Name: Tadlock Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-04-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks. Feeder steers and heifers sold $3.00-$20.00 lower, slaughter cow sold $6.00-$10.00 lower, and slaughter bulls sold $4.00-$10.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $395.17/cwt on 113 head, down $16.36 from the prior sale. That ranks 16 of 32 comparable sales and sits −1.23 against this barn's trailing median of $396.40.

Average price

$395.17

▼ 16.36 vs prior sale

113 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,134

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$106

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

$20.22/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.82

vs MS average

−27.00 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	540	403.40	2,177	67
Medium and Large 1	540	383.18	2,071	46

One grade step is worth $20.22/cwt here — about $106 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

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 sale113 hd

395.17

—

MS average13 barns · 303 hd

401.99

−6.82

National average167 barns · 11,519 hd

422.17

−27.00

This barn, trailing median32 sales

396.40

−1.23

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	1,685	207.39	3,495	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,256	182.48	2,292	40
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	837	166.40	1,393	38

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)	1,158	$3,188	44
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,200	$2,398	20
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,288	$6,534	4thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,328	$4,584	48
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,075	$3,649	40

Every lot, as filed

49 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 1-2Value Added	850–900	860	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,941	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	766	346.65/cwt	337.50–350.00	2,655	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	740	362.72/cwt	362.00–363.50	2,684	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	428	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,140	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	601	428.42/cwt	425.00–430.00	2,575	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	438.04/cwt	425.00–450.00	2,291	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	361.80/cwt	360.00–363.50	2,616	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	555.91/cwt	540.00–570.00	2,074	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	528	446.90/cwt	410.00–500.00	2,360	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	483	485.27/cwt	480.00–495.00	2,344	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	660	405.62/cwt	352.50–412.50	2,677	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	616.05/cwt	600.00–630.00	1,990	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	613	415.31/cwt	400.00–430.00	2,546	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	480.95/cwt	460.00–500.00	2,275	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	508.43/cwt	490.00–525.00	2,151	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	390.33/cwt	380.00–400.00	2,627	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	343.93/cwt	337.50–350.00	2,659	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	529	412.60/cwt	383.00–440.00	2,183	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	588	361.24/cwt	350.00–377.50	2,124	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	634	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,092	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	443	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,060	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	734	331.44/cwt	325.00–335.00	2,433	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	434.15/cwt	417.00–450.00	2,488	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	393.25/cwt	375.00–410.00	2,057	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	350–400	389	475.50/cwt	475.50–475.50	1,850	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	321.32/cwt	310.00–332.00	2,484	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	478	430.33/cwt	395.00–459.00	2,057	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	767	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,550	35
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,195	3,321.34/head	2,700.00–3,800.00	3,321	40
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	2,397.92/head	2,100.00–2,650.00	2,398	20
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,288	6,533.98/head	6,000.00–7,000.00	6,534	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,075	3,648.84/head	3,300.00–3,900.00	3,649	40
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,328	4,583.62/head	4,200.00–4,900.00	4,584	48
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	785	1,853.03/head	1,550.00–2,100.00	1,853	4
Bulls	—	—	1,598	207.87/cwt	202.00–212.00	3,322	6
Bulls	—	—	1,978	220.21/cwt	215.00–225.00	4,356	4
Bulls	—	—	1,523	193.85/cwt	190.00–197.00	2,952	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,575	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	3,040	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,200	180.62/cwt	175.00–184.00	2,167	34
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	850	170.36/cwt	165.00–174.00	1,448	28
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	800	155.31/cwt	150.00–160.00	1,242	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	843	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	2,344	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	584	423.25/cwt	417.50–450.00	2,472	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	435.95/cwt	415.00–455.00	2,062	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	349.92/cwt	337.00–362.00	2,355	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	483.43/cwt	465.00–500.00	2,045	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	364.29/cwt	350.00–377.50	2,087	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	683	359.41/cwt	337.50–362.50	2,455	93
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	330.16/cwt	325.00–335.00	2,387	20

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 Apr 20, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,443Last week 1,155Year ago 873

Slaughter CattleReceipts 198Last week 175Year ago 130

Replacement CattleReceipts 419Last week 544Year ago 176

Compared to last weeks. Feeder steers and heifers sold $3.00-$20.00 lower, slaughter cow sold $6.00-$10.00 lower, and slaughter bulls sold $4.00-$10.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	428	500.00	500.00
23	450–500	483	480.00–495.00	485.27
16	500–550	528	410.00–500.00	446.90
27	550–600	584	417.50–450.00	423.25
19	600–650	601	425.00–430.00	428.42
54	650–700	660	352.50–412.50	405.62
44	700–750	740	362.00–363.50	362.72
11	750–800	766	337.50–350.00	346.65
5	800–850	843	278.00	278.00
26	850–900	860	342.00	342.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	323	600.00–630.00	616.05
8	350–400	373	540.00–570.00	555.91
10	400–450	423	490.00–525.00	508.43
28	450–500	473	460.00–500.00	480.95
20	500–550	523	425.00–450.00	438.04
28	550–600	573	417.00–450.00	434.15
20	600–650	613	400.00–430.00	415.31
16	650–700	673	380.00–400.00	390.33
46	700–750	723	360.00–363.50	361.80
12	750–800	773	337.50–350.00	343.93
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	389	475.50	475.50
13	400–450	443	465.00	465.00
22	450–500	478	395.00–459.00	430.33
55	500–550	529	383.00–440.00	412.60
12	550–600	588	350.00–377.50	361.24
4	600–650	634	330.00	330.00
93	650–700	683	337.50–362.50	359.41
11	700–750	734	325.00–335.00	331.44
35	750–800	767	332.50	332.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
28	400–450	423	465.00–500.00	483.43
16	450–500	473	415.00–455.00	435.95
30	500–550	523	375.00–410.00	393.25
16	550–600	573	350.00–377.50	364.29
40	650–700	673	337.00–362.00	349.92
20	700–750	723	325.00–335.00	330.16
30	750–800	773	310.00–332.00	321.32

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
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	40	—	1,195	2,700.00–3,800.00	3,321.34
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	20	—	1,200	2,100.00–2,650.00	2,397.92
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	—	785	1,550.00–2,100.00	1,853.03
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,288	6,000.00–7,000.00	6,533.98
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	40	—	1,075	3,300.00–3,900.00	3,648.84
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	48	—	1,328	4,200.00–4,900.00	4,583.62

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,598	202.00–212.00	207.87
4	—	1,978	215.00–225.00	220.21
4	—	1,523	190.00–197.00	193.85
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,575	193.00	193.00
34	—	1,200	175.00–184.00	180.62
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	850	165.00–174.00	170.36
10	—	800	150.00–160.00	155.31

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

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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