Name: Meridian Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-02-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

As compared to the last market: Feeder calves sold steady, and slaughter cattle sold steady as well.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $419.93/cwt on 25 head, up $3.88 from the prior sale (only 13 head in that comparison). That ranks 15 of 16 comparable sales and sits +21.35 against this barn's trailing median of $398.57.

Average price

$419.93

▲ 3.88 vs prior sale

25 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,315

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$116

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

$68.54/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+19.92

vs MS average

−10.48 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	508	461.54	2,345	3thin
Medium and Large 2	536	428.36	2,295	7thin
Medium and Large 1-2	567	415.00	2,353	10thin
Medium and Large 3	567	393.00	2,228	5thin

One grade step is worth $68.54/cwt here — about $116 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 sale25 hd

419.93

—

MS average14 barns · 185 hd

400.00

+19.92

National average177 barns · 14,680 hd

430.41

−10.48

This barn, trailing median16 sales

398.57

+21.35

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	1,740	176.50	3,071	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,290	180.73	2,331	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,044	156.29	1,632	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)	1,198	$3,089	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,212	$2,869	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,215	$2,350	4thin

Every lot, as filed

72 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,538	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	515	410.29/cwt	395.00–425.00	2,113	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	495	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,302	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	713	332.63/cwt	320.00–345.00	2,372	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	650	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,568	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	498.00/cwt	498.00–498.00	2,440	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	305	670.00/cwt	670.00–670.00	2,044	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	445	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,225	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	451.61/cwt	445.00–460.00	2,362	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	775	328.99/cwt	328.00–330.00	2,550	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	548	426.00/cwt	426.00–426.00	2,334	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	468	498.00/cwt	498.00–498.00	2,331	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	478	437.54/cwt	435.00–440.00	2,091	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	335	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,508	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	327	548.16/cwt	515.00–570.00	1,792	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	750	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,438	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	744	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,388	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	371.50/cwt	368.00–375.00	2,340	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	840	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,646	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,601	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	650	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,405	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	567	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,353	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	205	620.00/cwt	620.00–620.00	1,271	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	432.91/cwt	420.00–440.00	2,273	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	270	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	1,620	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	375	583.47/cwt	575.00–595.00	2,188	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	490	483.00/cwt	483.00–483.00	2,367	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	410	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,989	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	432.63/cwt	430.00–433.00	2,691	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	868	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,778	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	455	523.00/cwt	523.00–523.00	2,380	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	686	399.73/cwt	395.00–403.00	2,742	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	619	403.86/cwt	398.00–415.00	2,500	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	428	541.61/cwt	535.00–555.00	2,318	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	350	635.00/cwt	630.00–640.00	2,223	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,408	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	940	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	2,942	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,346	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	487	543.00/cwt	543.00–543.00	2,644	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	665.23/cwt	650.00–680.00	2,149	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	508.00/cwt	508.00–508.00	2,657	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,594	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	583.82/cwt	560.00–610.00	2,481	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	283	710.53/cwt	690.00–730.00	2,011	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	2,279	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	515.07/cwt	510.00–520.00	2,405	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	489.90/cwt	480.00–500.00	2,547	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	432.66/cwt	420.00–450.00	2,674	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	870	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,697	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	750	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,813	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,041	152.69/cwt	145.00–163.00	1,590	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,050	163.49/cwt	162.00–165.00	1,717	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,380	174.48/cwt	174.00–175.00	2,408	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,200	186.98/cwt	185.00–189.00	2,244	2
Bulls	—	—	2,030	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	4,141	1
Bulls	—	—	1,450	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	2,161	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,198	3,088.94/head	3,025.00–3,150.00	3,089	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,212	2,869.39/head	2,750.00–3,000.00	2,869	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,290	3,000.00/head	3,000.00–3,000.00	3,000	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,140	1,700.00/head	1,700.00–1,700.00	1,700	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	385	502.34/cwt	490.00–515.00	1,934	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	508	461.54/cwt	450.00–475.00	2,345	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	511.91/cwt	500.00–525.00	2,176	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	398.00/cwt	398.00–398.00	2,428	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	563	417.00/cwt	417.00–417.00	2,348	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	288	595.04/cwt	590.00–600.00	1,714	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	1150–1200	1,165	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	3,064	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	495	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,228	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	420	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,869	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	567	393.00/cwt	393.00–393.00	2,228	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	383	537.39/cwt	530.00–550.00	2,058	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	478.29/cwt	465.00–490.00	2,057	3

