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 class

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 8 of 29 comparable sales and sits 17.63 against this barn's trailing median of $435.82.
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

What quality paid 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.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

29 sales
508455403350median 435.8201/0503/0905/0406/2208/17
Steers 500–600 lb: high $494.35, low $363.78, median $435.82 across 29 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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 median29 sales
435.82
−17.63
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

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
BullsAverage1,531208.173,18814
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, as filed

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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
CowsLean 85-90%800156.72/cwt153.00–160.001,2546
CowsLean 85-90%1,200174.00/cwt174.00–174.002,0884
Bulls1,558205.12/cwt199.00–209.003,19610
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,025179.68/cwt175.00–183.001,84214
CowsBoner 80-85%1,025181.85/cwt176.00–186.001,86426
CowsBoner 80-85%1,375193.64/cwt188.00–198.002,66310
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350323601.40/cwt580.00–620.001,9434
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400373555.91/cwt540.00–570.002,07412
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450423500.53/cwt490.00–510.002,1178
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650623375.18/cwt370.00–380.002,3372
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added550–600561422.51/cwt417.50–425.002,37021
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650623346.48/cwt340.00–352.502,1598
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500473450.48/cwt440.00–460.002,13120
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700673353.88/cwt342.00–365.002,38220
BullsMedium and Large 1600–650623362.59/cwt360.00–365.002,25912
BullsMedium and Large 1700–750723307.73/cwt300.00–315.002,22512
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added500–550515357.50/cwt357.50–357.501,8413
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550523422.82/cwt415.00–430.002,21124
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added750–800760340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,5843
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added600–650605417.50/cwt417.50–417.502,5263
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600573412.99/cwt400.00–425.002,36638
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550523388.25/cwt370.00–405.002,03112
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added600–650607352.50/cwt352.50–352.502,1403
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added650–700661351.39/cwt340.00–360.002,32324
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added700–750705325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,2914
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added550–600586370.50/cwt370.50–370.502,1715
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600573364.29/cwt350.00–377.502,08710
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400373467.95/cwt460.00–475.001,7454
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500473413.10/cwt400.00–425.001,9546
BullsMedium and Large 1650–700673322.92/cwt310.00–335.002,1736
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added500–550517417.96/cwt415.00–420.002,16118
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added1100–11501,132275.00/cwt275.00–275.003,1132
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added1050–11001,050265.00/cwt265.00–265.002,7834
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added450–500451461.66/cwt460.00–465.002,0829
CowsLean 85-90%725144.14/cwt140.00–148.001,0458
Bulls1,465215.80/cwt210.00–220.003,1614
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450423440.53/cwt430.00–450.001,8638
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1004,238.64/head3,500.00–4,800.004,23920
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy8003,148.44/head2,750.00–3,500.003,14850
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1583,205.51/head2,600.00–3,650.003,20628

How this sale compares

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.