Sale reports / Mississippi / Tadlock Livestock Auction / 2026-06-08

Tadlock Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Forest, Mississippi · Mon, Jun 8
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2114
Feeder Cattle receipts
854 head
▼ 378 vs last sale 1,232▼ 89 vs year ago 943 · −9.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
141 head
▲ 14 vs last sale 127▼ 73 vs year ago 214 · −34.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
200 head
▼ 27 vs last sale 227▼ 67 vs year ago 267 · −25.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale feeder steers sold STEADY- $5.00 HIGHER, and feeder heifers sold STEADY. Slaughter cows sold $1.00-$3.00 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 $418.19/cwt on 101 head, up $2.76 from the prior sale. That ranks 18 of 34 comparable sales and sits +1.38 against this barn's trailing median of $416.81.
Average price
$418.19
▲ 2.76 vs prior sale
101 head · 549 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,294
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$34
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$3.61/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.47
vs MS average
−35.53 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2541420.412,27339
Medium and Large 1554416.802,30862
One grade step is worth $3.61/cwt here — about −$34 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale101 hd
418.19
—
MS average13 barns · 253 hd
412.72
+5.47
National average163 barns · 9,671 hd
453.72
−35.53
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—Average1,531208.173,18814
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,122185.122,07836
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,025179.681,84214
CowsLean 85-90%Low856154.971,32618

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)1,158$3,20628
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,100$4,23920
Stock CowsOpen(<2 yrs)800$3,14850

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
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1323601.40/cwt580.00–620.001,9434
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1373555.91/cwt540.00–570.002,07412
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1423500.53/cwt490.00–510.002,1178
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added451461.66/cwt460.00–465.002,0829
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1473450.48/cwt440.00–460.002,13120
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added517417.96/cwt415.00–420.002,16118
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1523422.82/cwt415.00–430.002,21124
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added561422.51/cwt417.50–425.002,37021
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1573412.99/cwt400.00–425.002,36638
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added605417.50/cwt417.50–417.502,5263
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1623375.18/cwt370.00–380.002,3372
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added661351.39/cwt340.00–360.002,32324
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1673353.88/cwt342.00–365.002,38220
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added760340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,5843
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 1-2Value Added1,050265.00/cwt265.00–265.002,7834
Steers1100–1150Medium and Large 1-2Value Added1,132275.00/cwt275.00–275.003,1132
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1373467.95/cwt460.00–475.001,7454
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1423440.53/cwt430.00–450.001,8638
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1473413.10/cwt400.00–425.001,9546
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added515357.50/cwt357.50–357.501,8413
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1523388.25/cwt370.00–405.002,03112
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1573364.29/cwt350.00–377.502,08710
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added586370.50/cwt370.50–370.502,1715
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added607352.50/cwt352.50–352.502,1403
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1623346.48/cwt340.00–352.502,1598
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added705325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,2914
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1623362.59/cwt360.00–365.002,25912
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1673322.92/cwt310.00–335.002,1736
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1723307.73/cwt300.00–315.002,22512
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,465215.80/cwt210.00–220.003,1614
Bulls——1,558205.12/cwt199.00–209.003,19610
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%725144.14/cwt140.00–148.001,0458
Cows—Lean 85-90%800156.72/cwt153.00–160.001,2546
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,025181.85/cwt176.00–186.001,86426
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,025179.68/cwt175.00–183.001,84214
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,200174.00/cwt174.00–174.002,0884
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,375193.64/cwt188.00–198.002,66310
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1004,238.64/head3,500.00–4,800.004,23920
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy8003,148.44/head2,750.00–3,500.003,14850
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1583,205.51/head2,600.00–3,650.003,20628

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.