Sale reports / Mississippi / Tadlock Livestock Auction / 2026-06-15

Tadlock Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Forest, Mississippi · Mon, Jun 15
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2114
Feeder Cattle receipts
821 head
▼ 33 vs last sale 854▼ 164 vs year ago 985 · −16.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
95 head
▼ 46 vs last sale 141▼ 65 vs year ago 160 · −40.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
356 head
▲ 156 vs last sale 200▲ 140 vs year ago 216 · +64.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale feeder steers sold $5.00-$20.00 HIGHER. Feeder heifers sold STEADY-$10.00 HIGHER. Slaughter cows sold STEADY, and slaughter bulls sold $10.00-$25.00 HIGHER.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $420.12/cwt on 54 head, up $1.93 from the prior sale. That ranks 19 of 34 comparable sales and sits +3.31 against this barn's trailing median of $416.81.
Average price
$420.12
▲ 1.93 vs prior sale
54 head · 541 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,271
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$6
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$3.18/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−19.67
vs MS average
−38.93 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2539422.002,27522
Medium and Large 1542418.832,26932
One grade step is worth $3.18/cwt here — about $6 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 sale54 hd
420.12
—
MS average13 barns · 351 hd
439.79
−19.67
National average161 barns · 9,107 hd
459.05
−38.93
This barn, trailing median34 sales
416.81
+3.31
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—Average1,649224.483,70120
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,150184.352,12026
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,025170.511,7484thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low859162.561,39716

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 Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,150$4,3938
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,318$3,08342
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,000$5,54546
Stock CowsOpen(<2 yrs)1,050$3,62954

Every lot

39 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1273667.06/cwt640.00–690.001,8214
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1323611.40/cwt590.00–630.001,9754
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1373591.81/cwt560.00–620.002,20710
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1423540.53/cwt530.00–550.002,2864
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1473473.81/cwt445.00–500.002,2418
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added514444.03/cwt420.00–450.002,28214
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1523435.65/cwt420.00–450.002,27820
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1573390.79/cwt370.00–410.002,23912
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added583383.46/cwt370.00–410.002,2368
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1623369.07/cwt360.00–377.502,2996
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added648370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,3982
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1673369.04/cwt360.00–377.502,48414
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added679375.29/cwt370.00–377.502,54810
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1373478.56/cwt460.00–495.001,7854
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1423433.43/cwt415.00–450.001,83314
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added427415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,7726
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added465412.74/cwt405.00–420.001,9198
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1473413.10/cwt400.00–425.001,95414
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added518383.24/cwt375.00–385.001,98518
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1523388.25/cwt370.00–405.002,03126
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1573372.99/cwt360.00–385.002,1376
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added667347.50/cwt347.50–347.502,3183
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1523420.43/cwt410.00–430.002,1994
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1573370.59/cwt355.00–385.002,1236
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1623350.36/cwt340.00–360.002,1834
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1673322.92/cwt310.00–335.002,1732
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,465193.31/cwt190.00–196.002,8324
Bulls——1,615224.67/cwt212.00–235.003,62810
Bulls——1,828244.93/cwt237.00–251.004,4776
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%700150.89/cwt145.00–156.001,0564
Cows—Lean 85-90%800163.52/cwt159.00–167.501,3086
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,025179.85/cwt174.00–184.001,84316
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,025170.51/cwt167.00–173.001,7484
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,025169.39/cwt165.00–172.501,7366
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,350191.56/cwt186.00–196.002,58610
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy1,0005,545.00/head4,500.00–6,400.005,54546
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy1,1504,393.48/head3,800.00–4,850.004,3938
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3183,082.54/head2,500.00–3,500.003,08342
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy1,0503,628.57/head3,000.00–4,100.003,62954

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.