Name: Tadlock Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-05-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale feeder steers sold mixed . Feeder heifers sold $10.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold steady and slaughter bulls sold $5.00-$10.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $445.57/cwt on 110 head, down $12.74 from the prior sale. That ranks 19 of 29 comparable sales and sits +9.75 against this barn's trailing median of $435.82.

Average price

$445.57

▼ 12.74 vs prior sale

110 head · 563 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,511

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$1.99/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.11

vs MS average

−28.13 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	563	446.48	2,514	60
Medium and Large 1-2	564	444.48	2,507	50

One grade step is worth $1.99/cwt here — about $7 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

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 sale110 hd

445.57

—

MS average13 barns · 268 hd

444.46

+1.11

National average167 barns · 12,191 hd

473.70

−28.13

This barn, trailing median29 sales

435.82

+9.75

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,729	206.87	3,576	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,132	177.80	2,012	22
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,025	173.85	1,782	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,025	171.30	1,756	8thin

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,200	$3,325	44
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,150	$4,565	16

Every lot, as filed

47 lots · USDA AMS · Tadlock Stockyards - Forest, MS

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	518.17/cwt	505.00–530.00	2,192	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	350–400	385	484.94/cwt	480.00–490.00	1,867	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	823	320.14/cwt	315.00–325.00	2,635	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	873	315.13/cwt	310.00–320.00	2,751	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	615	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,460	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	482	503.49/cwt	502.50–504.00	2,427	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	273	603.53/cwt	590.00–615.00	1,648	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	480	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,160	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	442.99/cwt	430.00–455.00	2,538	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	373.94/cwt	367.50–380.00	2,704	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	576	439.20/cwt	435.00–443.00	2,530	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	712	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	2,617	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	460.43/cwt	450.00–470.00	2,408	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	505.24/cwt	500.00–510.00	2,390	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	516	465.62/cwt	461.00–470.50	2,403	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	350–400	362	565.00/cwt	565.00–565.00	2,045	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	404	516.29/cwt	510.00–525.00	2,086	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	411.12/cwt	396.00–425.00	2,150	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	365.59/cwt	350.00–380.00	2,095	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	273	557.89/cwt	520.00–590.00	1,523	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	443.10/cwt	430.00–455.00	2,096	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	490.60/cwt	480.00–500.00	1,830	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	395.18/cwt	390.00–400.00	2,462	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	800	154.78/cwt	150.00–159.00	1,238	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,025	171.30/cwt	167.50–174.00	1,756	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,025	173.85/cwt	168.00–178.00	1,782	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,350	188.56/cwt	183.00–193.00	2,546	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,025	175.85/cwt	170.00–180.00	1,802	8
Bulls	—	—	1,885	206.84/cwt	200.00–212.00	3,899	6
Bulls	—	—	1,385	195.35/cwt	188.00–199.50	2,706	4
Bulls	—	—	1,838	218.44/cwt	213.00–223.00	4,015	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	3,325.00/head	2,700.00–3,700.00	3,325	44
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,150	4,565.22/head	4,000.00–5,000.00	4,565	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	400	507.50/cwt	507.50–507.50	2,030	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	570	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,166	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	532	405.81/cwt	396.00–438.00	2,159	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	340.36/cwt	330.00–350.00	2,120	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	485.01/cwt	460.00–507.50	2,052	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	502.09/cwt	470.00–530.00	1,622	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	415.54/cwt	400.00–430.00	2,589	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	598.72/cwt	580.00–615.00	1,934	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	223	656.29/cwt	615.00–690.00	1,464	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	327.73/cwt	320.00–335.00	2,369	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	300–350	313	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,565	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	629	344.86/cwt	330.00–350.00	2,169	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	410.33/cwt	400.00–420.00	2,762	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	556.51/cwt	530.00–580.00	2,076	18

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.

Mississippi feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Tadlock Stockyards - Forest, MS

Mon May 11, 2026

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Jackson, MS (LS-JK)

Feeder CattleReceipts 619Last week 949Year ago 681

Slaughter CattleReceipts 74Last week 86Year ago 195

Replacement CattleReceipts 174Last week 262Year ago 210

Compared to last weeks sale feeder steers sold mixed . Feeder heifers sold $10.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold steady and slaughter bulls sold $5.00-$10.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	223	615.00–690.00	656.29
4	250–300	273	590.00–615.00	603.53
12	300–350	323	580.00–615.00	598.72
18	350–400	373	530.00–580.00	556.51
16	400–450	423	505.00–530.00	518.17
18	450–500	473	500.00–510.00	505.24
12	500–550	523	450.00–470.00	460.43
48	550–600	573	430.00–455.00	442.99
14	600–650	623	400.00–430.00	415.54
2	650–700	673	400.00–420.00	410.33
4	700–750	723	367.50–380.00	373.94
2	800–850	823	315.00–325.00	320.14
2	850–900	873	310.00–320.00	315.13
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	362	565.00	565.00
11	400–450	404	510.00–525.00	516.29
14	450–500	482	502.50–504.00	503.49
10	500–550	516	461.00–470.50	465.62
40	550–600	576	435.00–443.00	439.20
5	600–650	615	400.00	400.00
2	700–750	712	367.50	367.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	313	500.00	500.00
8	350–400	385	480.00–490.00	484.94
4	400–450	400	507.50	507.50
4	450–500	480	450.00	450.00
17	500–550	532	396.00–438.00	405.81
5	550–600	570	380.00	380.00
12	600–650	629	330.00–350.00	344.86
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	273	520.00–590.00	557.89
4	300–350	323	470.00–530.00	502.09
10	350–400	373	480.00–500.00	490.60
8	400–450	423	460.00–507.50	485.01
10	450–500	473	430.00–455.00	443.10
20	500–550	523	396.00–425.00	411.12
10	550–600	573	350.00–380.00	365.59
14	600–650	623	330.00–350.00	340.36
2	700–750	723	320.00–335.00	327.73
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	623	390.00–400.00	395.18

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	800	150.00–159.00	154.78
10	—	1,350	183.00–193.00	188.56
8	—	1,025	170.00–180.00	175.85
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,025	167.50–174.00	171.30
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,025	168.00–178.00	173.85
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,885	200.00–212.00	206.84
4	—	1,385	188.00–199.50	195.35
4	—	1,838	213.00–223.00	218.44

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	44	—	1,200	2,700.00–3,700.00	3,325.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	16	—	1,150	4,000.00–5,000.00	4,565.22

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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Tadlock Livestock Auction

Reporter comment USDA

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Tadlock Stockyards - Forest, MS

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle