Sale reports / Mississippi / Tadlock Livestock Auction / 2025-09-22

Tadlock Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Forest, Mississippi · Mon, Sep 22
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2114
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,456 head
▲ 28 vs last sale 1,428▲ 416 vs year ago 1,040 · +40.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
185 head
▲ 51 vs last sale 134▲ 27 vs year ago 158 · +17.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
340 head
▲ 138 vs last sale 202▲ 121 vs year ago 219 · +55.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale feeder steers and heifers sold steady, slaughter cows sold $4.00-$7.00 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 $360.42/cwt on 12 head. That ranks 8 of 34 comparable sales and sits −56.39 against this barn's trailing median of $416.81.
Average price
$360.42
12 head · 540 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,945
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−15.54
vs MS average
−56.67 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1540360.421,94512thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale12 hd
360.42
—
MS average14 barns · 354 hd
375.95
−15.54
National average168 barns · 11,658 hd
417.09
−56.67
This barn, trailing median34 sales
416.81
−56.39
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—High1,325186.492,47222
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,118164.801,84214
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,025163.441,67522
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low868135.331,17414

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/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,200$3,43330
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,118$2,66240
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,153$3,35710
Stock CowsOpen(<2 yrs)775$2,35340

Every lot

30 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1223575.51/cwt570.00–580.001,2834
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1323526.05/cwt510.00–540.001,6996
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1373498.86/cwt475.00–520.001,8618
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1423435.80/cwt420.00–450.001,8438
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1473435.71/cwt420.00–450.002,06116
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1523360.43/cwt350.00–370.001,8858
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1573360.39/cwt350.00–370.002,0654
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1604370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,23517
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1741332.50/cwt332.50–332.502,4648
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1323416.74/cwt390.00–440.001,3466
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1373416.51/cwt390.00–440.001,5546
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1413375.15/cwt370.00–380.001,5494
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1473367.86/cwt360.00–375.001,74010
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1523345.22/cwt340.00–350.001,80616
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1620317.74/cwt310.00–325.001,97010
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1673307.75/cwt300.00–315.002,07112
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1711310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,2046
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,238178.94/cwt170.00–185.002,21510
Bulls——1,398201.79/cwt200.00–203.002,8212
Bulls——1,398190.99/cwt185.00–195.002,67010
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%700107.68/cwt105.00–110.007544
Cows—Lean 85-90%800141.19/cwt138.00–144.001,1304
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,025163.44/cwt157.00–168.001,67522
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,025162.85/cwt157.00–167.001,66910
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,025149.85/cwt144.00–154.001,5366
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,350169.67/cwt168.00–171.002,2914
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-27752,353.23/head2,150.00–2,500.002,35340
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1182,661.74/head2,400.00–2,850.002,66240
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy1,2003,433.33/head3,000.00–3,800.003,43330
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1533,356.72/head2,950.00–3,700.003,35710

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.