Name: Tadlock Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-12-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale feeder steers and heifers over 450lbs sold steady. under 450lbs sold mixed. slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $304.01/cwt on 58 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −132.25 against this barn's trailing median of $436.26.

Average price

$304.01

58 head · 537 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,632

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$37

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

$1.54/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.18

vs MS average

−20.34 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	541	304.65	1,647	34
Medium and Large 1-2	531	303.11	1,610	24

One grade step is worth $1.54/cwt here — about $37 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 sale58 hd

304.01

—

MS average13 barns · 249 hd

293.83

+10.18

National average185 barns · 29,268 hd

324.35

−20.34

This barn, trailing median30 sales

436.26

−132.25

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	1,414	142.39	2,013	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,110	118.69	1,317	26
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,025	116.10	1,190	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	913	104.37	952	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 (2-4 yrs)	913	$2,864	22
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,228	$2,421	28
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,165	$1,915	28
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,125	$3,200	12
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,075	$2,812	14

Every lot, as filed

47 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
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	913	2,864.38/head	2,700.00–3,000.00	2,864	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	246.24/cwt	240.00–252.00	1,411	22
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	1,125	3,200.00/head	2,950.00–3,400.00	3,200	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	307.82/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,610	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	309.28/cwt	300.00–317.50	1,154	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	255.22/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,335	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	474	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	1,545	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	236.22/cwt	230.00–242.00	1,472	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	630	262.77/cwt	250.00–266.00	1,655	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	542	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,355	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	1,228	2,420.77/head	2,200.00–2,600.00	2,421	28
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,165	1,914.59/head	1,700.00–2,100.00	1,915	28
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,075	2,811.63/head	2,550.00–3,000.00	2,812	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	527	302.55/cwt	290.00–310.00	1,594	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	456	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,304	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	300–350	317	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,054	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	414	306.48/cwt	305.00–308.00	1,269	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,025	108.85/cwt	103.00–113.00	1,116	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,025	116.10/cwt	112.00–119.00	1,190	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,025	117.56/cwt	112.00–121.50	1,205	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,300	121.23/cwt	118.00–124.00	1,576	8
Bulls	—	—	1,648	146.83/cwt	143.00–150.00	2,420	6
Bulls	—	—	1,273	139.72/cwt	135.00–143.00	1,779	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	255	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,135	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	405.35/cwt	400.00–410.00	1,309	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	383.56/cwt	365.00–400.00	1,431	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	324.36/cwt	315.00–332.50	1,048	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	298.83/cwt	290.00–307.00	1,712	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	257.77/cwt	250.00–265.00	1,606	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	325.24/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,538	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	299.48/cwt	290.00–308.00	1,267	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	222.75/cwt	215.00–230.00	1,499	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	278.38/cwt	270.00–286.00	1,317	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	330.60/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,233	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	292.82/cwt	285.00–300.00	1,531	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	418	347.86/cwt	330.00–365.00	1,454	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	305.24/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,444	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	317.90/cwt	310.00–325.00	1,345	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	235.17/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,583	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	276.76/cwt	270.00–283.00	1,586	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	341.06/cwt	330.00–351.00	1,443	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	800	99.89/cwt	97.50–102.00	799	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	300–350	310	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,256	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	560	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,719	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	350–400	371	304.03/cwt	290.00–317.50	1,128	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	559	249.38/cwt	246.00–252.00	1,394	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	350–400	364	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,347	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 Dec 9, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,126Last week 1,251Year ago 1,256

Slaughter CattleReceipts 95Last week 242Year ago 417

Replacement CattleReceipts 323Last week 290Year ago 312

Compared to last weeks sale feeder steers and heifers over 450lbs sold steady. under 450lbs sold mixed. slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold steady.

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	22	—	913	2,700.00–3,000.00	2,864.38
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	28	—	1,228	2,200.00–2,600.00	2,420.77
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	28	—	1,165	1,700.00–2,100.00	1,914.59
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	12	—	1,125	2,950.00–3,400.00	3,200.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	14	—	1,075	2,550.00–3,000.00	2,811.63

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	323	315.00–332.50	324.36
8	350–400	373	300.00–317.50	309.28
10	400–450	423	290.00–308.00	299.48
10	450–500	473	270.00–286.00	278.38
4	500–550	523	250.00–260.00	255.22
22	550–600	573	240.00–252.00	246.24
6	600–650	623	230.00–242.00	236.22
4	650–700	673	215.00–230.00	222.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	317	332.50	332.50
6	350–400	371	290.00–317.50	304.03
8	400–450	414	305.00–308.00	306.48
5	450–500	456	286.00	286.00
2	500–550	542	250.00	250.00
22	550–600	559	246.00–252.00	249.38
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	255	445.00	445.00
8	300–350	323	400.00–410.00	405.35
14	350–400	373	365.00–400.00	383.56
24	400–450	423	330.00–351.00	341.06
28	450–500	473	320.00–330.00	325.24
22	500–550	523	300.00–315.00	307.82
12	550–600	573	290.00–307.00	298.83
20	600–650	623	250.00–265.00	257.77
4	650–700	673	230.00–240.00	235.17
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	310	405.00	405.00
8	350–400	364	370.00	370.00
18	400–450	418	330.00–365.00	347.86
20	450–500	474	326.00	326.00
21	500–550	527	290.00–310.00	302.55
3	550–600	560	307.00	307.00
17	600–650	630	250.00–266.00	262.77
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	373	320.00–340.00	330.60
6	400–450	423	310.00–325.00	317.90
4	450–500	473	300.00–310.00	305.24
6	500–550	523	285.00–300.00	292.82
6	550–600	573	270.00–283.00	276.76

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,025	103.00–113.00	108.85
6	—	800	97.50–102.00	99.89
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,025	112.00–119.00	116.10
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,025	112.00–121.50	117.56
8	—	1,300	118.00–124.00	121.23
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,648	143.00–150.00	146.83
10	—	1,273	135.00–143.00	139.72

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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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

Replacement Cattle

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle