Name: Tadlock Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-03-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale. Feeder steers and heifers sold 3-10 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 3-5 higher. Weaned grouped feeder cattle are listed as M&L 1&2 Value Added.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $289.57/cwt on 71 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −146.25 against this barn's trailing median of $435.82.

Average price

$289.57

71 head · 538 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,558

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$20

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

$3.10/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.38

vs MS average

−23.43 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	533	290.70	1,551	45
Medium and Large 1	546	287.61	1,571	26

One grade step is worth $3.10/cwt here — about −$20 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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 sale71 hd

289.57

—

MS average7 barns · 125 hd

286.19

+3.38

National average178 barns · 13,961 hd

313.00

−23.43

This barn, trailing median29 sales

435.82

−146.25

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	1,615	140.11	2,262	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,157	125.31	1,450	54
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,025	121.15	1,242	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,025	112.44	1,153	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/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,037	$2,082	26
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,250	$3,170	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,200	$2,844	40
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,213	$2,501	12

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
Bulls	—	—	1,510	139.41/cwt	134.00–144.00	2,105	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,350	128.89/cwt	125.00–132.00	1,740	22
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,025	122.85/cwt	117.00–127.00	1,259	32
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,025	121.15/cwt	115.00–125.50	1,242	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,025	112.44/cwt	106.00–117.00	1,153	12
Bulls	—	—	1,965	151.01/cwt	146.50–155.00	2,967	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,075	2,305.23/head	2,000.00–2,525.00	2,305	14
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	1,125	2,813.33/head	2,600.00–3,000.00	2,813	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	350–400	376	279.65/cwt	270.00–295.00	1,051	5
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	925	1,327.03/head	1,100.00–1,500.00	1,327	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	260.48/cwt	250.00–270.00	1,232	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	315.71/cwt	300.00–330.00	1,493	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	669	251.31/cwt	235.00–255.00	1,681	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	658	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,546	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	250–300	255	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	944	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	553	241.19/cwt	240.50–241.50	1,334	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	223	395.51/cwt	390.00–400.00	882	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	360.53/cwt	350.00–370.00	1,525	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	231.22/cwt	225.00–237.00	1,441	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	300–350	339	377.99/cwt	377.50–380.00	1,281	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	462	257.78/cwt	250.00–267.00	1,191	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	508	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,575	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	300.87/cwt	290.00–310.50	1,122	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	250–300	260	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	832	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	437	360.33/cwt	359.00–361.00	1,575	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	705	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,650	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,250	3,170.00/head	2,900.00–3,400.00	3,170	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,213	2,500.52/head	2,450.00–2,550.00	2,501	12
Bulls	—	—	1,298	125.14/cwt	124.00–126.00	1,624	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	300.43/cwt	290.00–310.00	1,571	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	273	323.12/cwt	315.00–330.00	882	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	283.95/cwt	275.00–292.00	1,201	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	314	373.30/cwt	370.00–380.00	1,172	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	252.58/cwt	250.00–255.00	1,700	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	418	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,170	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	272.65/cwt	262.00–282.50	1,562	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	255.22/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,335	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	308.02/cwt	300.00–315.00	995	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	365.91/cwt	350.00–380.00	1,365	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	213.86/cwt	210.00–217.50	1,653	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	222.73/cwt	215.00–230.00	1,610	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	2,843.75/head	2,600.00–3,050.00	2,844	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	603	280.50/cwt	280.50–280.50	1,691	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	560	270.53/cwt	262.50–274.50	1,515	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	237.79/cwt	230.00–245.00	1,363	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	273	395.41/cwt	390.00–400.00	1,079	6

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 Mar 4, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 746Last week 1,054Year ago 934

Slaughter CattleReceipts 201Last week 200Year ago 152

Replacement CattleReceipts 395Last week 462Year ago 122

Compared to last weeks sale. Feeder steers and heifers sold 3-10 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 3-5 higher. Weaned grouped feeder cattle are listed as M&L 1&2 Value Added.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,510	134.00–144.00	139.41
6	—	1,965	146.50–155.00	151.01
4	—	1,298	124.00–126.00	125.14
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,350	125.00–132.00	128.89
32	—	1,025	117.00–127.00	122.85
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,025	115.00–125.50	121.15
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,025	106.00–117.00	112.44

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)	14	—	1,075	2,000.00–2,525.00	2,305.23
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	—	1,125	2,600.00–3,000.00	2,813.33
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	—	925	1,100.00–1,500.00	1,327.03
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	1,250	2,900.00–3,400.00	3,170.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	12	—	1,213	2,450.00–2,550.00	2,500.52
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	40	—	1,200	2,600.00–3,050.00	2,843.75

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
2	250–300	260	320.00	320.00
5	350–400	376	270.00–295.00	279.65
3	400–450	418	280.00	280.00
13	450–500	462	250.00–267.00	257.78
26	550–600	553	240.50–241.50	241.19
3	650–700	658	235.00	235.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	273	315.00–330.00	323.12
4	300–350	323	300.00–315.00	308.02
16	350–400	373	290.00–310.50	300.87
12	400–450	423	275.00–292.00	283.95
20	450–500	473	250.00–270.00	260.48
6	500–550	523	250.00–260.00	255.22
32	550–600	573	230.00–245.00	237.79
6	600–650	623	225.00–237.00	231.22
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	200–250	223	390.00–400.00	395.51
6	250–300	273	390.00–400.00	395.41
10	300–350	314	370.00–380.00	373.30
12	350–400	373	350.00–380.00	365.91
28	400–450	423	350.00–370.00	360.53
10	450–500	473	300.00–330.00	315.71
14	500–550	523	290.00–310.00	300.43
12	550–600	573	262.00–282.50	272.65
16	650–700	673	250.00–255.00	252.58
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	255	370.00	370.00
10	300–350	339	377.50–380.00	377.99
20	400–450	437	359.00–361.00	360.33
23	500–550	508	310.00	310.00
22	550–600	560	262.50–274.50	270.53
22	600–650	603	280.50	280.50
16	650–700	669	235.00–255.00	251.31
7	700–750	705	234.00	234.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	700–750	723	215.00–230.00	222.73
4	750–800	773	210.00–217.50	213.86

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

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Feeder Cattle