Sale reports / Mississippi / Tadlock Livestock Auction / 2026-02-02

Tadlock Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Forest, Mississippi · Mon, Feb 2
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2114
Feeder Cattle receipts
693 head
▼ 23 vs last sale 716▼ 486 vs year ago 1,179 · −41.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
83 head
▼ 10 vs last sale 93▼ 78 vs year ago 161 · −48.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
179 head
▼ 167 vs last sale 346▼ 71 vs year ago 250 · −28.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago feeder steers and heifers sold $20.00-$25.00 higher, slaughter cows sold $10.00-$20.00 higher, and slaughter bulls sold $10.00-$15.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $490.30/cwt on 90 head. That ranks 34 of 34 comparable sales and sits +73.49 against this barn's trailing median of $416.81.
Average price
$490.30
90 head · 536 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,630
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$96
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$16.22/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+20.35
vs MS average
+7.27 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2537498.952,68242
Medium and Large 1536482.732,58548
One grade step is worth $16.22/cwt here — about $96 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale90 hd
490.30
—
MS average7 barns · 127 hd
469.95
+20.35
National average143 barns · 13,122 hd
483.03
+7.27
This barn, trailing median34 sales
416.81
+73.49
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—Average1,643203.983,35012
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,282182.772,34328
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,025170.851,75114
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,025165.681,6986thin

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)1,100$2,87848
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,050$2,94316
Stock CowsOpen(<2 yrs)650$2,30812

Every lot

40 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 1223709.55/cwt660.00–750.001,5822
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1273646.24/cwt630.00–660.001,7646
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1323627.44/cwt590.00–660.002,0274
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Value Added371567.70/cwt540.00–615.002,1068
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1373596.21/cwt575.00–615.002,22416
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1423491.60/cwt460.00–520.002,07940
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added425606.77/cwt600.00–610.002,57932
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1473480.95/cwt460.00–500.002,2758
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added484492.50/cwt492.50–492.502,3847
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1523502.52/cwt490.00–514.002,62836
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added526515.84/cwt514.00–522.002,71334
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1573423.38/cwt400.00–445.002,42612
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added586427.19/cwt410.00–445.002,5038
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added673401.00/cwt401.00–401.002,6993
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1723330.16/cwt325.00–335.002,3874
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2Value Added817325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,6556
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Value Added312537.86/cwt535.00–540.001,6789
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1323530.70/cwt520.00–540.001,71412
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1373521.21/cwt500.00–540.001,9446
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added413485.01/cwt410.00–500.002,00315
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1423478.70/cwt455.00–500.002,02522
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1473416.67/cwt402.00–430.001,97116
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added492402.00/cwt402.00–402.001,97810
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added510505.00/cwt505.00–505.002,5764
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1523410.86/cwt390.00–430.002,14910
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added564400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,2565
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1573402.99/cwt390.00–415.002,3098
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added640337.50/cwt337.50–337.502,1602
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1673348.61/cwt337.50–359.002,34620
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added677359.00/cwt359.00–359.002,43016
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,495195.89/cwt190.00–201.002,9296
Bulls——1,790212.08/cwt204.00–218.003,7966
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,025176.98/cwt172.00–180.501,81416
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,025170.85/cwt165.00–175.001,75114
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,025165.68/cwt161.00–169.001,6986
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,625190.49/cwt184.50–194.003,09512
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0502,942.86/head2,600.00–3,200.002,94316
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-28002,025.00/head1,800.00–2,200.002,02512
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2003,162.50/head2,600.00–3,500.003,16336
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-26502,307.69/head2,200.00–2,400.002,30812

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.