Name: Tadlock Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-05-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale. Feeder steers and heifers sold steady to 10 higher. Slaughter cows sold 2 to 6 higher, and slaughter bulls sold steady to 2 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $360.17/cwt on 44 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −75.66 against this barn's trailing median of $435.82.

Average price

$360.17

44 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,942

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$75

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

$25.52/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.69

vs MS average

−24.43 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	529	375.25	1,985	18thin
Medium and Large 1	546	349.73	1,910	26

One grade step is worth $25.52/cwt here — about $75 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

29 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $494.35, low $363.78, median $435.82 across 29 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 sale44 hd

360.17

—

MS average12 barns · 282 hd

356.47

+3.69

National average159 barns · 12,107 hd

384.60

−24.43

This barn, trailing median29 sales

435.82

−75.66

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	1,712	181.12	3,100	24
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,214	162.68	1,975	50
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,025	156.85	1,608	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	993	151.00	1,499	14

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)	1,152	$2,554	26
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,200	$3,271	36
Stock Cows	Open	(<2 yrs)	725	$2,234	10

Every lot, as filed

50 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	400–450	423	365.53/cwt	355.00–375.00	1,546	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	290.44/cwt	275.00–305.00	2,245	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	325.18/cwt	320.00–330.00	2,026	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	405.91/cwt	390.00–420.00	1,514	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	464	349.14/cwt	340.00–375.00	1,620	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	307.75/cwt	300.00–315.00	2,071	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	273	538.53/cwt	525.00–550.00	1,470	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	223	538.76/cwt	525.00–550.00	1,201	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	392.90/cwt	385.00–400.00	1,662	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	416.05/cwt	400.00–430.00	1,344	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	427.90/cwt	420.00–435.00	1,810	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	455.91/cwt	440.00–470.00	1,701	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	290.47/cwt	275.00–305.00	2,100	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	1,325	3,069.81/head	2,700.00–3,400.00	3,070	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	3,270.83/head	3,000.00–3,500.00	3,271	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	340.20/cwt	335.00–345.00	1,949	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	290.17/cwt	285.00–295.00	1,953	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	358.33/cwt	340.00–375.00	1,695	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	337.82/cwt	330.00–345.00	1,767	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	800	142.66/cwt	140.00–145.00	1,141	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,025	156.85/cwt	151.00–161.00	1,608	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,025	152.39/cwt	148.00–155.50	1,562	12
Bulls	—	—	1,843	185.90/cwt	180.00–190.50	3,426	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,025	157.85/cwt	152.00–162.00	1,618	22
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,363	166.48/cwt	162.00–170.00	2,269	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	357.89/cwt	342.50–372.00	1,872	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	669	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,974	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	531.05/cwt	515.00–545.00	1,715	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	290.18/cwt	285.00–295.00	1,808	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	700	255.00/cwt	250.00–265.00	1,785	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	350–400	394	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,734	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	693	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,079	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	576	355.94/cwt	340.00–367.00	2,050	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	500	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,650	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	389.40/cwt	375.00–402.50	1,842	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	433	364.92/cwt	355.00–370.00	1,580	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	416	421.40/cwt	420.00–425.00	1,753	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	615	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,030	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	257.73/cwt	250.00–265.00	1,863	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	900–950	909	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,318	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	317.99/cwt	305.00–330.00	1,822	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	465	386.20/cwt	380.00–402.50	1,796	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	511	382.67/cwt	372.00–400.00	1,955	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	757	293.21/cwt	270.00–305.00	2,220	6
Bulls	—	—	1,580	176.34/cwt	170.00–180.00	2,786	12
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	2,398.86/head	2,200.00–2,550.00	2,399	20
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	2,234.48/head	2,000.00–2,400.00	2,234	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	362.86/cwt	355.00–370.00	1,716	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	327.79/cwt	320.00–335.00	1,878	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	345.22/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,806	10

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 May 12, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 681Last week 1,042Year ago 680

Slaughter CattleReceipts 195Last week 113Year ago 119

Replacement CattleReceipts 210Last week 256Year ago 201

Compared to last weeks sale. Feeder steers and heifers sold steady to 10 higher. Slaughter cows sold 2 to 6 higher, and slaughter bulls sold steady to 2 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	323	400.00–430.00	416.05
4	350–400	373	390.00–420.00	405.91
6	400–450	423	355.00–375.00	365.53
8	450–500	473	340.00–375.00	358.33
8	500–550	523	330.00–345.00	337.82
4	550–600	573	305.00–330.00	317.99
4	600–650	623	285.00–295.00	290.18
4	650–700	673	285.00–295.00	290.17
6	700–750	723	250.00–265.00	257.73
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	433	355.00–370.00	364.92
19	450–500	464	340.00–375.00	349.14
5	500–550	500	330.00	330.00
5	650–700	669	295.00	295.00
6	700–750	700	250.00–265.00	255.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	223	525.00–550.00	538.76
4	250–300	273	525.00–550.00	538.53
8	300–350	323	515.00–545.00	531.05
12	350–400	373	440.00–470.00	455.91
12	400–450	423	420.00–435.00	427.90
16	450–500	473	375.00–402.50	389.40
14	500–550	523	342.50–372.00	357.89
12	550–600	573	335.00–345.00	340.20
2	600–650	623	320.00–330.00	325.18
10	650–700	673	300.00–315.00	307.75
4	700–750	723	275.00–305.00	290.47
4	750–800	773	275.00–305.00	290.44
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	394	440.00	440.00
7	400–450	416	420.00–425.00	421.40
11	450–500	465	380.00–402.50	386.20
13	500–550	511	372.00–400.00	382.67
5	550–600	576	340.00–367.00	355.94
5	600–650	615	330.00	330.00
4	650–700	693	300.00	300.00
6	750–800	757	270.00–305.00	293.21
8	900–950	909	255.00	255.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	423	385.00–400.00	392.90
4	450–500	473	355.00–370.00	362.86
10	500–550	523	340.00–350.00	345.22
6	550–600	573	320.00–335.00	327.79

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/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	—	1,325	2,700.00–3,400.00	3,069.81
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	20	—	1,100	2,200.00–2,550.00	2,398.86
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	36	—	1,200	3,000.00–3,500.00	3,270.83
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	10	—	725	2,000.00–2,400.00	2,234.48

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	800	140.00–145.00	142.66
12	—	1,025	148.00–155.50	152.39
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,025	151.00–161.00	156.85
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,025	152.00–162.00	157.85
28	—	1,363	162.00–170.00	166.48
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,843	180.00–190.50	185.90
12	—	1,580	170.00–180.00	176.34

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

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle