Sale reports / Mississippi / Tadlock Livestock Auction / 2025-10-27

Tadlock Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Forest, Mississippi · Mon, Oct 27
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2114
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,139 head
▲ 30 vs last sale 1,109▼ 336 vs year ago 1,475 · −22.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
123 head
▼ 64 vs last sale 187▼ 91 vs year ago 214 · −42.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
255 head
▲ 14 vs last sale 241▼ 73 vs year ago 328 · −22.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale: Feeder steers and heifers sold $10.00-$20.00 lower, slaughter cows 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 $376.21/cwt on 168 head. That ranks 10 of 34 comparable sales and sits −40.60 against this barn's trailing median of $416.81.
Average price
$376.21
168 head · 545 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,049
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$22
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$1.22/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.59
vs MS average
−53.51 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1547376.822,06084
Medium and Large 1-2543375.592,03884
One grade step is worth $1.22/cwt here — about $22 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 sale168 hd
376.21
—
MS average12 barns · 420 hd
378.80
−2.59
National average179 barns · 33,800 hd
429.72
−53.51
This barn, trailing median34 sales
416.81
−40.60
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—Average1,621181.402,94014
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,169164.031,91818
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,025155.851,59712
CowsLean 85-90%Average878138.481,21618

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)1,115$3,18810
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,225$2,79640
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,275$3,32716

Every lot

45 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1273456.24/cwt440.00–470.001,2464
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1323413.37/cwt400.00–425.001,3354
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1373410.91/cwt395.00–425.001,53314
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Value Added383395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,5138
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added417403.89/cwt393.00–420.001,68431
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1423419.48/cwt410.00–428.001,77420
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added463397.79/cwt380.00–428.001,84218
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1473398.33/cwt380.00–415.001,88420
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1523387.21/cwt370.00–403.002,02544
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added523385.72/cwt360.00–403.002,01738
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added559367.23/cwt355.00–375.002,05346
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1573365.39/cwt355.00–375.002,09440
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added612357.98/cwt341.00–375.002,19127
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1623358.61/cwt341.00–375.002,23428
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1673327.75/cwt320.00–335.002,20612
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added691328.00/cwt328.00–328.002,2669
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added701326.50/cwt326.50–326.502,28911
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Value Added313374.93/cwt361.50–380.001,17421
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Value Added370390.80/cwt380.00–402.501,44610
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1373395.91/cwt380.00–410.001,47716
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added413369.41/cwt365.00–375.001,52626
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1423383.43/cwt365.00–400.001,62226
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added452359.03/cwt351.00–377.501,62323
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1473364.88/cwt351.00–377.501,72628
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1523341.95/cwt331.00–352.001,78832
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added532344.66/cwt331.00–352.001,83427
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added567363.50/cwt363.50–363.502,0617
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1623275.54/cwt260.00–290.001,7174
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1723267.73/cwt260.00–275.001,9364
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1773265.15/cwt260.00–270.002,0504
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1423386.21/cwt382.00–390.001,63410
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1523338.78/cwt332.00–345.001,77210
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1573317.79/cwt310.00–325.001,8214
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1623292.77/cwt285.00–300.001,8244
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,590180.38/cwt175.00–185.002,86812
Bulls——1,805187.53/cwt185.00–191.003,3852
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%700120.18/cwt117.50–122.508414
Cows—Lean 85-90%800136.84/cwt131.00–142.001,0956
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,025162.27/cwt157.00–166.001,66310
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,025155.85/cwt150.00–160.001,59712
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,025148.85/cwt143.00–153.001,5268
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,350166.22/cwt164.00–168.002,2448
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2753,327.45/head3,100.00–3,500.003,32716
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy1,1153,188.34/head3,000.00–3,350.003,18810
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2252,795.92/head2,500.00–3,000.002,79640

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.