Sale reports / Mississippi / Tadlock Livestock Auction / 2025-06-16

Tadlock Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Forest, Mississippi · Mon, Jun 16
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2114
Feeder Cattle receipts
985 head
▲ 42 vs last sale 943▼ 23 vs year ago 1,008 · −2.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
160 head
▼ 54 vs last sale 214▼ 155 vs year ago 315 · −49.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
216 head
▼ 51 vs last sale 267▼ 49 vs year ago 265 · −18.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale. Feeder steers and heifers sold steady. Slaughter cows sold 2-5 higher, 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 $349.03/cwt on 98 head. That ranks 4 of 34 comparable sales and sits −67.78 against this barn's trailing median of $416.81.
Average price
$349.03
98 head · 537 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,875
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$42
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$9.39/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.53
vs MS average
−22.89 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2536354.011,89746
Medium and Large 1538344.621,85552
One grade step is worth $9.39/cwt here — about $42 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale98 hd
349.03
—
MS average14 barns · 320 hd
343.51
+5.53
National average146 barns · 8,317 hd
371.92
−22.89
This barn, trailing median34 sales
416.81
−67.78
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—High1,651205.113,38618
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,196165.961,98538
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,025160.851,64910
CowsLean 85-90%Low935150.341,40610

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 Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,025$2,79340
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,190$2,2978
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,213$3,8736
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,300$3,34612
Stock CowsOpen(<2 yrs)675$2,67858

Every lot

45 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1223582.02/cwt560.00–600.001,2984
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1323479.42/cwt450.00–505.001,5494
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1373418.56/cwt400.00–435.001,5614
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1423415.80/cwt400.00–430.001,7598
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added445415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,8472
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added450380.00/cwt370.00–390.001,7108
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1473375.71/cwt360.00–390.001,77712
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1523350.95/cwt340.00–361.001,83536
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added528356.53/cwt340.00–361.001,88239
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1573330.39/cwt320.00–340.001,89316
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added580340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,9727
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added620342.96/cwt334.00–349.002,12633
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1623328.99/cwt315.00–342.002,05024
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2Value Added838275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,3052
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2Value Added873250.00/cwt250.00–250.002,1832
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1323423.02/cwt415.00–430.001,3664
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Value Added328417.50/cwt417.50–417.501,3693
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1373403.26/cwt390.00–415.001,5048
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1423388.17/cwt375.00–400.001,6426
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added464366.46/cwt357.50–373.001,70027
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1473357.86/cwt350.00–365.001,69324
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1523335.22/cwt330.00–340.001,75314
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added525340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,78510
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1573325.20/cwt320.00–330.001,86314
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added590320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,8887
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added604319.98/cwt315.00–330.001,9339
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1623307.77/cwt300.00–315.001,91710
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1423386.32/cwt385.00–387.501,6346
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1473345.71/cwt330.00–360.001,6354
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1523335.22/cwt330.00–340.001,7534
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1573322.79/cwt315.00–330.001,85014
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1623307.77/cwt300.00–315.001,9174
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,233194.91/cwt190.00–199.002,4032
Bulls——1,305182.21/cwt177.00–186.002,3782
Bulls——1,760209.84/cwt202.00–216.003,69314
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%800143.84/cwt138.00–149.001,1514
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,025160.85/cwt155.00–165.001,64918
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,025160.85/cwt155.00–165.001,64910
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,025154.68/cwt150.00–158.001,5856
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,350170.56/cwt165.00–175.002,30320
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy1,2133,872.94/head3,750.00–3,975.003,8736
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3003,346.15/head3,100.00–3,500.003,34612
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0252,792.68/head2,500.00–3,000.002,79340
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1902,297.27/head2,000.00–2,500.002,2978
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy6752,677.78/head2,400.00–2,900.002,67858

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.