Sale reports / Mississippi / Tadlock Livestock Auction / 2025-12-01

Tadlock Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Forest, Mississippi · Mon, Dec 1
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2114
Feeder Cattle receipts
765 head
▼ 635 vs last sale 1,400▼ 486 vs year ago 1,251 · −38.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
147 head
▼ 23 vs last sale 170▼ 95 vs year ago 242 · −39.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
231 head
▼ 127 vs last sale 358▼ 59 vs year ago 290 · −20.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Feeder steers under 400lbs sold $5.00-$15.00 higher. Over 400lbs sold $10.00-$20.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold $3.00-$10.00 lower.

Slaughter cows sold $3.00-$4.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold $3.00-$5.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $378.85/cwt on 51 head. That ranks 12 of 34 comparable sales and sits −37.96 against this barn's trailing median of $416.81.
Average price
$378.85
51 head · 537 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,035
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$41
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$6.30/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.69
vs MS average
−50.30 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1538380.952,04834
Medium and Large 1-2536374.652,00717thin
One grade step is worth $6.30/cwt here — about $41 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 sale51 hd
378.85
—
MS average7 barns · 98 hd
376.16
+2.69
National average190 barns · 23,426 hd
429.15
−50.30
This barn, trailing median34 sales
416.81
−37.96
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—Average1,635173.162,83220
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,067157.681,68326
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,025154.851,58718
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,025149.101,5284thin

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/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,215$3,09444
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,050$2,27416

Every lot

41 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1223538.54/cwt500.00–570.001,2012
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1273537.89/cwt500.00–570.001,4682
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1323496.05/cwt480.00–510.001,6026
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1373456.51/cwt430.00–480.001,7036
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1423440.53/cwt430.00–450.001,86310
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1473420.24/cwt415.00–425.001,9886
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1523390.43/cwt380.00–400.002,04224
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added531374.04/cwt360.00–400.001,98614
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added558377.50/cwt377.50–377.502,1063
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1573358.19/cwt340.00–375.002,05210
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1623354.51/cwt340.00–368.002,20920
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added633346.82/cwt325.00–368.002,19522
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1723317.73/cwt310.00–325.002,29712
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added749310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,3224
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added758325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,4646
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2Value Added868300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,6042
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1223527.53/cwt500.00–550.001,1764
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1273527.06/cwt500.00–550.001,4394
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1323416.05/cwt400.00–430.001,3446
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1373415.91/cwt400.00–430.001,5518
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1423418.43/cwt400.00–435.001,7706
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added451387.22/cwt385.00–390.001,7469
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1473375.71/cwt360.00–390.001,77716
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1523339.56/cwt320.00–357.501,77612
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added539332.50/cwt332.50–332.501,7925
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added562327.50/cwt327.50–327.501,8415
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1573321.50/cwt315.00–327.501,8426
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added604330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,9934
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1623325.45/cwt312.50–337.502,0286
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1723285.31/cwt275.00–295.002,0634
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1773285.29/cwt275.00–295.002,2054
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added783280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,1923
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,505185.90/cwt185.00–187.502,7984
Bulls——1,553164.43/cwt159.00–169.002,5548
Bulls——1,783175.53/cwt170.00–180.003,1308
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,025156.85/cwt151.00–161.001,60822
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,025154.85/cwt149.00–159.001,58718
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,025149.10/cwt145.00–152.001,5284
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,300162.23/cwt159.00–165.002,1094
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0502,273.81/head2,000.00–2,500.002,27416
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2153,094.24/head2,800.00–3,300.003,09444

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.