Sale reports / Mississippi / Tadlock Livestock Auction / 2025-09-15

Tadlock Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Forest, Mississippi · Mon, Sep 15
● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2114
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,428 head
▼ 458 vs last sale 1,886▲ 212 vs year ago 1,216 · +17.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
134 head
▼ 27 vs last sale 161▼ 14 vs year ago 148 · −9.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
202 head
▼ 246 vs last sale 448▲ 27 vs year ago 175 · +15.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale, feeder steers and heifers sold steady- $10.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold $3.00- $5.00 lower, 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 $375.39/cwt on 104 head. That ranks 17 of 35 comparable sales and sits −7.00 against this barn's trailing median of $382.40.
Average price
$375.39
104 head · 526 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,973
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$72
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$24.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+25.36
vs MS average
+15.73 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2519385.762,00260
Medium and Large 1534361.261,93044
One grade step is worth $24.50/cwt here — about $72 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 sale104 hd
375.39
—
MS average14 barns · 344 hd
350.03
+25.36
National average170 barns · 10,929 hd
359.66
+15.73
This barn, trailing median35 sales
382.40
−7.00
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—High1,707195.533,33818
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,025159.681,63714
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,025156.441,60414
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low840141.751,19120

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)1,218$3,65410
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,268$2,76730
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,150$4,6804thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,040$3,81710
Stock CowsOpen(<2 yrs)913$2,40420

Every lot

49 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
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1273577.06/cwt550.00–600.001,5756
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1323571.40/cwt550.00–590.001,8466
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1373538.56/cwt520.00–555.002,0098
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1423455.80/cwt440.00–470.001,9284
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added450442.50/cwt442.50–442.501,99110
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1473446.19/cwt442.00–450.002,11012
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1523402.74/cwt397.00–408.002,10610
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added526405.39/cwt400.00–408.002,1326
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added563398.95/cwt378.00–420.002,24644
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1573379.03/cwt365.00–392.002,17232
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added618379.85/cwt370.00–403.002,3479
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1623373.89/cwt370.00–377.502,32910
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added671356.71/cwt350.00–360.002,39475
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1673355.17/cwt350.00–360.002,39036
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1723325.16/cwt320.00–330.002,3516
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added724341.06/cwt325.00–351.002,46913
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added761327.19/cwt326.50–330.002,49015
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1773325.15/cwt320.00–330.002,51318
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2Value Added832316.50/cwt316.50–316.502,6335
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Value Added319470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,4995
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1323496.74/cwt470.00–520.001,60410
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1373468.56/cwt450.00–485.001,74812
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Value Added385425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,6364
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1423416.75/cwt402.00–430.001,76320
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added448402.00/cwt402.00–402.001,80115
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1473385.48/cwt375.00–395.001,82316
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added487380.40/cwt365.00–395.001,85318
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added519385.76/cwt375.00–400.002,00260
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1523367.82/cwt360.00–375.001,92434
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1573338.95/cwt327.00–350.001,94210
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added605343.91/cwt340.00–350.002,08133
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1623342.77/cwt335.00–350.002,13536
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1673323.72/cwt317.00–330.002,17924
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added676338.03/cwt320.00–360.002,28524
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added700328.50/cwt328.50–328.502,3008
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1723322.93/cwt317.00–328.502,33510
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,425186.13/cwt182.00–189.002,6528
Bulls——1,933203.05/cwt198.00–207.003,92510
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%675135.00/cwt130.00–139.009118
Cows—Lean 85-90%800139.06/cwt138.00–140.001,1124
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,025159.68/cwt155.00–163.001,63714
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,025156.44/cwt150.00–161.001,60414
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,025149.85/cwt144.00–154.001,5368
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small and Medium 1-27003,171.43/head3,000.00–3,300.003,1712
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy1,1253,977.78/head3,700.00–4,200.003,9788
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy1,1504,680.43/head4,300.00–5,000.004,6804
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy9132,404.11/head2,000.00–2,750.002,40420
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy1,2183,653.70/head3,300.00–3,950.003,65410
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2682,766.86/head2,400.00–3,000.002,76730

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.