Name: Tadlock Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-03-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale feeder steers and feeder heifers sold steady. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls also sold steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $406.13/cwt on 35 head, down $38.03 from the prior sale. That ranks 24 of 31 comparable sales and sits +8.50 against this barn's trailing median of $397.64.

Average price

$406.13

▼ 38.03 vs prior sale

35 head · 535 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,174

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$78

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

$4.36/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+19.12

vs MS average

−7.65 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	523	408.25	2,135	18thin
Medium and Large 1-2	548	403.89	2,214	17thin

One grade step is worth $4.36/cwt here — about −$78 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale35 hd

406.13

—

MS average14 barns · 191 hd

387.02

+19.12

National average182 barns · 10,991 hd

413.78

−7.65

This barn, trailing median31 sales

397.64

+8.50

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	1,534	198.32	3,042	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,100	173.66	1,910	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,025	172.85	1,772	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	806	143.10	1,153	9thin

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)	1,150	$3,765	16
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,025	$2,868	24
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,000	$2,320	12
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,138	$4,779	24
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,150	$4,083	20

Every lot, as filed

43 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	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	422.82/cwt	415.00–430.00	2,211	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	425.20/cwt	420.00–430.00	2,436	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	490.60/cwt	480.00–500.00	1,830	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	463	461.75/cwt	430.00–480.00	2,138	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	415	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,930	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	460.95/cwt	440.00–480.00	2,180	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	598.37/cwt	585.00–610.00	1,933	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	345.70/cwt	338.50–352.50	2,672	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	573	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,693	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	500	466.13/cwt	450.00–475.00	2,331	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	823	360.14/cwt	355.00–365.00	2,964	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	412.95/cwt	400.00–425.00	2,573	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	523.17/cwt	510.00–535.00	2,213	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	462	512.49/cwt	505.00–525.00	2,368	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	770	346.27/cwt	338.50–352.00	2,666	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	484	523.44/cwt	500.00–530.00	2,533	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	273	621.65/cwt	600.00–640.00	1,697	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	472.90/cwt	465.00–480.00	2,000	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	680	343.20/cwt	337.00–365.00	2,334	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	518	431.12/cwt	390.00–457.50	2,233	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	591	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,157	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	605	420.02/cwt	415.00–425.00	2,541	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	448.38/cwt	425.00–470.00	2,569	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	348.88/cwt	337.00–360.00	2,348	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	530.70/cwt	520.00–540.00	1,714	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	408.25/cwt	390.00–425.00	2,135	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	375.54/cwt	360.00–390.00	2,340	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	480.86/cwt	460.00–500.00	2,515	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	350–400	392	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,940	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	2,320.00/head	2,100.00–2,500.00	2,320	12
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,025	2,868.29/head	2,400.00–3,200.00	2,868	24
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	1,138	4,778.57/head	4,350.00–5,100.00	4,779	24
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,150	4,082.61/head	3,800.00–4,300.00	4,083	20
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	1,150	3,765.22/head	3,400.00–4,000.00	3,765	16
Bulls	—	—	1,665	208.56/cwt	203.75–213.00	3,473	4
Bulls	—	—	1,503	194.10/cwt	190.00–198.00	2,917	4
Bulls	—	—	1,333	186.26/cwt	184.00–189.00	2,483	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	783	143.34/cwt	139.00–151.00	1,122	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	713	131.45/cwt	127.50–135.00	937	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,025	171.93/cwt	169.00–174.00	1,762	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,325	178.83/cwt	175.00–182.00	2,369	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,025	172.85/cwt	167.00–177.00	1,772	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,025	166.05/cwt	164.00–167.50	1,702	2

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 Mar 9, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 625Last week 938Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 53Last week 78Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 253Last week 388Year ago 0

Compared to last weeks sale feeder steers and feeder heifers sold steady. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls also sold steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	523	415.00–430.00	422.82
4	550–600	573	420.00–430.00	425.20
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	323	520.00–540.00	530.70
10	350–400	373	480.00–500.00	490.60
8	400–450	423	465.00–480.00	472.90
36	450–500	473	440.00–480.00	460.95
18	500–550	523	390.00–425.00	408.25
4	600–650	623	360.00–390.00	375.54
16	650–700	673	337.00–360.00	348.88
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	392	495.00	495.00
3	400–450	415	465.00	465.00
28	450–500	463	430.00–480.00	461.75
10	500–550	518	390.00–457.50	431.12
7	550–600	591	365.00	365.00
13	650–700	680	337.00–365.00	343.20
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	273	600.00–640.00	621.65
4	300–350	323	585.00–610.00	598.37
6	400–450	423	510.00–535.00	523.17
34	450–500	484	500.00–530.00	523.44
26	500–550	523	460.00–500.00	480.86
6	550–600	573	425.00–470.00	448.38
8	600–650	623	400.00–425.00	412.95
8	750–800	773	338.50–352.50	345.70
4	800–850	823	355.00–365.00	360.14
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
13	450–500	462	505.00–525.00	512.49
19	500–550	500	450.00–475.00	466.13
2	550–600	573	470.00	470.00
4	600–650	605	415.00–425.00	420.02
7	750–800	770	338.50–352.00	346.27

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)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	12	—	1,000	2,100.00–2,500.00	2,320.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	24	—	1,025	2,400.00–3,200.00	2,868.29
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	16	—	1,150	3,400.00–4,000.00	3,765.22
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	24	—	1,138	4,350.00–5,100.00	4,778.57
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	20	—	1,150	3,800.00–4,300.00	4,082.61

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,665	203.75–213.00	208.56
4	—	1,503	190.00–198.00	194.10
2	—	1,333	184.00–189.00	186.26
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	783	139.00–151.00	143.34
4	—	713	127.50–135.00	131.45
2	—	1,025	164.00–167.50	166.05
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,025	169.00–174.00	171.93
4	—	1,325	175.00–182.00	178.83
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,025	167.00–177.00	172.85

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

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle