Name: Meridian Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-04-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

As compared to the last market: Feeder calves sold steady, and slaughter cattle sold 2.00-5.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $401.34/cwt on 17 head, down $17.42 from the prior sale (only 11 head in that comparison). That ranks 9 of 16 comparable sales and sits +2.76 against this barn's trailing median of $398.57.

Average price

$401.34

▼ 17.42 vs prior sale

17 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,230

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$12

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

$45.48/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.65

vs MS average

−20.83 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	515	434.90	2,240	3thin
Medium and Large 2	518	419.88	2,175	2thin
Medium and Large 1-2	572	390.00	2,231	9thin
Medium and Large 3	572	389.42	2,227	3thin

One grade step is worth $45.48/cwt here — about $12 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.

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 sale17 hd

401.34

—

MS average13 barns · 303 hd

401.99

−0.65

National average167 barns · 11,519 hd

422.17

−20.83

This barn, trailing median16 sales

398.57

+2.76

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	1,809	208.76	3,776	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,180	179.68	2,120	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,505	170.00	2,559	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,099	165.99	1,825	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 (2-4 yrs)	1,270	$4,100	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,130	$3,000	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,158	$2,806	4thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,240	$2,800	1thin
Bred Heifers	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	1,020	$3,200	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,350	$4,500	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,430	$4,225	2thin

Every lot, as filed

73 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	600	373.00/cwt	373.00–373.00	2,238	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	555	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,331	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	423.00/cwt	423.00–423.00	2,665	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,640	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,829	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	720	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	2,477	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	434.90/cwt	430.00–440.00	2,240	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	390.08/cwt	385.00–395.00	2,399	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,064	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,000	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,850	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	572	389.42/cwt	385.00–393.00	2,227	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	378	589.60/cwt	580.00–600.00	2,229	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	483	462.31/cwt	450.00–475.00	2,233	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	474.00/cwt	474.00–474.00	2,536	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	270	640.00/cwt	640.00–640.00	1,728	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	570	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,423	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	315	627.26/cwt	620.00–635.00	1,976	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	404.16/cwt	394.00–415.00	2,526	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	457.46/cwt	455.00–460.00	2,562	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	530	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,279	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,465	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	433.00/cwt	433.00–433.00	2,815	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	608	421.48/cwt	420.00–423.00	2,563	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	435	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,175	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	785	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	2,842	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	683	397.47/cwt	395.00–400.00	2,715	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	310	680.00/cwt	680.00–680.00	2,108	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	484	488.00/cwt	488.00–488.00	2,362	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	505	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,500	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	542.57/cwt	540.00–545.00	2,268	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	810	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,916	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	661	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	2,485	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,569	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	494.93/cwt	490.00–500.00	2,336	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	440	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,222	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	386.52/cwt	385.00–388.00	2,377	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	462.49/cwt	460.00–465.00	2,373	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	663	358.17/cwt	350.00–364.00	2,375	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	898	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,739	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	765	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	2,471	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	426	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,002	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	572	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,231	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,525	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	473	433.40/cwt	420.00–445.00	2,050	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	462	450.12/cwt	443.00–465.00	2,080	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	518	419.88/cwt	415.00–425.00	2,175	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	369.88/cwt	365.00–375.00	2,330	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	463	478.31/cwt	470.00–485.00	2,215	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	774	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	2,430	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	650–700	660	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,231	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	555	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,525	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	340	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,598	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	495.09/cwt	485.00–500.00	1,634	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	510	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,244	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	2,374	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	475	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,138	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	318.42/cwt	315.00–322.00	2,627	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,354	13
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,430	4,225.00/head	4,225.00–4,225.00	4,225	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,270	4,100.00/head	4,100.00–4,100.00	4,100	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,020	3,200.00/head	3,200.00–3,200.00	3,200	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,350	4,500.00/head	4,500.00–4,500.00	4,500	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,170	2,960.68/head	2,850.00–3,050.00	2,961	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,240	2,800.00/head	2,800.00–2,800.00	2,800	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,145	2,651.31/head	2,500.00–2,775.00	2,651	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,130	3,000.00/head	3,000.00–3,000.00	3,000	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,108	172.30/cwt	168.00–176.00	1,909	5
Bulls	—	—	1,922	212.01/cwt	208.00–215.00	4,075	3
Bulls	—	—	1,470	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	2,925	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,085	155.47/cwt	150.00–160.00	1,687	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,163	180.90/cwt	178.00–185.00	2,104	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,230	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	2,165	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,505	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	2,559	1

