Sale reports / Mississippi / Tadlock Livestock Auction / 2026-03-23

Tadlock Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Forest, Mississippi · Mon, Mar 23
● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2114
Feeder Cattle receipts
796 head
▲ 186 vs last sale 610▼ 403 vs year ago 1,199 · −33.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
76 head
▲ 8 vs last sale 68▼ 105 vs year ago 181 · −58.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
252 head
▲ 106 vs last sale 146▼ 336 vs year ago 588 · −57.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale feeder steers and heifers sold steady. slaughter cows sold $2.00-$4.00 higher, and slaughter bulls sold $2.00-$5.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $459.59/cwt on 40 head, down $11.90 from the prior sale. That ranks 30 of 34 comparable sales and sits +42.78 against this barn's trailing median of $416.81.
Average price
$459.59
▼ 11.90 vs prior sale
40 head · 535 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,459
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$69
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$3.10/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.56
vs MS average
−18.50 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2521461.922,40710thin
Medium and Large 1540458.822,47630
One grade step is worth $3.10/cwt here — about −$69 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 sale40 hd
459.59
—
MS average12 barns · 166 hd
456.04
+3.56
National average173 barns · 11,948 hd
478.09
−18.50
This barn, trailing median34 sales
416.81
+42.78
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—Low1,521198.463,01910
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,233172.502,12818
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low834159.331,32919

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)1,150$3,85218
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)972$2,89718
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,175$5,1606
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,125$4,12216

Every lot

48 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1223686.52/cwt670.00–700.001,5316
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1273627.06/cwt600.00–650.001,7124
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1323626.74/cwt600.00–650.002,0244
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1373621.21/cwt600.00–640.002,31710
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1423521.07/cwt500.00–540.002,20410
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added423500.00/cwt500.00–500.002,1156
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added466505.00/cwt505.00–505.002,3535
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1473498.33/cwt480.00–515.002,35714
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added521461.92/cwt450.00–470.002,40710
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1523470.43/cwt460.00–480.002,46020
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1573435.59/cwt420.00–450.002,49610
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1623409.51/cwt395.00–423.002,55130
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added640414.03/cwt395.00–423.002,65026
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1673371.13/cwt367.00–375.002,4988
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added682359.25/cwt335.00–370.002,4507
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1723350.31/cwt340.00–360.002,53312
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added739332.99/cwt330.00–340.002,46110
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1773335.15/cwt330.00–340.002,5914
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2Value Added817328.59/cwt325.00–330.002,68514
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1823327.83/cwt325.00–330.502,69814
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2Value Added883315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,7812
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1373515.91/cwt500.00–530.001,9248
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Value Added375475.00/cwt475.00–475.001,7813
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1423464.48/cwt450.00–477.501,96520
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added436462.44/cwt450.00–477.502,01611
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1473435.48/cwt425.00–445.002,0604
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1523405.65/cwt390.00–420.002,1224
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added534424.00/cwt424.00–424.002,2644
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1573370.20/cwt365.00–375.002,1216
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added589375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,2095
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added609355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,1624
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1623362.95/cwt350.00–375.002,2618
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1673332.92/cwt320.00–345.002,2416
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added688353.31/cwt338.00–360.002,43110
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added760355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,6986
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2Value Added836300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,5085
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,170181.15/cwt176.00–185.002,1194
Bulls——1,540207.00/cwt207.00–207.003,1883
Bulls——1,970213.00/cwt213.00–213.004,1963
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%700132.86/cwt131.00–135.009302
Cows—Lean 85-90%850162.44/cwt157.50–165.001,38117
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,200171.79/cwt167.00–174.002,06114
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,350175.00/cwt175.00–175.002,3634
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 17752,154.84/head2,100.00–2,200.002,1554
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0283,108.76/head2,700.00–3,400.003,10914
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1Fancy1,1503,852.17/head3,500.00–4,100.003,85218
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,1254,122.22/head3,900.00–4,300.004,12216
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1Fancy1,1755,159.57/head5,000.00–5,300.005,1606

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.