Name: Tadlock Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-07-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale: Feeder steers sold steady, feeder heifers sold steady- 5 higher, slaughter cows sold steady-5 higher, and slaughter bulls sold steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $351.26/cwt on 59 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −84.56 against this barn's trailing median of $435.82.

Average price

$351.26

59 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,914

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$33

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

$3.98/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.68

vs MS average

−24.48 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	547	353.55	1,934	25
Medium and Large 1	544	349.57	1,900	34

One grade step is worth $3.98/cwt here — about $33 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 sale59 hd

351.26

—

MS average13 barns · 292 hd

348.58

+2.68

National average142 barns · 5,388 hd

375.74

−24.48

This barn, trailing median29 sales

435.82

−84.56

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	1,650	201.57	3,326	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,108	170.43	1,889	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,025	163.85	1,679	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	969	154.50	1,497	16

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	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,198	$2,604	30
Bred Cows	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,088	$2,308	52
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,128	$3,216	16
Stock Cows	Open	(<2 yrs)	737	$2,425	122

Every lot, as filed

54 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	305.15/cwt	300.00–310.00	2,359	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	310.18/cwt	305.00–315.00	1,932	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	323.76/cwt	317.00–330.00	1,855	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	325.22/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,701	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	300.16/cwt	295.00–305.00	2,170	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	332.58/cwt	330.00–335.00	2,238	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	332.59/cwt	330.00–335.00	2,072	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	430.70/cwt	420.00–440.00	1,391	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	330.74/cwt	325.00–336.00	1,730	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	273	513.53/cwt	500.00–525.00	1,402	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	405.53/cwt	395.00–415.00	1,715	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	382.07/cwt	375.00–388.50	1,807	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	333.38/cwt	325.00–341.00	1,577	28
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	275.16/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,989	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	355.24/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,680	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	322.79/cwt	315.00–330.00	1,850	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	470.60/cwt	460.00–480.00	1,755	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	363.17/cwt	350.00–375.00	1,536	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	695	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,155	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	223	538.76/cwt	525.00–550.00	1,201	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	315.31/cwt	305.00–325.00	2,280	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,400	173.14/cwt	168.00–177.00	2,424	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,025	169.65/cwt	163.50–174.00	1,739	14
Bulls	—	—	1,768	210.71/cwt	207.00–214.00	3,725	8
Bulls	—	—	1,665	199.14/cwt	193.00–205.00	3,316	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	800	146.19/cwt	143.00–149.00	1,170	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,025	163.85/cwt	158.00–168.00	1,679	10
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,088	2,308.05/head	2,200.00–2,400.00	2,308	52
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	1,150	3,506.52/head	3,350.00–3,650.00	3,507	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,115	3,042.15/head	2,800.00–3,250.00	3,042	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	297.75/cwt	290.00–305.00	2,004	6
Bulls	—	—	1,400	185.71/cwt	180.00–190.00	2,600	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,025	157.27/cwt	152.00–161.00	1,612	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	576	334.86/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,929	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	590	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,947	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	300–350	320	632.00/cwt	632.00–632.00	2,022	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	466	339.83/cwt	337.50–341.00	1,584	21
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,198	2,603.65/head	2,350.00–2,800.00	2,604	30
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	737	2,425.29/head	2,150.00–2,650.00	2,425	122
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	426	412.56/cwt	400.00–415.00	1,758	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	689	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,136	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	660	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	2,204	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	622	319.85/cwt	317.00–324.00	1,989	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	511	336.42/cwt	323.00–345.00	1,719	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	463	387.83/cwt	384.00–389.00	1,796	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	725	314.84/cwt	305.00–320.00	2,283	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	520	370.81/cwt	355.00–378.00	1,928	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	600	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,872	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	357.82/cwt	350.00–365.00	1,871	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	337.79/cwt	330.00–345.00	1,936	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	500.35/cwt	495.00–505.00	1,616	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	372.65/cwt	370.00–375.00	1,390	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	350–400	369	471.77/cwt	445.00–495.00	1,741	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	273	470.83/cwt	460.00–480.00	1,285	6

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 Jul 21, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,425Last week 1,653Year ago 1,131

Slaughter CattleReceipts 112Last week 146Year ago 221

Replacement CattleReceipts 329Last week 180Year ago 94

Compared to last weeks sale: Feeder steers sold steady, feeder heifers sold steady- 5 higher, slaughter cows sold steady-5 higher, and slaughter bulls sold steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	200–250	223	525.00–550.00	538.76
4	250–300	273	500.00–525.00	513.53
4	300–350	323	495.00–505.00	500.35
14	350–400	373	460.00–480.00	470.60
18	400–450	423	395.00–415.00	405.53
40	450–500	473	375.00–388.50	382.07
20	500–550	523	350.00–365.00	357.82
14	550–600	573	330.00–345.00	337.79
8	600–650	623	330.00–335.00	332.59
4	650–700	673	330.00–335.00	332.58
14	700–750	723	305.00–325.00	315.31
2	750–800	773	300.00–310.00	305.15
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	369	445.00–495.00	471.77
12	400–450	426	400.00–415.00	412.56
33	450–500	463	384.00–389.00	387.83
13	500–550	520	355.00–378.00	370.81
12	550–600	576	330.00–340.00	334.86
2	650–700	660	334.00	334.00
12	700–750	725	305.00–320.00	314.84
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	473	350.00–360.00	355.24
4	500–550	523	320.00–330.00	325.22
6	550–600	573	317.00–330.00	323.76
6	600–650	623	305.00–315.00	310.18
6	650–700	673	290.00–305.00	297.75
12	700–750	723	270.00–280.00	275.16
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	273	460.00–480.00	470.83
4	300–350	323	420.00–440.00	430.70
4	350–400	373	370.00–375.00	372.65
4	400–450	423	350.00–375.00	363.17
28	450–500	473	325.00–341.00	333.38
32	500–550	523	325.00–336.00	330.74
14	550–600	573	315.00–330.00	322.79
12	600–650	600	312.00	312.00
3	650–700	695	310.00	310.00
4	700–750	723	295.00–305.00	300.16
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	320	632.00	632.00
21	450–500	466	337.50–341.00	339.83
24	500–550	511	323.00–345.00	336.42
3	550–600	590	330.00	330.00
15	600–650	622	317.00–324.00	319.85
4	650–700	689	310.00	310.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,400	168.00–177.00	173.14
14	—	1,025	163.50–174.00	169.65
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	800	143.00–149.00	146.19
12	—	1,025	152.00–161.00	157.27
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,025	158.00–168.00	163.85
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,768	207.00–214.00	210.71
4	—	1,665	193.00–205.00	199.14
4	—	1,400	180.00–190.00	185.71

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
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	52	—	1,088	2,200.00–2,400.00	2,308.05
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	30	—	1,198	2,350.00–2,800.00	2,603.65
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,150	3,350.00–3,650.00	3,506.52
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,115	2,800.00–3,250.00	3,042.15
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	122	—	737	2,150.00–2,650.00	2,425.29

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

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle