Sale reports / Mississippi / Tadlock Livestock Auction / 2026-08-10

Tadlock Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Forest, Mississippi · Mon, Aug 10
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2114
Feeder Cattle receipts
869 head
182 vs last sale 1,051 480 vs year ago 1,349 · 35.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
68 head
15 vs last sale 83 133 vs year ago 201 · 66.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
257 head
123 vs last sale 134 110 vs year ago 367 · 30.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale feeder steers and heifers sold STEADY. Slaughter cows and bulls sold also sold STEADY.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $376.88/cwt on 67 head, down $2.35 from the prior sale. That ranks 2 of 29 comparable sales and sits 58.94 against this barn's trailing median of $435.82.
Average price
$376.88
2.35 vs prior sale
67 head · 551 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,077
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$39
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$3.99/cwt at this weight
vs the market
2.98
vs MS average
25.00 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1553378.492,09340
Medium and Large 1-2549374.502,05427
One grade step is worth $3.99/cwt here — about $39 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale67 hd
376.88
MS average13 barns · 252 hd
379.86
−2.98
National average152 barns · 6,242 hd
401.88
−25.00
This barn, trailing median29 sales
435.82
−58.94
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
BullsAverage1,580211.053,33416
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,175180.412,1208thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,025170.851,7518thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average875154.431,35112

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)1,238$3,30340
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)1,050$4,20052
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,250$4,44820

Every lot, as filed

41 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added450–500474367.14/cwt362.50–370.001,7408
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added500–550500385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,9258
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added50–10056359.00/cwt359.00–359.002015
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added700–750714315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,2494
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added500–550504358.35/cwt352.00–368.001,80615
CowsBoner 80-85%1,025178.34/cwt176.00–180.001,8284
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550523359.39/cwt350.00–368.001,88024
SteersMedium and Large 1250–300273581.65/cwt560.00–600.001,5886
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400373515.91/cwt500.00–530.001,92412
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600573370.39/cwt360.00–380.002,12224
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500473367.86/cwt360.00–375.001,74012
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added400–450419490.00/cwt490.00–490.002,0539
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550523390.65/cwt375.00–405.002,04316
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450423403.17/cwt390.00–415.001,7058
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700673347.75/cwt340.00–355.002,34012
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750723309.69/cwt300.00–320.002,2392
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650623327.77/cwt320.00–335.002,0424
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600573352.28/cwt345.00–359.002,01926
Bulls1,475208.69/cwt202.00–214.003,07812
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,025170.85/cwt165.00–175.001,7518
CowsLean 85-90%1,025170.34/cwt168.00–172.001,7464
Bulls1,893218.15/cwt216.00–220.004,1304
CowsBoner 80-85%1,325182.47/cwt177.00–187.002,4184
CowsLean 85-90%800146.48/cwt142.50–150.001,1728
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-21,0504,200.00/head3,800.00–4,500.004,20052
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2383,303.03/head2,900.00–3,600.003,30340
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,2504,448.00/head4,000.00–4,800.004,44820
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added550–600550345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,8986
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added450–500473423.50/cwt420.00–430.002,00311
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added600–650630368.00/cwt368.00–368.002,3185
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added650–700689340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,3437
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added350–400368510.00/cwt510.00–510.001,8778
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added650–700650315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,0485
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700673310.17/cwt305.00–315.002,0876
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added400–450413370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,5283
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650623365.18/cwt360.00–370.002,2758
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450423478.43/cwt460.00–495.002,02416
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500473433.10/cwt420.00–445.002,04916
SteersMedium and Large 1200–250223611.01/cwt600.00–620.001,3634
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350323516.05/cwt500.00–530.001,6676
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added550–600569370.08/cwt360.00–380.002,10619

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.