Name: Tadlock Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-01-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale feeder steers and heifers sold 10-30 higher, slaughter cows sold 8-20 Higher, and slaughter bulls sold 8-10 Higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $257.45/cwt on 41 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −140.19 against this barn's trailing median of $397.64.

Average price

$257.45

41 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,400

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$14

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

$7.53/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.78

vs MS average

−46.58 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	537	261.86	1,407	17thin
Medium and Large 1	548	254.32	1,394	24

One grade step is worth $7.53/cwt here — about $14 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

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 sale41 hd

257.45

—

MS average13 barns · 278 hd

260.23

−2.78

National average192 barns · 30,803 hd

304.03

−46.58

This barn, trailing median31 sales

397.64

−140.19

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	—	High	1,613	154.07	2,485	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,212	145.41	1,762	30
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,025	135.85	1,392	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,025	121.76	1,248	6thin

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)	1,483	$2,631	10
Bred Cows	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,043	$1,945	24
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,125	$2,820	16

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	—	—	1,823	173.22/cwt	170.00–176.00	3,158	2
Bulls	—	—	1,508	144.50/cwt	141.00–147.00	2,179	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,025	139.44/cwt	133.00–144.00	1,429	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,375	150.64/cwt	145.00–155.00	2,071	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,025	135.85/cwt	130.00–140.00	1,392	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,025	121.76/cwt	120.00–123.00	1,248	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	421	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,642	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,125	2,820.00/head	2,500.00–3,100.00	2,820	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	345.48/cwt	335.00–355.00	1,634	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	497	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,566	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	563	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,447	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	650	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,599	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	691	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,804	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	603	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,734	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	410.60/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,532	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	321.95/cwt	313.00–330.00	1,362	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	532	262.90/cwt	253.00–270.00	1,399	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	283.89/cwt	280.00–287.50	1,769	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	273	452.71/cwt	450.00–455.00	1,236	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	265.17/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,785	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	325.91/cwt	310.00–340.00	1,216	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	315.22/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,649	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	500	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,600	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	405.80/cwt	390.00–420.00	1,717	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	263.78/cwt	257.00–270.00	1,380	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	436.05/cwt	420.00–450.00	1,408	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	748	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,930	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	244.87/cwt	235.00–254.00	1,403	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	239.48/cwt	232.50–246.00	1,612	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	302.47/cwt	290.00–314.00	1,733	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	306.55/cwt	300.00–312.50	1,450	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	408.02/cwt	400.00–415.00	1,318	6
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,483	2,631.37/head	2,400.00–2,800.00	2,631	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	350–400	393	310.00/cwt	305.00–315.00	1,218	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	458	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,374	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	575	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,806	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	413	319.22/cwt	313.00–322.50	1,318	12
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,043	1,945.32/head	1,600.00–2,200.00	1,945	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 Jan 13, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 653Last week 896Year ago 1,210

Slaughter CattleReceipts 73Last week 85Year ago 296

Replacement CattleReceipts 153Last week 231Year ago 162

Compared to last weeks sale feeder steers and heifers sold 10-30 higher, slaughter cows sold 8-20 Higher, and slaughter bulls sold 8-10 Higher.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,823	170.00–176.00	173.22
4	—	1,508	141.00–147.00	144.50
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,025	133.00–144.00	139.44
16	—	1,375	145.00–155.00	150.64
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,025	130.00–140.00	135.85
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,025	120.00–123.00	121.76

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
8	400–450	421	390.00	390.00
3	450–500	497	315.00	315.00
4	500–550	500	320.00	320.00
10	550–600	575	314.00	314.00
2	600–650	603	287.50	287.50
4	650–700	691	261.00	261.00
18	700–750	748	258.00	258.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	273	450.00–455.00	452.71
10	300–350	323	420.00–450.00	436.05
4	350–400	373	400.00–420.00	410.60
12	400–450	423	390.00–420.00	405.80
6	450–500	473	335.00–355.00	345.48
14	500–550	523	310.00–320.00	315.22
14	550–600	573	290.00–314.00	302.47
6	600–650	623	280.00–287.50	283.89
6	650–700	673	260.00–270.00	265.17
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	393	305.00–315.00	310.00
12	400–450	413	313.00–322.50	319.22
3	450–500	458	300.00	300.00
14	500–550	532	253.00–270.00	262.90
3	550–600	563	257.00	257.00
17	650–700	650	246.00	246.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	323	400.00–415.00	408.02
10	350–400	373	310.00–340.00	325.91
20	400–450	423	313.00–330.00	321.95
8	450–500	473	300.00–312.50	306.55
12	500–550	523	257.00–270.00	263.78
12	550–600	573	235.00–254.00	244.87
20	650–700	673	232.50–246.00	239.48

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
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	16	—	1,125	2,500.00–3,100.00	2,820.00
Bred Cows — Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	10	—	1,483	2,400.00–2,800.00	2,631.37
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	24	—	1,043	1,600.00–2,200.00	1,945.32

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

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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