Name: Tadlock Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-05-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers and heifers sold steady. Slaughter cows sold steady to $10.00 higher and slaughter bulls sold steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $434.62/cwt on 131 head, down $10.95 from the prior sale. That ranks 14 of 29 comparable sales and sits −1.20 against this barn's trailing median of $435.82.

Average price

$434.62

▼ 10.95 vs prior sale

131 head · 565 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,456

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

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

$5.42/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.60

vs MS average

−39.86 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	562	437.07	2,456	72
Medium and Large 1-2	569	431.64	2,456	59

One grade step is worth $5.42/cwt here — about $0 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 sale131 hd

434.62

—

MS average13 barns · 372 hd

445.22

−10.60

National average171 barns · 13,387 hd

474.48

−39.86

This barn, trailing median29 sales

435.82

−1.20

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	1,571	211.41	3,321	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,201	192.61	2,313	48
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,025	181.40	1,859	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	897	156.47	1,404	18

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)	1,178	$3,280	70
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,225	$5,010	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,050	$4,243	32
Stock Cows	Open	(<2 yrs)	1,000	$3,240	46

Every lot, as filed

44 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	400–450	423	515.80/cwt	500.00–530.00	2,182	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	362.23/cwt	355.00–369.00	2,438	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	675	395.24/cwt	385.00–408.00	2,668	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	621	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,701	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	474	442.46/cwt	420.00–465.00	2,097	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	662	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	2,443	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	460.43/cwt	450.00–470.00	2,408	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	337.57/cwt	335.00–340.00	2,609	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	1,225	5,010.20/head	4,500.00–5,500.00	5,010	6
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	1,000	3,240.00/head	2,800.00–3,600.00	3,240	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	476	482.07/cwt	460.00–490.00	2,295	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	415	501.56/cwt	490.00–510.00	2,081	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	510	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,193	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	571	431.70/cwt	400.00–465.00	2,465	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	629	370.22/cwt	345.00–380.00	2,329	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	564	405.47/cwt	388.00–424.00	2,287	32
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	675	124.17/cwt	120.00–127.50	838	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	800	155.31/cwt	150.00–160.00	1,242	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,025	169.85/cwt	164.00–174.00	1,741	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,025	181.40/cwt	173.50–187.00	1,859	16
Bulls	—	—	1,673	219.01/cwt	212.00–225.00	3,664	12
Bulls	—	—	1,140	183.70/cwt	181.00–186.00	2,094	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	350–400	381	470.08/cwt	465.00–475.00	1,791	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	350–400	353	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	2,083	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	376.95/cwt	365.00–388.00	2,160	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	571.21/cwt	550.00–590.00	2,131	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	482.86/cwt	475.00–490.00	2,284	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	430.48/cwt	420.00–440.00	2,036	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	470.30/cwt	465.00–475.00	1,754	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	410.65/cwt	395.00–425.00	2,148	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	420.54/cwt	405.00–435.00	2,620	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	363.13/cwt	345.00–380.00	2,262	10
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,178	3,279.62/head	2,600.00–3,700.00	3,280	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	708	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,372	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	703	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,302	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	395.50/cwt	380.00–410.00	2,662	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	430.39/cwt	420.00–440.00	2,466	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	435.53/cwt	425.00–445.00	1,842	24
Bulls	—	—	1,510	205.45/cwt	200.00–210.00	3,102	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,025	185.85/cwt	180.00–190.00	1,905	22
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,350	198.33/cwt	190.00–205.00	2,677	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	432	441.90/cwt	440.00–445.00	1,909	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	529	401.83/cwt	380.00–427.50	2,126	15
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	4,242.86/head	3,900.00–4,500.00	4,243	32

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 18, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,162Last week 619Year ago 1,585

Slaughter CattleReceipts 143Last week 74Year ago 248

Replacement CattleReceipts 348Last week 174Year ago 388

Compared to last week feeder steers and heifers sold steady. Slaughter cows sold steady to $10.00 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
8	350–400	373	550.00–590.00	571.21
14	400–450	423	500.00–530.00	515.80
24	450–500	473	475.00–490.00	482.86
16	500–550	523	450.00–470.00	460.43
56	550–600	573	420.00–440.00	430.39
12	600–650	623	405.00–435.00	420.54
34	650–700	673	380.00–410.00	395.50
6	750–800	773	335.00–340.00	337.57
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	353	590.00	590.00
5	400–450	415	490.00–510.00	501.56
21	450–500	476	460.00–490.00	482.07
2	500–550	510	430.00	430.00
57	550–600	571	400.00–465.00	431.70
4	600–650	621	435.00	435.00
27	650–700	675	385.00–408.00	395.24
3	700–750	708	335.00	335.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	373	465.00–475.00	470.30
24	400–450	423	425.00–445.00	435.53
14	450–500	473	420.00–440.00	430.48
30	500–550	523	395.00–425.00	410.65
32	550–600	573	365.00–388.00	376.95
10	600–650	623	345.00–380.00	363.13
10	650–700	673	355.00–369.00	362.23
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	381	465.00–475.00	470.08
8	400–450	432	440.00–445.00	441.90
21	450–500	474	420.00–465.00	442.46
15	500–550	529	380.00–427.50	401.83
32	550–600	564	388.00–424.00	405.47
7	600–650	629	345.00–380.00	370.22
9	650–700	662	369.00	369.00
6	700–750	703	327.50	327.50

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	1,225	4,500.00–5,500.00	5,010.20
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	32	—	1,050	3,900.00–4,500.00	4,242.86
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	46	—	1,000	2,800.00–3,600.00	3,240.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	70	—	1,178	2,600.00–3,700.00	3,279.62

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	675	120.00–127.50	124.17
4	—	800	150.00–160.00	155.31
10	—	1,025	164.00–174.00	169.85
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,025	173.50–187.00	181.40
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,025	180.00–190.00	185.85
26	—	1,350	190.00–205.00	198.33
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,673	212.00–225.00	219.01
2	—	1,140	181.00–186.00	183.70
6	—	1,510	200.00–210.00	205.45

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

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle