Sale reports / Mississippi / Tadlock Livestock Auction / 2026-03-30

Tadlock Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Forest, Mississippi · Mon, Mar 30
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2114
Feeder Cattle receipts
750 head
▼ 46 vs last sale 796▲ 132 vs year ago 618 · +21.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
82 head
▲ 6 vs last sale 76▼ 12 vs year ago 94 · −12.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
294 head
▲ 42 vs last sale 252▲ 16 vs year ago 278 · +5.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale. Feeder steers sold steady- $5.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold $5.00-$10.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold $2.00-$4.00 higher 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 $458.08/cwt on 32 head, down $1.51 from the prior sale. That ranks 28 of 34 comparable sales and sits +41.27 against this barn's trailing median of $416.81.
Average price
$458.08
▼ 1.51 vs prior sale
32 head · 536 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,456
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$20
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$4.82/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.03
vs MS average
−25.10 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2535461.392,47010thin
Medium and Large 1537456.582,45022
One grade step is worth $4.82/cwt here — about $20 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 sale32 hd
458.08
—
MS average12 barns · 203 hd
452.05
+6.03
National average169 barns · 10,003 hd
483.18
−25.10
This barn, trailing median34 sales
416.81
+41.27
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—Average1,652198.963,28818
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,173175.042,05322
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,025170.851,75112
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,025160.271,6436thin

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)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,115$3,09032
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,175$4,7194thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,075$4,15334

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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1223681.01/cwt670.00–690.001,5196
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1273646.24/cwt630.00–660.001,7644
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1323621.40/cwt600.00–640.002,0074
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1373606.51/cwt580.00–630.002,2626
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added400575.00/cwt575.00–575.002,3004
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1423591.60/cwt560.00–620.002,50214
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added471500.41/cwt480.00–540.002,35725
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1473495.95/cwt475.00–515.002,34630
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1523463.47/cwt440.00–485.002,42416
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added528469.24/cwt460.00–485.002,4788
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added565430.00/cwt430.00–430.002,4302
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1573438.19/cwt420.00–455.002,5116
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1623405.36/cwt395.00–415.002,52514
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added628407.82/cwt401.00–415.002,56113
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added680368.00/cwt368.00–368.002,5026
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added710335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,3792
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1723340.16/cwt335.00–345.002,4594
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1773335.63/cwt331.00–340.002,5946
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added784331.00/cwt331.00–331.002,5956
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1223596.52/cwt580.00–610.001,3304
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1273561.65/cwt540.00–580.001,5334
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1323514.07/cwt490.00–535.001,6604
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Value Added333535.00/cwt535.00–535.001,7823
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1373480.60/cwt470.00–490.001,79316
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Value Added375486.59/cwt470.00–490.001,82512
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added400480.00/cwt480.00–480.001,9202
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1423465.80/cwt450.00–480.001,9704
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added472462.26/cwt455.00–464.002,18226
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1473436.19/cwt410.00–460.002,06332
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added516409.49/cwt404.00–415.002,1138
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1523400.65/cwt385.00–415.002,09512
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added570399.00/cwt399.00–399.002,2743
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added604383.33/cwt375.00–395.002,31512
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1623378.13/cwt360.00–395.002,35614
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1673337.92/cwt325.00–350.002,2746
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added680325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,2104
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,568192.57/cwt188.00–196.003,01910
Bulls——1,758206.95/cwt200.00–212.003,6388
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,025170.85/cwt165.00–175.001,75112
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,025170.44/cwt164.00–175.001,74712
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,025160.27/cwt155.00–164.001,6436
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,350180.56/cwt175.00–185.002,43810
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0754,153.49/head3,700.00–4,450.004,15334
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1754,719.15/head4,400.00–5,000.004,7194
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1033,009.75/head2,500.00–3,300.003,01030
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1Fancy1,3004,300.00/head4,300.00–4,300.004,3002

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.