Sale reports / Mississippi / Tadlock Livestock Auction / 2026-05-11

Tadlock Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Forest, Mississippi · Mon, May 11
● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2114
Feeder Cattle receipts
619 head
▼ 330 vs last sale 949▼ 62 vs year ago 681 · −9.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
74 head
▼ 12 vs last sale 86▼ 121 vs year ago 195 · −62.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
174 head
▼ 88 vs last sale 262▼ 36 vs year ago 210 · −17.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale feeder steers sold mixed . Feeder heifers sold $10.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold steady and slaughter bulls sold $5.00-$10.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $445.57/cwt on 110 head, down $12.74 from the prior sale. That ranks 27 of 34 comparable sales and sits +28.76 against this barn's trailing median of $416.81.
Average price
$445.57
▼ 12.74 vs prior sale
110 head · 563 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,511
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$7
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$1.99/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.11
vs MS average
−28.13 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1563446.482,51460
Medium and Large 1-2564444.482,50750
One grade step is worth $1.99/cwt here — about $7 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 sale110 hd
445.57
—
MS average13 barns · 268 hd
444.46
+1.11
National average167 barns · 12,191 hd
473.70
−28.13
This barn, trailing median34 sales
416.81
+28.76
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—Average1,729206.873,57614
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,132177.802,01222
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,025173.851,7826thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,025171.301,7568thin

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)1,200$3,32544
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,150$4,56516

Every lot

47 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1223656.29/cwt615.00–690.001,4642
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1273603.53/cwt590.00–615.001,6484
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1323598.72/cwt580.00–615.001,93412
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Value Added362565.00/cwt565.00–565.002,0455
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1373556.51/cwt530.00–580.002,07618
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added404516.29/cwt510.00–525.002,08611
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1423518.17/cwt505.00–530.002,19216
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1473505.24/cwt500.00–510.002,39018
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added482503.49/cwt502.50–504.002,42714
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added516465.62/cwt461.00–470.502,40310
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1523460.43/cwt450.00–470.002,40812
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1573442.99/cwt430.00–455.002,53848
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added576439.20/cwt435.00–443.002,53040
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added615400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,4605
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1623415.54/cwt400.00–430.002,58914
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1673410.33/cwt400.00–420.002,7622
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added712367.50/cwt367.50–367.502,6172
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1723373.94/cwt367.50–380.002,7044
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1823320.14/cwt315.00–325.002,6352
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1873315.13/cwt310.00–320.002,7512
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1273557.89/cwt520.00–590.001,5232
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Value Added313500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,5652
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1323502.09/cwt470.00–530.001,6224
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1373490.60/cwt480.00–500.001,83010
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Value Added385484.94/cwt480.00–490.001,8678
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added400507.50/cwt507.50–507.502,0304
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1423485.01/cwt460.00–507.502,0528
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1473443.10/cwt430.00–455.002,09610
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added480450.00/cwt450.00–450.002,1604
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1523411.12/cwt396.00–425.002,15020
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added532405.81/cwt396.00–438.002,15917
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added570380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,1665
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1573365.59/cwt350.00–380.002,09510
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1623340.36/cwt330.00–350.002,12014
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added629344.86/cwt330.00–350.002,16912
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1723327.73/cwt320.00–335.002,3692
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1623395.18/cwt390.00–400.002,4624
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,385195.35/cwt188.00–199.502,7064
Bulls——1,838218.44/cwt213.00–223.004,0154
Bulls——1,885206.84/cwt200.00–212.003,8996
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%800154.78/cwt150.00–159.001,2384
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,025175.85/cwt170.00–180.001,8028
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,025173.85/cwt168.00–178.001,7826
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,025171.30/cwt167.50–174.001,7568
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,350188.56/cwt183.00–193.002,54610
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2003,325.00/head2,700.00–3,700.003,32544
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1504,565.22/head4,000.00–5,000.004,56516

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.