Name: Meridian Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-02-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

As compared to the last market: feeder calves sold HIGH 5.00-10.00 higher and slaughter cattle sold steady. Sold some nice Brangus replacement heifers open average weight 1058 lbs. @ $3350.00 per head.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $402.87/cwt on 12 head, up $48.61 from the prior sale (only 10 head in that comparison). That ranks 11 of 16 comparable sales and sits +4.29 against this barn's trailing median of $398.57.

Average price

$402.87

▲ 48.61 vs prior sale

12 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,226

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$65

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$43.11/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.31

vs MS average

−21.08 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	518	421.11	2,181	3thin
Medium and Large 1-2	527	420.00	2,213	2thin
Medium and Large 2	577	392.18	2,263	6thin
Medium and Large 3	560	378.00	2,117	1thin

One grade step is worth $43.11/cwt here — about $65 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

16 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $437.52, low $354.26, median $398.57 across 16 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 sale12 hd

402.87

—

MS average10 barns · 251 hd

391.56

+11.31

National average187 barns · 18,214 hd

423.95

−21.08

This barn, trailing median16 sales

398.57

+4.29

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	1,563	189.98	2,970	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,203	181.50	2,183	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,480	158.00	2,338	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,040	146.22	1,521	6thin

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)	1,125	$3,275	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,105	$3,025	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	800	$2,500	1thin
Bred Heifers	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	815	$2,317	4thin

Every lot, as filed

67 lots · USDA AMS · Meridian Stockyard - Meridian, 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 1-2	550–600	559	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,683	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	770	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	2,410	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	240	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	1,368	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	738	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,517	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	469	476.04/cwt	465.00–485.00	2,233	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	421.11/cwt	400.00–440.00	2,181	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	537.04/cwt	515.00–565.00	1,998	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	485.27/cwt	480.00–490.00	1,820	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	394.07/cwt	390.00–398.00	2,424	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,213	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	260	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	1,690	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	468.00/cwt	468.00–468.00	2,504	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	2,289	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	2,405	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	660.00/cwt	660.00–660.00	2,145	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	846	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,580	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	598.52/cwt	590.00–608.00	2,244	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	345	585.00/cwt	585.00–585.00	2,018	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	373	569.73/cwt	560.00–580.00	2,125	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	474	503.38/cwt	490.00–515.00	2,386	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	230	660.00/cwt	660.00–660.00	1,518	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	278	724.32/cwt	710.00–740.00	2,014	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	2,231	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	590	408.00/cwt	408.00–408.00	2,407	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,636	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	416.28/cwt	398.00–435.00	2,593	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	638	423.00/cwt	423.00–423.00	2,699	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	538	457.51/cwt	455.00–460.00	2,461	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	610	388.00/cwt	388.00–388.00	2,367	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	885	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	2,620	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	605	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,511	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	732	371.08/cwt	360.00–383.00	2,716	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,288	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,080	132.68/cwt	130.00–136.00	1,433	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,480	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	2,338	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,235	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	2,309	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,170	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	2,059	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,000	147.58/cwt	147.00–148.00	1,476	2
Bulls	—	—	1,480	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	2,575	1
Bulls	—	—	1,605	197.97/cwt	196.00–200.00	3,177	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,040	158.41/cwt	157.00–160.00	1,647	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	800	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,125	3,275.00/head	3,275.00–3,275.00	3,275	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	815	2,316.60/head	2,050.00–2,500.00	2,317	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,105	3,025.00/head	3,025.00–3,025.00	3,025	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	605	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,118	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	560	378.00/cwt	378.00–378.00	2,117	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	493	477.54/cwt	470.00–485.00	2,354	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	445	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,136	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	518	424.76/cwt	415.00–435.00	2,200	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	830	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,490	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	522.46/cwt	520.00–525.00	1,776	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	270	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	1,458	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	483	462.44/cwt	460.00–465.00	2,234	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	585	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,252	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	508.21/cwt	495.00–520.00	2,201	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	505	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,399	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	235	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	1,410	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	676	357.56/cwt	343.00–365.00	2,417	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	412	458.93/cwt	450.00–470.00	1,891	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	480	432.24/cwt	420.00–445.00	2,075	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	440	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,914	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	450	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,138	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,646	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	577	392.18/cwt	383.00–395.00	2,263	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	390	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,794	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	497.50/cwt	495.00–500.00	2,040	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 →

Meridian Stockyard - Meridian, MS

Mon Feb 9, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 261Last week 85Year ago 156

Slaughter CattleReceipts 14Last week 21Year ago 24

Replacement CattleReceipts 29Last week 12Year ago 14

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	425	525.00	525.00
4	550–600	559	480.00	480.00
6	600–650	638	423.00	423.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	585.00	585.00
5	350–400	373	560.00–580.00	569.73
4	450–500	469	465.00–485.00	476.04
1	550–600	590	408.00	408.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	230	660.00	660.00
1	250–300	260	650.00	650.00
2	350–400	375	590.00–608.00	598.52
4	450–500	474	490.00–515.00	503.38
2	500–550	538	455.00–460.00	457.51
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	278	710.00–740.00	724.32
1	300–350	325	660.00	660.00
1	350–400	370	650.00	650.00
1	400–450	420	545.00	545.00
1	500–550	535	468.00	468.00
1	550–600	555	475.00	475.00
2	600–650	623	398.00–435.00	416.28
1	700–750	735	360.00	360.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	750–800	770	313.00	313.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	480.00	480.00
2	450–500	493	470.00–485.00	477.54
2	500–550	518	415.00–435.00	424.76
1	550–600	565	405.00	405.00
1	600–650	610	388.00	388.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	433	495.00–520.00	508.21
1	500–550	505	475.00	475.00
1	600–650	605	415.00	415.00
3	700–750	732	360.00–383.00	371.08
1	800–850	830	300.00	300.00
1	850–900	885	296.00	296.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	483	460.00–465.00	462.44
1	550–600	585	385.00	385.00
1	600–650	605	350.00	350.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	570.00	570.00
1	250–300	270	540.00	540.00
2	350–400	375	480.00–490.00	485.27
5	400–450	412	450.00–470.00	458.93
1	450–500	450	475.00	475.00
6	550–600	577	383.00–395.00	392.18
5	650–700	676	343.00–365.00	357.56
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	527	420.00	420.00
4	700–750	738	341.00	341.00
3	800–850	846	305.00	305.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	235	600.00	600.00
2	300–350	340	520.00–525.00	522.46
3	350–400	372	515.00–565.00	537.04
2	400–450	410	495.00–500.00	497.50
3	500–550	518	400.00–440.00	421.11
2	600–650	615	390.00–398.00	394.07
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	460.00	460.00
1	400–450	440	435.00	435.00
2	450–500	480	420.00–445.00	432.24
1	550–600	560	378.00	378.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,080	130.00–136.00	132.68
2	—	1,000	147.00–148.00	147.58
2	—	1,040	157.00–160.00	158.41
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,480	158.00	158.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,235	187.00	187.00
1	—	1,170	176.00	176.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,480	174.00	174.00
2	—	1,605	196.00–200.00	197.97

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	800	2,500.00	2,500.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,125	3,275.00	3,275.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,105	3,025.00	3,025.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	—	815	2,050.00–2,500.00	2,316.60

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

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Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Meridian Stockyard - Meridian, MS

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