Name: Tadlock Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-09-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale feeder steers and heifers sold STEADY. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold $2.00-$5.00 HIGHER.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $378.19/cwt on 81 head, down $20.00 from the prior sale. That ranks 6 of 33 comparable sales and sits −50.56 against this barn's trailing median of $428.75.

Average price

$378.19

▼ 20.00 vs prior sale

81 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,053

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

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

$0.28/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.23

vs MS average

−35.64 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	543	378.32	2,056	44
Medium and Large 1-2	542	378.04	2,050	37

One grade step is worth $0.28/cwt here — about $6 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

33 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $494.35, low $336.56, median $428.75 across 33 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 sale81 hd

378.19

—

MS average13 barns · 342 hd

388.42

−10.23

National average172 barns · 15,995 hd

413.83

−35.64

This barn, trailing median33 sales

428.75

−50.56

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	—	Low	1,714	177.52	3,043	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,240	148.34	1,840	22
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,025	136.44	1,399	26
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	969	129.78	1,257	8thin

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)	1,160	$3,351	28
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,275	$2,518	12
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,100	$3,082	6
Stock Cows	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,275	$2,285	28

Every lot, as filed

52 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	—	—	1,780	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	2,884	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,025	139.51/cwt	136.00–142.00	1,430	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,363	153.39/cwt	145.00–160.00	2,091	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,025	136.44/cwt	130.00–141.00	1,399	26
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,025	131.10/cwt	127.00–134.00	1,344	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	800	125.83/cwt	124.50–127.00	1,007	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	306.20/cwt	300.00–312.00	2,061	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	410.48/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,942	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	395.86/cwt	375.00–415.00	2,070	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	520.60/cwt	510.00–530.00	1,942	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	358.10/cwt	345.00–370.00	1,694	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	397.90/cwt	390.00–405.00	1,683	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	420.60/cwt	410.00–430.00	1,569	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	352.99/cwt	340.00–365.00	2,023	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	378.25/cwt	360.00–395.00	1,978	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	335.39/cwt	325.00–345.00	1,922	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	320.39/cwt	310.00–330.00	1,836	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	325.33/cwt	315.00–335.00	2,189	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	546.05/cwt	530.00–560.00	1,764	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	438.33/cwt	420.00–455.00	2,073	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	317.72/cwt	310.00–325.00	2,456	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	323.55/cwt	315.00–331.50	2,016	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	337.82/cwt	330.00–345.00	1,767	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	495.80/cwt	480.00–510.00	2,097	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	330.31/cwt	320.00–340.00	2,388	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	603	321.19/cwt	315.00–331.50	1,937	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	289.00/cwt	280.00–297.50	2,234	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,160	3,350.86/head	2,800.00–3,700.00	3,351	28
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,275	2,285.29/head	2,100.00–2,450.00	2,285	28
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,275	2,517.65/head	2,200.00–2,800.00	2,518	12
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	3,081.82/head	2,700.00–3,400.00	3,082	6
Bulls	—	—	1,698	181.40/cwt	179.00–183.00	3,080	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	690	328.95/cwt	325.00–329.25	2,270	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	770	325.97/cwt	325.75–330.00	2,510	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	716	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,291	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	733	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,309	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	479	437.49/cwt	395.00–455.00	2,096	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	300.31/cwt	290.00–310.00	2,171	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	350–400	375	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,913	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	560	324.99/cwt	323.00–330.00	1,820	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	659	316.21/cwt	315.75–320.00	2,084	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	754	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,300	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	519	335.27/cwt	330.00–342.50	1,740	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	615	341.94/cwt	338.00–345.00	2,103	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	310.16/cwt	305.00–315.00	2,242	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	337.77/cwt	330.00–345.00	2,104	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	471	351.62/cwt	350.00–355.00	1,656	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	402	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,050	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	560	361.59/cwt	357.50–365.00	2,025	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	513	405.07/cwt	395.00–409.00	2,078	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	317.58/cwt	315.00–320.00	2,137	40
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	320.70/cwt	315.00–326.00	1,998	16

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 Sep 28, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,439Last week 1,188Year ago 1,714

Slaughter CattleReceipts 75Last week 88Year ago 225

Replacement CattleReceipts 170Last week 213Year ago 262

Compared to last weeks sale feeder steers and heifers sold STEADY. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold $2.00-$5.00 HIGHER.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,780	162.00	162.00
4	—	1,698	179.00–183.00	181.40
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,025	136.00–142.00	139.51
14	—	1,363	145.00–160.00	153.39
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,025	130.00–141.00	136.44
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,025	127.00–134.00	131.10
2	—	800	124.50–127.00	125.83

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	450–500	473	400.00–420.00	410.48
10	500–550	523	360.00–395.00	378.25
10	550–600	573	325.00–345.00	335.39
16	600–650	623	315.00–326.00	320.70
10	650–700	673	300.00–312.00	306.20
8	700–750	723	290.00–310.00	300.31
2	750–800	773	280.00–297.50	289.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	323	530.00–560.00	546.05
6	350–400	373	510.00–530.00	520.60
12	400–450	423	480.00–510.00	495.80
20	450–500	473	420.00–455.00	438.33
26	500–550	523	375.00–415.00	395.86
18	550–600	573	340.00–365.00	352.99
32	600–650	623	330.00–345.00	337.77
50	650–700	673	315.00–335.00	325.33
20	700–750	723	320.00–340.00	330.31
40	750–800	773	310.00–325.00	317.72
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	375	510.00	510.00
2	400–450	402	510.00	510.00
11	450–500	479	395.00–455.00	437.49
14	500–550	513	395.00–409.00	405.07
23	550–600	560	357.50–365.00	361.59
32	600–650	615	338.00–345.00	341.94
42	650–700	690	325.00–329.25	328.95
20	700–750	716	320.00	320.00
38	750–800	770	325.75–330.00	325.97
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	373	410.00–430.00	420.60
4	400–450	423	390.00–405.00	397.90
24	450–500	473	345.00–370.00	358.10
14	500–550	523	330.00–345.00	337.82
60	550–600	573	310.00–330.00	320.39
18	600–650	623	315.00–331.50	323.55
40	650–700	673	315.00–320.00	317.58
28	700–750	723	305.00–315.00	310.16
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	471	350.00–355.00	351.62
9	500–550	519	330.00–342.50	335.27
51	550–600	560	323.00–330.00	324.99
16	600–650	603	315.00–331.50	321.19
38	650–700	659	315.75–320.00	316.21
3	700–750	733	315.00	315.00
24	750–800	754	305.00	305.00

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)	28	—	1,160	2,800.00–3,700.00	3,350.86
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	12	—	1,275	2,200.00–2,800.00	2,517.65
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	28	—	1,275	2,100.00–2,450.00	2,285.29
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,100	2,700.00–3,400.00	3,081.82

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

Slaughter Cattle

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle