Sale reports / Mississippi / Tadlock Livestock Auction / 2026-06-22

Tadlock Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Forest, Mississippi · Mon, Jun 22
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2114
Feeder Cattle receipts
736 head
85 vs last sale 821 478 vs year ago 1,214 · 39.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
140 head
45 vs last sale 95 34 vs year ago 174 · 19.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
231 head
125 vs last sale 356 109 vs year ago 122 · +89.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale feeder steers and heifers sold $5.00-$30.00 HIGHER. Slaughter cows sold $3.00-$5.00 HIGHER, and slaughter bulls sold STEADY.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $428.75/cwt on 115 head, up $8.63 from the prior sale. That ranks 12 of 29 comparable sales and sits 7.07 against this barn's trailing median of $435.82.
Average price
$428.75
8.63 vs prior sale
115 head · 553 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,371
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$56
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$7.15/cwt at this weight
vs the market
10.61
vs MS average
39.71 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2555433.102,40545
Medium and Large 1552425.952,34970
One grade step is worth $7.15/cwt here — about $56 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.

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 sale115 hd
428.75
MS average11 barns · 281 hd
439.37
−10.61
National average150 barns · 8,917 hd
468.46
−39.71
This barn, trailing median29 sales
435.82
−7.07
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
BullsLow1,726213.653,68926
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,141186.252,12528
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,025175.851,80224
CowsLean 85-90%Average915161.341,47620

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)1,285$3,63818
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,175$5,7536
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,200$4,49412
Stock CowsOpen(<2 yrs)750$4,72086

Every lot, as filed

43 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
CowsBoner 80-85%1,350190.56/cwt185.00–195.002,57310
CowsBoner 80-85%1,025183.85/cwt178.00–188.001,88418
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,025175.85/cwt170.00–180.001,80224
CowsLean 85-90%1,025172.85/cwt167.00–177.001,77212
CowsLean 85-90%800148.72/cwt145.00–152.001,1904
CowsLean 85-90%700139.43/cwt133.00–145.009764
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy7504,720.00/head3,700.00–5,400.004,72086
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added400–450417516.71/cwt470.00–590.002,15517
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added600–650605387.50/cwt387.50–387.502,3442
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added450–500478466.29/cwt450.00–485.002,22917
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added650–700668357.50/cwt357.50–357.502,3883
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added500–550529408.42/cwt405.00–415.002,1618
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added700–750724342.00/cwt342.00–342.002,4766
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650623390.54/cwt375.00–405.002,4338
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2853,637.55/head3,100.00–4,000.003,63818
SteersMedium and Large 1250–300273646.24/cwt630.00–660.001,7644
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700673385.50/cwt370.00–400.002,5944
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850823315.14/cwt310.00–320.002,5944
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450423430.53/cwt420.00–440.001,8214
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700673343.95/cwt330.00–357.002,3156
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added550–600569432.24/cwt400.00–442.002,45927
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added600–650607425.00/cwt425.00–425.002,58010
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy1,1755,753.19/head5,200.00–6,200.005,7536
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy1,2004,493.75/head4,250.00–4,700.004,49412
Bulls1,228180.18/cwt170.00–190.002,2136
Bulls1,705211.26/cwt200.00–220.003,6028
Bulls1,990231.97/cwt222.00–240.004,61612
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650623412.95/cwt400.00–425.002,57318
SteersMedium and Large 1850–900873302.56/cwt300.00–305.002,6414
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350323636.05/cwt620.00–650.002,05410
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added650–700663395.00/cwt395.00–395.002,6192
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added500–550535434.40/cwt425.00–440.002,32418
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added450–500474426.26/cwt425.00–427.502,0206
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550523407.82/cwt400.00–415.002,13312
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600573385.59/cwt370.00–400.002,2098
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750723340.31/cwt330.00–350.002,46010
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600573416.89/cwt400.00–432.502,38940
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400373593.26/cwt580.00–605.002,21314
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450423521.07/cwt500.00–540.002,20420
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500473468.33/cwt450.00–485.002,21524
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500473428.33/cwt410.00–445.002,02612
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400373445.30/cwt440.00–450.001,6614
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550523438.04/cwt425.00–450.002,29130

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.