Sale reports / Mississippi / Tadlock Livestock Auction / 2026-06-01

Tadlock Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Forest, Mississippi · Mon, Jun 1
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2114
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,232 head
▲ 601 vs last sale 631▼ 224 vs year ago 1,456 · −15.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
127 head
▲ 13 vs last sale 114▼ 113 vs year ago 240 · −47.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
227 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 222▲ 24 vs year ago 203 · +11.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale feeder steers sold MIXED and feeder heifers sold STEADY. Slaughter cows sold $2.00-$5.00 LOWER 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 $415.43/cwt on 121 head, down $9.55 from the prior sale. That ranks 17 of 34 comparable sales and sits −1.38 against this barn's trailing median of $416.81.
Average price
$415.43
▼ 9.55 vs prior sale
121 head · 544 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,260
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$1
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$1.68/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.70
vs MS average
−43.76 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2543416.322,26157
Medium and Large 1545414.642,25964
One grade step is worth $1.68/cwt here — about $1 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 sale121 hd
415.43
—
MS average11 barns · 217 hd
418.13
−2.70
National average164 barns · 12,433 hd
459.19
−43.76
This barn, trailing median34 sales
416.81
−1.38
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—High1,720212.743,6594thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,213185.782,25340
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,025178.851,83322
CowsLean 85-90%Low961167.131,60614

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 Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,275$3,9124thin
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,150$3,06524
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,050$4,15728
Stock CowsOpen(<2 yrs)825$3,68222

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
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2Value Added287580.00/cwt580.00–580.001,6653
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1323596.05/cwt580.00–610.001,9254
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Value Added372562.50/cwt562.50–562.502,0937
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1373565.91/cwt550.00–580.002,11114
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1423515.80/cwt500.00–530.002,18224
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added438493.64/cwt465.00–515.002,16218
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added462425.86/cwt415.00–430.001,96731
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1473430.48/cwt420.00–440.002,03636
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1523419.00/cwt407.00–430.002,19136
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added525421.92/cwt400.00–450.002,21530
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added563410.09/cwt360.00–422.502,30927
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1573409.03/cwt395.00–422.002,34428
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added623397.93/cwt370.00–422.002,47953
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1623386.58/cwt370.00–402.002,40850
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1673365.50/cwt350.00–380.002,46028
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added680369.41/cwt350.00–384.002,51224
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1723357.40/cwt344.00–370.002,58424
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added725353.19/cwt340.00–370.002,56124
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2Value Added831325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,7018
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Value Added329562.50/cwt562.50–562.501,8515
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1373458.56/cwt440.00–475.001,7104
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1423415.27/cwt410.00–420.001,75714
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added426409.43/cwt402.50–420.001,74411
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1473405.24/cwt400.00–410.001,91742
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added474404.83/cwt402.00–410.001,91938
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added503407.50/cwt407.50–407.502,0504
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1523399.82/cwt392.00–407.002,09120
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added569379.99/cwt355.00–395.002,16231
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1573365.39/cwt355.00–375.002,09422
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1623355.54/cwt340.00–370.002,21516
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added629374.52/cwt340.00–425.002,35615
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1673341.20/cwt335.00–347.002,29610
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added679342.30/cwt335.00–347.502,32410
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added718350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,5132
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1723337.89/cwt325.00–350.002,4434
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,690220.96/cwt219.00–223.003,7342
Bulls——1,750204.51/cwt204.00–205.003,5792
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%800162.19/cwt159.00–165.001,2984
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,025180.85/cwt175.00–185.001,85420
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,025178.85/cwt173.00–183.001,83322
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,025169.10/cwt165.00–172.001,73310
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,400190.71/cwt185.00–195.002,67020
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1503,065.22/head2,500.00–3,500.003,06524
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2753,911.76/head3,700.00–4,100.003,9124
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy8253,681.82/head3,250.00–4,000.003,68222
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0504,157.14/head3,500.00–4,650.004,15728

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.