Sale reports / Mississippi / Tadlock Livestock Auction / 2025-06-02

Tadlock Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Forest, Mississippi · Mon, Jun 2
● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2114
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,456 head
▲ 546 vs last sale 910▲ 464 vs year ago 992 · +46.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
240 head
▲ 70 vs last sale 170▼ 94 vs year ago 334 · −28.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
203 head
▼ 97 vs last sale 300▲ 91 vs year ago 112 · +81.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale Feeder steers and heifers sold steady to 10 higher. Slaughter cows sold 5 to 10 higher, and slaughter bulls sold 8 to 12 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $351.67/cwt on 129 head. That ranks 6 of 34 comparable sales and sits −65.14 against this barn's trailing median of $416.81.
Average price
$351.67
129 head · 555 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,951
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$81
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$16.45/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.91
vs MS average
−26.91 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2553359.331,98969
Medium and Large 1556342.871,90860
One grade step is worth $16.45/cwt here — about $81 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale129 hd
351.67
—
MS average11 barns · 364 hd
343.76
+7.91
National average158 barns · 13,435 hd
378.58
−26.91
This barn, trailing median34 sales
416.81
−65.14
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—Low1,671200.253,34732
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,188170.002,01944
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,025168.441,72722
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low868149.641,29820

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)1,260$2,46746
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,408$3,47312
Stock CowsOpen(<2 yrs)750$2,20728

Every lot

48 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1223496.01/cwt485.00–505.001,1064
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1273475.41/cwt470.00–480.001,2984
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1323475.70/cwt465.00–485.001,5378
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1373460.60/cwt450.00–470.001,71810
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Value Added397485.00/cwt485.00–485.001,9256
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1423415.80/cwt400.00–430.001,75910
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1473372.86/cwt365.00–380.001,76412
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added488367.50/cwt367.50–367.501,7936
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1523353.04/cwt340.00–365.001,84620
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added532379.80/cwt340.00–388.002,02132
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added572341.62/cwt330.00–345.001,95437
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1573337.79/cwt330.00–345.001,93640
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1623330.36/cwt320.00–340.002,05822
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added630322.13/cwt305.00–342.502,02916
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added667324.03/cwt315.00–333.002,16145
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1673313.78/cwt305.00–322.002,11230
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added709292.31/cwt289.00–296.002,07222
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1723292.61/cwt289.00–296.002,11622
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1273402.71/cwt400.00–405.001,0994
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1323395.35/cwt390.00–400.001,2774
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1373395.30/cwt390.00–400.001,4744
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1423365.27/cwt360.00–370.001,5454
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added466349.17/cwt330.00–355.001,62714
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1473345.24/cwt340.00–350.001,63324
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1523323.87/cwt315.00–332.001,69440
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added532337.17/cwt300.00–345.001,79479
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added550310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,7053
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1573313.76/cwt307.00–320.001,79810
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1623316.33/cwt307.00–325.001,97130
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added629307.38/cwt302.50–310.001,93334
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added667299.22/cwt290.00–310.001,99615
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1673300.33/cwt290.00–310.002,02118
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1723275.61/cwt272.00–279.001,99316
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added733275.02/cwt272.50–279.002,01614
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added756255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,9285
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1773257.57/cwt255.00–260.001,9916
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,115170.80/cwt165.00–176.001,9042
Bulls——1,684194.39/cwt188.00–199.003,27414
Bulls——1,730209.05/cwt200.00–215.503,61716
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%725142.84/cwt140.00–145.501,0366
Cows—Lean 85-90%800149.72/cwt146.00–153.001,1986
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,025168.44/cwt162.00–173.001,72722
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,025164.44/cwt158.00–169.001,68622
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,025154.68/cwt150.00–158.001,5858
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,350175.56/cwt170.00–180.002,37022
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,4083,473.18/head3,000.00–3,800.003,47312
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-27502,206.67/head2,100.00–2,300.002,20728
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2602,466.96/head2,200.00–2,650.002,46746

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.