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 Apr 20, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 336Last week 365Year ago 276

Slaughter CattleReceipts 25Last week 33Year ago 36

Replacement CattleReceipts 60Last week 50Year ago 34

As compared to the last market: Feeder calves sold steady, and slaughter cattle sold 2.00-5.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	426	470.00	470.00
9	550–600	572	390.00	390.00
9	600–650	600	373.00	373.00
3	700–750	720	344.00	344.00
6	850–900	898	305.00	305.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	470.00	470.00
1	350–400	385	475.00	475.00
5	450–500	462	443.00–465.00	450.12
2	500–550	518	415.00–425.00	419.88
2	600–650	630	365.00–375.00	369.88
4	650–700	663	350.00–364.00	358.17
1	750–800	765	323.00	323.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	330	485.00–500.00	495.09
1	400–450	430	480.00	480.00
3	500–550	515	430.00–440.00	434.90
2	600–650	615	385.00–395.00	390.08
1	750–800	765	330.00	330.00
2	800–850	825	315.00–322.00	318.42
1	1000–1050	1,000	285.00	285.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
22	450–500	473	420.00–445.00	433.40
3	550–600	572	385.00–393.00	389.42
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	475	450.00	450.00
1	550–600	555	420.00	420.00
1	650–700	660	338.00	338.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	500–550	535	440.00	440.00
21	650–700	661	376.00	376.00
4	750–800	774	314.00	314.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	505.00	505.00
3	450–500	472	490.00–500.00	494.93
2	500–550	513	460.00–465.00	462.49
2	600–650	615	385.00–388.00	386.52
1	650–700	685	375.00	375.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	463	470.00–485.00	478.31
1	500–550	510	440.00	440.00
1	550–600	555	455.00	455.00
1	600–650	645	368.00	368.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	640.00	640.00
1	300–350	310	680.00	680.00
2	400–450	418	540.00–545.00	542.57
1	500–550	505	495.00	495.00
1	550–600	550	480.00	480.00
1	600–650	630	423.00	423.00
1	650–700	650	433.00	433.00
1	800–850	810	360.00	360.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	378	580.00–600.00	589.60
2	450–500	483	450.00–475.00	462.31
1	500–550	530	430.00	430.00
1	550–600	570	425.00	425.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	435	500.00	500.00
10	450–500	484	488.00	488.00
3	500–550	535	474.00	474.00
4	600–650	608	420.00–423.00	421.48
6	750–800	785	362.00	362.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	315	620.00–635.00	627.26
1	500–550	530	465.00	465.00
2	550–600	560	455.00–460.00	457.46
2	600–650	625	394.00–415.00	404.16
2	650–700	683	395.00–400.00	397.47

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,430	4,225.00	4,225.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,350	4,500.00	4,500.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,270	4,100.00	4,100.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,170	2,850.00–3,050.00	2,960.68
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,240	2,800.00	2,800.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,130	3,000.00	3,000.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,145	2,500.00–2,775.00	2,651.31
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	5	—	1,020	3,200.00	3,200.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,108	168.00–176.00	172.30
3	—	1,085	150.00–160.00	155.47
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,163	178.00–185.00	180.90
1	—	1,230	176.00	176.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,505	170.00	170.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,922	208.00–215.00	212.01
1	—	1,470	199.00	199.00

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

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle