Name: Tadlock Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-09-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale feeder steers sold $10-$25 higher, and feeder heifers sold $5.00-$15.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold $4.00-$8.00 lower, and slaughter bulls sold $5.00-$10.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $398.20/cwt on 116 head, up $10.02 from the prior sale. That ranks 10 of 33 comparable sales and sits −30.56 against this barn's trailing median of $428.75.

Average price

$398.20

▲ 10.02 vs prior sale

116 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,222

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$43

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

$5.36/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+17.81

vs MS average

−7.21 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	560	400.97	2,244	56
Medium and Large 1	556	395.61	2,201	60

One grade step is worth $5.36/cwt here — about $43 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.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

33 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $494.35, low $336.56, median $428.75 across 33 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 sale116 hd

398.20

—

MS average12 barns · 328 hd

380.38

+17.81

National average175 barns · 12,027 hd

405.41

−7.21

This barn, trailing median33 sales

428.75

−30.56

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	1,567	172.28	2,699	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,132	141.85	1,606	28
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,025	137.85	1,413	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,025	132.51	1,358	12

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 Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,127	$2,903	50
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,175	$3,566	6
Open Heifers	N/A	(<2 yrs)	688	$2,083	36

Every lot, as filed

46 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
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,175	3,565.96/head	3,300.00–3,800.00	3,566	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	680	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,176	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	482	397.58/cwt	390.00–405.00	1,916	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	817	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,655	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	624	336.64/cwt	320.00–339.50	2,101	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,025	132.51/cwt	129.00–135.00	1,358	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	502.95/cwt	495.00–510.00	1,876	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	388.10/cwt	375.00–400.00	1,836	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	345.50/cwt	330.00–360.00	2,325	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	465.71/cwt	450.00–480.00	2,203	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	330.31/cwt	320.00–340.00	2,388	10
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,215	3,148.97/head	2,400.00–3,700.00	3,149	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	305.31/cwt	295.00–315.00	2,207	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	465.91/cwt	450.00–480.00	1,738	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	445.65/cwt	430.00–460.00	2,331	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	380.65/cwt	365.00–395.00	1,991	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	332.77/cwt	325.00–340.00	2,073	6
Bulls	—	—	1,705	172.53/cwt	170.00–175.00	2,942	4
Bulls	—	—	1,923	187.61/cwt	185.00–190.00	3,608	2
Bulls	—	—	1,250	164.36/cwt	159.00–169.00	2,055	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,025	139.27/cwt	134.00–143.00	1,428	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,275	145.29/cwt	140.00–150.00	1,852	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,025	137.85/cwt	132.00–142.00	1,413	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	725	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,465	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	438	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,256	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	487	473.76/cwt	455.00–510.00	2,307	6
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	773	1,919.09/head	1,500.00–2,200.00	1,919	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	337.99/cwt	325.00–350.00	1,937	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	333.48/cwt	327.00–339.50	2,078	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	317.58/cwt	315.00–320.00	2,137	8
Open Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	688	2,082.73/head	1,850.00–2,250.00	2,083	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	443	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,772	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	576	385.55/cwt	340.00–400.00	2,221	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	491.07/cwt	470.00–510.00	2,077	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	355.54/cwt	340.00–370.00	2,215	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	576.74/cwt	550.00–600.00	1,863	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	677	340.93/cwt	338.50–361.00	2,308	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	617	371.13/cwt	350.00–440.00	2,290	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	524	355.80/cwt	342.50–362.50	1,864	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	488.02/cwt	480.00–495.00	1,576	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	403.17/cwt	390.00–415.00	1,705	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	370.59/cwt	355.00–385.00	2,123	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	347.82/cwt	340.00–355.00	1,819	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	575	378.11/cwt	342.00–410.00	2,174	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	530	445.48/cwt	432.50–470.00	2,361	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	342.79/cwt	335.00–350.00	1,964	4

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 Sep 21, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,188Last week 1,022Year ago 1,456

Slaughter CattleReceipts 88Last week 61Year ago 185

Replacement CattleReceipts 213Last week 197Year ago 340

Compared to last weeks sale feeder steers sold $10-$25 higher, and feeder heifers sold $5.00-$15.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold $4.00-$8.00 lower, and slaughter bulls sold $5.00-$10.00 lower.

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,175	3,300.00–3,800.00	3,565.96
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	40	—	1,215	2,400.00–3,700.00	3,148.97
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	—	773	1,500.00–2,200.00	1,919.09
Open Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	36	—	688	1,850.00–2,250.00	2,082.73

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	443	400.00	400.00
23	450–500	482	390.00–405.00	397.58
21	500–550	524	342.50–362.50	355.80
8	550–600	576	340.00–400.00	385.55
20	600–650	624	320.00–339.50	336.64
5	650–700	680	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	323	480.00–495.00	488.02
4	350–400	373	450.00–480.00	465.91
10	400–450	423	390.00–415.00	403.17
38	450–500	473	375.00–400.00	388.10
28	500–550	523	340.00–355.00	347.82
16	550–600	573	325.00–350.00	337.99
22	600–650	623	327.00–339.50	333.48
8	650–700	673	315.00–320.00	317.58
4	700–750	723	295.00–315.00	305.31
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	438	515.00	515.00
6	450–500	487	455.00–510.00	473.76
19	500–550	530	432.50–470.00	445.48
37	550–600	575	342.00–410.00	378.11
32	600–650	617	350.00–440.00	371.13
27	650–700	677	338.50–361.00	340.93
4	700–750	725	340.00	340.00
5	800–850	817	325.00	325.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	323	550.00–600.00	576.74
6	350–400	373	495.00–510.00	502.95
10	400–450	423	470.00–510.00	491.07
20	450–500	473	450.00–480.00	465.71
20	500–550	523	430.00–460.00	445.65
40	550–600	573	355.00–385.00	370.59
42	600–650	623	340.00–370.00	355.54
22	650–700	673	330.00–360.00	345.50
10	700–750	723	320.00–340.00	330.31
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	523	365.00–395.00	380.65
4	550–600	573	335.00–350.00	342.79
6	600–650	623	325.00–340.00	332.77

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,025	129.00–135.00	132.51
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,025	134.00–143.00	139.27
12	—	1,275	140.00–150.00	145.29
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,025	132.00–142.00	137.85
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,705	170.00–175.00	172.53
2	—	1,923	185.00–190.00	187.61
4	—	1,250	159.00–169.00	164.36

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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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

Replacement Cattle

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle