Sale reports / Mississippi / Tadlock Livestock Auction / 2025-09-08

Tadlock Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Forest, Mississippi · Mon, Sep 8
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2114
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,886 head
▲ 380 vs last sale 1,506▲ 535 vs year ago 1,351 · +39.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
161 head
▼ 50 vs last sale 211▼ 33 vs year ago 194 · −17.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
448 head
▲ 98 vs last sale 350▲ 284 vs year ago 164 · +173.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale feeder steers and heifers sold steady- 10 higher, slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $366.33/cwt on 88 head. That ranks 15 of 35 comparable sales and sits −16.07 against this barn's trailing median of $382.40.
Average price
$366.33
88 head · 524 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,921
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$40
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$3.07/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.24
vs MS average
−2.01 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1528367.861,94144
Medium and Large 1-2521364.791,90144
One grade step is worth $3.07/cwt here — about $40 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 sale88 hd
366.33
—
MS average14 barns · 389 hd
363.09
+3.24
National average171 barns · 13,169 hd
368.34
−2.01
This barn, trailing median35 sales
382.40
−16.07
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

35 sales
458404350296median 382.4003/0204/2707/0609/0711/02
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $444.17, low $309.83, median $382.40 across 35 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—High1,651200.193,30426
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,169166.901,95134
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,025155.271,5928thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low934150.181,40322

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 CowsAll Stages (1-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,050$4,00748
Bred CowsAll Stages (1-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,163$3,77126
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,143$2,78644
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,129$3,78126

Every lot

46 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1273627.89/cwt590.00–660.001,7146
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Value Added317500.54/cwt490.00–510.001,5878
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1323511.40/cwt490.00–530.001,65212
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1373491.81/cwt460.00–520.001,83426
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Value Added379503.02/cwt460.00–520.001,90627
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added412480.00/cwt480.00–480.001,9783
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1423468.17/cwt455.00–480.001,9806
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added458452.19/cwt437.50–470.002,07127
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1473435.95/cwt415.00–455.002,06230
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added519413.38/cwt390.00–425.002,14519
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1523408.25/cwt390.00–425.002,13520
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added569380.14/cwt360.00–396.002,16323
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1573372.21/cwt360.00–383.502,13326
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added618378.63/cwt373.00–382.002,34027
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1623371.40/cwt360.00–382.002,31430
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added735340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,49920
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Value Added304495.78/cwt480.00–522.501,50711
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1323498.08/cwt470.00–522.501,60912
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Value Added363425.75/cwt400.00–470.001,54540
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1373415.91/cwt400.00–430.001,55140
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1423390.80/cwt375.00–405.001,65316
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added429383.32/cwt375.00–399.501,64413
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added462396.83/cwt370.00–415.001,83341
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1473383.33/cwt365.00–400.001,81342
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added521364.79/cwt357.50–380.001,90144
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1523369.00/cwt357.00–380.001,93040
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1573356.50/cwt350.00–362.502,0434
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added600340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,0407
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1623335.18/cwt330.00–340.002,0888
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added653327.50/cwt327.50–327.502,1392
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added703325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,28515
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1723326.29/cwt325.00–327.502,35916
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,418182.29/cwt179.00–185.002,5856
Bulls——1,618200.33/cwt195.00–204.003,24110
Bulls——1,823210.78/cwt205.00–216.003,84310
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%700134.02/cwt130.00–137.509382
Cows—Lean 85-90%800144.78/cwt140.00–149.001,1586
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,025164.68/cwt160.00–168.001,68820
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,025155.27/cwt150.00–159.001,5928
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,025154.80/cwt151.00–157.501,58714
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,375170.07/cwt165.00–174.002,33814
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1003,654.55/head3,300.00–3,900.003,65520
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy1,2254,204.08/head4,000.00–4,400.004,2046
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy1,0504,007.14/head3,850.00–4,125.004,00748
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1432,785.56/head2,500.00–3,000.002,78644
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy1,1633,770.97/head3,600.00–3,900.003,77126

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.