Sale reports / Mississippi / Tadlock Livestock Auction / 2025-11-17

Tadlock Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Forest, Mississippi · Mon, Nov 17
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2114
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,400 head
▲ 9 vs last sale 1,391▲ 35 vs year ago 1,365 · +2.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
170 head
▼ 16 vs last sale 186▲ 42 vs year ago 128 · +32.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
358 head
▲ 72 vs last sale 286▲ 157 vs year ago 201 · +78.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale feeder steers sold steady- $15.00 higher, feeder heifers sold weak, slaughter cows sold $4.00-$5.00 lower, 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 $390.82/cwt on 118 head. That ranks 15 of 34 comparable sales and sits −25.99 against this barn's trailing median of $416.81.
Average price
$390.82
118 head · 544 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,125
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$11
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$1.07/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+11.84
vs MS average
−19.26 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1542391.312,12064
Medium and Large 1-2546390.242,13154
One grade step is worth $1.07/cwt here — about −$11 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 sale118 hd
390.82
—
MS average13 barns · 281 hd
378.98
+11.84
National average185 barns · 23,076 hd
410.08
−19.26
This barn, trailing median34 sales
416.81
−25.99
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—Average1,511178.472,69718
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,025153.151,57010
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,025152.061,55914
CowsLean 85-90%Low941137.141,29016

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)1,400$4,28210
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,207$2,80560
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)753$1,59410
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,217$3,71030

Every lot

42 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 1273502.48/cwt470.00–530.001,3728
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1323516.74/cwt490.00–540.001,6694
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Value Added380455.00/cwt455.00–455.001,7298
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added420435.87/cwt415.00–445.001,83121
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1423438.17/cwt425.00–450.001,85320
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1473410.48/cwt400.00–420.001,94224
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added491416.88/cwt412.50–420.002,04717
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1523402.30/cwt395.00–409.002,10440
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added534402.00/cwt402.00–402.002,14730
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added561375.53/cwt337.50–409.002,10724
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1573372.99/cwt360.00–385.002,13724
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added617365.89/cwt360.00–374.002,25854
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1623367.77/cwt360.00–375.002,29154
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added650375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,4384
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added710344.00/cwt344.00–344.002,4426
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added755345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,6056
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2Value Added856310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,65411
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Value Added345430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,4845
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added418397.73/cwt375.00–417.501,66335
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1423397.38/cwt375.00–417.501,68130
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1473368.10/cwt355.00–380.001,74136
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added477342.42/cwt320.00–355.001,63317
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1523340.43/cwt330.00–350.001,78016
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added533340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,8123
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1573317.99/cwt305.00–330.001,8226
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1623313.89/cwt310.00–317.501,9566
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added630317.50/cwt317.50–317.502,0004
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1523340.43/cwt330.00–350.001,7806
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1573322.79/cwt315.00–330.001,85010
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,460168.16/cwt163.00–172.002,4556
Bulls——1,490180.24/cwt175.00–184.002,6868
Bulls——1,630190.39/cwt188.00–192.003,1034
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%800123.59/cwt122.00–125.009896
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,025153.15/cwt147.00–157.501,57010
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,025152.06/cwt146.50–156.001,55914
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,025145.27/cwt140.00–149.001,48910
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-27531,594.02/head1,300.00–1,800.001,59410
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1882,478.95/head2,200.00–2,700.002,47930
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy1,2253,130.61/head2,800.00–3,400.003,13130
Bred Cows—Large 1-2Fancy1,4004,282.14/head3,800.00–4,700.004,28210
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1753,429.79/head3,200.00–3,600.003,43020
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy1,3004,269.23/head4,000.00–4,500.004,26910

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.