214
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1473284.14/cwt270.00–297.001,34424
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added503261.26/cwt255.00–267.501,3146
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1523261.52/cwt255.00–267.501,36814
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1573252.79/cwt245.00–260.001,4488
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added583247.02/cwt245.00–250.001,4405
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added627240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,5053
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2Value Added801232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,8586
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1423365.27/cwt360.00–370.001,5456
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1473337.86/cwt330.00–345.001,5986
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,280148.61/cwt144.00–152.001,9024
Bulls——1,793159.46/cwt155.00–163.002,8596
Bulls——1,928168.22/cwt165.00–171.003,24310
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%700105.29/cwt101.00–109.007372
Cows—Lean 85-90%800118.59/cwt117.00–120.009494
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,025137.85/cwt132.00–142.001,41312
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,025133.85/cwt128.00–138.001,3728
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,025125.68/cwt121.00–129.001,2884
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,350142.44/cwt138.00–146.001,92322
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-27751,574.19/head1,300.00–1,800.001,5744
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy1,1252,560.00/head2,400.00–2,700.002,5608
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2682,095.86/head1,850.00–2,300.002,09650
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1252,333.33/head2,200.00–2,450.002,3336
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2382,694.44/head2,500.00–2,850.002,69414

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.