Sale reports / Mississippi / Tadlock Livestock Auction / 2025-07-21

Tadlock Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Forest, Mississippi · Mon, Jul 21
● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2114
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,425 head
▼ 228 vs last sale 1,653▲ 294 vs year ago 1,131 · +26.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
112 head
▼ 34 vs last sale 146▼ 109 vs year ago 221 · −49.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
329 head
▲ 149 vs last sale 180▲ 235 vs year ago 94 · +250.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale: Feeder steers sold steady, feeder heifers sold steady- 5 higher, slaughter cows sold steady-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 $351.26/cwt on 59 head. That ranks 6 of 34 comparable sales and sits −65.55 against this barn's trailing median of $416.81.
Average price
$351.26
59 head · 545 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,914
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$33
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$3.98/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.68
vs MS average
−24.48 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2547353.551,93425
Medium and Large 1544349.571,90034
One grade step is worth $3.98/cwt here — about $33 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 sale59 hd
351.26
—
MS average13 barns · 292 hd
348.58
+2.68
National average142 barns · 5,388 hd
375.74
−24.48
This barn, trailing median34 sales
416.81
−65.55
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—High1,650201.573,32616
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,108170.431,88918
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,025163.851,67910
CowsLean 85-90%Low969154.501,49716

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 Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,198$2,60430
Bred Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,088$2,30852
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,128$3,21616
Stock CowsOpen(<2 yrs)737$2,425122

Every lot

54 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 1223538.76/cwt525.00–550.001,2014
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1273513.53/cwt500.00–525.001,4024
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1323500.35/cwt495.00–505.001,6164
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Value Added369471.77/cwt445.00–495.001,7419
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1373470.60/cwt460.00–480.001,75514
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1423405.53/cwt395.00–415.001,71518
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added426412.56/cwt400.00–415.001,75812
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added463387.83/cwt384.00–389.001,79633
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1473382.07/cwt375.00–388.501,80740
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added520370.81/cwt355.00–378.001,92813
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1523357.82/cwt350.00–365.001,87120
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1573337.79/cwt330.00–345.001,93614
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added576334.86/cwt330.00–340.001,92912
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1623332.59/cwt330.00–335.002,0728
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added660334.00/cwt334.00–334.002,2042
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1673332.58/cwt330.00–335.002,2384
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1723315.31/cwt305.00–325.002,28014
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added725314.84/cwt305.00–320.002,28312
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1773305.15/cwt300.00–310.002,3592
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1273470.83/cwt460.00–480.001,2856
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Value Added320632.00/cwt632.00–632.002,0223
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1323430.70/cwt420.00–440.001,3914
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1373372.65/cwt370.00–375.001,3904
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1423363.17/cwt350.00–375.001,5364
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added466339.83/cwt337.50–341.001,58421
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1473333.38/cwt325.00–341.001,57728
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added511336.42/cwt323.00–345.001,71924
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1523330.74/cwt325.00–336.001,73032
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1573322.79/cwt315.00–330.001,85014
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added590330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,9473
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1600312.00/cwt312.00–312.001,87212
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added622319.85/cwt317.00–324.001,98915
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added689310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,1364
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1695310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,1553
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1723300.16/cwt295.00–305.002,1704
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1473355.24/cwt350.00–360.001,68010
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1523325.22/cwt320.00–330.001,7014
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1573323.76/cwt317.00–330.001,8556
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1623310.18/cwt305.00–315.001,9326
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1673297.75/cwt290.00–305.002,0046
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1723275.16/cwt270.00–280.001,98912
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,400185.71/cwt180.00–190.002,6004
Bulls——1,665199.14/cwt193.00–205.003,3164
Bulls——1,768210.71/cwt207.00–214.003,7258
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%800146.19/cwt143.00–149.001,1704
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,025169.65/cwt163.50–174.001,73914
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,025163.85/cwt158.00–168.001,67910
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,025157.27/cwt152.00–161.001,61212
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,400173.14/cwt168.00–177.002,4244
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0882,308.05/head2,200.00–2,400.002,30852
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1982,603.65/head2,350.00–2,800.002,60430
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1153,042.15/head2,800.00–3,250.003,04210
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy1,1503,506.52/head3,350.00–3,650.003,5076
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy7372,425.29/head2,150.00–2,650.002,425122

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.