Sale reports / Mississippi / Tadlock Livestock Auction / 2025-11-10

Tadlock Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Forest, Mississippi · Mon, Nov 10
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2114
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,391 head
▼ 147 vs last sale 1,538▲ 650 vs year ago 741 · +87.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
186 head
▲ 35 vs last sale 151▲ 34 vs year ago 152 · +22.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
286 head
▲ 30 vs last sale 256▲ 84 vs year ago 202 · +41.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale: Feeder steers sold $5.00-$25.00 higher, feeder heifers sold $5.00-$15.00 higher, slaughter cows sold steady, 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 $344.83/cwt on 120 head. That ranks 12 of 35 comparable sales and sits −37.57 against this barn's trailing median of $382.40.
Average price
$344.83
120 head · 545 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,880
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$7
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$5.69/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.23
vs MS average
−19.13 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2540347.761,87658
Medium and Large 1550342.081,88362
One grade step is worth $5.69/cwt here — about −$7 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale120 hd
344.83
—
MS average14 barns · 339 hd
335.59
+9.23
National average183 barns · 20,348 hd
363.96
−19.13
This barn, trailing median35 sales
382.40
−37.57
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—High1,659181.763,01612
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,045158.461,65722
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,025155.851,59716
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low879139.411,22528

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/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,283$3,80510
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,195$2,72756
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,295$3,48612
Stock CowsOpen(<2 yrs)638$1,98020

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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1223514.49/cwt510.00–520.001,1474
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1273515.41/cwt510.00–520.001,4074
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1323477.91/cwt450.00–510.001,5444
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Value Added358446.98/cwt445.00–450.001,6005
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1373443.26/cwt430.00–455.001,65316
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added419424.71/cwt410.00–440.001,78011
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1423425.80/cwt410.00–440.001,80118
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1473424.67/cwt410.00–438.002,00912
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added480438.00/cwt438.00–438.002,10210
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added517426.72/cwt422.50–430.002,20618
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1523410.86/cwt390.00–430.002,14924
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added569394.39/cwt390.00–410.002,24414
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1582398.88/cwt370.00–410.002,32117
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1623362.95/cwt350.00–375.002,26124
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added633373.02/cwt370.00–375.002,36115
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added668345.39/cwt329.00–368.002,30714
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1673332.92/cwt320.00–345.002,24112
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1723332.89/cwt320.00–345.002,4074
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1323401.40/cwt380.00–420.001,2974
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added418431.67/cwt410.00–445.001,80422
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1423424.22/cwt410.00–437.001,79428
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1473376.76/cwt360.00–392.001,78222
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added475371.90/cwt360.00–392.501,76719
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added518352.09/cwt339.00–360.001,82426
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1523349.95/cwt339.00–360.001,83028
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added557344.25/cwt340.50–350.001,91732
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1573335.59/cwt320.00–350.001,92334
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1635333.74/cwt320.00–337.502,11922
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added635327.52/cwt320.00–337.502,0807
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added702333.00/cwt333.00–333.002,3383
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1723310.31/cwt300.00–320.002,2446
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1423385.80/cwt370.00–400.001,6326
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,373166.50/cwt164.00–170.002,2864
Bulls——1,665184.25/cwt180.00–190.003,0684
Bulls——1,940194.52/cwt194.00–195.003,7744
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%675125.56/cwt120.00–130.008484
Cows—Lean 85-90%800137.58/cwt132.00–142.501,10112
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,025157.85/cwt152.00–162.001,61820
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,025155.85/cwt150.00–160.001,59716
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,025145.85/cwt140.00–150.001,49512
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,250164.52/cwt164.00–165.002,0572
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2953,486.49/head3,000.00–3,900.003,48612
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-27431,611.62/head1,200.00–1,950.001,6124
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2302,812.60/head2,400.00–3,100.002,81352
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy1,2833,805.07/head3,500.00–4,000.003,80510
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-26381,980.39/head1,850.00–2,200.001,98020

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.