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 23, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 277Last week 246Year ago 182

Slaughter CattleReceipts 13Last week 17Year ago 23

Replacement CattleReceipts 14Last week 13Year ago 32

As compared to the last market: Feeder calves sold steady, and slaughter cattle sold steady as well.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	430	530.00	530.00
3	450–500	467	510.00–520.00	515.07
2	500–550	520	480.00–500.00	489.90
4	600–650	618	420.00–450.00	432.66
1	700–750	725	350.00	350.00
1	750–800	750	375.00	375.00
1	850–900	870	310.00	310.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	495	465.00	465.00
2	500–550	515	395.00–425.00	410.29
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	500.00	500.00
1	450–500	490	498.00	498.00
3	500–550	523	445.00–460.00	451.61
1	650–700	650	395.00	395.00
2	700–750	713	320.00–345.00	332.63
2	750–800	775	328.00–330.00	328.99
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	468	498.00	498.00
4	500–550	548	426.00	426.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	205	620.00	620.00
1	300–350	305	670.00	670.00
2	400–450	425	500.00–525.00	511.91
3	500–550	508	450.00–475.00	461.54
1	600–650	610	398.00	398.00
1	750–800	765	340.00	340.00
1	800–850	840	315.00	315.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	450.00	450.00
2	350–400	385	490.00–515.00	502.34
1	400–450	420	445.00	445.00
2	450–500	478	435.00–440.00	437.54
5	550–600	567	393.00	393.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	288	590.00–600.00	595.04
3	300–350	327	515.00–570.00	548.16
4	350–400	383	530.00–550.00	537.39
3	400–450	430	465.00–490.00	478.29
1	450–500	495	450.00	450.00
5	500–550	525	420.00–440.00	432.91
2	550–600	563	417.00	417.00
2	600–650	630	368.00–375.00	371.50
2	650–700	650	370.00	370.00
6	700–750	744	321.00	321.00
2	750–800	750	325.00	325.00
1	1150–1200	1,165	263.00	263.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	550–600	567	415.00	415.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	600.00	600.00
3	350–400	375	575.00–595.00	583.47
1	400–450	410	485.00	485.00
1	450–500	490	483.00	483.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	283	690.00–730.00	710.53
3	300–350	323	650.00–680.00	665.23
2	400–450	425	560.00–610.00	583.82
1	450–500	460	510.00	510.00
2	500–550	523	508.00	508.00
8	600–650	622	430.00–433.00	432.63
2	850–900	868	320.00	320.00
1	900–950	940	313.00	313.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	350	630.00–640.00	635.00
3	400–450	428	535.00–555.00	541.61
1	450–500	455	523.00	523.00
1	500–550	535	450.00	450.00
1	550–600	570	455.00	455.00
3	600–650	619	398.00–415.00	403.86
8	650–700	686	395.00–403.00	399.73
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	487	543.00	543.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,041	145.00–163.00	152.69
2	—	1,050	162.00–165.00	163.49
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,380	174.00–175.00	174.48
2	—	1,200	185.00–189.00	186.98
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,030	204.00	204.00
1	—	1,450	149.00	149.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	1,198	3,025.00–3,150.00	3,088.94
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	1,212	2,750.00–3,000.00	2,869.39
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,290	3,000.00	3,000.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,140	1,700.00	1,700.00

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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Meridian Livestock Auction

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

Meridian Stockyard - Meridian, MS

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Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle