Name: Tadlock Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-02-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale, feeder steers and feeder heifers sold 10-30 higher. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $289.04/cwt on 47 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −107.36 against this barn's trailing median of $396.40.

Average price

$289.04

47 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,618

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$19

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

$1.57/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+18.74

vs MS average

−17.97 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	289.61	1,611	30
Medium and Large 1-2	566	288.04	1,630	17thin

One grade step is worth $1.57/cwt here — about −$19 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

32 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $444.17, low $321.78, median $396.40 across 32 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 sale47 hd

289.04

—

MS average11 barns · 174 hd

270.30

+18.74

National average189 barns · 18,586 hd

307.01

−17.97

This barn, trailing median32 sales

396.40

−107.36

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	1,572	168.93	2,656	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,124	148.78	1,672	32
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,025	140.44	1,440	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,025	140.06	1,436	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/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,248	$2,300	30
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	948	$1,429	4thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	965	$2,218	12
Stock Cows	Open	(<2 yrs)	763	$1,920	8

Every lot, as filed

37 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	—	—	1,958	184.02/cwt	183.00–185.00	3,603	2
Bulls	—	—	1,578	155.90/cwt	150.00–159.00	2,460	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,025	140.06/cwt	134.50–144.00	1,436	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,025	145.85/cwt	140.00–150.00	1,495	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,288	153.67/cwt	151.00–156.00	1,979	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,025	140.44/cwt	134.00–145.00	1,440	8
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	948	1,429.16/head	1,350.00–1,500.00	1,429	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	401	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,393	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	410	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	1,587	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	613	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,900	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,248	2,299.60/head	2,000.00–2,500.00	2,300	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	489	332.62/cwt	324.00–334.75	1,627	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	698	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,902	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	275.39/cwt	265.00–285.00	1,578	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	365.43/cwt	355.00–375.00	1,911	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	302.77/cwt	295.00–310.00	1,886	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	276.13/cwt	272.00–280.00	1,858	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	539	356.55/cwt	355.00–357.00	1,922	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	300–350	320	472.00/cwt	472.00–472.00	1,510	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	463.37/cwt	450.00–475.00	1,497	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	273.98/cwt	267.50–280.00	1,707	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	370.30/cwt	365.00–375.00	1,381	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	445.60/cwt	435.00–455.00	1,662	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	318.04/cwt	305.00–330.00	1,663	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	341.58/cwt	335.00–347.50	1,445	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	562	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	1,978	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	390.48/cwt	380.00–400.00	1,847	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	273	505.41/cwt	500.00–510.00	1,380	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	223	505.51/cwt	500.00–510.00	1,127	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	415.80/cwt	400.00–430.00	1,759	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	327.73/cwt	320.00–334.75	1,550	30
Bulls	—	—	1,440	172.58/cwt	168.00–176.00	2,485	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	664	279.17/cwt	274.00–295.00	1,854	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	583	275.74/cwt	265.00–295.00	1,608	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	510	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	1,673	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	965	2,217.62/head	2,000.00–2,400.00	2,218	12
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	763	1,919.84/head	1,610.00–2,150.00	1,920	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 Feb 24, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 681Last week 339Year ago 1,054

Slaughter CattleReceipts 83Last week 67Year ago 200

Replacement CattleReceipts 121Last week 135Year ago 462

Compared to last weeks sale, feeder steers and feeder heifers sold 10-30 higher. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold steady.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,958	183.00–185.00	184.02
4	—	1,578	150.00–159.00	155.90
6	—	1,440	168.00–176.00	172.58
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,025	134.50–144.00	140.06
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,025	140.00–150.00	145.85
12	—	1,288	151.00–156.00	153.67
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,025	134.00–145.00	140.44

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	948	1,350.00–1,500.00	1,429.16
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	30	—	1,248	2,000.00–2,500.00	2,299.60
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	12	—	965	2,000.00–2,400.00	2,217.62
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	8	—	763	1,610.00–2,150.00	1,919.84

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	320	472.00	472.00
5	400–450	401	347.50	347.50
24	450–500	489	324.00–334.75	332.62
4	500–550	510	328.00	328.00
13	550–600	583	265.00–295.00	275.74
3	650–700	698	272.50	272.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	373	365.00–375.00	370.30
10	400–450	423	335.00–347.50	341.58
30	450–500	473	320.00–334.75	327.73
10	500–550	523	305.00–330.00	318.04
20	550–600	573	265.00–285.00	275.39
4	600–650	623	267.50–280.00	273.98
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	410	387.00	387.00
9	500–550	539	355.00–357.00	356.55
3	550–600	562	352.00	352.00
6	600–650	613	310.00	310.00
8	650–700	664	274.00–295.00	279.17
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	200–250	223	500.00–510.00	505.51
4	250–300	273	500.00–510.00	505.41
4	300–350	323	450.00–475.00	463.37
10	350–400	373	435.00–455.00	445.60
10	400–450	423	400.00–430.00	415.80
4	450–500	473	380.00–400.00	390.48
16	500–550	523	355.00–375.00	365.43
8	600–650	623	295.00–310.00	302.77
8	650–700	673	272.00–280.00	276.13

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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Replacement Cattle

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