Name: Tadlock Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-04-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale feeder steers and heifers sold 5-10 higher. Slaughter cows sold 1-4 higher, and slaughter bulls sold 2-6 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $278.98/cwt on 108 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −157.29 against this barn's trailing median of $436.26.

Average price

$278.98

108 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,541

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$51

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

$2.35/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.47

vs MS average

−25.41 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	540	280.28	1,513	48
Medium and Large 1-2	563	277.93	1,564	60

One grade step is worth $2.35/cwt here — about −$51 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

30 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $494.35, low $363.78, median $436.26 across 30 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 sale108 hd

278.98

—

MS average12 barns · 250 hd

272.50

+6.47

National average171 barns · 11,979 hd

304.39

−25.41

This barn, trailing median30 sales

436.26

−157.29

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	—	Low	1,589	153.66	2,442	26
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,116	132.41	1,478	92
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,025	129.85	1,331	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	973	122.27	1,190	26

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 (2-4 yrs)	1,128	$1,917	6
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,163	$1,605	52
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,120	$2,560	70
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,125	$2,087	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	873	$1,712	4thin

Every lot, as filed

50 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 1-2Value Added	550–600	591	273.89/cwt	270.00–279.00	1,619	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	237.59/cwt	235.00–240.00	1,480	18
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,120	2,559.77/head	2,300.00–2,775.00	2,560	70
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,125	2,086.67/head	1,900.00–2,250.00	2,087	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	429	343.65/cwt	341.00–350.00	1,474	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	282.82/cwt	275.00–290.00	1,479	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	273	387.71/cwt	385.00–390.00	1,058	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	275.20/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,577	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	503	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,207	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	758	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,592	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	578	250.76/cwt	240.00–254.00	1,449	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	238.76/cwt	232.00–245.00	1,368	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	300.30/cwt	295.00–305.00	1,120	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	357.95/cwt	350.00–365.00	1,335	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	309.17/cwt	300.00–317.50	1,462	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	318.37/cwt	305.00–330.00	1,028	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	371.95/cwt	365.00–378.00	1,201	20
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 1-2	—	873	1,712.46/head	1,550.00–1,850.00	1,712	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	286.45/cwt	282.50–290.00	1,212	10
Bulls	—	—	1,245	141.95/cwt	137.00–146.00	1,767	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,025	131.10/cwt	127.00–134.00	1,344	60
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,288	134.87/cwt	129.00–140.00	1,737	32
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	800	114.25/cwt	110.00–118.00	914	6
Bulls	—	—	1,795	163.41/cwt	159.00–167.00	2,933	8
Bulls	—	—	1,700	155.24/cwt	150.00–159.00	2,639	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	273.96/cwt	267.00–278.00	1,720	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	313.85/cwt	307.00–320.00	1,328	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	275.24/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,302	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	255.22/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,335	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,025	124.68/cwt	120.00–128.00	1,278	20
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,025	129.85/cwt	124.00–134.00	1,331	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	350–400	366	356.38/cwt	350.00–365.00	1,304	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	405	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,144	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	721	238.92/cwt	230.00–249.00	1,723	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	468	264.49/cwt	254.00–279.00	1,238	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	205.15/cwt	200.00–210.00	1,586	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	217.73/cwt	210.00–225.00	1,574	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	642	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,406	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	523	283.59/cwt	280.00–284.50	1,483	25
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	1,128	1,916.96/head	1,750.00–2,050.00	1,917	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	628	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,601	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	714	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,464	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	808	223.50/cwt	223.50–223.50	1,806	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	250–300	275	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,073	19
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,163	1,604.95/head	1,450.00–1,725.00	1,605	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	656	230.66/cwt	210.00–234.00	1,513	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	850–900	873	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,528	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	663	255.48/cwt	235.00–258.00	1,694	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	300–350	328	323.58/cwt	321.00–330.00	1,061	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	469	308.63/cwt	302.00–313.00	1,447	20

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 Apr 15, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 873Last week 1,061Year ago 774

Slaughter CattleReceipts 253Last week 226Year ago 141

Replacement CattleReceipts 421Last week 360Year ago 129

Compared to last weeks sale feeder steers and heifers sold 5-10 higher. Slaughter cows sold 1-4 higher, and slaughter bulls sold 2-6 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
19	250–300	275	390.00	390.00
18	350–400	366	350.00–365.00	356.38
19	400–450	429	341.00–350.00	343.65
20	450–500	469	302.00–313.00	308.63
25	500–550	523	280.00–284.50	283.59
35	550–600	591	270.00–279.00	273.89
6	600–650	628	255.00	255.00
28	650–700	663	235.00–258.00	255.48
23	700–750	721	230.00–249.00	238.92
4	800–850	808	223.50	223.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	250–300	273	385.00–390.00	387.71
20	300–350	323	365.00–378.00	371.95
24	350–400	373	350.00–365.00	357.95
12	400–450	423	307.00–320.00	313.85
28	450–500	473	300.00–317.50	309.17
32	500–550	523	275.00–290.00	282.82
16	550–600	573	270.00–280.00	275.20
13	600–650	628	267.00–278.00	273.96
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	300–350	323	305.00–330.00	318.37
12	350–400	373	295.00–305.00	300.30
10	400–450	423	282.50–290.00	286.45
26	450–500	473	270.00–280.00	275.24
14	500–550	523	250.00–260.00	255.22
24	550–600	573	232.00–245.00	238.76
18	600–650	623	235.00–240.00	237.59
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	328	321.00–330.00	323.58
2	400–450	405	282.50	282.50
14	450–500	468	254.00–279.00	264.49
5	500–550	503	240.00	240.00
13	550–600	578	240.00–254.00	250.76
14	600–650	642	219.00	219.00
15	650–700	656	210.00–234.00	230.66
25	700–750	714	205.00	205.00
15	750–800	758	210.00	210.00
3	850–900	873	175.00	175.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	700–750	723	210.00–225.00	217.73
6	750–800	773	200.00–210.00	205.15

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	70	—	1,120	2,300.00–2,775.00	2,559.77
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,125	1,900.00–2,250.00	2,086.67
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	873	1,550.00–1,850.00	1,712.46
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	—	1,128	1,750.00–2,050.00	1,916.96
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	52	—	1,163	1,450.00–1,725.00	1,604.95

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,245	137.00–146.00	141.95
8	—	1,795	159.00–167.00	163.41
10	—	1,700	150.00–159.00	155.24
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	1,025	127.00–134.00	131.10
32	—	1,288	129.00–140.00	134.87
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	800	110.00–118.00	114.25
20	—	1,025	120.00–128.00	124.68
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,025	124.00–134.00	129.85

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

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle