Name: Tadlock Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-05-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale. Feeder steers sold 5-15 higher, feeder heifers sold 3-5 higher over 500lbs steady, slaughter cows sold 3-8 higher, and slaughter bulls sold steady - 2 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 $311.98/cwt on 93 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −124.29 against this barn's trailing median of $436.26.

Average price

$311.98

93 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,715

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$10

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

$5.65/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+22.43

vs MS average

+1.21 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	546	315.25	1,721	39
Medium and Large 1	553	309.61	1,711	54

One grade step is worth $5.65/cwt here — about $10 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

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 sale93 hd

311.98

—

MS average13 barns · 352 hd

289.55

+22.43

National average163 barns · 10,302 hd

310.77

+1.21

This barn, trailing median30 sales

436.26

−124.29

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	1,585	151.13	2,396	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,104	131.26	1,449	28
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,025	127.15	1,303	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,005	120.54	1,211	22

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	All Stages (1-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,173	$1,954	28
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,175	$2,818	24
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,000	$2,315	16

Every lot, as filed

45 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	—	—	1,338	137.89/cwt	134.50–140.00	1,845	6
Bulls	—	—	1,538	152.55/cwt	148.00–156.00	2,346	8
Bulls	—	—	1,895	162.48/cwt	159.00–165.00	3,079	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,025	127.15/cwt	121.00–131.50	1,303	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,025	129.85/cwt	124.00–134.00	1,331	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,300	134.77/cwt	131.00–138.00	1,752	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	496	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,612	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	710	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,747	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	300–350	300	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,013	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	850–900	872	216.50/cwt	216.50–216.50	1,888	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	848	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,900	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	516	322.79/cwt	315.00–328.00	1,666	17
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	1,175	2,818.09/head	2,500.00–3,075.00	2,818	24
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,173	1,954.32/head	1,600.00–2,175.00	1,954	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	300–350	308	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,124	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	247.58/cwt	245.00–250.00	1,790	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	390.35/cwt	385.00–395.00	1,261	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	263.88/cwt	260.00–267.50	1,776	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	469	263.69/cwt	255.00–269.00	1,237	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	350–400	388	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,106	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	569	309.43/cwt	306.00–323.00	1,761	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	236.50/cwt	230.00–242.50	1,355	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	260.24/cwt	255.00–265.00	1,231	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	282.70/cwt	277.00–288.00	1,761	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	401	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	1,412	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	766	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,819	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	2,315.00/head	2,150.00–2,450.00	2,315	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	330.24/cwt	325.00–335.00	1,562	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	301.24/cwt	295.00–307.00	1,726	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	329.36/cwt	320.00–337.50	1,064	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	315.30/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,176	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	377.95/cwt	370.00–385.00	1,410	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	337.90/cwt	330.00–345.00	1,429	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	850–900	870	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,523	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	500	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,250	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	245.32/cwt	237.50–252.50	1,283	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	823	227.08/cwt	224.00–230.00	1,869	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	321.78/cwt	315.00–328.00	1,683	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	236.53/cwt	235.50–237.50	1,828	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,025	121.68/cwt	117.00–125.00	1,247	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	800	109.13/cwt	107.00–111.00	873	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	427	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,132	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	621	233.57/cwt	225.00–242.00	1,450	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	571	240.86/cwt	236.00–244.50	1,375	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	614	284.80/cwt	280.00–288.00	1,749	24

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 13, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 680Last week 938Year ago 830

Slaughter CattleReceipts 119Last week 161Year ago 163

Replacement CattleReceipts 201Last week 344Year ago 181

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,338	134.50–140.00	137.89
8	—	1,538	148.00–156.00	152.55
6	—	1,895	159.00–165.00	162.48
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,025	121.00–131.50	127.15
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,025	124.00–134.00	129.85
8	—	1,300	131.00–138.00	134.77
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,025	117.00–125.00	121.68
2	—	800	107.00–111.00	109.13

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
7	300–350	308	365.00	365.00
4	400–450	401	352.00	352.00
5	450–500	496	325.00	325.00
17	500–550	516	315.00–328.00	322.79
22	550–600	569	306.00–323.00	309.43
24	600–650	614	280.00–288.00	284.80
24	700–750	710	246.00	246.00
4	750–800	766	237.50	237.50
6	800–850	848	224.00	224.00
5	850–900	872	216.50	216.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	323	385.00–395.00	390.35
4	350–400	373	370.00–385.00	377.95
14	400–450	423	330.00–345.00	337.90
12	450–500	473	325.00–335.00	330.24
22	500–550	523	315.00–328.00	321.78
32	550–600	573	295.00–307.00	301.24
38	600–650	623	277.00–288.00	282.70
4	650–700	673	260.00–267.50	263.88
26	700–750	723	245.00–250.00	247.58
6	750–800	773	235.50–237.50	236.53
8	800–850	823	224.00–230.00	227.08
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	300	337.50	337.50
3	350–400	388	285.00	285.00
5	400–450	427	265.00	265.00
12	450–500	469	255.00–269.00	263.69
5	500–550	500	250.00	250.00
14	550–600	571	236.00–244.50	240.86
14	600–650	621	225.00–242.00	233.57
2	850–900	870	175.00	175.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	300–350	323	320.00–337.50	329.36
6	350–400	373	310.00–320.00	315.30
18	450–500	473	255.00–265.00	260.24
12	500–550	523	237.50–252.50	245.32
22	550–600	573	230.00–242.50	236.50

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	24	—	1,175	2,500.00–3,075.00	2,818.09
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	16	—	1,000	2,150.00–2,450.00	2,315.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	28	—	1,173	1,600.00–2,175.00	1,954.32

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

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