Sale reports / Mississippi / Tadlock Livestock Auction / 2025-10-06

Tadlock Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Forest, Mississippi · Mon, Oct 6
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2114
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,226 head
▼ 488 vs last sale 1,714▲ 245 vs year ago 981 · +25.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
207 head
▼ 18 vs last sale 225▲ 101 vs year ago 106 · +95.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
217 head
▼ 45 vs last sale 262▼ 49 vs year ago 266 · −18.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale: feeder steers sold $15.00 - $20.00 higher, feeder heifers sold steady - $15.00 higher, slaughter cows sold steady, 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 $386.87/cwt on 127 head. That ranks 14 of 34 comparable sales and sits −29.94 against this barn's trailing median of $416.81.
Average price
$386.87
127 head · 561 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,170
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$21
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$1.08/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.23
vs MS average
−58.98 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2563387.422,18163
Medium and Large 1559386.342,15964
One grade step is worth $1.08/cwt here — about $21 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale127 hd
386.87
—
MS average14 barns · 411 hd
376.64
+10.23
National average181 barns · 23,254 hd
445.85
−58.98
This barn, trailing median34 sales
416.81
−29.94
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—Average1,635183.893,00720
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,167161.221,88232
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,025155.851,59718
CowsLean 85-90%Average839144.051,20822

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 (2-4 yrs)913$3,18116
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,175$3,10236
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,100$2,9648

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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1223506.52/cwt490.00–520.001,1304
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1323483.02/cwt475.00–490.001,5606
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1373455.30/cwt450.00–460.001,6986
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added406435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,7664
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1423445.53/cwt435.00–455.001,88510
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added461438.43/cwt432.00–445.002,02118
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1473433.10/cwt420.00–445.002,04922
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1523388.25/cwt370.00–405.002,03118
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added532381.18/cwt370.00–405.002,0289
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added568388.46/cwt370.00–407.502,20654
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1573385.59/cwt370.00–400.002,20946
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added618368.42/cwt345.00–389.002,27729
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1623359.43/cwt340.00–377.502,23932
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added663353.55/cwt350.00–357.002,34410
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1673348.78/cwt340.00–357.002,34712
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1323445.35/cwt440.00–450.001,4386
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Value Added333439.32/cwt430.00–445.001,4635
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1373435.30/cwt430.00–440.001,6246
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1423419.35/cwt407.50–430.001,7748
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added445407.50/cwt407.50–407.501,8134
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1473383.90/cwt375.00–392.001,81622
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added481392.00/cwt392.00–392.001,88620
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added508366.88/cwt365.00–372.501,86412
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1523370.22/cwt365.00–375.001,93612
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added571349.24/cwt340.00–375.001,99430
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1573347.79/cwt340.00–355.001,99336
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1623322.77/cwt315.00–330.002,01110
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added661320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,1154
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added720356.25/cwt330.00–365.002,5658
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1473375.24/cwt370.00–380.001,77520
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1523375.22/cwt370.00–380.001,9624
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1573355.20/cwt350.00–360.002,0354
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1623312.77/cwt305.00–320.001,9498
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1673312.75/cwt305.00–320.002,1058
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,193162.84/cwt155.00–168.501,9436
Bulls——1,753188.20/cwt182.00–193.003,2998
Bulls——1,920199.19/cwt194.00–203.003,8246
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%675131.67/cwt125.00–137.008894
Cows—Lean 85-90%800144.78/cwt140.00–149.001,15812
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,025157.85/cwt152.00–162.001,61818
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,025155.85/cwt150.00–160.001,59718
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,025150.85/cwt145.00–155.001,5466
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,350165.56/cwt160.00–170.002,23514
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy9133,180.82/head2,900.00–3,400.003,18116
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1753,102.13/head2,700.00–3,400.003,10236
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1002,963.64/head2,800.00–3,100.002,9648

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.