Name: Meridian Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-06-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-06-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $376.84/cwt on 10 head, down $5.61 from the prior sale. That ranks 4 of 16 comparable sales and sits −21.73 against this barn's trailing median of $398.57.

Average price

$376.84

▼ 5.61 vs prior sale

10 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,107

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$141

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

$41.04/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.10

vs MS average

−23.68 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	547	403.30	2,206	3thin
Medium and Large 2	530	385.00	2,041	1thin
Medium and Large 3	570	362.26	2,065	6thin

One grade step is worth $41.04/cwt here — about $141 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 sale10 hd

376.84

—

MS average14 barns · 166 hd

377.95

−1.10

National average163 barns · 8,321 hd

400.52

−23.68

This barn, trailing median16 sales

398.57

−21.73

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	1,967	206.03	4,052	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,246	181.27	2,259	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,106	163.01	1,803	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	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,200	$3,054	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,270	$2,700	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,258	$3,800	4thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,150	$3,750	2thin

Every lot, as filed

69 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 2	400–450	400	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,900	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	409.95/cwt	400.00–420.00	2,165	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	446.17/cwt	440.00–455.00	2,333	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	800	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,880	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	407	573.32/cwt	570.00–575.00	2,333	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	449.94/cwt	440.00–455.00	2,511	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	405	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	2,207	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,525	4,500.00/head	4,500.00–4,500.00	4,500	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	990	3,100.00/head	3,100.00–3,100.00	3,100	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	920	300.64/cwt	299.00–303.00	2,766	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	2,195	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	2,473	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	318	517.83/cwt	500.00–530.00	1,647	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,446	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	496.52/cwt	493.00–500.00	2,100	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	360.00/cwt	350.00–370.00	2,214	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,207	170.05/cwt	167.00–173.00	2,053	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,182	176.63/cwt	175.00–179.00	2,088	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,310	185.90/cwt	184.00–188.00	2,435	3
Bulls	—	—	1,680	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	3,142	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	850	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,275	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,083	158.94/cwt	158.00–160.00	1,721	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	828	314.56/cwt	306.00–320.00	2,605	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	368.73/cwt	365.00–373.00	2,301	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,200	3,054.38/head	2,900.00–3,200.00	3,054	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,270	2,700.00/head	2,700.00–2,700.00	2,700	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,150	3,750.00/head	3,750.00–3,750.00	3,750	2
Bulls	—	—	2,110	215.54/cwt	215.00–216.00	4,548	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	417	475.30/cwt	460.00–490.00	1,982	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	700–750	705	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,115	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	515	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,086	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	575	361.71/cwt	353.00–368.00	2,080	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	330	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,650	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	700	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,555	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	545	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,989	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	490.34/cwt	480.00–495.00	1,839	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	615	383.00/cwt	383.00–383.00	2,355	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	395	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,876	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	645	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	2,051	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	395	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,034	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	485	437.53/cwt	435.00–440.00	2,122	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,079	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	583	429.98/cwt	425.00–435.00	2,507	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	415	413.00/cwt	413.00–413.00	1,714	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	460	411.67/cwt	410.00–415.00	1,894	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	585	395.50/cwt	393.00–398.00	2,314	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	378	555.15/cwt	550.00–560.00	2,098	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	867	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	2,800	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	875	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,870	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	650	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,438	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	460	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,162	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	583	403.22/cwt	375.00–410.00	2,351	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,139	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	1,943	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	453.41/cwt	450.00–455.00	2,340	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	615	342.54/cwt	340.00–345.00	2,107	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	455	425.82/cwt	425.00–430.00	1,937	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	690	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,657	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	425.03/cwt	420.00–430.00	2,189	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,022	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	3,219	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	700	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,730	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,563	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,041	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	775	330.50/cwt	328.00–333.00	2,561	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	725	324.46/cwt	323.00–326.00	2,352	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,943	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	585	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,282	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	405	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,924	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	424	430.90/cwt	428.00–440.00	1,827	4

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 Jun 8, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 258Last week 510Year ago 228

Slaughter CattleReceipts 19Last week 34Year ago 16

Replacement CattleReceipts 41Last week 20Year ago 26

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

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	400	475.00	475.00
2	450–500	465	460.00	460.00
3	500–550	515	420.00–430.00	425.03
2	750–800	775	328.00–333.00	330.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	423	493.00–500.00	496.52
3	500–550	523	440.00–455.00	446.17
4	600–650	624	365.00–373.00	368.73
1	650–700	685	361.00	361.00
1	700–750	700	365.00	365.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	485	435.00–440.00	437.53
1	500–550	515	405.00	405.00
2	550–600	585	393.00–398.00	395.50
1	700–750	705	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	318	500.00–530.00	517.83
1	350–400	370	525.00	525.00
1	400–450	405	475.00	475.00
2	500–550	528	400.00–420.00	409.95
1	550–600	585	390.00	390.00
2	600–650	615	350.00–370.00	360.00
1	700–750	730	335.00	335.00
3	800–850	828	306.00–320.00	314.56
3	900–950	920	299.00–303.00	300.64
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	475.00	475.00
1	400–450	415	413.00	413.00
3	450–500	460	410.00–415.00	411.67
1	500–550	545	365.00	365.00
5	550–600	575	353.00–368.00	361.71
1	600–650	645	318.00	318.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	375	480.00–495.00	490.34
4	400–450	424	428.00–440.00	430.90
6	450–500	455	425.00–430.00	425.82
1	500–550	530	385.00	385.00
2	600–650	615	340.00–345.00	342.54
2	700–750	725	323.00–326.00	324.46
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	850–900	867	323.00	323.00
2	1000–1050	1,022	315.00	315.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	580.00	580.00
1	350–400	385	570.00	570.00
1	400–450	405	545.00	545.00
5	500–550	516	450.00–455.00	453.41
3	550–600	558	440.00–455.00	449.94
1	600–650	625	410.00	410.00
1	700–750	700	390.00	390.00
1	800–850	800	360.00	360.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	407	570.00–575.00	573.32
2	850–900	875	328.00	328.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	500.00	500.00
1	350–400	395	515.00	515.00
3	400–450	417	460.00–490.00	475.30
3	450–500	460	470.00	470.00
5	550–600	583	375.00–410.00	403.22
1	650–700	650	375.00	375.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	378	550.00–560.00	555.15
1	400–450	420	495.00	495.00
2	550–600	583	425.00–435.00	429.98
1	600–650	615	383.00	383.00
1	650–700	690	385.00	385.00

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
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,525	4,500.00	4,500.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,150	3,750.00	3,750.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	990	3,100.00	3,100.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	—	1,200	2,900.00–3,200.00	3,054.38
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,270	2,700.00	2,700.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,207	167.00–173.00	170.05
1	—	850	150.00	150.00
2	—	1,083	158.00–160.00	158.94
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,182	175.00–179.00	176.63
3	—	1,310	184.00–188.00	185.90
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,680	187.00	187.00
2	—	2,110	215.00–216.00	215.54

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