Name: Meridian Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-07-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-07-20

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $399.30/cwt on 7 head, down $14.04 from the prior sale. That ranks 4 of 20 comparable sales and sits −44.57 against this barn's trailing median of $443.87.

Average price

$399.30

▼ 14.04 vs prior sale

7 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,229

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$224

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

$50.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−15.80

vs MS average

−19.74 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	538	425.00	2,287	2thin
Medium and Large 2	570	392.53	2,238	4thin
Medium and Large 3	550	375.00	2,063	1thin

One grade step is worth $50.00/cwt here — about $224 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

20 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $480.61, low $370.48, median $443.87 across 20 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 sale7 hd

399.30

—

MS average13 barns · 343 hd

415.10

−15.80

National average142 barns · 5,313 hd

419.04

−19.74

This barn, trailing median20 sales

443.87

−44.57

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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,413	182.84	2,584	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,090	160.20	1,747	9thin

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 Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,112	$2,862	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	975	$2,475	1thin

Every lot, as filed

57 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	550–600	563	376.47/cwt	375.00–378.00	2,120	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,381	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	735	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,359	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	550	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,008	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	610	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,135	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,466	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	2,318	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	371.50/cwt	370.00–373.00	1,969	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	220	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	1,254	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	665	348.25/cwt	343.00–355.00	2,316	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	427.55/cwt	425.00–430.00	1,988	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	285	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,482	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	589.05/cwt	588.00–590.00	1,932	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	508	421.47/cwt	415.00–428.00	2,141	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	378	426.89/cwt	418.00–435.00	1,614	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	489.76/cwt	480.00–500.00	2,057	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	275	587.50/cwt	585.00–590.00	1,616	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	469.05/cwt	465.00–473.00	1,993	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	358	467.55/cwt	465.00–470.00	1,674	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	718	320.99/cwt	320.00–322.00	2,305	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	451.47/cwt	450.00–453.00	1,932	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	885	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,744	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,188	169.55/cwt	166.00–173.00	2,014	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,413	182.84/cwt	178.00–186.00	2,584	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,090	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,777	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	928	143.69/cwt	140.00–150.00	1,333	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	775	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	2,465	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	358	515.03/cwt	510.00–520.00	1,844	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	310	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,705	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,140	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	582	390.04/cwt	385.00–395.00	2,270	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	660	355.95/cwt	353.00–359.00	2,349	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	415.54/cwt	413.00–418.00	1,758	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	370	403.00/cwt	403.00–403.00	1,491	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,969	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	265	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,246	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	555	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,109	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	550	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,063	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	695	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,300	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	675	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	2,248	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	355	565.00/cwt	565.00–565.00	2,006	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	605	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,057	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	670	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,312	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	270	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,229	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	325	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,609	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	480	390.43/cwt	385.00–396.00	1,874	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	1,933	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	268	555.65/cwt	545.00–565.00	1,489	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	580	357.59/cwt	350.00–363.00	2,074	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,196	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,112	2,861.77/head	2,400.00–3,100.00	2,862	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	975	2,475.00/head	2,475.00–2,475.00	2,475	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	538	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,287	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	595	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	2,136	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	468	446.51/cwt	445.00–448.00	2,090	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	450	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,980	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	735	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,279	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 Jul 20, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 164Last week 331Year ago 249

Slaughter CattleReceipts 23Last week 20Year ago 34

Replacement CattleReceipts 17Last week 15Year ago 31

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	520.00	520.00
2	350–400	358	465.00–470.00	467.55
2	500–550	530	370.00–373.00	371.50
2	550–600	563	375.00–378.00	376.47
1	600–650	610	360.00	360.00
2	700–750	718	320.00–322.00	320.99
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	265	470.00	470.00
2	350–400	378	418.00–435.00	426.89
2	400–450	423	413.00–418.00	415.54
1	500–550	540	358.00	358.00
1	550–600	550	365.00	365.00
1	600–650	605	340.00	340.00
1	650–700	670	345.00	345.00
1	700–750	735	310.00	310.00
1	750–800	775	318.00	318.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	455.00	455.00
1	350–400	370	403.00	403.00
3	450–500	480	385.00–396.00	390.43
1	550–600	595	359.00	359.00
1	650–700	675	333.00	333.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	275	585.00–590.00	587.50
2	300–350	328	588.00–590.00	589.05
2	400–450	420	480.00–500.00	489.76
2	500–550	538	425.00	425.00
1	600–650	635	375.00	375.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	220	570.00	570.00
2	250–300	268	545.00–565.00	555.65
1	300–350	310	550.00	550.00
1	350–400	355	565.00	565.00
2	400–450	425	465.00–473.00	469.05
1	500–550	535	400.00	400.00
3	550–600	582	385.00–395.00	390.04
2	650–700	660	353.00–359.00	355.95
1	700–750	735	321.00	321.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	495.00	495.00
2	350–400	358	510.00–520.00	515.03
2	450–500	468	445.00–448.00	446.51
1	550–600	550	375.00	375.00
1	650–700	695	331.00	331.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	465	425.00–430.00	427.55
1	500–550	525	375.00	375.00
1	550–600	555	380.00	380.00
1	600–650	610	350.00	350.00
3	650–700	665	343.00–355.00	348.25
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	428	450.00–453.00	451.47
1	450–500	450	440.00	440.00
2	500–550	508	415.00–428.00	421.47
1	600–650	630	368.00	368.00
1	650–700	685	360.00	360.00
1	850–900	885	310.00	310.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	580	350.00–363.00	357.59

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,188	166.00–173.00	169.55
1	—	1,090	163.00	163.00
3	—	928	140.00–150.00	143.69
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,413	178.00–186.00	182.84

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
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,112	2,400.00–3,100.00	2,861.77
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	975	2,475.00	2,475.00

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

Steers · 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

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