Name: Tadlock Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-10-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week sale, feeder steers sold steady - 5 higher, feeder heifers sold steady, slaughter cows sold steady, and slaughter bulls sold 2-3 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $230.98/cwt on 56 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −166.65 against this barn's trailing median of $397.64.

Average price

$230.98

56 head · 533 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,230

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$33

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

$4.63/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.41

vs MS average

−29.48 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	535	233.96	1,252	20
Medium and Large 1	531	229.33	1,218	36

One grade step is worth $4.63/cwt here — about $33 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

31 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $444.17, low $321.78, median $397.64 across 31 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 sale56 hd

230.98

—

MS average13 barns · 352 hd

228.57

+2.41

National average194 barns · 26,693 hd

260.46

−29.48

This barn, trailing median31 sales

397.64

−166.65

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	1,669	144.08	2,405	32
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,144	120.65	1,380	60
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,025	115.27	1,182	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	921	104.60	964	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)	1,373	$2,540	50
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,050	$2,057	48
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,113	$2,925	44

Every lot, as filed

38 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	—	—	1,673	145.55/cwt	140.00–150.00	2,435	20
Bulls	—	—	1,905	152.85/cwt	150.00–155.00	2,912	6
Bulls	—	—	1,420	130.42/cwt	125.00–135.00	1,852	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,025	110.85/cwt	105.00–115.00	1,136	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,025	115.27/cwt	110.00–119.00	1,182	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	800	97.31/cwt	92.00–102.00	778	12
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	2,057.14/head	1,800.00–2,250.00	2,057	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	529	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,412	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	253.18/cwt	248.00–258.00	1,577	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	295.27/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,249	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	652	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,617	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	262.37/cwt	255.00–269.00	1,110	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	441	289.85/cwt	283.00–294.00	1,278	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	469	276.52/cwt	274.00–285.00	1,297	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	275.35/cwt	270.00–280.00	889	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	282.74/cwt	277.50–287.50	1,337	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	245.24/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,160	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	270.22/cwt	265.00–275.00	1,413	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	305.60/cwt	295.00–315.00	1,140	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	224.86/cwt	222.00–227.50	1,288	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	235.20/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,348	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	275.30/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,027	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	222.42/cwt	217.50–227.00	1,386	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	260.82/cwt	259.00–262.50	1,494	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	230.22/cwt	225.00–235.00	1,204	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	242.68/cwt	237.00–248.00	1,633	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	411	264.85/cwt	258.00–269.00	1,089	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	535	233.96/cwt	230.00–242.50	1,252	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	300–350	334	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	919	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	468	244.05/cwt	243.00–245.00	1,142	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	270.24/cwt	265.00–275.00	1,278	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	250.22/cwt	245.00–255.00	1,309	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,025	117.85/cwt	112.00–122.00	1,208	34
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,300	124.31/cwt	120.00–128.00	1,616	26
Cow-Calf Pairs	Large 1-2	—	1,113	2,924.72/head	2,700.00–3,100.00	2,925	44
Bred Cows	Large 1-2Fancy	—	1,373	2,539.71/head	2,300.00–2,700.00	2,540	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	578	259.97/cwt	259.00–261.00	1,503	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	606	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,563	8

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 Oct 28, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,475Last week 1,510Year ago 1,243

Slaughter CattleReceipts 214Last week 262Year ago 444

Replacement CattleReceipts 328Last week 434Year ago 361

Compared to last week sale, feeder steers sold steady - 5 higher, feeder heifers sold steady, slaughter cows sold steady, and slaughter bulls sold 2-3 higher.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,673	140.00–150.00	145.55
6	—	1,905	150.00–155.00	152.85
6	—	1,420	125.00–135.00	130.42
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,025	105.00–115.00	110.85
12	—	800	92.00–102.00	97.31
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,025	110.00–119.00	115.27
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	1,025	112.00–122.00	117.85
26	—	1,300	120.00–128.00	124.31

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)	48	—	1,050	1,800.00–2,250.00	2,057.14
Bred Cows — Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	50	—	1,373	2,300.00–2,700.00	2,539.71
Cow-Calf Pairs — Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	44	—	1,113	2,700.00–3,100.00	2,924.72

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
17	400–450	441	283.00–294.00	289.85
17	450–500	469	274.00–285.00	276.52
9	500–550	529	267.00	267.00
10	550–600	578	259.00–261.00	259.97
8	600–650	606	258.00	258.00
5	650–700	652	248.00	248.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	373	295.00–315.00	305.60
20	400–450	423	290.00–300.00	295.27
30	450–500	473	277.50–287.50	282.74
16	500–550	523	265.00–275.00	270.22
12	550–600	573	259.00–262.50	260.82
16	600–650	623	248.00–258.00	253.18
8	650–700	673	237.00–248.00	242.68
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	323	270.00–280.00	275.35
6	350–400	373	270.00–280.00	275.30
40	400–450	423	255.00–269.00	262.37
20	450–500	473	240.00–250.00	245.24
30	500–550	523	225.00–235.00	230.22
6	550–600	573	222.00–227.50	224.86
10	600–650	623	217.50–227.00	222.42
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	334	275.00	275.00
33	400–450	411	258.00–269.00	264.85
13	450–500	468	243.00–245.00	244.05
20	500–550	535	230.00–242.50	233.96
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	473	265.00–275.00	270.24
6	500–550	523	245.00–255.00	250.22
20	550–600	573	230.00–240.00	235.20

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

Heifers · 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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