Sale reports / Mississippi / Tadlock Livestock Auction / 2025-07-07

Tadlock Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Forest, Mississippi · Mon, Jul 7
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2114
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,385 head
▲ 171 vs last sale 1,214▼ 109 vs year ago 1,494 · −7.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
240 head
▲ 66 vs last sale 174▼ 22 vs year ago 262 · −8.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
112 head
▼ 10 vs last sale 122▼ 84 vs year ago 196 · −42.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to 2 weeks ago feeder steers and heifers sold 5-10 higher. Slaughter cows sold 4-6 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 $348.10/cwt on 168 head. That ranks 4 of 34 comparable sales and sits −68.71 against this barn's trailing median of $416.81.
Average price
$348.10
168 head · 539 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,875
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$36
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$5.57/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.00
vs MS average
−31.03 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1540351.281,89672
Medium and Large 1-2538345.711,86096
One grade step is worth $5.57/cwt here — about $36 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 sale168 hd
348.10
—
MS average6 barns · 245 hd
346.10
+2.00
National average153 barns · 8,707 hd
379.13
−31.03
This barn, trailing median34 sales
416.81
−68.71
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—High1,600205.393,28618
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,159175.762,03858
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,025168.611,72818
CowsLean 85-90%Average964145.391,40122

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)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,139$2,64962

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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1223527.53/cwt500.00–550.001,1764
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1273527.06/cwt500.00–550.001,4394
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Value Added312502.09/cwt470.00–520.001,5679
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1323499.07/cwt475.00–520.001,61212
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Value Added361445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,6064
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1373453.56/cwt435.00–470.001,69218
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added405445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,8024
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1423426.07/cwt405.00–445.001,80214
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added470365.23/cwt340.00–387.501,71726
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1473372.02/cwt355.00–387.501,76040
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added512354.18/cwt318.50–365.001,81357
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1523355.43/cwt345.00–365.001,85948
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1573342.99/cwt330.00–355.001,96524
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added576333.33/cwt329.50–342.001,92039
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added616325.84/cwt305.00–341.002,00734
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1623327.77/cwt320.00–335.002,04224
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1673309.30/cwt300.00–318.002,08216
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added680309.12/cwt300.00–318.002,10214
Steers1400–1450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added1,415370.00/cwt370.00–370.005,2363
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1323436.05/cwt420.00–450.001,4084
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1373388.26/cwt375.00–400.001,4484
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1423360.53/cwt350.00–370.001,5258
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1465341.77/cwt335.00–345.001,58927
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2501347.00/cwt347.00–347.001,73814
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1523337.82/cwt330.00–345.001,76730
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1573323.51/cwt310.00–336.001,85424
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1673309.30/cwt300.00–318.002,08210
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1723309.28/cwt300.00–318.002,23610
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1423390.53/cwt380.00–400.001,6524
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1523330.43/cwt320.00–340.001,72810
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1573320.39/cwt310.00–330.001,8366
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,415192.05/cwt185.00–200.002,7188
Bulls——1,748216.07/cwt205.00–225.003,77710
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%800134.14/cwt127.50–140.001,0736
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,025170.02/cwt163.00–175.001,74334
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,025168.61/cwt161.00–174.001,72818
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,025149.61/cwt142.00–155.001,53416
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,350183.89/cwt175.00–191.002,48324
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-28451,700.89/head1,500.00–1,850.001,7014
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1252,533.33/head2,200.00–2,800.002,53338
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy1,2253,059.18/head2,900.00–3,200.003,05920

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.