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Tadlock Livestock Auction

Name: Tadlock Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-05-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-26

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Forest, Mississippi · Mon, May 26

● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2114

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Feeder Cattle receipts

910 head

▼ 675 vs last sale 1,585▼ 21 vs year ago 931 · −2.3%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

170 head

▼ 78 vs last sale 248▼ 88 vs year ago 258 · −34.1%

Replacement Cattle receipts

300 head

▼ 88 vs last sale 388▼ 59 vs year ago 359 · −16.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale. Feeder steers sold steady-5 higher and feeder heifers sold 5-10 higher. Slaughter cows sold 3-5 higher, and slaughter bulls sold 2-5 higher.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $328.07/cwt on 106 head. That ranks 9 of 35 comparable sales and sits −54.33 against this barn's trailing median of $382.40.

Average price

$328.07

106 head · 536 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,758

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$18

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

$5.51/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+12.93

vs MS average

−4.62 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	527	331.50	1,746	40
Medium and Large 1	541	325.99	1,764	66

One grade step is worth $5.51/cwt here — about −$18 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale106 hd

328.07

—

MS average12 barns · 339 hd

315.14

+12.93

National average127 barns · 6,029 hd

332.69

−4.62

This barn, trailing median35 sales

382.40

−54.33

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

35 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $444.17, low $309.83, median $382.40 across 35 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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	1,687	187.82	3,168	22
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,025	162.85	1,669	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,138	162.34	1,847	42
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	923	147.14	1,358	22

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)	1,250	$2,660	40
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	865	$1,998	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,225	$4,000	4thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,150	$3,326	40

Every lot

42 lots · USDA AMS · Tadlock Stockyards - Forest, MS

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers	200–250	Medium and Large 1	223	513.76/cwt	500.00–525.00	1,146	4
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	273	513.53/cwt	500.00–525.00	1,402	4
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	373	467.95/cwt	460.00–475.00	1,745	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,660	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	423	405.53/cwt	395.00–415.00	1,715	6
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	473	367.86/cwt	360.00–375.00	1,740	12
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	481	369.90/cwt	360.00–375.00	1,779	6
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	523	347.82/cwt	340.00–355.00	1,819	12
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	569	340.70/cwt	335.00–355.00	1,939	7
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	573	338.31/cwt	330.00–346.00	1,939	20
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	622	324.56/cwt	315.00–346.00	2,019	27
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	623	325.18/cwt	320.00–330.00	2,026	18
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	673	315.17/cwt	310.00–320.00	2,121	12
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	713	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,175	4
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	723	303.61/cwt	300.00–307.00	2,195	8
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	773	275.15/cwt	270.00–280.00	2,127	10
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	785	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	2,151	6
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	423	352.90/cwt	345.00–360.00	1,493	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	473	343.10/cwt	330.00–355.00	1,623	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	495	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,634	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	512	332.07/cwt	322.50–334.00	1,700	29
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	523	327.82/cwt	320.00–335.00	1,714	42
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	566	329.99/cwt	327.00–334.00	1,868	11
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	573	322.79/cwt	315.00–330.00	1,850	24
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	609	320.21/cwt	317.00–321.00	1,950	26
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	623	315.70/cwt	310.00–321.00	1,967	10
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	667	301.88/cwt	295.00–310.00	2,014	8
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	673	302.75/cwt	295.00–310.00	2,038	10
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	712	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,851	6
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	573	322.79/cwt	315.00–330.00	1,850	4
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,360	170.63/cwt	164.00–175.00	2,321	4
Bulls	—	—	1,733	185.80/cwt	180.00–190.00	3,220	8
Bulls	—	—	1,780	196.32/cwt	190.00–201.50	3,494	10
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	800	140.78/cwt	136.00–145.00	1,126	10
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,025	162.85/cwt	157.00–167.00	1,669	16
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,025	160.27/cwt	155.00–164.00	1,643	28
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,025	152.44/cwt	146.00–157.00	1,563	12
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,363	166.48/cwt	162.00–170.00	2,269	14
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Small and Medium 1-2	865	1,997.69/head	1,700.00–2,200.00	1,998	8
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,250	2,660.00/head	2,300.00–2,900.00	2,660	40
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,150	3,326.09/head	3,100.00–3,500.00	3,326	40
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,225	4,000.00/head	4,000.00–4,000.00	4,000	4

This sale against other markets

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 26, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 910Last week 1,585Year ago 931

Slaughter CattleReceipts 170Last week 248Year ago 258

Replacement CattleReceipts 300Last week 388Year ago 359

Compared to last weeks sale. Feeder steers sold steady-5 higher and feeder heifers sold 5-10 higher. Slaughter cows sold 3-5 higher, and slaughter bulls sold 2-5 higher.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,780	190.00–201.50	196.32
4	—	1,360	164.00–175.00	170.63
8	—	1,733	180.00–190.00	185.80

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,025	155.00–164.00	160.27
14	—	1,363	162.00–170.00	166.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,025	146.00–157.00	152.44
10	—	800	136.00–145.00	140.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,025	157.00–167.00	162.85

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	573	315.00–330.00	322.79

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	423	345.00–360.00	352.90
4	450–500	473	330.00–355.00	343.10
42	500–550	523	320.00–335.00	327.82
24	550–600	573	315.00–330.00	322.79
10	600–650	623	310.00–321.00	315.70
10	650–700	673	295.00–310.00	302.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	495	330.00	330.00
29	500–550	512	322.50–334.00	332.07
11	550–600	566	327.00–334.00	329.99
26	600–650	609	317.00–321.00	320.21
8	650–700	667	295.00–310.00	301.88
6	700–750	712	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	200–250	223	500.00–525.00	513.76
4	250–300	273	500.00–525.00	513.53
4	350–400	373	460.00–475.00	467.95
6	400–450	423	395.00–415.00	405.53
12	450–500	473	360.00–375.00	367.86
12	500–550	523	340.00–355.00	347.82
20	550–600	573	330.00–346.00	338.31
18	600–650	623	320.00–330.00	325.18
12	650–700	673	310.00–320.00	315.17
8	700–750	723	300.00–307.00	303.61
10	750–800	773	270.00–280.00	275.15

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	400	415.00	415.00
6	450–500	481	360.00–375.00	369.90
7	550–600	569	335.00–355.00	340.70
27	600–650	622	315.00–346.00	324.56
4	700–750	713	305.00	305.00
6	750–800	785	274.00	274.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	865	1,700.00–2,200.00	1,997.69

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	—	1,250	2,300.00–2,900.00	2,660.00

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)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,225	4,000.00	4,000.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	40	—	1,150	3,100.00–3,500.00	3,326.09

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.