Name: Tadlock Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-11-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale. Feeder steers and heifers sold steady-10 higher, and slaughter cows and bulls sold 1-3 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $259.03/cwt on 103 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −177.23 against this barn's trailing median of $436.26.

Average price

$259.03

103 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,420

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$25

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

$3.75/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.90

vs MS average

−42.82 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	549	261.25	1,434	42
Medium and Large 1	547	257.50	1,409	61

One grade step is worth $3.75/cwt here — about $25 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

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 sale103 hd

259.03

—

MS average12 barns · 357 hd

257.13

+1.90

National average187 barns · 26,509 hd

301.85

−42.82

This barn, trailing median30 sales

436.26

−177.23

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	1,664	138.49	2,305	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,096	118.32	1,297	56
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,025	114.85	1,177	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	904	102.31	925	36

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)	850	$2,468	12
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,025	$1,824	40
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,050	$2,671	12
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	775	$2,155	4thin

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	287.95/cwt	280.00–295.00	1,074	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	241.48/cwt	235.00–245.00	1,396	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	294.43/cwt	285.00–303.00	1,393	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	533	232.07/cwt	225.00–237.50	1,237	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	432	309.79/cwt	295.00–314.00	1,338	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	235.17/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,583	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	305.53/cwt	295.00–315.00	1,292	22
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,025	1,824.39/head	1,600.00–2,000.00	1,824	40
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	850	2,467.65/head	2,300.00–2,600.00	2,468	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	608	227.75/cwt	227.50–228.00	1,385	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	724	221.67/cwt	221.00–222.00	1,605	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	570	262.98/cwt	259.00–272.50	1,499	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	713	229.14/cwt	228.50–230.00	1,634	14
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 1-2	—	775	2,154.84/head	2,100.00–2,200.00	2,155	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	900–950	945	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,928	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	406	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,198	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	800	98.31/cwt	93.00–103.00	786	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,025	114.85/cwt	109.00–119.00	1,177	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,025	117.15/cwt	111.00–121.50	1,201	40
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,025	108.44/cwt	102.00–113.00	1,112	20
Bulls	—	—	1,503	127.26/cwt	123.50–130.00	1,913	4
Bulls	—	—	2,095	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	3,184	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	627	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,436	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	656	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,568	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	468	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,123	5
Bulls	—	—	1,700	143.72/cwt	138.00–148.00	2,443	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,275	121.24/cwt	117.00–125.00	1,546	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	675	88.56/cwt	83.00–93.00	598	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	300.27/cwt	295.00–305.00	1,270	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	241.74/cwt	236.00–247.00	1,264	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	214.83/cwt	212.00–217.50	1,661	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	774	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,649	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	479	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	1,451	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	578	226.91/cwt	219.00–233.50	1,312	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	224.14/cwt	220.00–228.00	1,396	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	218.61/cwt	215.00–222.00	1,581	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	223.68/cwt	219.00–228.00	1,282	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	235.18/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,465	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	228.79/cwt	227.50–230.00	1,654	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	225.18/cwt	220.00–230.00	1,403	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	241.19/cwt	237.00–245.00	1,141	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	270.22/cwt	265.00–275.00	1,413	34
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	2,671.43/head	2,500.00–2,800.00	2,671	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	530	259.68/cwt	245.00–267.00	1,376	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	386	345.47/cwt	325.00–350.00	1,334	5

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 Nov 4, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,391Last week 1,475Year ago 1,309

Slaughter CattleReceipts 201Last week 214Year ago 354

Replacement CattleReceipts 222Last week 328Year ago 303

Compared to last weeks sale. Feeder steers and heifers sold steady-10 higher, and slaughter cows and bulls sold 1-3 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	373	280.00–295.00	287.95
6	450–500	473	237.00–245.00	241.19
26	500–550	523	236.00–247.00	241.74
22	550–600	573	219.00–228.00	223.68
16	600–650	623	220.00–228.00	224.14
12	700–750	723	215.00–222.00	218.61
8	750–800	773	212.00–217.50	214.83
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	406	295.00	295.00
5	450–500	468	240.00	240.00
22	500–550	533	225.00–237.50	232.07
13	550–600	578	219.00–233.50	226.91
10	600–650	608	227.50–228.00	227.75
9	700–750	724	221.00–222.00	221.67
6	750–800	774	213.00	213.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	386	325.00–350.00	345.47
22	400–450	423	295.00–315.00	305.53
26	450–500	473	285.00–303.00	294.43
34	500–550	523	265.00–275.00	270.22
27	550–600	578	235.00–245.00	241.48
6	600–650	623	230.00–240.00	235.18
10	650–700	673	230.00–240.00	235.17
16	700–750	723	227.50–230.00	228.79
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
13	400–450	432	295.00–314.00	309.79
12	450–500	479	303.00	303.00
22	500–550	530	245.00–267.00	259.68
20	550–600	570	259.00–272.50	262.98
3	600–650	627	229.00	229.00
8	650–700	656	239.00	239.00
14	700–750	713	228.50–230.00	229.14
4	900–950	945	204.00	204.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	423	295.00–305.00	300.27
16	600–650	623	220.00–230.00	225.18

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)	40	—	1,025	1,600.00–2,000.00	1,824.39
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	12	—	850	2,300.00–2,600.00	2,467.65
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	775	2,100.00–2,200.00	2,154.84
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	12	—	1,050	2,500.00–2,800.00	2,671.43

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	800	93.00–103.00	98.31
20	—	1,025	102.00–113.00	108.44
6	—	675	83.00–93.00	88.56
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,025	109.00–119.00	114.85
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	1,025	111.00–121.50	117.15
16	—	1,275	117.00–125.00	121.24
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,503	123.50–130.00	127.26
1	—	2,095	152.00	152.00
6	—	1,700	138.00–148.00	143.72

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