Name: Tadlock Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-02-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago feeder steers and heifers sold $20.00-$25.00 higher, slaughter cows sold $10.00-$20.00 higher, and slaughter bulls sold $10.00-$15.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $490.30/cwt on 90 head, up $52.44 from the prior sale. That ranks 29 of 29 comparable sales and sits +54.48 against this barn's trailing median of $435.82.

Average price

$490.30

▲ 52.44 vs prior sale

90 head · 536 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,630

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$96

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

$16.22/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+20.35

vs MS average

+7.27 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	498.95	2,682	42
Medium and Large 1	536	482.73	2,585	48

One grade step is worth $16.22/cwt here — about $96 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale90 hd

490.30

—

MS average7 barns · 127 hd

469.95

+20.35

National average143 barns · 13,122 hd

483.03

+7.27

This barn, trailing median29 sales

435.82

+54.48

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	1,643	203.98	3,350	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,282	182.77	2,343	28
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,025	170.85	1,751	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,025	165.68	1,698	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/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,100	$2,878	48
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,050	$2,943	16
Stock Cows	Open	(<2 yrs)	650	$2,308	12

Every lot, as filed

40 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	650–700	673	348.61/cwt	337.50–359.00	2,346	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	521.21/cwt	500.00–540.00	1,944	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	640	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,160	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	478.70/cwt	455.00–500.00	2,025	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	492	402.00/cwt	402.00–402.00	1,978	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	402.99/cwt	390.00–415.00	2,309	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	425	606.77/cwt	600.00–610.00	2,579	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	526	515.84/cwt	514.00–522.00	2,713	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	627.44/cwt	590.00–660.00	2,027	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	273	646.24/cwt	630.00–660.00	1,764	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	817	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,655	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	491.60/cwt	460.00–520.00	2,079	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	350–400	371	567.70/cwt	540.00–615.00	2,106	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	586	427.19/cwt	410.00–445.00	2,503	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	677	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	2,430	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	300–350	312	537.86/cwt	535.00–540.00	1,678	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	484	492.50/cwt	492.50–492.50	2,384	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	673	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	2,699	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	502.52/cwt	490.00–514.00	2,628	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	223	709.55/cwt	660.00–750.00	1,582	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	510	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,576	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	564	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,256	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	480.95/cwt	460.00–500.00	2,275	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	423.38/cwt	400.00–445.00	2,426	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	410.86/cwt	390.00–430.00	2,149	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	413	485.01/cwt	410.00–500.00	2,003	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	416.67/cwt	402.00–430.00	1,971	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	530.70/cwt	520.00–540.00	1,714	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	330.16/cwt	325.00–335.00	2,387	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	596.21/cwt	575.00–615.00	2,224	16
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	2,942.86/head	2,600.00–3,200.00	2,943	16
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	800	2,025.00/head	1,800.00–2,200.00	2,025	12
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	3,162.50/head	2,600.00–3,500.00	3,163	36
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	650	2,307.69/head	2,200.00–2,400.00	2,308	12
Bulls	—	—	1,495	195.89/cwt	190.00–201.00	2,929	6
Bulls	—	—	1,790	212.08/cwt	204.00–218.00	3,796	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,025	176.98/cwt	172.00–180.50	1,814	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,625	190.49/cwt	184.50–194.00	3,095	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,025	170.85/cwt	165.00–175.00	1,751	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,025	165.68/cwt	161.00–169.00	1,698	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 Feb 2, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 693Last week 716Year ago 1,179

Slaughter CattleReceipts 83Last week 93Year ago 161

Replacement CattleReceipts 179Last week 346Year ago 250

Compared to two weeks ago feeder steers and heifers sold $20.00-$25.00 higher, slaughter cows sold $10.00-$20.00 higher, and slaughter bulls sold $10.00-$15.00 higher.

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	520.00–540.00	530.70
6	350–400	373	500.00–540.00	521.21
22	400–450	423	455.00–500.00	478.70
16	450–500	473	402.00–430.00	416.67
10	500–550	523	390.00–430.00	410.86
8	550–600	573	390.00–415.00	402.99
20	650–700	673	337.50–359.00	348.61
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	312	535.00–540.00	537.86
15	400–450	413	410.00–500.00	485.01
10	450–500	492	402.00	402.00
4	500–550	510	505.00	505.00
5	550–600	564	400.00	400.00
2	600–650	640	337.50	337.50
16	650–700	677	359.00	359.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	371	540.00–615.00	567.70
32	400–450	425	600.00–610.00	606.77
7	450–500	484	492.50	492.50
34	500–550	526	514.00–522.00	515.84
8	550–600	586	410.00–445.00	427.19
3	650–700	673	401.00	401.00
6	800–850	817	325.00	325.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	223	660.00–750.00	709.55
6	250–300	273	630.00–660.00	646.24
4	300–350	323	590.00–660.00	627.44
16	350–400	373	575.00–615.00	596.21
40	400–450	423	460.00–520.00	491.60
8	450–500	473	460.00–500.00	480.95
36	500–550	523	490.00–514.00	502.52
12	550–600	573	400.00–445.00	423.38
4	700–750	723	325.00–335.00	330.16

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	—	1,050	2,600.00–3,200.00	2,942.86
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	12	—	800	1,800.00–2,200.00	2,025.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	36	—	1,200	2,600.00–3,500.00	3,162.50
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	12	—	650	2,200.00–2,400.00	2,307.69

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,495	190.00–201.00	195.89
6	—	1,790	204.00–218.00	212.08
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,025	172.00–180.50	176.98
12	—	1,625	184.50–194.00	190.49
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,025	165.00–175.00	170.85
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,025	161.00–169.00	165.68

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

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

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