Sale reports / Mississippi / Tadlock Livestock Auction / 2026-07-20

Tadlock Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Forest, Mississippi · Mon, Jul 20
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2114
Feeder Cattle receipts
951 head
▼ 440 vs last sale 1,391▼ 474 vs year ago 1,425 · −33.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
116 head
▲ 24 vs last sale 92▲ 4 vs year ago 112 · +3.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
198 head
▼ 92 vs last sale 290▼ 131 vs year ago 329 · −39.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale, feeder steers and heifers sold $10.00-$20.00 LOWER. Slaughter cows sold $2.00-$7.00 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 $414.00/cwt on 133 head, down $13.48 from the prior sale. That ranks 16 of 34 comparable sales and sits −2.81 against this barn's trailing median of $416.81.
Average price
$414.00
▼ 13.48 vs prior sale
133 head · 536 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,221
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$21
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$1.37/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.10
vs MS average
−5.04 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1538414.692,23266
Medium and Large 1-2535413.322,21067
One grade step is worth $1.37/cwt here — about $21 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 sale133 hd
414.00
—
MS average13 barns · 343 hd
415.10
−1.10
National average142 barns · 5,313 hd
419.04
−5.04
This barn, trailing median34 sales
416.81
−2.81
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—High1,797207.673,73112
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,195185.742,22030
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,025178.271,82718
CowsLean 85-90%Average929163.121,51514

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)1,100$3,43250
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,050$4,07110
Stock CowsOpen(<2 yrs)625$2,38052

Every lot

45 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1223684.94/cwt640.00–740.001,5272
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1273568.12/cwt560.00–575.001,5512
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1323568.72/cwt550.00–585.001,8376
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Value Added334572.94/cwt555.00–585.001,91410
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1373525.91/cwt510.00–540.001,9626
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Value Added381510.00/cwt510.00–510.001,9438
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added404508.90/cwt481.00–520.002,05618
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1423521.07/cwt500.00–540.002,20424
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1473458.33/cwt440.00–475.002,16820
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added483451.00/cwt440.00–465.002,17816
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added519418.33/cwt405.00–432.502,17144
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1523421.73/cwt410.00–432.502,20646
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added565403.75/cwt385.00–418.002,28123
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1573398.51/cwt385.00–411.002,28320
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added620386.59/cwt370.00–411.002,39726
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1623379.33/cwt370.00–388.002,36328
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1673366.46/cwt360.00–372.502,46610
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added682372.50/cwt372.50–372.502,5408
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1323446.05/cwt430.00–460.001,4416
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Value Added325460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,4952
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Value Added364432.96/cwt425.00–445.001,5765
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1373435.60/cwt425.00–445.001,6256
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1423407.90/cwt400.00–415.001,72522
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added432401.51/cwt400.00–405.001,73520
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1473389.52/cwt380.00–400.001,84218
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added480382.86/cwt380.00–387.501,83819
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added513380.98/cwt372.50–387.501,95413
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1523381.52/cwt375.00–387.501,99530
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added572374.76/cwt370.00–378.502,14411
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1573372.02/cwt365.00–378.502,13218
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added602379.21/cwt374.00–395.002,28328
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1623374.84/cwt365.00–384.002,33534
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1573357.79/cwt350.00–365.002,05012
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1623320.36/cwt310.00–330.001,9968
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,695193.41/cwt188.00–198.003,2782
Bulls——1,725207.18/cwt200.00–212.003,5746
Bulls——1,955215.53/cwt214.00–217.004,2144
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%800154.14/cwt147.50–160.001,2336
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,025181.27/cwt176.00–185.001,85818
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,025178.27/cwt173.00–182.001,82718
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,025169.85/cwt164.00–174.001,7418
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,450192.45/cwt186.00–197.002,79112
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1003,431.82/head2,900.00–3,800.003,43250
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0504,071.43/head3,500.00–4,500.004,07110
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-26252,380.00/head2,200.00–2,500.002,38052

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.